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How to Measure and Manage Talent in Challenging Times Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Please join us for the seventh meeting of the 2009-2010 METRO season. During this meeting, William A. Schiemann, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Metrus Group, will discuss how you can understand and measure the value that human resources bring to your organization. It’s a critical topic, especially in challenging economic times. Traditional accounting methods just don’t provide answers. A new model of People Equity puts talent into a measureable framework that can be connected to both customer and financial equity. This session explores the three core components of People Equity—Alignment, Capabilities, and Engagement—and shows how leaders can link human capital investments to key measures of workforce optimization, turnover, customer loyalty, and other operational indices. Dr. Schiemann draws on extensive quantitative survey research with over 2,000 respondents from a wide range of organizations, along with interviews with more than 75 executives and thought leaders in the fiel (more...)

  Location:  NYU Wasserman Center
  Time:  6:30 PM
Metro Career Day - March 12th Friday, March 12, 2010
METRO has developed a program that explores major career options available to junior I/O and OD professionals, students, and those looking to make career transitions. Join us to hear early career and senior practitioners discuss the knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics that employers are seeking and how they go about identifying suitable candidates. Also hear about the ins and outs of the job search from recent job seekers. (more...)

  Location:  Baruch College - Newman Library Building
  Time:  9:00 AM