Buffet dining and Networking: 5 to 6 PM

Program: 6 to 7:30 PM

Presenters:  Bob Jackson, corporate team member with The TEAM Approach® and Cami Ressler, Managing Director for BR Solutions LLC

If the leader of your organization came to you tomorrow and asked these five questions, how would you respond?

• What is workforce planning, and do we need it here?
• What's the difference between succession and replacement planning?
• Do we use “job analysis” here?  If we don't, do we have the tools to do it?
• Should we have an active career development program here?
• Does the training department or the accounting department conduct a human resource audit?

At the May 10^th program, you'll receive the “keys to the castle” on career planning and talent management:

• Approaches for workforce/succession/replacement planning, and career development/career advising plus explain your role as a workplace learning and performance professional;
• Tools to conduct job analysis and assessments to facilitate career planning and talent management; 
• Resources to guide your career planning and talent management efforts back on the job.

As a bonus gift for attending the program, you'll receive a copy of Managing for the Ages:  Generations at Work that presents stacks of information about multiple generations and age diversity in the workplace.

Career Planning and Talent Management is also a module in the ASTD Certified Professional in Learning & Performance (CPLP) program.

Bob is a corporate team member with The TEAM Approach® as well as the interim coordinator of the Certified Public Manager Program at Millersville University.  He has extensive experience in career development systems with the PA Air National Guard and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Bob wrote and taught HR and career development/succession management courses in the Penn State training and development masters program.  He and three PSU colleagues wrote the book Career Planning and Succession Management:  Developing Your Organization's Talent for Today and Tomorrow which has been published in America, China, and Korea.  Bob has a Ph.D. in Workforce Education and Development and an M.Ed. in Training and Development, both from Penn State.

Cami is the Managing Director for BR Solutions LLC, a consulting firm specializing in business and organization development.  She has extensive experience in career planning and development having held counseling and administrative positions with career centers at Penn State and Princeton.  At Penn State, she developed and implemented strategic policies, procedures, and systems resulting in the highest performing multi-campus career services team in 20 years.  Cami earned a B.S. in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management and an M.Ed. in Counselor Education (specializing in career development and higher education), both from Penn State.  In addition to ASTD, Cami is a member of the National Career Development Association and the Society for Human Resource Management.