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Doug Lawrence  Doug Lawrence President/International HR Solution provider Years of Experience:  40+ years Areas of Expertise:  Workplace Mentoring Doug Lawrence  is the founder of TalentC® a Human Resources solution provider focused on effective mentoring. Doug is an  International Certified Mentor Practitioner (ICMP)  and an International  Certified Mentor Facilitator (ICMF) . He has over 30 years of mentoring and leadership experience in federal, provincial and private sector environments and is recognized as a thought leader in the mentoring space. Doug authored the book entitled, “The Gift of Mentoring”. Doug has worked with organizations to establish mentoring programs/mentoring cultures and provides one on one professional mentoring with people at all levels in an organization on an international basis. Doug currently serves on a number of Boards locally and internationally. Doug was instrumental in developing a curriculum to tr...

Barbara J Bruno Barbara J Bruno CEO, Good as Gold Training, Inc Years of Experience:  44+ years Areas of Expertise:  Staffing and Recruiting, Talent Acquisition and Sales Barbara J Bruno  is internationally recognized as one of the top experts in the Staffing and Recruiting, Talent Acquisition and Sales Professions.  She has created fourteen recruiting and talent acquisition courses for LinkedIn Learning, which have been approved for their Enterprise clients’ continuing education curriculum.  She also participates in the LinkedIn Insider Group. Barb writes continuing education courses for Tech Serve Alliance, the National Association of Personnel Services and the CPA Profession through CPD Formula Canadian. Barb has developed web-based training programs that are distributed in several countries and 100% of her Tutor clients have increased efficiency and profits.  She writes for numerous publications and authors one of the most widely read on...

The competition in the market is cut-throat and winning the top talent for your organization is increasingly becoming difficult. Also, the market demands and needs are continuously changing and talented candidates have become the greatest assets a company can have. The era where the recruiters used to post job descriptions hoping that good candidates would gravitate towards them to fill the positions automatically is long gone. Today, candidates have multiple offers in hand from which they can conveniently select the organization that they want to work for. This has brought a significant change in the talent acquisition space where recruiters, now, need to actively pursue candidates to hire the best talents for organizations. Also, the  trends and methods of talent acquisition  are changing and companies are incorporating some really advanced technologies to perfect their processes, making things even more difficult for companies stuck with outdated practices. Let’s ha...

OVERVIEW This session will provide participants with an overview of today’s workforce Talent .  Many organizations are challenged with finding skilled employees in today’s market.  This session will look at many factors that are affecting today’s workforce such as talent acquisition strategies, skill shortage, generations, work expectations, talent management strategy and much more. At the end of the session participants will walk away with a battle plan forattracting and retaining talented employees as well as developing them. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND This session is for participants who recruit and want a better understanding of the job market, workforce planning and talent management.  This session will help HR (Human Resources) or recruiters develop a recruiting plan and strategic workforce planning for now and the future. AREAS COVERED In this session we will explore why many organizations are challenged with finding high potential employees and what the ...