Wellness Forum

Employee Interest Assessment

Employee interest assessments are a great tool to use when designing your program. They can lessen resistance employees might have by building employee ownership and support of a program. The assessment has three main purposes:

• Introduce employees to worksite wellness
• Get input from employees
• Help to launch a successful wellness program

Once you have found or developed a survey you want to distribute, set a date(s) for distribution. Promote the survey among employees to ensure a good response. For worksites with less than 100 employees, aim for 50-75% response rate. For worksites with 100 - 200 employees aim for 35-50% response rate.

Also, employees will be curious to know the results of the survey. Be sure to keep them informed and let them know what you are planning. This will help build more interest in the programs and policies that will be developed.

Sample: Employee Interest Survey