Hiring Latinos for Retention Success: Best Practices and Legal Guidelines

A seminar co-sponsored with the law firm of 

Caffarelli & Siegel

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

8:00 a.m. Networking and Continental Breakfast; 8:30 – 12 noon Seminar

The Conference Center at UBS Tower

  One North Wacker Drive, 2nd Floor, Erie Room, Chicago, IL

Increase your Latino hiring and retention success by becoming culturally-savvy. In this session you will learn which Latino cultural values have an impact on your ability to attract and keep  Latino talent – and will be given high-level strategies you can immediately apply to your talent management processes.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Recruiters, hiring managers, supervisors

• Anyone involved in attracting, sourcing, interviewing, hiring and managing Latino employees

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Cultural values that impact where and how Latinos look for employment, including

  How to work with internal and external Latino organizations for effective recruitment

  How to write position descriptions that appeal to Latino cultural values

  How to communicate your company’s value proposition as an employer Latinos want to work for

• Strategies to hire and retain Latinos and others whose cultural preferences may be different from yours, including

  How to connect with Latino candidates

  How to adapt interviewing techniques (i.e., behavioral, speculative) to get the information you need 

  How to apply these concepts to career development and general retention issues

• Guidelines to avoid legal pitfalls, including

  Recruiting rules

  Legal boundaries of interview questions

  After the hire -- documentation practices to minimize your legal exposure

HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT

• Reduce unintentional elimination of qualified candidates due to cultural differences

• Improve your ability to identify and develop the talent your company needs to succeed

• minimize legal exposure to your company and yourself

COST: $295 per participant. ($250 per participant for group registrations of 3 or more)

SPACE IS LIMITED. SIGN UP TODAY

Cancellation Policy: Full refund up to 30 days before the event; 50% refund up to 15 days before the event. No refund within the last 15 days. You must pre-register. Click here to sign up online (or use the form provided on that page). Click here for directions to UBS Tower, parking facilities and hotel accommodations.

Questions? Call 847-699-1817

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Participant Comments

“Great information. Excellent exercises and exchange of ideas. Good examples of questions and ways to probe with candidates.” 

An Executive Search Consultant.

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"Great candidate phone screening strategies."

A corporate recruiter

"Loved the dialogue about best practices."

A Call Center Manager

"The written materials were very helpful."

A Line Manager

"Good workshop! We need specific information like this vs. another 'diversity' workshop." 

A college recruiter at a national conference

"Very knowledgeable presenters. The concepts are immediately applicable to what I do every day."

A merchandising manager