Workshop: Essential Talent Strategies That Get You Ahead

Times are Changing:

Essential Talent Strategies that Get You Ahead of the Rest

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Our work these days with CEO’s and VP’s of HR has revealed getting the right people when you need them is the greatest limiting factor in business today. It seems so unusual given the job market, which appears to be candidate rich upon first glance. Unfortunately, that is not the case: The competition for high-demand critical skills is fierce.

In top-tier companies, talent acquisition and talent management are interdependent and part of every operating discussion. Does your recruiting function have a proactive approach that supports the execution of the business plan today and down the road? Who owns the talent plan? Are you part of a culture where getting and keeping the right talent is serious and may require pushing some new boundaries? Or, are you a recruiting function of filling requisitions as they come in?

The Problem

The world has changed. If we continue to recruit with “one-off” requests without “seeing around the corners” for anticipating future needs, we will be left in the dust!  Great talent will be identified, nurtured and connected to other companies valuing them.

The Solution
It is not too late to create a recruiting road-map that supports a Talent Acquisition Function as though it is a business. A business requires clear direction, prioritization of resources, understanding supply and demand, knowing where hot talent resides and having a plan to attract them. This requires a serious process and project plan.

Who Benefits From This Seminar?

Process owners who benefit from this training are VP’s of HR, VP Talent Acquisition, Recruiting Managers and Line Managers. If they are concerned about quality of candidates or, not able to predict talent needs, or think that the employment message is lost in the noise of competing interests, then, we invite you to this practical training and tools-creation workshop. Come away with step-by-step guides, position-specification templates, pipeline strategies for hard-to-find skill sets.

Facilitated by:

Sherry Benjamins has over 20 years of experience in business management, career consulting services and human resources. Her expertise is in consulting with senior management on strategic workforce issues. The focus of her company over the past twelve years is in talent management and recruitment to help companies find, keep and develop great talent. She advises leaders and individuals in translating their business vision to a strategic talent plan in order to achieve workforce requirements.

Sherry has a corporate, division human resources background along with consulting services management. She also has extensive experience in the healthcare and related services arena, holding key Human Resource leadership positions in a global healthcare organization and has had P&L responsibility for a nationally recognized multi-site career services firm. Sherry is founder and facilitator of a senior leadership group called HRoundtable©, a regional HR leadership forum focused on HR thought leadership and sharing of best practices. She speaks frequently on the topic of Talent Acquisition & Talent Strategy.