Attract and Retain Talent - Workplace Learning Circle

Why attend this?

Your business needs talent--the right talent. But must you only compete on salary? Fixed costs will choke your bottom line, and underpaying won't attract the best. Learn how large successful employers apply the total rewards approach to align reward practices to the needs and preferences of today's talent. Get, and keep, your talent at sustainable cost.

This is a "workplace" learning circle designed to equip employers to attract and retain talent through smart total rewards practices, including salary levels, allowances, bonuses, sales commissions, employee benefits, flexible work arrangements and other strategies. The learning circle is a starting point for employers wishing become knowledgeable in the core concepts and prevailing practices of larger employers (>1,000 employees) in the area of compensation, benefits and other rewards.

Smaller employers will gain an understanding and appreciation of non-cash rewards, as tools for attracting and retaining talent. These include recognition, growth, workplace flexibility and choice.

What will I learn?

• Why we need to consider the total rewards "package"

• How to select which types of rewards, other than salary, to offer

• Motivate staff through fair pay, incentives, recognition and good job design

• What other employers (including other participants) do to attract and retain talent

What is a Learning Circle?

A way of learning where everyone is involved. If you want to be entertained, watch TV. If you want to learn, come prepared to learn and share, actively. Learning circles are where tech meets the community. All sharing is confidential and learners are therefore free to share generally about their reward practices, and hear what other employers are doing.

Who should attend?

We love everyone... but this is strictly for employers. It is not for "employees" or freelancers. This learning circle is designed specifically for those who have hired or intend to hire people. You should be an employer, human resources, entrepreneur, etc. This is a business course. Please do not attend if you are not prepared to share from your experience as an employer.

Who is teaching?

Your facilitator, Thomas A. Farmer, CCP, SPHR, ACTA (http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfarmerlinkedin) is a certification faculty member of WorldatWork, the global certifying body for compensation and benefits or "total rewards" professionals. He has trained over 1,000 HR professionals and line managers, in Singapore and internationally, in effective rewards practices. His website, http://www.freelancetotalrewards.com has been visited by 10,000 people in over 100 countries. He is managing director of Freelance Total Rewards Pte Ltd, founder of the ASEAN Total Rewards Institute and contributing author to The Remuneration Handbook, International Edition.