Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at BGSU Levis Commons
William E. “Bill” Kieffer, President & Chief Advisor at Kieffer & Associates Limited
7:30 am –Registration and Breakfast (included in fee)
8:00 am – Presentation
8:55 am – Announcements
Members $10, Students $10, Non-Members $20
RSVP: no later than February 19 by clicking "register" above or by emailing atdprograms@gmail.com
“Veteran Hiring – Eight Steps to Success”
Sourcing, selecting, and retaining top quality talent is an ever-present challenge for many organizations, causing them to consider every possible talent source.
Annually over 200,000 military service members transition from military service to the civilian work world. These veterans bring capabilities that have vast positive potential to help organizations achieve their planned objectives
Unfortunately, many veterans don’t know much about the civilian work world, and many people and organizations don’t know much about veterans and their great capabilities.
This session helps to bridge that gap. It provides insights to this circumstance and a framework for talent professionals to use when partnering with organizational leaders to decide if a veteran-focused talent strategy is right for them, and/or how to optimize existing veteran hiring practices.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
· Understand a clear, practical framework to enable success for companies seeking to:
- start a veteran hiring process
- optimize an existing veteran hiring process
· Explore insights regarding the business case, capabilities, culture gaps, and opportunities related to veteran career transition, success in the commercial work world, and the value-add they can provide organizations.
The program addresses Integrated Talent Management, Business Skills, Industry Knowledge and Coaching on the ATD Competency Model.
Bill is President & Chief Advisor of Kieffer & Associates LTD, an advisory firm specializing in military veteran career transition, executive coaching, strategic talent management, and professional speaking/facilitation.
He is a senior Human Resources Executive with over 20 years experience in multi-billion dollar, global organizations. Bill led organizational efforts to establish and anchor best practices that successfully plan for, acquire, assign, develop, and performance-manage talent capability that achieves business objectives.
Bill is also a former U.S Army officer with nearly 12 years active service in a variety of command and staff positions. He is a combat veteran of Somalia. While in the Army Bill earned numerous awards and decorations including being selected as the US Army Logistics Management College “Instructor of the Year”.
Bill’s education includes:
- the Strategic Human Resources Program at Harvard Business School
- the Leadership Education Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
- a Master of Science, Administration degree from Central Michigan University
- a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Toledo
Bill is a certified “Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach”, previously earned the “Senior Professional Human Resources” certification, and has completed all steps necessary for SHRM’s “Veterans at Work” certification.
Bill has twice been elected as a village councilman in his home town, and is active in a variety of veteran service organizations.