Are You Staffed for Economic Recovery?: Week Long Series

The recession is officially over. Recent studies show CEOs are becoming more optimistic about the future. Are you ready to meet your C-suite's expectations for an uptick in business? Do you have the workforce in place to tackle the new savvy customer who is more discriminating and price conscious than ever before? This 4-disc CD set will help you identify the latest trends in gaining talent, keeping it and being ready for the future.

Audio Conference #1:
Virtual Recruiting: Your Ticket to the Best and Brightest

"Virtual" recruiting is the latest trend in acquiring the best and brightest employees. Job fairs, as well as social networking and company Web sites, are growing popularity as a recruiting tool.

Brent will provide attendees with a behind the curtain look at virtual job fairs, including the technology and common mistakes. He will illustrate this conversation with real-life examples from leading companies like KPMG and data from a Unisfair survey of over 100 HR professionals. Brent will also discuss how attendees can use other virtual tools, such as social media, to attract candidates.

Learning objectives:

• The market conditions that have led many companies to turn to virtual job fairs and other virtual recruiting methods.
• Where to start when contemplating a virtual job fair.
• Do's and don'ts of holding a virtual job fair and other virtual recruiting methods.
• The ROI and results HR professionals can expect from virtual job fairs and how to communicate these numbers to the executive team.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Recertification Institute (HRCI)., 1.5 CM Continuing Education Credits and 0.15 CEU credits.

Presented By:

Brent Arslaner oversees all Channel Relationships including digital advertising agencies, event marketing firms, solution specialists and media publishers. Prior to leading the Channel team Brent was Vice President of Marketing and established Unisfair as the leading provider of Virtual Event Solutions. Prior to joining Unisfair, Brent was Vice President of Marketing at Jamcracker, a provider of on-demand delivery solutions. Before Jamcracker, he was Vice President of Product Strategy at Kana Software, where he defined corporate strategy and built strategic partnerships. Brent joined Kana through its acquisition of Broadbase Software, where he was instrumental in driving the IPO process, successfully acquiring and integrating six companies and growing the company to over $100 million in sales. Earlier, Brent held senior marketing positions at PeopleSoft and Intrepid Systems. Brent holds a B.S. in Supply Chain Management from Syracuse University.

Audio Conference #2:
5 Steps to Recovery Recruitment

The recovery is coming, so the time is now for smart planning to ensure your company is prepared. Kurt Ronn, president and founder of the national recruitment firm HRworks, will discuss 5 key steps to Recovery Recruitment.

1. Assess Talent: What are the current talent capabilities? What will be the talent needs going forward?
2. Assess Process: Are you in position to move rapidly when business needs require it?
3. Build in Diversity: The recovery provides a great opportunity to impact the diversity of your organization in a positive way. Will you be ready to take advantage of the diverse pool?
4. Develop Compliance: Compliance with government hiring regulations is here to stay. Have you built in the necessary steps to compliant recruitment?
5. Design a Solution: Should you outsource the hiring? If so, how much? How will you measure results?

Learning objectives:

• Quickly assess and address the needs of your company.
• Develop structure behind your recruitment process and ensure compliance with government regulations.
• Develop a diverse workforce.
• Communicate, train and measure results of your recruitment process.
• Understand when to outsource.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Recertification Institute (HRCI)., 1.5 CM Continuing Education Credits and 0.15 CEU credits.

Presented By:

Kurt Ronn founded HRWORKS as a national recruitment firm in 1998, and developed the company's patented technology and process approach to large-scale recruiting and executive search. The innovative solution has become a part of many industry-leading clients, including ADP, Cerberus Capital, The Coca-Cola Company, General Electric, Jacobs Engineering, Kohlberg & Company, Hewlett-Packard, The Home Depot, Starbucks and numerous growth companies.

In addition to leading the company, Ronn provides strategic consulting to guide clients through the building of their businesses. He is involved in developing business and talent plans, handling mergers and talent integration, and building the teams to launch brands and roll out new divisions. Ronn is a strategic recruitment process consultant and spends significant time consulting to venture-backed startups as well as major corporate reorganizations. Ronn is a regular contributor to BusinessWeek Online: Viewpoint and speaks nationally on diversity, recruitment process and recruitment compliance. Prior to founding HRworks, Ronn was a principle with one of the East Coast's largest website companies, and spent 17 years in senior positions at Federated Department Stores and Macy's.

Ronn holds a Bachelor of Science in Technology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with additional studies at both the University of Houston and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Ronn is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, RPO Association Board of Directors, Woodruff Arts Center SD&A Board and is an honorary board member of Georgia Special Olympics. He founded the award-winning HRworks CHARITYworks foundation that encourages community involvement and volunteerism. In 2009, Ronn worked with the Rotary Club of Atlanta to establish Hire One Hero, an Atlanta Rotary initiative to help wounded warriors and veterans find employment ? one job at a time, one hero at a time.

Audio Conference #3:
Onboarding: The Crucial First 90 Days - New Hires Have Their Tickets, But Are They on the Train?

An effective onboarding process is critical to speed time-to-productivity, reduce new hire turnover, ensure compliance and socialize new employees to your policies and culture. Unfortunately, many employers are challenged with onboarding processes that involve dozens of steps and software systems - and often leave new employees with a feeling of disconnect on their first day. In this session, DJ Chhabra, Enwisen's president and published author on onboarding technologies and strategies, will discuss the latest trend in onboarding technologies that orchestrate the entire onboarding process through pre-boarding, task management, forms management and socialization -integrated with any HCM, payroll, benefits, learning, performance management, provisioning, applicant/recruiting and other HR-related systems.

Learning objectives:

• Gather separate steps into a single online web-based workflow that reduces duplicate data entry and paper documents.
• Speed up new employee processing.