Best Practices in

Hiring & Performance Management

About The Workshop: Best Practices In Hiring & Performance Management

Participants Will Learn:

• Best Practices in Hiring
• Finding and Recruiting Qualified Candidates
• Interviewing Tips
• Using Social Media in Hiring
• Use of Assessments
• Reference Checking
• Criminal Background Checks
• Preventing Discrimination Claims
• Onboarding

Best Practices in Performance Management:

• Coaching and Counseling
• Using Performance Reviews
• Employee Diciplinary Process
• Employee Misconduct
• Managing Absenteeism
• Responding to Employee Complaints
• Investigation Process
• Termination of Employment

About the Presenter:  Ann Plunkett 

Ann has over thirty years of legal and human resources experience as corporate counsel, employment counsel and human resources executive in various corporate settings.

After two years in private law practice, she served as Assistant Counsel for T.G. & Y. Stores Company, a national discount retailer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1985 Ann relocated to St. Louis to join The May Department Stores Company.  As Senior Counsel at May, she specialized in employment law, handling a broad scope of legal and human resources matters for May’s numerous divisions throughout the country. Ann also gained hands-on human resources management experience at May, directing the store human resources function in an operating division.

At Fox Photo, Inc., a photo/imaging subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, Ann combined her legal background with her human resources expertise, serving as General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources. In addition to managing all legal business issues internally for the 435 stores in 26 states, she directed the human resource functions including compensation, benefits, HR information systems, employee relations and federal and state compliance.

In 1988, Ann founded the full-service human resource consulting firm, WorkPlace Partners, Inc., which serves a myriad of companies in the St. Louis area and around the country.  Clients include a number of industries and all sizes of businesses, from start up companies to large well-established enterprises and non-profit organizations.  Ann serves as an expert witness in employment litigation around the country and is a frequent guest speaker on various employment related topics.

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