Laura Friedel, an attorney with Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC, will present this informative and interesting session on legal issues for the staffing and search business. Topics will include:
• Navigating the potholes of recording time and paying overtime
• Using background checks and internet searches wisely, including the use of social networking sites
• Determining when the employment relationship begins
These and other key employment policies will be covered during an afternoon session from 3-5pm at the Levenfeld offices at 2 North LaSalle in downtown Chicago. Registration begins at 2:30. See the ISSA website for more details.

The cost is only $29 for members and $49 for non-members. You can not afford to miss this session.

April 20th, 12:00 - 12:45pm: Webinar “Employee Engagement: Strategies to shift your employees from Autopilot to Engaged!” 

Conducted by Suan Henry, Senior Vice President of the Jacobson Group. 

Only 29 percent of the workforce is actively engaged in their positions. 54 percent of employees are running on autopilot. What does this mean for your organization? Are your employees reaching their full potential, or are they simply going through the motions and waiting for the right opportunity to leave? In the current economy, employee engagement is vital to achieving productivity and morale goals. Additionally, it is crucial in retaining your top employees once the economy turns. This presentation will define what it means to have an engaged workforce and offer strategies for achieving employee engagement.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the benefits and productivity gains of an engaged workforce
• Identify the factors that contribute to job satisfaction
• Examine the varying levels of engagement
• Incorporate techniques to keep employees satisfied in their positions and engaged in their roles to create
• Retain top employees from all of the generations currently in the workforce

This webinar will take place from 12pm to 12:40pm AT YOUR DESK! The cost is only $9.95 for members and $24.95 for non-members. Everyone who signs up will be given a recorded copy of the webinar at no charge. Stop reading this on Autopilot, Engage yourself and sign up for this webinar today!

May 12th: Unemployment Workshop from IDES and ISSA

This is a fantastic and interactive workshop designed for anyone who is responsible for employment service, but specifically geared towards the special circumstances that staffing firms often have. The event will be kicked off with ISSA board members sharing the current state of the Illinois and Federal Unemployment funds and how the “great recession” might impact your margins in the next 12-24 months. The Illinois Department of Employment Services will explore the unemployment claims process, how to contest a claim and provide a mock adjudication. Both managers and employees involved in the unemployment claims process will find this session very beneficial. The event will include an early morning registration with a continental breakfast at the Careerbuilder Headquarters in downtown Chicago. The cost is only $49 for members and $69 for non-members.

July date TBD: Legislative Breakfast

The ISSA board is working to bring in members of the state legislature and a lobbyist for the staffing and search industry together for a breakfast this summer. Learn about the bills that could impact you and what is being done in Springfield to protect our industry. Stay tuned for more details as we pull this important event together.

September 16: ISSA Fall Conference - /Danny Cahill!!

Plan on joining the ISSA board and Danny Cahill as we hold our premiere full day event of the year. Stay tuned to your email and our website for more information as it becomes available.

November 10th: State of the Staffing and Search Industry

ISSA and Careerbuilder will share timely and interesting information regarding the current state of the staffing and search industry. We will review how the year progressed and provide insight into 2011.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available for all the events.