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The Balanced Scorecard: A Tool for Filling the Cracks in your Strategic Plan
"Organizations are not suffering because they cannot resolve their problems but because they cannot see their problems."
John Gardner
Let's face it: It's much harder to implement strategy than it is to create it. How many times have you uttered one of these sentences?
· "I never have enough time to plan and strategize. Almost all my time is spent in day-to-day operations."
· "I know that time spent on strategy and planning would advance my career and community but these personnel, investor and funding issues keep taking up my day."
· "I spend too much of my time in meetings called to make sure that the staff understands what they are supposed to be doing. This leaves no time for the strategic thinking that we need to get ourselves out of the economic mire."
· "Those county commissioners and investors always want more than we can deliver."
Sound familiar? Want to know how to effectively implement your strategy?
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This topic will be covered by Dr. David Kolzow in his course on Managing Economic Development Organizations that he is conducting for IEDC in The Woodlands, Texas on Jan. 28-29, 2010.
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Taimerica Announces Partnership with Monster If you've watched a college or professional football game in the last month, you've seen their ads. You probably recognize their green dragon logo. Monster.com is the world's largest online career services company. Monster matches job seekers with job openings around the globe. Taimerica is proud to announce that we have formed an alliance with Monster.com to bring their products to the economic development world.
Monster now has the world's largest database of job seekers, encompassing over 30 million resumes from the US, Europe, India, Malaysia, China and Australia. While it's obvious that Monster is an attractive resource for HR recruiters and for professionals looking for a new job, you probably weren't aware of the resources that Monster can provide to economic development groups.
Monster Real Time Labor Intelligence answers many questions that prospects and site selectors ask but that your state employment service can't answer. It also provides great tools for developing training programs matched to labor market needs.
Would you like to be able to answer these kinds of questions for your local employers or prospects?
· How many programmers with advanced degrees are here now or are willing to move to my region?
· How many engineers graduated from colleges in my region and are interested in moving back?
· How many workers nationwide graduated from area high schools and want to return here to work?
· How many college students in my region want to remain here after graduation?
· What does the global pool of H-1 B candidates with welding certificates look like?
Monster can tell you in detail who is currently available for recruitment in your region but also can tell you how many workers with the requisite skills are available elsewhere. State employment services were never designed to work with employed workers and professionals looking to switch jobs--the talent that your prospects are looking to attract. In contrast, the majority of Monster job seekers are skilled or professional workers with advanced education, who are looking for better job opportunities. Several examples: Monster's Military.com website includes resumes of 10 million active and retired servicemen looking to transition from the military to private careers; Monster College, another subsidiary, collects resumes of college students looking to enter the labor market and provides salary ranges for professional jobs in your region. Monster.com has a much broader profile of your labor market than your employment service and has much better intelligence for understanding the supply and demand of talent for particular jobs in your region.
You can get a better flavor for the variety of available intelligence by visiting Monster's website. Check out their employment index, labor market reports for major cities and occupational reports on their market intelligence web site: http://hiring.monster.com/hr/hr-best-practices/market-intelligence.aspx
Call or email Ed Bee or Charlotte Batson at Taimerica to learn more about how Monster.com Real Time Labor Intelligence can improve your marketing and training initiatives. It's also a vital resource for crafting your next economic development strategy.
(985) 626-9868 Email Ed Email Charlotte
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