Seema Rafay
Instructor Seema Rafay
Product Id 601620
Duration 60 Minutes  
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Original Price $295
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Hiring for Retention and Productivity - Know the Facts

Overview:

High employee turnover and poor performing employees are a well-documented cost to employers. Without a doubt, every employer seeks candidates who will prove to be top performers, and who will not only be productive but will also stay.

It is a well-known fact that it costs more to hire new employees than it does to keep them, particularly when we factor in costs that include searching, recruitment, training, payroll, benefits and other HR costs. Additionally, poor performing employees cost employers lost productivity, lost clients, ineffective teams and low morale. Retention and Productivity are therefore two key concerns in any recruitment effort. Research shows that candidates who are best matched to positions not only outperform their peers but also stay longer at the same jobs.

This session outlines key metrics to chart, gather data and create benchmarks for performance levels to help identify and recruit best matched candidates. Creating benchmarks based on metrics of top performing employees allows employers to avoid the traps of being deceived by embellished resumes and polished interviews.

Why should you attend: As the US economy rebounds, the challenge to source, recruit and select top performers takes center stage. As we start to see signs of recovery, and in order to capitalize on growth opportunities, companies must look to fill newly created or recreated positions that need to be filled. Not surprisingly, we also find a dearth of possible candidates that infiltrate the candidate pool, many of whom are ready to jump ship from other employers whom they had held on to for lack of previous opportunities.

But selecting the stars from a large talent pool is almost as challenging as not having enough to choose from. How do you differentiate between the likely candidates? How do you distinguish between star performers and the floaters who are simply testing waters until their next big opportunity? How do you hire employees who will contribute to the growth opportunities and increased productivity? How do you ensure the candidates you select are nearly as good as what they appear to be on their resumes and in interviews?

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • To discern between healthy and unhealthy turnover
  • Link between retention and performance, and its effect on the bottom line
  • To identify traits and competencies of your top performers
  • To create benchmarks of success
  • Ways to identify and retain your high performers

Who Will Benefit:
  • VP/Director
  • Talent Manager
  • Recruitment Manager
  • HR Management
  • Operations Manager
  • Hiring Managers
  • Supervisors

Speaker Profile
Seema Rafay, MBA is the President and founding Principal of Spectrum Performance Management, a global talent management firm, providing expertise in hiring and selection for performance, retention strategies and workforces planning, with a focus to develop world class leaders, increase the retention of top performers, and reduce turnover costs. She assists employers in streamlining the hiring process, with a strategic, comprehensive retention plan, utilizing some of the top state of the art psychometric, team building and 360° Feedback tools in the industry, as well as consulting and talent development for succession planning and leadership development.
Seema has over 20 years of professional experience in business management, workforce development, coaching, training, and leading top-performing teams in Canada, US and abroad. She has a Bachelor of Science degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Business Administration, and an MBA (with Distinction) in Human Resources and International Business, from Keller Graduate School of Management. She serves on the boards of the Central Florida Employment Council, and is member of various HR and management associations including SHRM, Central FL Chapter of ASTD and the Orlando Organizational Development Network.

She is a regular presenter and keynote speaker at major conferences across North America and has published articles on talent management, leadership development, performance measurement and workforce retention issues. Seema is an advocate of self-management techniques, inspirational leadership and motivating mentorship.

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