Federal Recruitment & Talene Management Strategy Day 2011

The Human Capital Management Federal (HCMF) Recruitment & Talent Management Strategy Day is a one-day training conference on recruitment strategies, talent management and hiring reform across the Federal Government to be held Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in Arlington VA.

Building on the success of the annual HCMF and Human Capital Management Defense (HCMD) training conferences, which are industry leaders in educational content and networking for the Federal HR community, this event provides follow-on coverage of some of the most pressing challenges in Federal Human Capital Management - recruitment and hiring reform.

The One Day Training Conference will feature best practice case studies from top HR leaders in the Federal Government. You will also have the opportunity to sit in round table discussions to help address your challenges and day-to-day pressures in reforming the hiring process and ensuring quality of hires.

Main Themes To Be Presented And Key Learning Opportunities:
Reforming The Federal Hiring Process Best Practices and Next Steps

• Streamlining the end-to-end hiring process to fulfill agency talent needs in a timely manner
• Balancing innovation and efficiency in recruitment and hiring
• Adapting technological change in improving HR recruitment
• Avoiding hiring pitfalls
• Increasing manager engagement to improve the hiring process
• Improve applicant satisfaction and reduce the time it takes to hire

Promoting Cultural Change Within The Organization

• Aligning organizational culture with mission, vision, and values
• Building support for effective change management
• Performance management: Focusing on overall performance indicators and monitoring progress toward strategic goals
• Building a mentoring culture

Providing Opportunities For Veterans

• Identifying veterans skills and competencies to match Federal opportunities
• Promoting a culture of respect for veterans contributions and giving them the opportunity to continue servicing through the civilian workforce
• Help facilitate veterans transition into the civilian workforce

Workforce Transition & Talent Management

• Current initiatives and challenges in talent management and workforce development across the Federal Government
• Filling hard to fill skills: Competency mapping your workforce to determine needs
• Succession planning and leadership development: Planning for retirements
• Employee engagement: Working with managers on communication, recognition and training

Advocating and Managing Inclusion and Diversity

• Enhance awareness, training, and executive coaching to improve diversity management
• Creating a culture of engaged employees to maximize high performance
• Improving creativity and problem solving through an inclusive organizational culture
• Pursuing recruitment and retention strategies and policies focused on attracting diverse talent

Social Media and its Increasing Role in Recruitment and Hiring

• Using social networks as a unique tool for attracting talent
• Enhancing social networking to address critical challenges from recruitment to retention and engaging employees
• Finding solutions to overcome barriers to implementation of social media within the government
• Sharing best practices how can social media support your human resources strategy