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2008 Dual Careers Conference - Preliminary Agenda
Business Meeting
Facilitator: Thuy Nguyen, The University of Utah
Topics to Discuss:
- Introductions
- Official Name of Our Organization
- Should we establish an official website for our organization? What should be included on the site?
- 2009 Dual Careers Conference - Who is willing to host?
- Other agenda items to be determined
ApplicantSearch: Winning Both Sides of the Skilled Applicant Shortage
Presenter: John W. Howard, Ph.D., Performance Resources, LLC
The basic demographics of the workforce are changing as never before. Combine the Baby Boom, the Birth Dearth, and the Longevity Boom, and you have 3 powerful forces of change that will shape the workforce and our ways of dealing with it for the next 50 years, or more. The Department of Labor estimates that the American workforce will need 18 million people with new 4-year college degrees over the next 5 years, but will only produce 12 million of them.
- If your business needs degree-holders (or any other highly skilled workers), where will you find them?
- IGiven that you will probably have to pay more, since the demand will exceed supply, how can you ensure that you get maximum productivity out of the ones you do hire?
- IHow will you keep them with you, when your competition is trying to hire them?
- IHow can you pinpoint your search for candidates, and not waste hours reading thousands of resumes to find a few who are suitable for your positions?
This session will explore a new tool that provides answers to all of those questions, and is affordable for businesses of any size. It will help candidates and employers find suitable matches for skilled workers in any field.
From England to Salt Lake - My Dual Career Experience
Presenter: Mary Anne Berzins, The University of Utah
This session is an actual case study of a dual career spouse from The University of Utah. Mary Anne Berzins, Assistant Vice President of Workforce Planning in Human Resources at the University of Utah, will share her long journey from Leeds, England to Salt Lake City.
Survey Results from the Study of Dual-Career Academic Couples
Presenter: Andrea Henderson, Stanford University
Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research is engaged in a national, multi-year study examining the condition of dual-career academic couples in leading US research universities. Between November 2006 and January 2007, the Clayman Institute administered an on-line survey at thirteen leading U.S. private and public research universities. Nearly 30,000 full-time faculty were surveyed (with a 30.4% response rate) in an effort to collect data on academic couples as well as explore attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding couple hiring. The Institute's "Dual-Career Academic Couples" study will culminate in policy recommendations aimed at helping universities recruit and retain greater numbers of women in leading faculty and administrative positions. Restructuring university practices will help transform the way universities do business and grow academic cultures where women, too, can flourish.
Starting and Establishing a Dual Career Services Program at Your Institution
Presenters: Joan Murrin and Heidi McLaughlin, University of Iowa
Thinking of starting a dual career assistance program at your university? Not sure where to start? Join Heidi McLaughlin and Joan Murrin (University of Iowa Dual Career Network) in a breakout session designed specifically for conference participants who are attending to gather information about how to start a program. You'll get lots of great ideas on topics such as surveying for needs, enlisting support from community constituents, determining stakeholders, developing materials, gathering metrics, etc
Please note: This session will be a lunch time session for institutions just starting a program or wanting to start one.
The Challenges of Your DCS Program - An Opportunity to Share with Your Colleagues
Facilitator - Thuy Nguyen, The University of Utah
This session is an opportunity for you to share your program's challenges and to get suggestions/feedback from your colleagues. Find out how they have handled similar situations at their institution.
Update on the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
Presenter: Nancy Aebersold, National Higher Education Consortium and Mary Everley, University of Minnesota
Learn how over 300 colleges and universities are collaborating on addressing the dual career challenge throughout the U.S. by participating in a regional Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC). Consider how a regional HERC could benefit your institution’s commitment to providing dual career assistance. Nancy Aebersold, the founder and National Director of HERC, will present the latest HERC news and provide plenty of time for questions from and discussion among participants.
The schedule for the two days is now available. Please note that this schedule is subject to change.
