Conference Focuses on Strategic Recruiting and Staffing Methods

3/18/2003

From: Frank Scanlan, 703-535-6043 or fscanlan@shrm.org Jen Jorgensen, 703-535-6356 or jjorgensen@shrm.org; Call 703-535-6356 for complimentary media registration; both of the Society for Human Resource Management

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18 -- The Employment Management Association (EMA), a professional emphasis group of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), will hold its 34th Annual Conference and Exposition April 23-25, 2003, in Las Vegas, NV. The event will attract HR professionals and recruiting specialists from around the country and will include concurrent sessions featuring experts on employment and staffing. The EMA 2003 Exposition also will highlight employment-related products and services from more than 80 companies.

The conference will provide an excellent opportunity to network with experts, conduct one-on-one interviews and gather story ideas for future articles. A few of the concurrent sessions offered at the conference include:

-- The Coming Crisis in the American Workplace -- If It Can Be Measured, It Can Be Managed -- Leading Your Organization to Recovery Following a Workforce Reduction -- Radical Recruiting: Using Public Relations, Culture and Zero Dollars to Get Results

Conference keynote presenters include John C. Bogle, senior chair of the board and founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and president of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center; Peter Cappelli the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources; and Johnetta B. Cole, Ph.D., president of Bennett College in Greensboro, NC, president emerita of Spelman College and professor emerita of Emory University.

Visit SHRM Online at http://www.shrm.org/conferences/ema/.

----- The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 170,000 individual members, the Society's mission is both to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters within the United States and members in more than 120 countries. Visit SHRM Online at http://www.shrm.org.

Founded in 1969, the Employment Management Association (EMA) is a Professional Emphasis Group (PEG) of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and serves more than 6,500 individuals with an interest in employment and staffing issues. SHRM is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. The Society's mission is both to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Visit SHRM Online at http://www.shrm.org.