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SHRM 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition
You will learn how America's leading companies are dramatically improving recruitment and retention with programs from GEDs to B.A. degrees for their employees.
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This session will showcase how companies like Chipotle, Health Corporation of America, Yum! and Walmart are using tuition assistance, custom degree programs and other education benefits programs to transform their recruitment and retention strategies. You will hear how these affordable programs have demonstrated a positive ROI and saved companies money while advancing their employees’ education aspirations. This session will cover: 

  • New models that are driving unprecedented ROIs from education benefits programs.
  • Tools for tracking the data analytics of tuition assistance.
  • Best practices for transforming tuition reimbursement from a cost center into a profit center.
  • How to merge the corporate and college transcript through education and career pathways.
  • How to expand tuition assistance from B.A.s to GEDs, English-as-a-second-language, college prep and beyond.
  • An overview on employer-university partnerships and how your company can build one.
 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 7:00am to 8:15am
Presenter: 
Rachel Carlson
CEO and co-founder
Guild Education
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Sam Worobec
Head of Talent Management, Development & Tech
Red Ventures
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With 15+ years of experience in developing talent at scale across various industries, I have a proven track record of creating robust talent pipelines. My expertise ranges from developing talent for world-famous brands to portfolio holding companies, covering industries such as banking, telecommunications, energy, and food service. Growing up with a blue-collar work ethic and a passion for both the arts and business has given me a unique combination of creativity, work ethic, and business savvy. Leveraging technology to enable organizations, upskilling current workforces, training-as-recruiting, and growing future leaders are my specialty.

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Josh Bersin
Principal Research Partner
HR People + Strategy
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Josh Bersin founded Bersin & Associates (now Bersin by Deloitte) in 2004 to provide research and advisory services focused on corporate learning, leadership, talent management, and HR technology. Josh is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been quoted on talent management topics in key media, including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, BBC Radio, CBS Radio and National Public Radio. He is a popular blogger for Forbes.com, a leading LinkedIn influencer, and has been a columnist since 2007 for Chief Learning Officer magazine. Josh spent 25 years in product development, product management, marketing and sales of e-learning and other enterprise technologies at companies including DigitalThink (now Convergys), Arista Knowledge Systems, Sybase, and IBM.  Josh's education includes a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. 

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Moderator: 
Gayatri Agnew
director of Opportunity
Walmart Foundation
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Location: 
356-357
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
HR Expertise
Intended Audience: 
Senior-Level
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