GUEST COLUMNIST
OSE would like to express its appreciation to all who supported and facilitated the recent implementation of significant changes to staff recruiting services. Your good advice, helpful suggestions, and constructive feedback proved to be invaluable contributions towards the successful launch of two new businesses – The Stanford Search Group and STANFORDTEMPS. Thank you! Officially launched during Fall Quarter, both fee-for-service programs are intended to better target recruiting services to where client demand is highest, and defray costs. While there is much collaboration within OSE, all staff members devote the majority of their time to one of the two new endeavors. THE STANFORD SEARCH GROUP (SSG) – Carmen Jacinto, Rosemary Bracy, Keith Copeland STANFORDTEMPS– Tom Castillo, Monica Valerio, Darlyne Esparza, Karen Rolph Continuing Operations
TIPS AND TRICKSTo what department does a unit or program belong? Use the Organizational Hierarchy tool!Many times we end up calling multiple departments before we figure it out. Did you know that there is a tool in Axess we can use instead? It’s the Organizational Hierarchy tool which is located within the PeopleSoft tab, on the right side of the screen, under the Training & References column. Let’s go through an example. Suppose you’re trying to determine to which department the Haas Center for Public Service belongs so that you can contact the HRM/HRA to have a job record released or request that a termination be processed.
Note: In most cases the department listed at Level 3 will match up with a department listed on the HRM/HRA phone list, but sometimes it may be necessary to scroll up to Level 2. Sean Bywaters BENEFITS BEATFaculty Staff Help CenterThe Help Center is offering two new workshops in February and continues to sponsor important support groups throughout the year. Improve your mental wellbeing by attending a workshop or joining a support group that can help you cope with your issues. Workshop on Perfectionism – February 5 at Mariposa House, 1st floor conference room
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Take the Stanford Health and Lifestyle Assessment (SHALA) – this is what qualifies you to receive the $150 (taxable) reward. |
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Attend a SHALA Workshop – to learn how to interpret your results. |
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Get Active by getting a free fitness assessment and/or 2 free personal training buddy sessions. |
As of mid-January, over 1,450 Stanford University employees have taken the first step to BeWell and one third of these employees have already signed up for a SHALA Interpretation Workshop.
Begin the New Year with a commitment to your personal health – go to http://bewell.stanford.edu and click on the BeWell Incentive Program!
Elaine Chiu
Benefits Project Manager
Due to recent changes to the HR Web sites, the SU-29 Employment Application is in a new location. Please be sure to bookmark the new location at http://hrweb.stanford.edu/su29.pdf 
Did you read Michael Peña’s column in the January 16 issue of Stanford Report? If you did, you would have seen a segment on Diane Peck’s podcasts in which she was interviewed by Patti Bowling on five ways to apply our HR mission and provide effective HR support.
These two short (six minutes each) podcasts are being used in the orientation process for new HR employees, but would also be a good conversation starter for other HR groups. Be sure to turn on your audio!
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Emery Teranishi, Senior Employee Relations Representative, came to Stanford in the early 1980s. Emery’s first job at Stanford was as an HR Manager in ITSS. He thoroughly enjoyed working in this dynamic group and found a great way to get oriented to the University. After four years in this position, he was (unfortunately, but officially) laid off as the result of a reorganization. He intended to leave Stanford, but at the last minute applied for an employee relations position in central Human Resources and got the job! (Yes, the rest is history, but I have even more specifics.) In 1990 an opportunity opened up at Stanford Hospital. Emery 
was interested primarily because his former boss and mentor was now at the hospital. So, from 1990 to 2000 he worked at Stanford Hospital as the Manager of Employee Relations and really enjoyed working with nurses, physicians and others involved with direct patient care. “When you work at the hospital,” he said, “you can never forget the importance of your job since you see patients everyday in the hallway.”
Emery was born and raised in the small central valley community of Reedley – near Fresno – the youngest of four children. His parents ran a small grocery store which also served as a gathering place for agricultural workers in their off hours. Emery’s parents and most of their friends and family were relocated during World War II and his siblings were born in the relocation camp. Although his parents never spoke of it, the experience had a profound effect on them, and like most immigrants, they worked very hard to make life better for their children after the war.
One way to do that, of course, was through education. Emery for San Jose State, majoring in Art and Design. His education, like many of his generation, was interrupted by the Vietnam War and since his lottery number was low he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Although he did not support the war, and even went so far as to consider going to Canada, Emery realized how deeply this would affect his parents and decided to go ahead and serve. Luckily, he was never in combat. His role was a difficult one, however – helping discharged servicemen deal with their re-entry into the United States. Part of his job was also to return AWOL servicemen back to their military base.
One very good thing came from all this. While he was in the service, Emery took a military placement test. The results indicated he would be good at “personnel” work! So, after getting out of the service, he went back to San Jose State with the intention of going into HR as a career. He earned an M.A. in Public Administration and then worked as an intern for the County of Santa Clara in recruiting. After his internship, he took a job with the City of Fremont as a recruiter and worked there for three years.
While he was working in Fremont, Emery met his future wife LuDene at an Asian Pacific Personnel Association meeting. LuDene is a native San Franciscan and a nurse at UCSF. They were married in 1987 and he joined her large family circle consisting of three sisters and a brother. Everyone lives in or near the City and LuDene considers their home in Daly City to be just about as “country” as she wants to get.
When Emery left the hospital in 2000 to return to work at the University, part of his reasoning was the fact that he has two sons who would undoubtedly go on to college. I think I can safely say the tuition reimbursement benefit is very high on Emery’s “Best things about working at Stanford” list! His oldest son is a sophomore at San Jose State and his youngest is a freshman in high school at Sacred Heart Cathedral in San Francisco. Although he and his family made many college visits before making their decisions, his oldest son decided to go to college close to home. Emery is still wondering why he spent all that money to visit certain colleges outside of California.
Last summer, Emery and his family had the wonderful opportunity to go to Japan on a trip sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Community Center in San Francisco. His younger son was on a basketball team made up of Asian youth from the Bay Area and the team experienced the opportunity to play against other teams from Osaka and Kobe. This was a wonderful opportunity for his son to become acquainted with Japanese culture and his heritage while at the same time participating in a sport he enjoys. While the whole family went on the trip, his son had the opportunity to live with two Japanese families during the time he was there. It was such a positive experience his son is interested in doing it again.
Emery spends his spare time (those daylight hours on weekends) 
working on the perfect garden. He has channeled his artistic eye into creating a beautiful outdoor space and spends a lot of time selecting soil, picking out plants, rocks and shrubs, and shaping his backyard landscape with the hope of creating a garden just the way he wants it (which he believes is probably is not attainable). Emery’s other passion is reading – mostly non-fiction gardening and architecture books.
Although he really didn’t want to talk about it, I finally had to ask Emery how he felt about winning the Heart of HR award for 2007. In his usual self-effacing way, Emery said, “I was very surprised to receive the award and of course, it’s nice to be recognized for your contributions. I feel very fortunate to have had wonderful mentors and to now work with a group of people who are dedicated to making Stanford a better place. It all comes together when good people work toward the same goal.” Now, isn’t that the Heart of HR!
Sharys Wheeler
HRM, School of Education
Please join us for the February Birthday Celebration. All HR staff are invited to join in the celebration for cake and a chance to network with colleagues.
655 Serra, Magnolia Conference Room
Thursday, February 21
3:30 – 4:30
Welcome to …
• Erick Felder, Human Resources Transactions Administrator, Central HR Data Services
• Amy Hornibrook, HRA for Schools of Engineering and Earth Sciences
• Jennifer Houston, Pepper Tree Teacher, WorkLife Office
• Mary Jo Patti, Administrative Associate, Stanford Benefits
• Jayanti Tambe, Director of Rainbow School, Worklife Office
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