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Is your firm concerned about attracting and retaining qualified staff? The A/E industry is facing a tight labor market. The inability to find qualified staff tops the list of business challenges that today's AEC firms face, according to ZweigWhite's 2008 AEC Industry Outlook.
Winning the Talent War: Recruiting & Retention for A/E Firms will help A/E firm leaders address human resources issues within this vitally important topic. This 90-minute webinar explores the many obstacles facing A/E leaders as well as strategic marketing principles applicable to recruitment and retention practices that improve the ability to effectively attract, interview, present offers, and hire talented candidates. Strategies for staff development will also be discussed including performance appraisals, incentive compensation, and training programs and finally relevant case studies on the topic.
Among the many topics this webinar will examine:
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Why hiring and keeping top talent is so difficult in today's marketplace
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How to apply solid marketing principles that generate better recruitment and retention results
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Effective and strategic approaches to recruitment and retention
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How to identify the trends of the marketplace that affect recruitment and retention
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Benchmarking your firm against industry standards in compensation, benefits, training, and staff development
- Best practices for improving your firm's recruiting and retention processes
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Is your firm concerned about attracting and retaining qualified staff? The A/E industry is facing a tight labor market. The inability to find qualified staff tops the list of business challenges that today's AEC firms face, according to ZweigWhite's 2008 AEC Industry Outlook. Talented candidates are harder to come by in today's market, and competition for new hires is increasing.
Winning the Talent War: Recruiting & Retention for A/E Firms will help A/E firm leaders address human resources issues within this vitally important topic. This 90-minute webinar explores the many obstacles facing A/E leaders as well as strategic marketing principles applicable to recruitment and retention practices that improve the ability to effectively attract, interview, present offers, and hire talented candidates. Strategies for staff development will also be discussed including performance appraisals, incentive compensation, and training programs and finally relevant case studies on the topic.
Join ZweigWhite for Winning the Talent War: Recruiting & Retention for A/E Firms, an intensive and energizing webinar on Thursday, May 8 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time that takes a proactive approach to recruitment and retention. Shaw-chin Chiu, a consultant with ZweigWhite's Human Resources Advisory Services group, presents multiple strategies and best practices that A/E leaders can employ for better recruitment and retention results.
Among the many topics this webinar will examine:
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Why hiring and keeping top talent is so difficult in today's marketplace
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How to apply solid marketing principles that generate better recruitment and retention results
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Effective and strategic approaches to recruitment and retention
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How to identify the trends of the marketplace that affect recruitment and retention
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Benchmarking your firm against industry standards in compensation, benefits, training, and staff development
- Best practices for improving your firm's recruiting and retention processes
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Shaw-chin Chiu
Consultant, Human Resources Advisory Services
ZweigWhite
Shaw-chin Chiu is a consultant with ZweigWhite's Human Resources Advisory Services group and works in the firm's San Francisco office. She has extensive experience as a primary recruiter and project manager responsible for a wide range of engineering, architecture, and environmental searches.
Shaw-chin's successful experience in targeted and strategic recruiting for mid- to executive-level searches is complemented by her commitment to retaining top talent. She advises clients on recruitment strategy, staff retention, compensation, interviewing strategies, relocation, and other human resource issues. Shaw-chin is also a contributing writer to the The Zweig Letter and The Zweig HR Letter, ZweigWhite publications that focus on recruitment and retention issues in the A/E industry.
Prior to joining ZweigWhite, Shaw-chin was an executive recruiter and the operations and research manager for Michael James Reid & Company, a San Francisco based executive retained search firm. She received her BA in psychology and anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.
 ZweigWhite is a registered provider for the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and HRCI recertification credit hours are available for this program. For more information, please visit http://www.hrci.org/.
ZweigWhite is an AIA Cornerstone Partner and registered with the AIA Continuing Education System (AIA/CES), committed to developing quality learning activities in accordance with CES criteria. For more information, please visit www.aia.org
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