Media Alert: Retail Gets Engaged at 2007 Retail Human Resources Conference
Toronto, April 17, 2007 – As Canada's retail industry continues to experience a rapidly changing workforce, retailers need HR strategies that reach beyond recruitment and retention today and develop long-term strategies for tomorrow. Retail Council of Canada and Monster are pleased to present the annual Retail Human Resources Conference, "Retail Gets Engaged."
What: Retail Human Resources Conference
When: Thursday, April 19, 2007
7:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Where: Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road, Toronto, ON
Why: Speakers from organizations such as Canada Post Corporation, Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd., The Gallup Organization, Lululemon Athletica, Rona Ontario Inc., Sleep Country Canada, Urban Barn, and Wal-Mart Canada Corp. will present strategies and best practices that retailers can use in the areas of Canada's changing demographics, employee engagement, work/life balance, community involvement, succession planning and loss prevention.
In addition, AON Consulting Inc. will present proprietary research on employee engagement and strategies for maximizing employees' contributions to achieve organizational goals.
> For a complete list of speakers and sessions, log onto http://www.retailcouncil.org/events/hr/
Retail Council of Canada (www.retailcouncil.org) is the Voice of Retail. It is a not-for-profit association representing more than 40,000 stores of all retail formats, including independent merchants, regional and national mass and specialty chains, and online merchants.
To RSVP and for more information about this conference, media are asked to contact Stephanie Petroff, (416) 922-0553, ext. 228; e-mail: spetroff@retailcouncil.org.
Note: Media interviews can be arranged.