Description:

Leadership Webinar Series, Part 6

The secret to finding great employees in small communities is to become a talent scout. Can you judge the value of a potential employee without looking at credentials and experience? Can you find people willing to grow and learn? How flexible are you regarding job-sharing, internships, partnering with local colleges, and sharing employees with other organizations?

Agenda:

• Introduction: Working With A Small Pool Of Potential Employees
• The Key Idea: Grow Your Own
• Working With Young People And Old People
• Military, Retirees, Stay-At-Homes, Students
• Cultivating Pipelines To Good Employees
• Why Do People Work? It Is Not Just Money
• Always Be Recruiting: Building Your Private Pool

Outcomes:

• Build a network of people to find potential employees.
• Develop a training program to attract new hires.
• Partner with educational institutions to recruit and train prospects.

Presenter:

Pat Wagner is a library trainer and consultant with over 40 years of experience with libraries of all kinds and sizes, from storefront rural public libraries and solo library offices in institutions to the largest of the urban public and and academic libraries. Her focus is on the skills that support library success, including personnel, supervision, customer service, project management, leadership, marketing, strategic planning, and career advancement. Pat has a degree in performance and written communication and is known for her practical and good-humored programs. She lives in Denver with her husband and two pushy cats. She loves books, music, gardening, wildlife, pop culture, and her friends and family. Her favorite stress reliever is writing fantasy fiction.

Location: 

Online; login instructions will be sent prior to the event

Cost:

Free

Questions about the event?

Please contact the Continuing Education Consultant Tiffany Hayes