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Sue Anne Linde, SFU Business, 604.291.5038; slinde@sfu.ca
Sue Anne Linde, SFU Business, 604.291.5038; slinde@sfu.ca
June 22, 2005
What does it take to successfully integrate talent management strategies into organizations? A series of leadership programs created through a partnership between SFU Business and the Human Capital Institute, a non-profit think tank and educator in talent management strategies based in Washington, DC, will provide some timely answers.
The first will be a breakfast seminar on July 6, from 7:30 - 9 a.m. at SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre campus, featuring David Lefkow, director of market development for Jobster Inc., based in Seattle. Lefkow's talk is titled, Let the games begin: hiring -- and retaining -- top talent. It's billed as an insightful look at the upcoming 'perfect storm' of employment forces, including the convergence of a booming economy in BC, the Olympics, and significant demographic factors in the labour market.
Lefkow, an award-winning author of numerous articles on technology, recruiting and branding, will tie the issues to practical ways that the business community can engage in future workforce planning and innovative recruiting techniques.
The inaugural event is being held in conjunction with a two-day (July 5-6) campus recruiting forum, which will feature HCI's executive director Allan Schweyer and other prominent recruiting experts. The goal of the forum, which targets employers who recruit university graduates, is to provide organizations with intensive training and facilitate an exchange of ideas and innovations for success.
“By partnering with high-calibre organizations like the Human Capital Institute, SFU Business continues a heritage of innovative programming that brings leading edge management thinking to the Vancouver business community,” says Ernie Love, dean of SFU Business. “With access to HCI's next generation research and tools, SFU Business will continue to provide practical strategies and best practices to those who recognize that effectively managing talent is the key to remaining competitive.”
HCI's Schweyer notes that when SFU's new Segal Graduate School of Business opens in September it will offer “the perfect environment” for HCI-SFU Business networking events for Vancouver's professional community. HCI also has partnerships with the Rotman School of Business and McGill University in Canada and several highly-regarded US business schools.
(Note: Schweyer and Lefkow are available for interviews. Contact Sue Anne Linde at 604.291.5038)
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Website; Human Capital Institute;
www.humancapitalinstitute.net/events_network__trainingID_212.html
The first will be a breakfast seminar on July 6, from 7:30 - 9 a.m. at SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre campus, featuring David Lefkow, director of market development for Jobster Inc., based in Seattle. Lefkow's talk is titled, Let the games begin: hiring -- and retaining -- top talent. It's billed as an insightful look at the upcoming 'perfect storm' of employment forces, including the convergence of a booming economy in BC, the Olympics, and significant demographic factors in the labour market.
Lefkow, an award-winning author of numerous articles on technology, recruiting and branding, will tie the issues to practical ways that the business community can engage in future workforce planning and innovative recruiting techniques.
The inaugural event is being held in conjunction with a two-day (July 5-6) campus recruiting forum, which will feature HCI's executive director Allan Schweyer and other prominent recruiting experts. The goal of the forum, which targets employers who recruit university graduates, is to provide organizations with intensive training and facilitate an exchange of ideas and innovations for success.
“By partnering with high-calibre organizations like the Human Capital Institute, SFU Business continues a heritage of innovative programming that brings leading edge management thinking to the Vancouver business community,” says Ernie Love, dean of SFU Business. “With access to HCI's next generation research and tools, SFU Business will continue to provide practical strategies and best practices to those who recognize that effectively managing talent is the key to remaining competitive.”
HCI's Schweyer notes that when SFU's new Segal Graduate School of Business opens in September it will offer “the perfect environment” for HCI-SFU Business networking events for Vancouver's professional community. HCI also has partnerships with the Rotman School of Business and McGill University in Canada and several highly-regarded US business schools.
(Note: Schweyer and Lefkow are available for interviews. Contact Sue Anne Linde at 604.291.5038)
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Website; Human Capital Institute;
www.humancapitalinstitute.net/events_network__trainingID_212.html