Jack (Facilitator): “Now that the speaker has updated us on the most recent survey of the local economy and everyone has their cup of coffee, let’s get into the meat of our meeting. Frank can you give us an update on your “reorg” and start the meeting by presenting your issue for board input?”

Frank (Member): “I’ve completed the layoffs of the non-productive department. I don’t know if anyone here has encountered this, but I’m having trouble attracting quality employees for the creation of the new department. None of the laid off people were qualified.”

Michael (Member): “Clearly defining not only the technical but also the interpersonal skills needed for positions and then creating behavioral interview questions reduced my turnover by 80%. I also use pre-employment assessments.”

Jack (Facilitator): “Who else has had success recruiting and maintaining talented people?”

Susan (Member): “We co-employ our people using a Professional Employee Organization to offer our employees benefits that our company couldn’t provide before. We now compete with large corporations’ benefit packages.”

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