Attracting Top Talent

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Join presenter Joan Richards for this Small Business Expo workshop and learn:

  • how to develop a staffing strategy-linked to overall business strategy;
  • how to avoid legal pitfalls;
  • how to equip leadership to succeed in employee selection;
  • preparation and planning for staffing success;
  • how to find the candidates who will achieve your business goals;
  • powerful Interviewing tools and techniques;
  • how to set new employees up for success and keep the talent you need to achieve your business goals;
  • measures to improve your staffing efforts.

Joan Richards has over 30 years of experience in human resources leadership, and her background spans both manufacturing and service industries. Richards has led significant HR functions such as recruiting and staffing, training and development, compensation and benefits, and diversity and inclusion. She has led these functions with Wheels Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, and Promus Hotels Corporation. She has a B.S. from Virginia Tech, an M.B.A. from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and an Ed.D. from National Louis University in adult education.

Fee: $119; includes a continental breakfast.

To register, email Beverly Projansky at bprojans@oakton.edu.

Presented by Workforce Solutions at Oakton Community College.

Event Details

Tuesday, May 23
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.


Room C111, Skokie