Course Outline / Agenda

8:00-8:30 AM

> Registration and Complimentary Continental Breakfast

8:30–9:00 AM

> Welcome, Introduction, and Program Overview

9:00–10:00 AM

> Competitive Recruiting

• Review of HR trends in the A/E industry
• Generations demographics
• Traditional and non-traditional recruiting
• Sources of new hires
• Budgets for HR and recruiting

10:10–10:15 AM

> Break

10:15–11:15 AM

> Closing the Deal when Hiring

• How to identify viable candidates
• Steps to a successful interview
• Red flags
• Crafting winning offer letters
• Closing the hire

10:15–11:15 AM

> Breakout exercise

• Creating a “Recruiting Value Proposition Statement”

11:45 AM–12:30 PM

> Lunch

12:30–1:30 PM

> Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation trends in the A/E industry
• The concept of Total Compensation
• Incentive compensation
• Company culture
• Benefits, bonuses, and perks

1:30–2:30 PM

> Performance Appraisals that Work

• Developing an effective format
• Setting goals and measuring progress
• Key performance appraisal questions
• Avoiding common mistakes

2:30–2:45 AM

> Break

2:45-3:45 PM

> Training & Development

• Why training matters
• Popular and effective methods
• Steps to launching successful programs
• Nurturing careers and motivating stars

3:45-4:30 PM

> Generations at Work

• Explore the generational profiles of Silent, Baby Boomers,
  Gen X and Millennials
• Learn how to attract & recruit each generation differentially
• Retention tactics for different generations

4:30–4:45 PM

> Question & answer session

4:45 PM

> Program concludes