How Employee Engagement Can Help You Acquire and Retain Talent
November 1, 2021 
Mark Waschek
One of the key topics to be discussed at the GROW Executive Summit, which takes place Dec. 7-8 in Charlotte, NC, is talent acquisition and employee engagement strategies in a post-pandemic world. The best leaders understand that growth, innovation, and market disruption don’t happen with the wrong people in place—or when the right people aren’t engaged. Your Human Resources department needs support and tools to recruit, onboard, and connect with talent in our post-pandemic environment.
Mark Waschek, Vice President of Agronomy at Ag 1 Source, will be the featured speaker for this presentation. He notes that regardless of which media outlet you listen to, they are all sharing stories about “the Great Resignation” and small businesses closing due to worker shortages, as well as the challenges of hiring for roles that don’t allow remote/home-based work.
“Our work with organizations over the past year has revealed that despite the new challenges we face, the fundamental principles of hiring and retaining have not changed,” Waschek says. “However, what is now required of business leaders is a shift from traditional recruiting and interview process to a more nuanced approach to the way an organization establishes their overall talent management strategy. Implementing just a few of these tactics can have a significant impact on your ability to hire your future talent.”
During his presentation, Waschek says, attendees will learn:
- The challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created, and which of those challenges are now the new normal and require an immediate change in your recruiting process
- How the pandemic affected the way your future employees approach a career change, and how to use that to your advantage
- The key steps your organization can take in 2022 to gain the edge on your competition for top employees in the market
- Examples of how other businesses like yours have been able to significantly enhance the effectiveness of their hiring and retention strategies with only minor adjustments.
“I’ve been involved with agriculture and food production my entire career,” Waschek says. “Executive recruiting and HR consulting allows me to play and active and exciting part in helping organizations get their new ideas to market, establish new areas of business, and take their organization to the next level.”
Learn more, and register for the GROW Executive Summit, here.
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