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Join CareerSource Polk’s Business Services Division as well as HR, business and economic development leaders from across multiple industries for the 2022 Employer’s Edge.

Each session will provide insights on how companies in Polk County are addressing workforce challenges in today’s competitive talent market.

Date: November 16th

Location: Lake Eva Event Center | 799 Johns Ave, Haines City, FL 33844

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

*HRCI and SHRM credits are available for all sessions.

Session Number	Session Title	Speaker
Opening Session	Benefits Survey	Kathy Suttles, Director of Business Services, CareerSource Polk Karey Lewis, Community Specialist, Florida Blue
Session 1	Can Your Employees Afford to Work for You?	Arthur Harris, Business Services Consultant, CareerSource Polk
About this session:	Join us for an interactive session where attendees work through the real-world scenarios employees face in providing for their families.

Session 2	Best Practices	Stephanie Loyed, Human Resource Manager, Brown International Corporation LLC Dell Warren, VP of Training, Kegel, LLC Monica Brown, AVP/Career Development, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
About this session:	Best Places to Work winners share the innovative ways they position their companies stand out in today’s competitive talent market.

Session 3	Recruiting and Hiring	Alexis Echeverria, Owner/Managing Partner, WorkerBee's Staffing Susan Hames, Business Development Manager, Rita Staffing Josh Barrow, HRBP/Sr. Recruiter, Arkema-Arrmaz
About this session:	Discover successful strategies for recruiting, hiring and onboarding new employees.

Lunch	(Lunch to be provided)

Session 4	Turnover Prevention	Ashlyn Bruck, Human Resources Generalist, JBT Corporation Lance Fulse, Director of Human Resources, Harrell's, LLC
About this session:	Successful techniques to prevent voluntary and involuntary turnover.

Session 5	Untapped Labor Pools	Arethia Herring, Employment Security Specialist II, CareerSource Polk Skyler Harrison, Project Director, AARP Kellie Ebeling, Employment Specialist, employU
About this session:	Employers stand to benefit from leveraging untapped labor pools including retirees, individuals with varying abilities and individuals recently released from incarceration. Hear from our panel of experts on how to successfully engage these groups. This session will also provide an overview of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and how to begin the process.

Session 6	Polk County Workforce Trends and Economic Development	Javier Marin, MBA-IB, CEcD, CGBP, VP of Business Development, Central Florida Development Council Cyndi Jantomaso, President and CEO, Haines City Economic Development Council Abbas "AJ" Jaffer, VP of Business Development, Lakeland Economic Development Council
About this session:	Polk's business-friendly environment plays a critical role in its growth . Gain an up-close look at Polk's current and future workforce. This session will also feature labor market information as well as demographic information for Polk's 17 municipalities.

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