2024 Dakota/Scott County Workforce Program: Recruiting and Retaining Employees

Are you losing new employees in their first year of employment?
Learn how to get them to stay:

Today's employment economy has changed. There are more job openings than there is talent to fill those positions. Applicants have choices and many times new hires choose not to work for you.  This is costly, disruptive, and in many ways, forces you to focus all your attention on filling the same position multiple times in the same year.
In this session you will uncover what employers are doing around the country to keep a stable workforce - from approaches to recruiting and processes to retaining to insights that lead to a work environment that make employees want to stay. Join us to find out what works!

Keynote Speaker: Gerry Hoeffner, Personnel Dynamics
Gerry Hoeffner is President of Personnel Dynamics Consulting Group, which specializes in Change Management, Corporate Culture Enhancement and Employee Development. His passion for the study of human behavior and his experience in sales, distribution, manufacturing, retail sales and the medical field provides a broad spectrum of insight and knowledge to his work.  Gerry is known throughout the U.S. for his high-energy presentations, humor and a "straight talking" approach to management.

Gerry founded Personnel Dynamics Consulting in 1999 and today is considered one of the most exciting voices in the field of workforce development and organizational change. He has been featured in HR Magazine for his work on the Workforce 2020 program.  His "Best Places To Work" program one of six recipients worldwide of the 2002 National Pinnacle Award from the Society for Human Resource Management.  With this information, he determines the best places to work and can provide his clients and audiences with the real life solutions to the challenging businesses face every day.  Gerry is a Certified "Predictive Index" Consultant and in 2012 introduced his newest venture with the release of TurnoverCalculator.com, a website dedicated to educating employers on the costs of losing good employees.