Such recruiting and retention perks help cultivate employees' mental health to attract and keep talent.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, is launching a new employee awards program as a part of its employee recruitment and retention activities.
The “Work Perks” initiative involves an interactive website through which Vanderbilt employees can play games to earn perks in music and entertainment, health and wellness, dining, and local attractions.
Offering such perks that demonstrate that your company cares about its employees and that well-being doesn’t end at the office door is important to today’s jobseekers, according to HR Daily Advisor, a sister publication to HealthLeaders.
“Not only do employees want to be able to take pride in the organization to which they choose to devote their time and efforts, they also want to feel that they’re more than just a number on the payroll to their employer,” according to HR Daily Advisor. “They want to work for a company that truly cares for their physical, emotional, and mental well-being—and is willing to prove it by offering perks that increase their happiness and satisfaction, both in the office and beyond it.”
Vanderbilt’s “Work Perks” will encourage employees to explore uniquely Nashville experiences—the music, attractions, and food that draw millions of visitors each year. They include the Country Music Hall of Fame, Franklin Theatre, Madame Tussaud’s, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Throughout September, employees can enter a drawing for “The Ultimate Staycation,” in which five employees will be randomly selected for a one-night stay an exclusive hotel, dinner, and a gift basket from local businesses.
“We’re excited to show appreciation for our dedicated workforce in this way and we’re grateful to so many generous partners to help make it happen,” said Amy Schoeny, Vanderbilt’s chief human resources officer. “This is just one of the many benefits and perks that we offer to those who choose to pursue careers in making health care personal for our patients today and in the future.”
Indeed, says HR Daily, offering your employees perks that help them cultivate their mental health can be instrumental not just in attracting talent, but in keeping it.
“This is just one of the many benefits and perks that we offer to those who choose to pursue careers in making health care personal for our patients today and in the future.”
— Amy Schoeny, chief human resources officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Carol Davis is the Nursing Editor at HealthLeaders, an HCPro brand.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
“Work Perks” is a new recruitment and retention initiative of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The initiative lets Vanderbilt employees earn perks in music and entertainment, health and wellness, dining, and local attractions.
Such perks demonstrates that employees’ well-being doesn’t end at the office door.