Archived Webcasts and Podcasts

Internships have truly have become the “new interview” in the job search process for students and employers alike in today's challenging economic environment. In this presentation, Internships.com Vice President of Global Marketing Yair Riemer will present the latest industry statistics and market data from this growing HR sector and discuss the importance and benefits of starting and maintaining internship programs for businesses of all sizes.

The presentation will examine the growth of internship sectors such as virtual internships and social media internships, as well as outlining the benefits for organizations in starting an internship program and recruiting college and entry-level talent.

While workforce planning has been heralded as a means to quantitatively link business strategy and human capital management, in practice many organizations have not advanced workforce planning beyond developing their hiring plans and turnover analysis. While these are important fundamentals, the true power of workforce planning lies in more advanced analytics. Workforce planning can be used to help determine contingent labor strategies, what to outsource, where to locate, what to automate, where process improvement opportunities exist, and a host of other critical opportunities. This session will focus on 3 such advanced analytical techniques – location modeling, outsource modeling, and scenario modeling.

Sourcing temporary workers on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the value of social media when building an extended workforce. This webinar explains how to use each type of social media for all aspects of contingent talent procurement and workforce management. Topics include: • Going beyond social networking - Incorporating talent exchanges and crowdsourcing into your talent procurement strategies • Avoiding risks when sourcing candidates online • Selecting the right type of worker for each assignment • Onboarding candidates sourced through social media • How‘unified communications’ technologies drive collaboration and productivity • Transitioning your vendor management system into a social enterprise talent management platform

Global re-adjustments are converging to to create a new reality where business models will have to be re-designed, social systems re-invented, and value propositions re-thought. Labor demographics and global trends are forcing organizations to address their workforce strategy fundamentally different. People practices, work models, and talent optimization are the key levers to transforming your workplace globally. Case in point, with 45 million new entrants in the global job market annually, most of them young, 300 million new jobs will be needed between now and 2015 to keep pace with the growth in the labor force. How many of these people will have the skills needed to be successful and bring impact to an organization.

Good public policy requires accurate facts. This presentation: • Outlines the central role of small businesses and self-employment in economic growth • Corrects erroneous myths about who becomes an independent contractor, and why • Estimates the benefit to one U.S. state’s economy, California, of public policies that facilitate independent contracting • Explains the role of such employment in the future—why some day you will be self-employed, and happy about it The presentation is based on a study published recently by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), the premier small business association in America, titled The Economic Impact of Independent Contracting in California. Its lessons are applicable to every state and province

Margaret Graziano’s unique approach to recruitment and hiring incorporates organizational development, industrial psychology, metrics and technology: a powerful methodology to attract and select “A” players, develop your “B” players, and leverage your company’s hiring power by continuously hiring the best. This process is called Conscious Hiring and it encompasses every aspect of building an effective and foolproof hiring process. In this program, you will learn the methods to evaluate and assess the power of your existing team, refine your hiring and on-boarding processes, and influence the impact that your workforce has on your customers, stakeholders, as well as your bottom line.

This session will discuss the findings of the recent SilkRoad research. "Recruitment Marketing Effectiveness: Meaningful Metrics Straight From the Source. As a part of the research, we took a deep dive into recruitment source effectiveness across more than 700 SilkRoad customers to use their 2011 data in aggregate. These organizations ranged broadly in size, and included 10 of the Fortune 500 and 50 of the Fortune 1,000. Combined, we gained insights from over 200,000 job postings, 9.3 million applicants, and over 94,155 hires. Thomas will take a deep dive into these results and provide unique insights into what works and what doesn't saving both time and money.

The recent US Supreme Court decision to uphold the US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) means that U.S. healthcare provider HR Executives need to get started ASAP on addressing the myriad of impacts this will have on the future talent needs of their business. Carl Kutsmode, a talent acquisition expert and managing partner at talentrise, will facilitate a panel discussion with healthcare provider HR executives who are ahead of the game. Attendees will gain tips and advice on key investments and strategic changes needed to more effectively attract, recruit and retain the BEST healthcare talent in the future.

We are in the midst of a workforce revolution. A decade ago outsourcing and off shoring allowed large corporations to cut costs and streamline process. Today new labor marketplaces are allowing small businesses to take advantage of the global workforce. These same marketplaces are providing companies of all sizes with far greater flexibility and far broader access to talent. Join, TaskUs, CEO, Bryce Maddock as he delves head first into the challenges and opportunities presented by this new paradigm. How do you train remote workers? Are they W-2 or 1099? What type of work is too complex for outsourcing or crowdsourcing? In this session you will learn about the major on demand labor markets, their strengths, weaknesses and specializations. You will also learn about major regulatory concerns surrounding the classification of workers on these platforms. Finally, you will learn what these marketplaces can and cannot handle. Maddock will give examples of how specific companies have used outsourcing marketplaces and crowdsouricng effectively and ineffectively. He will explore issues surrounding the security of data and the training of remote employees.

In this session we will discuss the intricacies around running a 100% compliant organization while using valuable Independent Contractors (ICs) In today’s economy, your organization must be creative with people. People are your most important resource, but it also is your most expensive resource! Yes, the government’s rules and regulations are tight…especially the State’s rules and regulations, but with some education and advocacy, we can navigate our ways through these landmines. Once we have decided that many of our projects can be satisfied with a contingent or supplemental workforce, how do we go about implementing best practices to assist us with our need for compliant, structured and well-thought-out processes? What payroll options are available to you when bringing on independent contract consultants?