Recruiting diverse talent is critical. However, retaining employees is even more important to the sustainability of your organization. In this presentation, we take a dive into employee recruitment and retention to discover what is effective and ineffective in your current approach. Nick Poindexter will breakdown recruitment and retention efforts to look at the critical elements needed, share lessons learned from managing a successful workforce development initiative, discuss potential pitfalls that can come up and highlight what success looks like for both employees and employers. You will leave the presentation with a renewed understanding of what is needed as you think about creating or enhancing your recruitment and retention approach.

About Our Speaker: Nick Poindexter

Nick Poindexter possesses a collective of 17+ years of experience in strategic leadership, consultative sales, project and program management, business development, community outreach, and marketing. He received a B.A. in Advertising Management and Marketing with a minor in Design Management from Portland State University and completed an M.S. in Management and Organizational Leadership from Warner Pacific University. Nick is currently the Senior Director of the Empowering Leaders Division at nonprofit organization The Contingent where he leads The Script initiative. He was born and raised in Portland and is extremely passionate about positively impacting the Portland metropolitan area. Nick enjoys spending time with his family, has a passion for creating equitable access to resources for marginalized communities and loves encouraging people.