ìOutstanding, Excellent Speakers, Cutting Edge Topicsî is how Lauralyn Jones, Glaxo SmithKline describes the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitmentís (IACPR) (www.iacpr.org) 25th annual conference held in New York City, October 19-21, FutureQuest 2003: The Corporation & Executive Search ñ Advancing the Partnership. The conference brought together world-class speakers from the Executive Suite, Human Resources and major Executive Search Firms.
In her opening remarks, Ann MacCarthy, National Chair said that ìUnder the authorship of IACPR, senior executives from blue chip corporations and leaders from the executive search industry are launching a ground breaking initiative developing Professional Guidelines/Best Practices in the Acquisition and retention of executive talent. This will create the potential for professional certification, and eventually, the basis for college programsî.
Featured speakers at the conference included: Gary Matthews, President, Worldwide Consumer Medicines at Bristol-Myers Squibb; Beth Axelrod, Chief Talent Officer at WPP Industries; Steve Kerr, Chief Learning Officer and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs; Lucien Alziari, Vice President and Chief Personnel Officer at PepsiCo Corporate; Carl Haacke, New York Times Job Market Economist as well as Jim Citrin, Managing Director, Spencer Stuart and author of The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers.
According to Cynthia G. Lowden, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, SBLI USA, ìMany of the conference speakers are not only subject matter experts, they are role models in the HR profession.î Susan Roberts, Executive Director, IACPR says that enthusiastic responses like these reflect the vigor and energy in IACPR and re-affirm its reputation as the organization of choice for both corporate and retained search leaders in executive recruitment and retention.
IACPRís Ground Breaking Initiative Launched at Conference
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