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Mercer County HR reports retention rises to 93% after engagement push
Summary
District HR presented survey-based engagement work, stay interviews and smaller-scale onboarding; the department reported employee retention rose to about 93% and offered to provide a breakdown excluding retirees on request.
Unidentified Speaker 4, representing the human-resources function, told the Mercer County Board of Education the district had made employee engagement a priority and used stay interviews, targeted onboarding and a quarterly print newsletter ('The Connector') to increase staff connectedness. She said engagement had a measurable impact on retention: the district’s retention rate rose to 93% after the initiatives.
Speaker 4 described the survey process: an initial wave of 235 respondents, two follow-up waves showing a 10% increase in participation, and a supplemental question to verify whether added respondents were new or returning. She noted the HR team completed smaller-scale onboarding this year (26 new hires this year compared with 115 the prior comparable period) so new staff could receive more individualized attention. She said the retention figure includes retirees and all staff categories — certified, uncertified, classified, substitutes and athletics — and offered to provide a retiree-excluded figure on request.
Board members praised the effort. Unidentified Speaker 2 said the reduced onboarding size and personal touch likely contributed to retention gains and asked HR to supply the retiree-excluded statistic; HR agreed to provide that number.
The presentation concluded with the HR director thanking the board and superintendent for support and noting plans to continue engagement work as a basis for future retention efforts.
