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OVERVIEW Generally, staff within most companies will open a position without investigating why the previous person left to determine the root cause. Was the Job Description poorly written so sourcing identified the wrong talent? Was the manager inept? Did the incumbent get promoted? Wouldn’t it be nice to learn/review ways to look at the Recruiting Process in order to find the elusive passive candidate instead of the ever-posting desperate candidate? The purpose of this webinar is to help your company identify and deliver the best qualified candidate. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND Many company recruiters have only been trained how to…

OVERVIEW Being prepared for 2018 means closing out 2017 properly, AND making necessary updates to your automated payroll systems prior to the 1st pay period in 2018. Prior to preparing 4th qtr returns, year end information returns, and accounting entries, you MUST reconcile the year’s activity. In this webinar you will learn how to reconcile payroll, how to properly fill out year end returns, and when to file them. We will go over all announced changes to tax rates, wage limits, and legislative announcements. We will highlight important State and Local changes, and inform you where to look for other…

Training Doyens is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program is valid for 3 PDC for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org. Management skills include everything that help you manage others effectively. Although such skills vary with the industry but some are universal across nearly every work environment. Attend the upcoming boot camp to learn how to master the skills of effective communication, dealing with difficult people and managing time. AREAS COVERED Self-Evaluation: How Do You Manage Your Time • Take the Time-Mastery Profile®…

This webinar has been approved for 1.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Please make note of the activity ID number on your recertification application form. "For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal confirms that this activity has met HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval." Training Doyens is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program is valid for 1 PDC for…

In an age of uncertainty, the one certainty for 2018 is the introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In order to assist European organisations take a practical, business orientated approach to GDPR, the team at MetaCompliance are having an executive briefing in key European cities. These include London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Berlin and Geneva. Whether you are kickstarting your privacy project or looking for ways to ramp up your existing programs, these breakfast briefings are designed to provide practical advice and assistance. Focusing on the realities of implementing GDPR, these practical briefings will expand on our team's…

A Business event focused on sharing knowledge and networking. A meal and a one hour presentation with case studies, tips and tools to help Managers achieve greater performance from the Supply Chain. Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/181076-0?pid=154 Time: 19:00 to 20:00 Price: 13 February 2018 - Melbourne South East - Breakfast: AUD 0.00, 13 February 2018 - Melbourne South East - Lunch: AUD 0.00, 13 February 2018 - Melbourne South East - Dinner: AUD 0.00, 15 February 2018 - Melbourne CBD - Breakfast: AUD 0.00, 15 February 2018 - Melbourne CBD - Lunch: AUD 0.00, 15 February 2018 - Melbourne CBD - Dinner:…

OVERVIEW A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) or Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) is a very effective way to help mitigate health and safety hazards in the workplace. It is an important element to have in a comprehensive Safety and Health Management System. A JSA/JHA is a 3 step process that helps prevents Employee accidents and injuries. The first step of a JSA/JHA identifies all of the sequential steps of how a job or job task is done. The second step lists all health and safety hazards identified in the job or job process. The third and most important step identifies safety…

OVERVIEW On August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum informing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of OMB's decision to initiate a review and immediate stay of the EEOC's collection of aggregate W-2 pay and hours-worked data on the EEO-1 report. At the same time, OMB expressly permitted the EEOC to continue collecting EEO-1 data identifying the race, ethnicity, and sex of workers, by job categories. As a result of the stay on the 2017 EEO-1 reporting cycle, the EEO-1 will not collect data about pay and hours worked from employers. But, for…

OVERVIEW Conflict is an inevitable part of life. No matter how hard you try, it can seem that there will always be something that causes you or someone around you to be frustrated, angry, and impatient – or a whole host of other not-so-pleasant emotions. Conflict arises when the people we work with have different ideas, perspectives, backgrounds, values, goals or expectations. Yes, conflict can be destructive! It diverts energy from more important activities and issues; it polarizes people and reduces co¬operation; and it can produce irresponsible behavior. And conflict can be constructive! It opens up and improves communication; it…

This webinar has been approved for 1 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Please make note of the activity ID number on your recertification application form. "For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal confirms that this activity has met HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval." Training Doyens is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program is valid for 1 PDC for…

OVERVIEW PDF has become the standard digital file format for long term archive and storage of documents. At the same time, it has become the most common format for sharing and collaborating on documents. Many business professionals do not understand how the application and method used to create a PDF impacts how useful a PDF is for either purpose.This webinar provides specific tips and tricks for creating the type of PDF you need in specific situations and how to work with PDFs created by you or by others. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND You should attend this webinar if you regularly…

In a market valued at more than $5 trillion globally, food and beverage business opportunities are vast and the stakes are high. To grow, you must remain agile, sourcing the latest products from the most competitive suppliers armed with real-time knowledge of industry pricing and forthcoming trends. That's why Gulfood is your gateway to new food business in established, evolving and emerging markets. Only here can you access more than 5,000 local, regional and international suppliers from 5 continents during a critical phase in the annual world harvest cycle. Global prices are set here, and it is from this foundation…

Tax-Wise Course Overview -Money-Saving Tax Strategies -Which Business Structure Maximizes Your Savings -Why Your CPA Might Be Giving You Bad Advice -The Pitfalls of Not Knowing the Latest IRS Codes -What to Do with Your Profits So You Can Invest More Who Should Attend For real estate investors, stock traders, and small business owners who understand their entities and want more training on its usage and benefits. Simply put, it is for those business-minded people who want to reduce their taxes while keeping their entities in compliance. It is strongly recommended that you have previously attended both the Tax and…

In an age of uncertainty, the one certainty for 2018 is the introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In order to assist European organisations take a practical, business orientated approach to GDPR, the team at MetaCompliance are having an executive briefing in key European cities. These include London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Berlin and Geneva. Whether you are kickstarting your privacy project or looking for ways to ramp up your existing programs, these breakfast briefings are designed to provide practical advice and assistance. Focusing on the realities of implementing GDPR, these practical briefings will expand on our team's…

Supported by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre the Nuclear Institute's SMR 2018 conference offers the first opportunity of the year to meet, discuss and refresh your knowledge on the latest developments regarding future UK deployment of Small Modular Reactors, and keep yourself updated on the technical lifecycle challenges, stay engaged and informed of the Government view on the next steps for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme in the UK. The one-day conference will explore the next steps of the Government's SMR roadmap and outline the latest regulatory developments being made to facilitate the permitting and licencing approval of…

The European Information Security Summit 2018 (TEISS) is the biggest cyber security summit from the portfolio of Business Reporter. Join TEISS and discover the latest market developments, best practices and forward-looking advice from your peers from your industry and others including Finance, Retail, Technology, Public sector, Media, Healthcare, Utilities and many others. This event covers various stages of the cyber security lifecycle at different seniority levels, enabling every information security and information technology professional to find the right combination of sessions for their needs. Create a bespoke security programme to suit you! We will be opening the doors for the…

The 10th Annual Decommissioning And Abandonment Summit (20-21 February, Houston, Texas) is the world's top destination for decommissioning and P And A professionals. Bringing together over 500 attendees, 35 innovative exhibitions, 50 expert speakers and more than 130 operator delegates, the summit is the go-to global meeting point for those involved in decommissioning, P And A and well intervention. With VP Decommissioning at BP, Decommissioning And Abandonment Lead at BHP, Global Decommissioning Business Improvement Lead at Shell, Head of Decommissioning at Maersk, Lead P And A at ConocoPhillips, GOM Regional Director at BOEM and Chief of Office of Structural and…

Boosting Your Supply Chain and Bottom Line Performance – The Easy Way Free Executive Seminars 5 Venues – across Sydney and Melbourne Sydney CBD, Macquarie Park, Eastern Creek, Melbourne CBD, Mount Waverley (And 3 options at each! Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner) What do top performing businesses know or do, that your business or team doesn't know? Well, I'm going to tell you and show you, over Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner. Your choice. Attaining higher performance as a business, as a team, or as an individual is usually about knowledge. It's that simple. And often it's not the kind of knowledge…

OVERVIEW Expense reimbursement fraud—encompassing the myriad forms of employee travel and entertainment (T&E) schemes as well as Purchasing Card (P-Card) fraud—costs organizations hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars per year According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), expense reimbursement frauds result in a median loss of $26,000 per incident and represent 14.5% of all employee fraud. While many of these schemes are considered “immaterial”—such as claiming reimbursement for a personal meal ... charging a pay-per-view movie to a business-related hotel bill ... or inflating the cost of a taxi ride—management should not underestimate the cumulative cost…

OVERVIEW Advanced quality planning (AQP) includes quality function deployment (QFD, house of quality), design FMEA, process FMEA, and the control plan. All these activities are interrelated. The outputs of QFD are inputs to the design FMEA, the design FMEA's outputs are inputs to the process FMEA, and the process FMEA's outputs define the requirements of the control plan. The control plan governs operations that affect the critical to quality product characteristics and it includes, for example, sampling plans, metrology, and measurement systems analysis (MSA). As the process FMEA defines the critical operations and their failure modes—that is, how a deficiency…