HR.com Finalizes Staffing Track for Annual Employers of Excellence Conference 2005

HR.com, the research and Web destination for Senior HR Professionals, today announced the lineup of over 100 educational workshops targeted to the senior HR professionals who will be attending the event, being held September 25-27 in Phoenix, Arizona.



Michael Moretti, HR.comís Senior Staffing Analyst, will be hosting a selection of 10 workshops in his ìStaffing: Secrets to Creative Staffing From College Grads to Senior Executivesî program.

The need for new and strategic staffing practices has not changed in the last 30 years but the people, practices and technology certainly have. This track will showcase some of the more innovative ways that leading organizations have broken out of the old mold and created new and exciting ways to attract talent.

Specific topics being addressed include:
ìStaffing Networking and Brainstorming Sessionî with Michael Moretti, HR.comís Senior Staffing Analyst

ìExtreme Makeover ñ Sourcing Editionî with Steve Nellis, VP or Recruiting for Centex Homes and Susanne Bowen, President and CEO of Webhire, Inc.

ìFrom Confusing to Irresistible: Reinventing Graduate Recruitmentî with Michael Bungay Stanier, Principal of Box of Crayons and Christine Gillespie, Director of HR for Audit & Assurance with PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada

ìRecruiting, Rewarding and Retaining Your Top Performers in a Rebounding Economyî with Suzanne Nocita, Operations Leader of Workforce Planning for Alegent Health

ìOnline Recruiting 2.0 ñ Connecting with Passive Candidates,î led by Jason Goldberg, Founder and CEO of Jobster and Rich Harnett, Director ñ Global Staffing, The Boeing Company

ìHigh-Energy Hiringî with Steve Allen, GM Organizational Development for Cinergy Corporation and Bharat Kannan, Assistant VP of Aon Human Resources Outsourcing

ìDelivering Strategic Value Through HR: From the Backroom to the Boardroomî with David Russo, the Chief People Officer of Peopleclick

ìTalent Acquisition: Winning the War for the Best Talentî with Patti Cotter, VP of Recruiting with Nationwide Insurance Company

ìRecruitment Process Outsourcing Panelî with Barry Siegel, President of Recruitment Enhancement Services; Bharat Kannan, Assistant VP of Aon HR Outsourcing; John Younger, CEO of Accolo and Michael Moretti of HR.com

ìBuilding an Internal Executive Recruitment Functionî with Dan Kilgore, Director of North American Talent Acquisition for Getronics

If you are in the market to improve your talent acquisition and management practices, join Jason Averbook in a pre-conference workshop that will help you effectively create RFI/RFPís and implement best practices in the procurement process.

This yearís staffing solution providers, who will be sponsoring the event, will also be available to meet privately, in a one-on-one environment, with senior HR professionals. Staffing sponsors confirmed to date include: Accolo, Aon Consulting, BrassRing, The Devine Group, Integris Consulting, Jobster, Peopleclick, PeopleFilter, Performance Assessment Network, Recruitmax, Recruitment Enhancement Services (RES), Webhire and Yahoo! HotJobs.

ìWe also have workshops covering performance management, compensation and benefits, leadership, HR outsourcing, and best practices on becoming an employer of excellence,î says Terri Joosten, HR.comís Vice President of Events and Business Development, who is responsible for the overall event. ìWe have also partnered with Metrus Group and Knowledge Infusion to deliver a program entitled ë2005 HR Strategy Summit: Develop, Align and Execute Your HR Strategy!í; Interaction Associates on ëLeadership Fast Track: Leaders in Action Working Smarter, Faster, Better Ö Togetherí; and, returning for a third year, PwC Saratoga with their ìHow HR Talks to Wall Street Program.î

The program also includes an exciting lineup of keynote speakers: Jim Collins, Best-selling author of ìGood to Greatî and ìBuilt to Lastî; Marcy McGinnis, Senior Vice President of CBS News Coverage; Dewitt Jones, Author and Professional Photographer; Daniel Pink, Author of ìA Whole New Mindî; David Whyte, Best-selling author and poet; Ann Rhoades, Former Executive Vice President for JetBlue Airways and President, People Ink; and Coleman Peterson, retired Executive Vice President of HR for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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