BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151105T133000Z DTEND:20151105T183000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Employee Recruiting/Retention Summit DESCRIPTION:Executive Leaders\n\nEmployee Recruiting/Retention Summit\n\n \n\n ACEC/MN member firms face increasing competition in recruiting and retaining talented and qualified staff to power their workforce. The U.S. Commerce Department projects that employment in STEM related fields will increase by 17% over the next decade\, nearly twice the rate of other occupations. However\, bachelor's degrees earned in the United States in STEM fields are projected to be far below the number needed to fill this future need.\n\nWith the coming shortage of employees\, what can you do to make your firm more attractive to potential employees and more importantly\, how do you keep them once you have them? Attend this summit with an expert panel that will assist your firm in being competitive today and into the future.\n\n \n\nSESSION DESCRIPTIONS:\n\n\n\nDepartment of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Presentation Dr. Steven Hine\, Labor Market Information Director \n\n\n Trends in MN workforce demographics opportunities and challenges\n The Market for Skills does a shortage exist?\n Forecasting Employment in STEM\n\nBranding For Talent Wendy Nemitz\, Ingenuity Marketing Group\n\n\n How your brand attracts or repels talent\n How to appeal to the right people online\n Branding as the basis of a team on the same page to retain your people\n\nBuilding Leaders: Where will we find the leads of the future? Cheryl Leitschuh\, Leadership Energy\n\nAs a leader in your organization\, it is important to:\n\n\n Understand how to define what you need for future leadership.\n Redefine retention from a talent leadership perspective\n Identify the steps you are currently taking and the steps you need to take to increase your leadership bench strength\n\n \n\nBest Practices in Retaining Talent Jana Cinnamon\, Abdo Eick & Meyers\n\n\n The high cost of turnover \n How recruiting strategies are related to retention strategies\n Retention strategies you can implement now\n\nPRESENTERS:\n\n\n\nDr. Steven C. Hine has been with the Labor Market Information Office at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for over 18 years\, and has been Research Director of the office for the past 13 years. In this capacity\, he and his staff of 30 are responsible for the production\, analysis and dissemination of the official employment and unemployment statistics for the State of Minnesota. Dr. Hine also participates on numerous councils and workgroups with other states' directors and officials with the US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics and Employment and Training Administration. Prior to joining DEED\, Dr. Hine taught economics at colleges and universities in New York\, Washington\, Arkansas\, and Minnesota. Dr. Hine has a bachelor's degree in economics from Bemidji State University and master's and doctorate degrees in economics from Washington State University in Pullman\, WA.\n\n \n\nWendy Nemitz\, M.A.\, is the founder of Ingenuity Marketing Group. Ingenuity helps ACEC firms attract and retain the best clients and talent through a strategic approach to your brand\, online marketing and communications. She can be reached at wendy@ingenuitymarketing.com or 651 690 3358 or @IngeniusWendy. Wendy has worked to help professional service firms grow for more than 25 years and was recently named to Minnesota Business Magazine's "Real Power 50." \n\n \n\nDr. Cheryl Leitschuh\, Ed.D.\, owner of The Leadership Energy. Cheryl is a leadership development consultant and specializes in personal and professional success. She assists companies in achieving their key business objectives by fully capitalizing on a single line of their balance sheet their human resources potential. Cheryl is a national speaker and radio personality. Her newest book\, Leadership Energy: Unlocking The Secrets to Your Success became an Amazon best seller in 5 days. \n\n \n\nJana Cinnamon\, M.A. is the Talent Management Director at Abdo\, Eick & Meyers. Jana develops and implements recruiting\, retention\, and employee development strategies to drive firm growth. With the initiatives she has led\, AEM has experienced limited turnover almost half the rate of industry averages. She was recognized by Boomer Consulting\, Inc. with the "Bridging the Gap in Talent Development Award" and recently completed her Master's degree in Human Resources. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Executive Leaders
\nEmployee Recruiting/Retention Summit
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\n \;ACEC/MN member firms face increasing competition in recruiting and retaining talented and qualified staff to power their workforce. The U.S. Commerce Department projects that employment in STEM related fields will increase by 17% over the next decade\, nearly twice the rate of other occupations. However\, bachelor&rsquo\;s degrees earned in the United States in STEM fields are projected to be far below the number needed to fill this future need.
\nWith the coming shortage of employees\, what can you do to make your firm more attractive to potential employees and more importantly\, how do you keep them once you have them? \; \; Attend this summit with an expert panel that will assist your firm in being competitive today and into the future.
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\nSESSION DESCRIPTIONS:
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\nDepartment of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Presentation &ndash\; Dr. Steven Hine\, Labor Market Information Director \n\n\nBranding For Talent &ndash\; Wendy Nemitz\, Ingenuity Marketing Group\n\n\nBuilding Leaders: Where will we find the leads of the future? &ndash\; Cheryl Leitschuh\, Leadership Energy
\nAs a leader in your organization\, it is important to:\n\n\nBest Practices in Retaining Talent &ndash\; Jana Cinnamon\, Abdo Eick &\; Meyers\n\n\nPRESENTERS:
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\nDr. Steven C. Hine has been with the Labor Market Information Office at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for over 18 years\, and has been Research Director of the office for the past 13 years. \; In this capacity\, he and his staff of 30 are responsible for the production\, analysis and dissemination of the official employment and unemployment statistics for the State of Minnesota. \; Dr. Hine also participates on numerous councils and workgroups with other states&rsquo\; directors and officials with the US Department of Labor&rsquo\;s Bureau of Labor Statistics and Employment and Training Administration. \; Prior to joining DEED\, Dr. Hine taught economics at colleges and universities in New York\, Washington\, Arkansas\, and Minnesota. \; Dr. Hine has a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in economics from Bemidji State University and master&rsquo\;s and doctorate degrees in economics from Washington State University in Pullman\, WA.
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\nWendy Nemitz\, M.A.\, is the founder of Ingenuity Marketing Group. Ingenuity helps ACEC firms attract and retain the best clients and talent through a strategic approach to your brand\, online marketing and communications. She can be reached at wendy@ingenuitymarketing.com or 651 690 3358 or @IngeniusWendy. \; Wendy has worked to help professional service firms grow for more than 25 years and was recently named to Minnesota Business Magazine&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Real Power 50.&rdquo\;
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\nDr. Cheryl Leitschuh\, Ed.D.\, owner of The Leadership Energy. Cheryl is a leadership development consultant and specializes in personal and professional success. She assists companies in achieving their key business objectives by fully capitalizing on a single line of their balance sheet &mdash\; their human resources potential. Cheryl is a national speaker and radio personality. Her newest book\, Leadership Energy: \; Unlocking The Secrets to Your Success became an Amazon best seller in 5 days.
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\nJana Cinnamon\, M.A. is the Talent Management Director at Abdo\, Eick &\; Meyers. Jana develops and implements recruiting\, retention\, and employee development strategies to drive firm growth. With the initiatives she has led\, AEM has experienced limited turnover &ndash\; almost half the rate of industry averages. She was recognized by Boomer Consulting\, Inc. with the &ldquo\;Bridging the Gap in Talent Development Award&rdquo\; and recently completed her Master&rsquo\;s degree in Human Resources. LOCATION:Marriott Minneapolis West 9960 Wayzata Blvd\, Minnetonka\, MN (952/544-4400) (Located on the north frontage road of I-394 between Hwy 169 & Hopkins Crossroad directly across from the ACEC/MN office) UID:e.9128.948 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260423T112122Z URL:http://cecm.memberzone.com/events/details/employee-recruiting-retention-summit-11-05-2015-948 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR