Tough Talk for Tough Times: Ideas for Maintaining an Entry Level Talent Program During a Recession
Presented by: David Cofer, President, Cofer Consulting Solutions
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The current recession is forcing every organization to examine and review everything about how it does business.
Often, the human resources organization and its related programs and efforts become an easy target. This is particularly true when it comes to talent management and more specifically, entry talent. If firms are considering reductions in force, hiring freezes, etc. it makes it pretty tough to argue the importance of internship programs and full-time entry talent development programs. We need to look no further than recent data released from NACE to realize that many large organizations are choosing to scale-back both their internship hiring (down 21%) and hiring of recent college grads (down 22%). What does this mean for you and your company? How can you take efforts to keep your entry talent program viable now and into the future? Intern Bridge is excited to welcome Dave Cofer for this engaging webinar. Dave is the President and Founder of Cofer Consulting Solutions, LLC a firm specializing in attracting, developing and retaining young professionals.
Improving the performance of an organization through its people. This has been the theme of Dave Cofer’s entire career. Dave brings a perspective well balanced in its valuing of people as any company’s primary competitive advantage while appreciating the need to align with the profitability and productivity of that same business. This session will definitely provide participants with new and innovative thoughts on ensuring that their entry talent programs are designed to do both.
Program Outline:
- Knowing your numbers and building the business case
- Remembering to differentiate the what vs. the how
- Strategic alignment
- Short and long-term implications
- Senior management sponsorship and advocacy
- Opportunity to re-invent
- Own your destiny don’t have it dictated to you
- Importance of keeping the entry talent “tap running"
About The Presenter:
About the Presenter Dave Cofer is the Founder and President of Cofer Consulting Solutions, LLC a consulting practice specializing in the delivery of solutions aimed at Attracting, Developing and Retaining Young Professionals. Dave’s entire career has been linked to entry talent. Over 15 years ago, Dave began his career as an INROADS intern. That internship served as the foundation for a full-time career with Bank One and later JPMorgan Chase. Dave’s work in the area of entry talent management truly solidified what would become his life’s work. Dave had the opportunity to experience and lead many facets of the entry talent management equation. This included day-to-day leadership of a rotation-based management development program. In his last role prior to leaving JPMorgan Chase, Dave served as Recruiting Manager and Intern Program Manager for the Corporate Sector’s entry programs. In this capacity Dave oversaw a 350+ person summer internship program. Today, Dave’s work focuses on crafting unique solutions to meet the entry talent needs of employers, and communities looking to influence efforts related to knowledge retention via the use of structured internship and development programs. Dave holds a B.S. in Business from Miami University where he majored in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources. Additionally, Dave holds an M.A. in Education from The Ohio State University where he majored in Workforce Development and Education with an emphasis in Human Resource Development.
