Enjoy this brief, complimentary session on what the outlook for recruitment as a whole and specific to agriculture looks like. This session sets a compelling stage for the importance for proactive recruitment and retention strategies. Packed with recent trends, statistics and examples take a quick look for a few metrics that will help you justify and sell new ideas for recruitment and retention tactics within your organization.

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The talk of four generations in the workplace has been a hot topic for awhile. While generational differences is only one factor impacting recruitment, retention and teamwork within organizations, understanding these differences and how to bring out the best in each generation can be a very powerful tool. This session will share a little bit about each generation, their defining characteristics, tips for working with each generation, and how understanding these differences can lead to improved recruiting and retention.

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Session includes:
Generational Differences in the Workplace	6:28
The Traditionalists	2:33
The Baby Boomers	2:46
Generation X	3:34
Generation Y	4:25
Four Generations of Defining Characteristics	5:58
Recruitment and Retention of Each Generation	6:30

Many of us use campus visits and exposure as a way to connect with young, up-and-coming talent to recruit to our companies. Understanding your target is crucial to determining where to begin when it comes to on-campus branding, and keep in mind that an on-campus brand can’t be built in a year. During this session you’ll receive tips on how to target schools, connect on-campus and implement a plan.

Session includes:
Best Practices for Top Notch On-Campus Recruiting	6:12
Downloadable support material	2:46

Determining the need for an internship program is the first critical component to putting together a successful internship program. The first session in this series will give you some basics on what an internship is as well as a few key questions to ask yourself when determining if an internship program is right for you. The second session of the series breaks down just eight things that you should or should not do to help ensure that your internship program is a success.

Session includes:
Do We Need an Internship Program?	10:34
Eight Critical Do’s and Don’ts of an Effective Internship Program	9:27
Downloadable support material

Recruiting professionals is different than the recent college graduates. There are more targets and a wider variety of ways to reach them. In this session, we'll cover employer branding and ways to reach this broad audience. We'll take a look at some of the traditional methods of recruitment as well as some unique ideas that we've seen work within the agriculture industry.

Session includes:
Tips for Recruiting Professionals	3:58
Downloadable support material

On-boarding is a series of processes that transition an accepted applicant into a productive employee. This session will explore the purpose of investing the time and energy into developing an on-boarding plan and a few key tips for increasing your programs effectiveness. In the second session, we’ll break down on-boarding into five simple phases and give pointers as to what should be taking place during these times.

Session includes:
What is On-Boarding?	2:19
On-Boarding in Five Steps	2:42
Downloadable support material

Why is employee retention so important? There a number of reasons that can be assigned a dollar figure, but oftentimes it is the less tangible factors, such as employee morale, that retention plays a part in and therefore impacts your bottom line. This series will share what retention really means, why it is so important, factors that impact retention, and how you go about measuring the effectiveness of your retention tactics.

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Session includes:
An Introduction to Retaining Top Employees	8:15
Retaining Talent through Good Leadership	7:18
Basic and Unique Retention Strategies	7:35
Measuring Employee Satisfaction	4:40

Performance management is one of those things that as employers and managers of people we may not enjoy or see as a time-consuming task, but approaching performance management positively and methodically can really result in great things for your organization and your employees. This session provides guidelines and techniques that generally apply to all types of performance evaluations – whether you are conducting a formal year-end employee review, mid-year review, or even an informal performance counseling session. The intent of this session is to help you have more meaningful discussions with your employees about their performance.

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Session includes:
An Introduction to Performance Management	2:43
Hertzberg’s Theory of Motivation	2:09
Preparing for the Performance Evaluation Meeting	3:48
The Performance Evaluation Discussion	2:18
Performance Ratings	2:32
Documentation	1:30
Providing Feedback	3:08
What Does Calibration Mean?	1:33
Completing the Evaluation and Example Timeline	2:30

The loss of a job can be emotionally draining, but you can manage through losing your job! This four part series will take you through a few key areas to help you do just that. This session will talk about getting yourself back on the right track to finding your next great career. Also, the series includes a session on resume writing, interviewing skills and ideas for finding out about potential job opportunities. Great for individuals in this unfortunate situation or for companies anticipating the need to lay off staff – this series is a good economical resource to provide to those you are displacing to help get them on their feet as they go out into the world of job searching.

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Session includes:
The Emotional Impact of Career Displacement	8:37
Job Search Strategies	10:58
Selling Yourself in the Interview	14:00