BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.abq.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20210314T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20211107T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20220313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20221106T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220310T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220310T144500 DTSTAMP:20220303T220428Z CREATED:20220202T165346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220303T220428Z UID:7979-1646920800-1646923500@www.abq.org SUMMARY:AREA Webinar: Creative Hiring and Employment Practices in a Tight Labor Market DESCRIPTION:“Creative Hiring and Employment Practices in a Tight Labor Market”\nThursday\, March 10\, 2022 2-3 p.m.\nOnline Zoom Webinar \nMany companies have been challenged during the pandemic to attract and retain talent. Some smaller firms don’t have the resources available to larger ones. Learn from local experts on creative ways firms are finding the talent they need\, and what employment practices should be considered in light of the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. \n \n REGISTER HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Featured panelists:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Beth Barela\, Market Manager\, Manpower – New Mexico\nBeth has a solid 4 decades of staffing industry experience. She has dedicated her career to a life long commitment to people by working within the staffing industry. People are her passion. A business is not just a a business. A business is an entity comprised of people. Through every decade Beth has worked in the staffing industry there have been changes and challenges.  Incredible changes have taken place in our economy\, technology\, social\, political\, environmental\, education\, generational\, health\, cultural plus many more.  Beth knows how to navigate through change and challenging times. Though each challenge is different\, at the core of what is impacted are people. The staffing industry allows Beth the unique opportunity to affect change by changing peoples lives. Having the ability to place people in a job changes that persons life.  Having the opportunity to place people in a job with a company\, changes that company no matter how small or large the change is.  And\, having the ability to do that over a long period of time and with literally thousands of people and companies is Beth’s greatest honor. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Joe Mercadante\, Practice Director\, Finance and Accounting – Permanent Placement\, Robert Half\nFor over 15 years\, Joe Mercadante has been placing accounting and finance talent with top employers throughout Central and Northern New Mexico.  In addition to being the Vice President/Practice Director of Robert Half’s Accounting and Finance practice group\, Joe is also a multi-million-dollar producer and Presidents Club award recipient.  Joe has acquired experience in all facets of Hiring\, Recruitment\, Compensation and Business Development\, including roles as Site Employment Manager with a Fortune 500 manufacturer; Senior Career Consultant with a consulting firm and Practice Director with Robert Half. \nGrowing up in Albuquerque\, Joe has developed a passion for seeing our business community grow and be successful.  He thrives on championing individuals to realize their career objectives and helping employers obtain the talent they need to grow their company.  \nJoe is regularly sought out for his expertise regarding local job market\, hiring trends and salaries by employers and job seekers\, Albuquerque Economic Development\, reporters\, and guest spots on FOX New Mexico Living. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Misty Sanders\, SHRM-SCP\, Director of HR\, French Funerals & Cremations\n​Misty Sanders\, Director of Human Resources for French Funerals-Cremations\, moved to New Mexico from North Idaho in 2011 and happily now calls this home. She began her career in Human Resources in 2007 and joined French in 2018. She plays an integral part of supporting the ladies and gentleman that care for the families in our community who are experiencing a loss. Through her 15 years in Human Resources\, she has honed her skills in recruiting\, on-boarding\, performance appraisals\, employee engagement\, coaching & counseling\, benefits and strategic planning to help support operations during a time of constant change. Misty’s positive energy and passion for human resources has led her to be part of a company that is both built on a strong\, ethical and community focused framework and a continuous\, forward-thinking mind. In her role\, she gets to bring a different insight to a company that has 114 years of history to support current employees but also be ready to welcome the next generation of professionals dedicated to making an impact on families in our community. URL:https://www.abq.org/event/area-webinar-overcoming-hiring-challenges-march-2022/ LOCATION:NM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220317T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220317T140000 DTSTAMP:20220307T175133Z CREATED:20220125T191936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220307T175133Z UID:7932-1647511200-1647525600@www.abq.org SUMMARY:AREA March 2022 QIL and UNM Regional Innovation Series DESCRIPTION:You’re invited! Join us on March 17th for a remarkable discussion and a great two-event special. See below for more details. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n REGISTER HERE URL:https://www.abq.org/event/area-march-2022-qil-and-unm-symposium/ LOCATION:NM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220331T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220331T144500 DTSTAMP:20221103T183432Z CREATED:20220323T230301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T183432Z UID:8614-1648735200-1648737900@www.abq.org SUMMARY:AREA Jobs Board Webinar DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 31\, 2 – 2:45 p.m.\nAREA provides a high quality showcase of key employers and job opportunities that can be a difference maker when residents are looking at career growth or a newcomer is deciding whether to move to our region. \nJoin Daniel Schmuck\, Research Specialist\, AREA and Scott Goci\, Co-Founder\, TrueJobs as they walk you through this powerful tool. \nREGISTER HERE URL:https://www.abq.org/event/area-jobs-board-webinar/ LOCATION:NM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR