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    Introduction / 3

    01 The demographics are turning hostile / 4

    02 The Millenials are rewriting the rules / 8

    03 The rise o the Free Agent / 11

    04 Technology: riend or oe? / 14

    05 Globalization is here to stay / 17

    06 Making HR a strategic priority / 20

    07 Maximizing recruiting efciencies through outsourcing / 22

    Conclusion / 24

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    As businesses across the globe evaluate and continue to assess their recruitment needs, HR

    departments are being conronted by a daunting array o challenges.

    On one hand, in the atermath o historical highs in unemployment, there is supposed to be

    an abundance o talentyet attracting the best people is more dicult than ever. Additionally,those current employees who are dissatised in their roles will be looking to jump ship at the rst

    available opportunity.

    A prolieration o new social networking and database technologies is transorming the way

    people look or work. As importantly, technology has changed the way companies and recruiters

    must now engage in seeking out and recruiting passive candidates. And a new generation

    o independent, transient, and globalized workers in the burgeoning knowledge economy is

    creating new rules around hiring and engagement.

    At the same time, there is unprecedented pressure on HR to lit its game, and become more

    aligned to the key strategic drivers o business perormance. Measurement o HR perormance

    is shiting and becoming more demanding, requiring practitioners to demonstrate their

    contribution to high-level corporate goals, not just operational outputs.

    These orces are converging at a stage when many corporate executives who look at HR think

    its job should be relatively straightorward. From a talent acquisition standpoint, With so much

    talent on the market, why is it so hard to attract and retain the right people?

    These are the key imperatives acing the HR proession worldwide. This is not simply a short-

    term cycle, but part o a longer-term trend that is shaping the undamental way that people think

    about work and interact with employers, amilies, and communities.

    This paper examines the seven meta-trends that are shaping the new workorce, and provides

    insight into how the role o HR is being severely stressed to meet the needs o business and

    commerce in the 21st century.

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    Despite the availability o people, hiring managers in many

    organizations are seeing the re-emergence o talent shortages even

    in the early phase o economic recovery.

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    THiS iS noT a

    SHoRTage o PeoP

    buT a SHoRTage o

    qualiied PeoPle,

    aT a Time wHen

    woRkPlaceS aRe

    demanding HigHe

    leVelS o Skill an

    knowledge.

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    Recent events have seen national economies shudder to a halt, and with that, a sudden shit

    in the critical labor shortages that had plagued developed economies or more than a decade.

    With millions o workers having lost their jobs in recent years, the basic rule o numbers would

    suggest that labor supply should be plentiul. And while it is true that unemployment levels in

    many countries remain at historical highs, the issue acing HR organizations is an increasingly

    critical talent shortagethose individuals who bring education and occupational skills to an

    organization that can make an immediate and lasting impact.

    Despite the availability o people, hiring managers in many organizations are seeing the re-

    emergence o talent shortages even in the early phase o economic recovery. As economic

    growth gathers pace, shortages in certain industries are appearing almost as acute as beore

    the economic collapse. In some areas o healthcare, science, and IT the talent shortage never

    actually disappeared, and those remain highly challenging environments or recruiting.

    So, whats happening? Essentially, we are entering a phase in the demographic cycle that will

    be characterized by chronic talent shortages in certain sectors over the long haul. It is part o a

    longer-term trend dictated by population cycles.

    Population growth in major economies is below replacement rates, meaning there will be

    increasingly ewer people o traditional working age, relative to the older population. The total

    ertility rate (TFR) is a measure o the number o births per woman in the population and serves

    as a proxy or population growth and stability. A rate o 2.3 children per woman is generally

    considered the replacement rate in developing countries, while 2.1 is the rate in developed

    economies. Above this rate a population is increasing and below, it is generally alling.

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    Fertility rates are in sharp decline in the vast majority o industrialized countries, while they are

    growing signicantly in many underdeveloped countries. Unortunately, many o the countries

    with ast-growing populations do not have the educational inrastructure to develop a level o

    skilled labor that can be readily substituted or the shortall in industrialized countries. This results

    in a paradox: we may see high unemployment while at the same time recognizing a global

    shortage o talent. This paradox may be more or less pronounced based on sector, but it is an

    inevitable emerging trend.

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    Niger

    Ethiopia

    Chad

    Yemen

    Kenya

    Iraq

    SaudiArabia

    Jordan

    Pakistan

    Philippines

    Syria

    Malaysia

    Israel

    India

    SouthAfrica

    Mexico

    Brazil

    New

    Zealand

    UnitedStates

    Chile

    Ireland

    China

    Australia

    Denmark

    Sweden

    Netherlands

    UnitedKingdom

    Canada

    Switzerland

    Germany

    Italy

    Spain

    Japan

    Singapore

    HongKong

    Replacement Rate (2.3)

    Source: CIA World Factbook 2009

    Total Fertility RateSelected countries, 2009 (births per woman)

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    While Gen X and baby boomers have the greatest direct

    experience in the global business environment, Gen Y is

    becoming the driving orce or change.

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    THe beneiTS o

    diVeRSiTy in THe

    woRkPlace aRe

    well-documenTed

    and gen y bRingS

    RicH oPPoRTuniTy

    To cHallenge

    eSTabliSHed

    noTionS, ReReSH

    PRacTiceS, and Ta

    inTo new THinkin

    TecHnologieS, an

    aTTiTudeS.

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    The infux o Gen Y, or the Millenials, into the workorce is changing many o the ground rules

    that prevailed or Gen X and baby boomers. Gen Y has entered the workorce with dierent

    attitudes, expectations, and ambitions. There are identiable traits and attitudes that range

    across issues o job selection, tenure, work-lie balance, remuneration, promotion, and not least,

    the use o technology.

    Reerring to that group born roughly between the mid70s and the year 2000, Gen Y is the

    rst truly globalized generation o workers. They have grown up with technologies that have

    shrunk the workplace, expanded their horizons, and made them eel comortable operating in a

    borderless world. For them, the digital workplace means dealing with colleagues rom dierent

    cultures in dierent time zones.

    While Gen X and baby boomers have the greatest direct experience in the global business

    environment, Gen Y is becoming the driving orce or change. They see global experience as a

    positive dierentiator in job selection and promotion.

    For Gen Y, the lines between work and personal lie are blurred. They are the rst generation

    thats been raised in a 24/7 environment. The communications revolution has made that possible,and Gen Y doesnt view it as a burden.

    Issues around work-lie balance become important because in an environment where work

    and social lie are ill-dened, there needs to be some level o compromise. The workplace

    itsel is evolving to meet some o these requirements. For the Millenials, the workplace is not

    solely about workit is a place or social interaction and shared learning. Workplace culture,

    relationship building, and ongoing learning is critical to these individuals.

    Gen Y is also bringing new approaches to the issue o ethics, the environment, and social

    responsibility in the workplace. They are more likely to want to work or rms that have a good

    reputation or ethical and environmental perormance, and they are ready to tell others when

    their employer is doing well or doing poorly. They are acutely sensitive to the changing ortunes

    o brands and the way in which social, ethical, and cultural infuences can enhance or destroycorporate reputation.

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    The issues o career paths, responsibility, and promotion requently arise in regard to Gen Y.

    Some say they are overly ambitious, even impatient. What is apparent is a signicant ocus on

    making the most o opportunities and advancing ones career. This can impact decisions around

    job stability and tenure.

    The task o recruiting and managing these latest entrants can seem bewildering, especially or

    those whose approaches are based on old notions o command and control. The benets o

    diversity in the workplace are well-documented and Gen Y brings a rich opportunity to challenge

    established notions, reresh practices, and tap into new thinking, technologies, and attitudes.

    Understanding the varying needs o the dierent generationseverything rom communication

    style, management techniques, and organizational structuresbecomes important i everyones

    needs are to be met. When they are, there is more likely to be a high-perorming workplace.

    HR managers and employers worldwidesome with more success than othersare adapting to

    these behaviors and striving to get the best out o this diversity that characterizes the modern

    workplace. Critical to recruiting this generation is an understanding o their social and cultural

    drivers, something which is beyond many HR organizations today. Additionally, once employeesare hired, a renewed ocus on employee engagement must be put in place.

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    Those who describe themselves as sel-employed are a rising share o

    the workorce in many industrialized economies. They have redened the

    orthodoxy o lielong employmentto one o lielong employability.

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    Those who describe themselves as sel-employed are a rising share o the workorce in many

    industrialized economies. They have redened the orthodoxy o lielong employmentto one o

    lielong employability. How then, can an HR organization nd, let alone recruit, such talent?

    As more people go solo, they need to become more fexible, entrepreneurial, and responsive tothe needs o the market. They take on personal responsibility or updating their skills and staying

    relevant. They do not operate under the security o permanent employment and thus need to

    think aresh about the skill sets that will sustain them or the long haul.

    There are relatively ew people in todays labor market who can honestly say that they have job

    security or, in some cases, employer loyaltycertainly not in the same sense as applied in a

    previous era. Now, the emphasis is on attaining the skills that will allow or lielong learning as a

    pathway to long-term employability.

    The rise o this contingent workorce is also shaping new patterns o business behavior around

    HR practice. The recruitment o sta needs to account or the shiting needs o business, and the

    availability o a pool o workers with specic expertise suited to particular projects. Assignments

    can be or a period o weeks or months. The needs o this market are dierent rom those o apermanent workorce, and HR proessionals need new skill sets to understand and manage a

    contingent workorce that may be spread across dierent states, countries, and time zones.

    Its been described as the age o the disposable worker or the permanent temporary

    workorce. As organizations look to cut back on xed costs, they have put the razor through a

    wide range o employment benets, and now have turned it on the jobs themselves.

    For employers, this ushers a new era o fexibility, with all the benets that brings. But it also

    heralds a much more complex way o managing organizational talent. I key people can jump

    rom one assignment to the next, how do organizations retain the critical talent that provides

    their competitive advantage? How do they protect the knowledge and IP that can slip out the

    door? How do they go about accessing the talent they need across the globe, juggling myriad

    legal, nancial, and regulatory issues across jurisdictions?

    For employees, it entails a new approach to upgrading, deploying, and marketing their skills.

    They need to be alert to changes in the market that can open up new business opportunities,

    or ones which can make them redundant. This can impact the types o assignments they select.

    Those that enhance their skills or their reputation can be a win-win or both parties.

    The task o grappling with a shiting contingent labor orce, while saeguarding critical

    knowledge, and maintaining morale in the permanent workorce, will be one o the key

    challenges o the coming decade.

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    Technology provides speed to market, however, recruiting and sourcing skills

    are still ultimately the driving actor in success. Having the right tools in your

    toolbox simply helps you get there aster.

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    a key elemenT o

    THe emeRging HR

    PaRadigm, wiTH iT

    conVeRgence inT

    Social media, enT

    a moRe ocuSed,

    STRaTegic, and

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    ReacHing key

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    The days o help-wanted signs and newspaper job ads have passed, replaced by a vast array

    o platorms and technologies that are transorming the recruitment landscape. People are on

    the move, and the use o electronic and social networking tools are enabling recruiters and

    candidates with innovative ways o reaching their targetspeoples liestyles have changed and

    recruiters need to continually evolve to stay relevant.

    The ready availability o these applications has led to a leveling o the playing eld: organizations

    with media power and large advertising budgets are competing with no-cost or low-cost blogs

    or webcams to post inormation. In this environment, it is not so much about the technology,

    but the appeal o sophisticated and savvy strategies that penetrate the electronic noise, able

    to reach potential candidates, both active and passive. Technology provides speed to market,

    however, recruiting and sourcing skills are still ultimately the driving actor in success. Having the

    right tools in your toolbox simply helps you get there aster.

    This raises the issue o what the contemporary HR practitioner needs to do to adapt to this

    new digital environment. What ollows are just some o the techniques that are currently, and

    increasingly, likely to be deployed in the recruitment space, and must be mastered in order to

    tap into the increasingly sophisticated labor pool:

    Useofnichewebsitesalongwithgeneraljobboards.Manyofthegeneralboards,whichhave

    become fooded with resumes and requently do not ocus on any one industry or passive

    candidate, are still helpul, but niche sites also provide better targeting o candidates with

    industry expertise.

    Makingsocialmediaapartoftherecruiterstoolbox.SitessuchasFacebook,XING,and

    LinkedIn, among others, are becoming a ocal point and must be updated with inormation

    and communications on an increasingly requent basis to remain a part o the evolving

    conversational landscape.

    Useofcompany-orrecruiter-specicLinkedInproles,whichareregularlyupdatedwith

    inormation on the company, including upcoming job expos and industry events.

    Authoringorsponsoringindustry-specicwhitepapers,postedtocompanyorindustry

    websites, linked to advertising, blogs, and social media.

    Developingandpresentingwebcaststhatshowcasecompanyattributes,industrytrends,

    products, issues, or best practices.

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    Blogginginplacesthatpotentialcandidatesandindustryexpertsarelikelytovisit,anduseof

    micro-blogging platorms like Twitter to reach more tightly dened target groups.

    Automatingsourcingeffortswithwebtoolsandproductsthatallowrecruitersmoretimeto

    communicate directly with candidates and their hiring managers.

    Useofinternalapplicanttrackingsystems(ATS).Manycompanieshaveaccesstoanideal

    database yet oten neglect this as a sourcing tool. Previously considered candidates who were

    not chosen or one position may be qualied or a current opening.

    Buildingapassivecandidatedatabasethoughonlinesearchesanduseofsiteslike

    resumeblaster.com or resumezapper.com, to name a ew.

    Lastly,theage-oldpracticeofsmilinganddialingorcoldcalling,andmaintainingpersonal

    rapport with experts in the industry who may be added to your database or provide reerrals.

    A key element o the emerging HR paradigm, with its convergence into social media, entails a

    more ocused, strategic, and non-traditional approach to reaching key audienceswhich may

    be a dicult task, given the increasing demands on the HR proessional to ocus on strategicversus tactical imperatives. Oten, HR generalists and even recruiting specialists simply dont

    have the time to stay abreast o all the tools, master the technologies, and use them eectively.

    When eort is put into learning the systems and tools, beware that knowledge leaves when your

    in-house expert leaves your company.

    By using industry expertise and thought leadership as a tool, capable recruiters cut through

    the clutter that permeates much o the traditional media, and engage in interactions that

    can uncover exceptional talent. This can be time-consuming, but or those procient in such

    techniques, it brings results and can be successul in reaching into talent pools that are typically

    resistant to more traditional approaches.

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    Globalization has been advancing at a hectic pace in recent decades, ueled

    by greater international mobility, prosperity in the developed world, and a

    communications revolution that has transormed the exchange o inormation.

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    in a RelaTiVely SHo

    SPace o Time, HR

    HaS moVed Rom

    a comoRTable

    PoSiTion in wHicH

    THe boundaRieS

    o iTS woRk weRe

    deined by diSTan

    To one wHeRe THe

    TalenT Pool iS

    liTeRally global,

    and may be SouRc

    Rom anywHeRe.

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    The march o globalization has spread across a range o markets as diverse as motor vehicles,

    natural resources, energy, and ood. Labor is the latest market to be enguled by the tide o

    globalization, as human talent becomes a fuid and exchangeable asset across international borders.

    The concept o globalization oten attracts bad press. The image o hooded protestershurling objects through the plate glass o McDonalds at a G20 summit is the ugly ace o

    the trend. But globalization, as a phenomenon, has been advancing at a hectic pace in recent

    decades, ueled by greater international mobility, prosperity in the developed world, and a

    communications revolution that has transormed the exchange o inormation.

    Distance is no longer the obstacle it used to be in the pre-digital era. In many industries, a

    trained proessional in, or example, Guangzhou can easily supplant a similar proessional in

    New York or Dubai. In certain industries where skills are highly transerrable, there is little to stop

    workers rom being recruited or assignments in any location around the world.

    This is truly revolutionizing the way that we search or, locate, and deploy talent. There are still

    clearly many jobs that require a central locality. But there are an increasing array o jobs, and

    elements o jobs, that can be tasked to individuals in any part o the globe.

    E-health means that diagnostic tools can be accessed by patients and health proessionals

    remotely; scientic research is becoming highly internationalized; in construction and

    manuacturing, standardized CAD techniques mean the design elements can be outsourced to

    wherever they can be perormed competitively. In the growing knowledge economy, there is

    virtually no limit to the breadth and scale o unctions that are open to globalization.

    All this presents a unique challenge to the HR proession. In a relatively short space o time, it

    has moved rom a comortable position in which the boundaries o its work were dened by

    distance, to one where the talent pool is literally global, and may be sourced rom anywhere.

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    This issue raises a new hurdle or the HR organization: workorce virtualization. With the growing

    use o these technologies, HR is aced with a decision o whether to move the work, or the

    worker. In many cases, the work can be perormed anywhere that skilled talent exists rather than

    the worker having to be on-site. Workorce virtualization allows an organization to source talent

    globally, but tasks IT to have an ecient, cost-eective, and workable solution that may not yet

    be ready to address the problem that HR has identied.

    Companies realize the potential o tapping into a vast global labor pool, especially at times

    o talent shortage. They are heading in this direction and will need their HR partners to show

    them the way. HR will be expected to become procient with a range o technologies and

    platorms that support an ever-broadening set o unctions. They will also need knowledge o

    labor markets, cultural dierences, key recruiting methods, and labor laws in a variety o dierent

    jurisdictions, requiring a level o expertise that many HR departments have never been called on

    to provide.

    This is a task that requently tests many medium and even large organizations with a well-

    resourced HR unction, yet it is becoming a routine element o the job. It will require practitioners

    who are able to exploit networks and resources across multiple locations, and who can apply the

    best o their knowledge to the benet o a local enterprise. It may also require the organization

    to be willing to explore outsourcing certain HR unctions to providers with the global reach to

    enable their HR strategies.

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    HR practitioners are being charged to engage more in the business issues o

    central importance to core direction and strategy.

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    Increasingly, HR organizations o all sizes have been shiting their ocus to

    outsourcing the recruiting and screening unction.

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    HR is all about people, but its oten easy to become swamped by processes and technologies.

    In media reporting o corporate issues, we requently hear o nancial problems or operational

    problems, but not oten HR problems.

    Increasingly, HR organizations o all sizes have been shiting their ocus to outsourcing therecruiting and screening unction. Recognizing the need to take a more strategic approach to

    their role within the organization, they realize they cannot (and should not) be all things to all

    people. This doesnt mean throwing in the towel. Outsourcing allows an organization to manage

    and participate where needed, while still providing maximum fexibility.

    They will also need to consider how they can best add value. The complexity o the HR

    landscape means that many HR proessionals are becoming bogged down in transactional tasks,

    at the expense o more strategic priorities. Much o the work around hiring is largely tactical, but

    it is also increasingly complex, and moving beyond the capacity o some HR managers. These

    are the type o jobs that are ripe or being outsourced.

    Outsourcing some o the unctionality can ree time and resources or HR people to start to look

    at how they are meeting more important corporate goals.

    They will then be in a position to play a more strategic and valued role, availing themselves o

    data and metrics that provide new levels o insight into HR perormance and its contribution to

    organizational results. Once removed rom the straightjacket o process HR they will be able to

    step into the eld o clever HR, where they can utilize their knowledge in ways that are directly

    relevant to decision-makers.

    Armed with a range o key perormance measures, HR can become the repository o critical

    human capital intelligence, relevant and valued.

    One o the ironies is that many HR departments devote a relatively small amount o time to

    the recruitment unction. Even during periods o labor shortage, they are so burdened with

    transactional work that recruitmentarguably the most pressing taskis given too little attention.It will be a matter or individual organizations to determine the scope o any outsourcing

    decision, but it seems clear that this path is increasingly being taken to liberate HR as it

    grapples with a multitude o issues. The steady growth o Recruitment Process Outsourcing

    (RPO) as a specialized industry supporting the HR unction is testimony to this.

    Outsourcing rees HR proessionals to address the increasingly complex and ast-altering

    meta-trends aecting their industry, and to have a laser-like ocus on higher-level

    imperatives. This trend is being replicated across the globe, as witnessed by

    the growing number and prevalence o providers ocusing on the

    recruitment process.

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    The landscape or the HR proession is rapidly changing, and raising questions about the way the

    industry adapts to meet a series o landmark events.

    There is nothing new in the need to changeproessionals across scores o industries have had

    to rethink the way they work in order to meet business trends and new technologies.

    Yet new ways o thinking about recruiting and sourcing labor seem to have ushered in a

    sequence o reorms that have undamentally re-ordered the way that HR has unctioned or

    decades. RPO in its ideal state can provide HR with the best o both worlds: a means to ensure

    that their organizations nd and place top talent, while at the same time reeing them to ocus

    on more strategic initiatives.

    This means that incremental change will likely not suce to meet the challenges ahead. HR

    proessionals will be required to simultaneously conront demands across areas encompassing

    technology, demographics, and generational behavior.

    Only as a result o these actions will HR leaders be able to take their proession up the value

    chain, and deliver a talent management strategy that aligns with the workorce solutions modern

    business needsnow more than ever.

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    at th athrs

    Lance Jensen Richards, GPHR, SPHR

    Lance Jensen Richards is senior director and global practice leader o the Human Resources

    Consulting (HRC) practice o Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group (KellyOCG). The group

    is part o Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB), a leader in providing workorce solutions,

    headquartered in Troy, MI.

    In his current post since 2007, Richards has overall accountability or KellyOCGs HRC practice on a

    global basis, in addition to providing thought leadership, business planning, and strategic direction.

    The HRC practice delivers a wide range o HR solutions to Kelly clients worldwide. Its service lines

    include strategic workorce planning, global mobility, training and education, and human resources

    consulting. Prior to his current position, Richards was senior director o international human

    resources or Kelly Services, a role that included managing operations globally.

    Beore joining the Kelly organization in 2003, Richards was managing director and co-ounder

    o Suddenly Global LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based international human resources consultancy.

    Prior to that, he was director o global human resources or Teleglobe, the global networking,

    Internet, and data services arm o Bell Canada Enterprises.

    Earlier in his career, Richards held executive posts at Verizon International, including director

    o international stang and country director o human resources or Verizon China. He was

    also manager o human resources Asia/Pacic or the North American subsidiaries o British

    Telecom. Educated at the University o Georgia in Athens, GA, Richards holds a bachelors

    degree in communications theory.

    An internationally sought-ater speaker on globalization and workorce strategy, Richards haspresented at human resources conerences, seminars, and universities around the world. He

    currently is a visiting proessor o human resource management at the Sasin Graduate Business

    School o Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.

    Richards sits on the talent strategy board or the Human Capital Institute, and serves as an

    instructor or the Society or Human Resource Management (SHRM) global human resources

    certication preparation course, which is taught internationally. Additionally, he has served on the

    board o directors or SHRMs global orum and its global expertise panel.

    He has been a scheduled editorial columnist in Personnel Todaymagazine and his commentary

    on global human resources issues has been eatured in European Business Review.

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    at th athrs

    D. Zachary Misko

    D. Zachary Misko is global director o the Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) practice o Kelly

    Outsourcing and Consulting Group (KellyOCG). The group is part o Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:

    KELYA, KELYB), a leader in providing workorce solutions, headquartered in Troy, MI.

    In this role, Misko works with Fortune 500 companies throughout the world to develop and

    implement processes that improve and drive recruitment and retention solutions. Misko joined

    Kelly Services in 2002 with more than 15 years o human resource and management expertise in

    areas including direct merchant, retail, biotechnology, lie sciences, and stang services. Within

    these industries, Misko held various positions in the areas o recruitment, employment law,

    employee relations, consulting, strategic human resources planning, perormance management,

    training, and compensation. His experience includes managerial posts at several companies:

    Promega Corporation, Lands End, and Younkers, Inc.

    Misko has earned many proessional certications, including Certied Diversity Recruiter (CDR),

    Certied Internet Recruiter (CIR), and Proessional in Human Resources (PHR). He has also

    completed advanced certication rom the Department o Industry, Labor, and Human Relations.

    Misko holds a bachelors degree in business administration with an emphasis in human resources

    rom Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He is currently a member o the Society or Human

    Resource Management (SHRM), the Employers Management Association (EMA), and the National

    Association o Personnel Services (NAPS). He is a past president o the Metro Milwaukee SHRM

    chapter. He is considered an industry expert in applying Lean methodologies in the talent

    acquisition process.

    Currently, Misko is a senior executive board member o Best Practice Institute (BPI) and serves

    on the Advisory Board or EnticeLabs. He is also co-chair o the Human Resources Outsourcing

    Association (HROA) Research Committee and a member o the Human Resources Outsourcing

    Association (HROA) Outreach and Education Committee. He has had articles published in many

    print and online publications, including Workforce Managementmagazine, HRO Today, Human

    Resource Executive magazine, and HR.com. Misko is a contributing author to the book, Best

    Practices in Talent Management, published in December 2009.

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    About Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group

    KellyOCG is a global leader in innovative talent management solutions in the areas o Recruitment

    Process Outsourcing (RPO), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Human Resources Consulting,

    Career Transition and Organizational Eectiveness Consulting, Executive Search, and Contingent

    Workorce Outsourcing (CWO), which includes Independent Contractor Solutions. Further

    inormation about KellyOCG may be ound at kellyocg.com.