Webinars, Events & Resources – August 2011

Every month, Talent Terrace tracks publicly offered webinars and other events that may appeal to the professional development interests of HR, internal communications, and business owners aspiring to improve their business outcomes through better HR practices and strategies.  Below is the list of 26 webinars for August 2011 which includes 24 free offerings [...]

There may not be a labor shortage, but there will be a talent crisis.

Ryan Estis, is a marketing and business performance consultant who really gets HR.  He’s a pretty dynamic speaker too.  Ryan’s presentation at the 2010 SHRM conference in San Diego in June, titled “HR 2.0:  How Talent, Technology and Transformation are Shaping Tomorrow’s HR Organization”, got my vote for the most engaging session of day one.  This was [...]

Webinars & Events – July 2010

Congratulations to the many clients and colleagues who have recently passed significant milestones of attaining their HRCI or WorldatWork professional credentials including PHR, SPHR, GPHR, SPHR – CA, CCP, CBP, and GRP!  Take a well deserved breath of fresh air after so many long hours of studying and preparing for the exams.  Now that you have [...]

Upcoming HR related webinars and events – Recertifying is like training for a marathon

Work toward professional recertification one mile (i.e., one CEU credit) at a time.

For those of you who have trained for long distance races like a marathon, you’ll know well that success in reaching the finish line depends on you putting your shoes on and training one mile at a time.  Accumulating recertification credits for [...]

Upcoming continuing education events and webinars

With the rapid pace of change in the HR field and emerging social media influences on business communications it’s easy to feel like you might be left behind on emerging trends.  Colleagues and clients often ask me for ideas on how to best keep up with the changes while balancing limited budgets and scarce capacity.   Unfortunately, I can’t [...]

Defined contribution plan matches on the rebound

Employer’s 401(k) matches are making a comeback  

An article from yesterday’s Washington Post  about the emerging trend of reinstated retirement benefits must surely be welcome news to thousands of employees whose employers froze defined contribution plan employer match provisions as a means to manage costs during the economic crisis.  The article suggests that large employers will lead [...]