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The NEW ENGLAND ROUNDTABLE & COUNCIL OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS (CSCMP) present:

LEARN THE SECRETS OF EMPLOYMENT SEARCHING

KEEP A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CAREER!

Please note this is a luncheon meeting.

Engineering Your Career:  How to Stand out in a Crowd! 

Speaker:         P. Jason Ward

                          Managing Director, Industrial Practice

                         RSR Partners

Place:             Joe’s American Bar & Grill

                         985 Providence Highway (US 1)

                         Dedham, MA     02026

                        Phone:  781-329-0800

Time:              Thursday, February 16, 2012

                        11:30 AM Registration and Networking

                       12:00 Noon - Lunch

                       12:30 PM Presentation

                       1:30 PM Questions and Discussion

Learn About:

RSR Partners

Whether you are actively searching for employment, in the same position for many years, thinking that you don’t need to be involved with career changes or a student about to graduate you WILL one way or the other come in contact with an industry employment search firm.

RSR Partners is an executive, board and leadership recruiting firm.  Led by Russell S. Reynolds, Jr., the founder of Russell Reynolds Associates, RSR Partners was formed in 1993 and has been on the leading edge of advising CEOs and Boards on C-suite recruiting, succession planning and talent assessment.  The company has strong sector practice areas in consumer products, investment banking, financial services, industrial, transportation, healthcare and technology, among others.

Their team collaborates in leveraging the individual expertise at the firm to solve a variety of human capital issues for their clients.  Their involvement ranges from board and executive recruitment to providing counsel on management succession planning.  By focusing on corporate board and C-level mandates, they are continuously expanding their knowledge base of accomplished senior executives allowing the firm to more effectively complete assignments.

They are not limited by bureaucracy or internal conflicts or the regional restrictions of more provincial sources.  Combined with collaborative culture, their clients are assured that their search objectives will not be compromised by such road blocks as internal competition for candidates.

The Recruitment Process

Their professionals have over 100 years combined experience recruiting senior-level executives.  They have a proven approach and a sound methodology for completing comprehensive searches with both speed and accuracy. The objective is to identify, attract and evaluate outstanding candidates from whom their clients can select the individuals who meet or exceed the organization’s present and future goals.

·         Position Analysis
Meet with our client to learn more about the qualities desired in a candidate and the job specification. In this way, they develop a full understanding of the client’s organization, working environment, specific requirements and objectives, and the role the selected individual will play in the organization.

·         Research
Once they have established the criteria for candidate selection, they research hundreds of possible sources.  They also follow up leads within their extensive database and well-established network of personal contacts.

·         Sourcing
They then begin a comprehensive program to contact sources and identify prospective candidates.  Scores of candidates may be screened, with perhaps a dozen surviving the process.

·         Candidate Evaluation
Then they conduct intensive face-to-face interviews with the most promising candidates.  They consider vital issues relating to work experience and background, education, personality and managerial style, professional development, growth and achievement, ability to handle the position requirements and compensation history.

·         Reference Checking
All backgrounds and references are investigated thoroughly. The results are fully documented, including references from prior managers that verify position functions and accomplishments, and performance strengths and weaknesses.

·         Recruiting
Communications with the client and the candidates during all phases of the search process are maintained in such a manner as to respect both the confidentiality and sensitivity of the search agreement.  When an offer is extended, they participate and assist in the discussions/negotiations in order to maintain an open channel of communication.

·         On-Going Follow-Up
Once the candidate starts the new position, they remain in close contact with both the client and the candidate to ensure a smooth transition and a satisfactory completion of the assignment.

Come to this very important supply chain meeting and learn some of the secrets of networking with a major search firm when considering an employment change.  Hear both a search firm executive and a supply chain practitioner tell about the process of re-engineering your career!

Registration Fee:

Non-members are always welcome. The registration fee is $40 if paid by Monday, February 13th. Payments after this date or at the door (walk-ins) are $45. For the unemployed, the prepaid fee is $20.00. For full-time students, the prepaid fee is $15.

Register online at:

CSCMP Member Registration

Non-Member Registration

Student Registration

You may pay by Visa, MasterCard or American Express

Questions on registration: Call Henry Capotosto at 401.743.9376

Questions on event content: Call Brad Voelz at 401.559.2046

Directions to “Joe’s American Bar & Grill”

From North or West

  • Take Interstate 95/Route 128 South to Exit 15B (Interstate 95/Route 128 south towards Dedham)
  • Stay to the left at the exit off I95 and turn onto US Route 1/Boston-Providence Highway north
  • Stay to the left on US1 and turn left at the first light into the parking area

From South or East

  • Take Interstate 95/Route 128 North to Exit 15A (Interstate 95/Route 128 north towards Dedham)
  • Stay to the right at the exit off I95, merging onto US Route 1/Boston-Providence Highway north
  • Immediately stay to the left on US1 and turn left at the first light into the parking area

About our Speaker:

P. JASON WARD

MANAGING DIRECTOR


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Jason Ward is a Managing Director and leads the RJR Partners’ Industrial Practice. Mr. Ward has more than two decades of industrial and international business experience, with a focus on assignments across the industrial and transportation market segments, including heavy manufacturing, processes and converting operations, electronics, construction, intermodal logistics, import/export, and supply chain.

Previously, Mr. Ward was a Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry.  As a core member of the Global Industrial Practice, he also led the company’s Transportation & Logistics Sector.

He recruits executives within all functions, including firm’s CEO’s, presidents, and senior level positions in operations, marketing, sales, finance, regulatory compliance and human resources, within both domestic and international markets.  Mr. Ward also recruits for clients at the Board of Directors level.

Prior to joining Korn/Ferry in 1999, Mr. Ward was the U.S. Commercial Manager for a prominent European-based owner of a fleet of modern double hull super tankers.

Mr. Ward’s previous international business experience includes operations management for a privately held American/Brazilian import/export shipping joint venture and sales and marketing management in the commercial electronic communications equipment sector.

Mr. Ward earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut.  Prior to this, he served as a commissioned engineering officer in the U.S. Navy aboard a guided missile cruiser deployed to the Arabian Gulf, following the award of his undergraduate degree from the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

KEEP THESE DATES OPEN FOR FUTURE MEETINGS

March 28th:  VICS Item Level Initiative:  Can we afford NOT to item tag?  Speaker:  Mr. Joseph Andraski, President and CEO, VICS (Voluntary Inter-industry Commerce Solutions) and national speaker for CSCMP roundtables.  If you make it, buy it, ship it or use it – you need to attend this meeting to learn the latest regarding the individual item tagging and tracking using radio frequency (RF).  This is a luncheon meeting. 

April 26th:  WARNING:  The end of cheap oil is coming!  Speaker:  Mr. Charles “Chuck” Taylor, President, AWAKE Consulting and speaker at every supply chain organization and industry world-wide.  Taylor’s now famous presentation not only aims to inform his audience about the factors leading to rising oil prices, but to encourage supply chain professionals to seriously investigate alternatives to current practices and to aggressively explore new supply chain and fuel management strategies.  This is a dinner meeting. 

We would like to thank our sponsors:

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