Hiring in 2010: Planning for the Recovery
3/17/2010
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
7:30am-9:00am
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The Governor Hotel
614 Southwest 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97205
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Contact:
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Stephanie El-Hajj
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Online registration is now closed.
Walk-In registration opens Wednesday March 17th at 7:30am.
There is a $10 on site fee.
Practical steps for taking advantage of the great talent available in these economic times.
As the economy begins to recover, many businesses are once again looking to add talent. 2010 offers tremendous opportunity to find great talent and upgrade the workforce.
But how can we find the talent we need? How can we avoid costly hiring mistakes? How can we reduce the risk of turnover of new hires? How can we ensure we hire good employees who will earn the company money? We will address the three major challenges in hiring the right players for each position:
- Defining what we skills and attributes we need for each position
- Finding qualified candidates
- Vetting candidates to ensure the right fit and team members who will stay with the organization and contribute to its success
We will hear stories from two smaller and two larger software organizations that are at various stages of growth. We’ll hear what process and tools they have used to maximize their efficiencies and the effectiveness of their hiring.
Tom Paul, COO, Pop Art, Inc.
Pop Art is a creative services company with approximately 20 employees. They recently implemented an applicant tracking system and assessments to help them vet candidates. Tom manages all the hiring activity for PopArt.
Jeff Gaus, CEO, Prolifiq Software
Prolifiq is a software as a service provider providing content-rich messages for marketing. They have 23 employees and have developed a rigorous in-person process for interviewing candidates. Jeff is very involved in the hiring process at Prolifiq.
Mary Carvour, Director of HR, Coaxis
Coaxis’s Viewpoint Software provides information-management solutions to the commercial construction market. They have 150+ employees and are rapidly growing. In 2009 they developed processes that maximize the power available through their applicant tracking system and their extensive use of predictive assessments to aid in their hiring process.
Cindy Raz, HR Manager, EthicsPoint
EthicsPoint provides software that enables organizations to foster a business culture of integrity and compliance. They have a mature organization of 130+ employees and have been using hiring best practices for many years.
Moderator: Jan Foster, Performance Resources
Jan works with organizations to help them create efficient hiring processes through the use of online tools for selection and development of top performing employees.
Audience: Target audience is C-level executives, VP's, Directors, HR Managers, etc...
Please do not register if you are not in a hiring or decision making position at your company.
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