Carleen MacKay will present an interactive, 3 hour workshop entitled "The HR Hero's Journey" at this meeting of the Triangle Society for Human Resource Management. The workshop's learning objectives are to understand and internalize the economic, technological, demographic and societal challenges that our aging, developed nation must meet to win the race to the future where young, hungrier nations are emerging to secure their roles in the new world of work. Emphasis will be placed on identifying the business threats and finding the opportunities in our multi-generational, multi-ethnic and educationally challenged nation that HR leaders can utilize to not just "sit at the leader's table" but "command a presence at the table" if business itself is to succeed. For more information go to www.tshrm.com/pages/home.php.

Arizona SHRM State Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
September 2 - 3, 2008

Brad Taft will present a workshop entitled "The New "3 R's": Recruiting, Re-Vitalizing & Retaining the Workforce of the Future" at the annual Arizona SHRM Conference. He will discuss issues and trends affecting the workplace and will present strategies to successfully identify, screen and hire the best employees along with creative ways to re-vitalize and retain talented mature workers in order to win the "War for Talent." For conference information including registration, go to www.azshrm.org.

Hiring Bonanza – Reverse Job Fair
San Diego, California
September 23, 2008

Carleen MacKay will present the opening remarks to attending employers by making the business case that hiring mature workers is an economic necessity as well as a competitive advantage for organizations. Following the opening remarks, employers will browse the mature workers "market place" by stopping at the tables of those workers whose talents interest them. The event is jointly sponsored by AARP, County of San Diego, Aging & Independence Services, Jobing.com, San Diego Community College District, San Diego Workforce Partnership, Employment and Community Options, Senior Employment Program, City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, Senior Citizens Services, SER-Jobs for Progress, Senior Employment Program and Sharp HealthCare. For more information, call 619-266-4226 or email hiring_bonanza50plus@yahoo.com.

Live Long & Prosper
San Diego, California
September 27, 2008

Carleen MacKay will present "What's so different about managing your mid or later life career?" at San Diego's AARP Live Long & Prosper event. She will make the case that everything about managing a mature career in this extraordinary moment in history is different… from changes in the global workforce, changes in technology and demographics, to new marketing tools and new strategies for meeting the unique challenges of maturity in our youth-centric nation. Other speakers will address the challenges of navigating the home health care system as well as handling various legal and financial retirement issues. Admission is open to interested attendees. Check out and register for events in California (after August 1st) at http://www.aarp.org/ca.

We are confident we can offer your firm or organization outstanding and highly informative presentations. A unique feature of all our presentations is customization. Ask us more about our ability to engage, entertain and motivate your audience to involve themselves in understanding and acting on behalf of the maturing workforce and workplace.

Our references include: 

• American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging Annual Conference, Chicago
• International Public Management Association-HR Conference, Scottsdale
• The Annual International Career Development Conference, Sacramento
• Alliance for Work-Life Progress Annual Conference, Scottsdale
• The Aspen Education Institute, Annual HR Conference, Chicago
• California Association of Area Agencies on Aging Annual Conference, Los Angeles
• Workforce 411, Ohio Workforce Development Annual Conference, Columbus
• Arizona Industrial Compensation Association
• Arizona Small Business Association
• Human Resource Executive Network, Los Angeles
• T-SHRM, Raleigh
• West Valley Human Resources Association, Phoenix
• The University of California at Davis
• Gary Kaplan & Associates, Pasadena
• The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

- Carleen MacKay & Brad Taft

Radio Interview Archives

Internet Radio Interview - Carleen MacKay discussed "The Growing Crisis of the Aging Workforce" on the Nan Russell Show on WebTalkRadio on June 1, 2008. Click here to listen to an archive of the broadcast:

The Growing Crisis of the Aging Workforce

Internet Audio Interview - Carleen MacKay discussed "Retirement? Forget about it before it's too late" on November 30, 2007 on the Central Valley Business Times website:

Retirement? Forget about it before it's too late

Radio Interview - Listen to Brad Taft being interviewed on The John Adam Show, KXAM 1310 Phoenix on June 26, 2007. Brad discussed The Pros and Cons of Employing Mature Workers in Hour Two of this show, entitled "Don't Throw the Baby Boomer Out with the Bath Water". Hour One includes an in interview with the Director of Organizational Development with Borders Bookstores discussing Borders initiative to hire mature workers. Click here to listen to an archive of the broadcast:

Don't Throw the Baby Boomer Out with the Bath Water