Eric Winegardner's presentation regarding Placement and Retention Strategies at the 2010 PLS Career Summit in Atlanta

1. Placement & Recruiting in Today’s Employment Landscape PRESENTED BY: Eric Winegardner VP, Client Adoption December 1, 2010 Pearson Learning Solutions Summit

3. Macro Economic Indicators

5. Unemployment Rate by Education Level

6. Trends in the Unemployment Rate National Association of Colleges and Employers – June, 2010

7. Monthly Payroll Growth

8. Payroll Employment Growth

9. Monster Employment Index (MEI)

10. Full Reports Available Online at: http://about-monster.com/employment/index/17 Site: Resource Center – Market Intelligence November Data Released December 2 nd

11. Evolving World of Work

12. The New World of Work

13. The New World of Work

14. Undergraduate Plans After Graduation National Association of Colleges and Employers – June, 2010

16. A Look Into the Future

17. BLS 2018 Projections- Change in Occupational Group

18. BLS 2018 Projections- Change in Service Providing Industry

19. BLS 2018 Projections- Change by Education/Training Category

20. BLS 2018 Projections- Fastest Growth Occupations

21. BLS 2018 Projections- Fastest Growth Occupations- Numeric

22. Entry-Level Job Conditions

26. Research by Monster & Human Capital Institute (HCI)

28. Where the 21 st century is headed. . . .

29. Employer Perspectives

32. Both employers and workers are concerned about top performers leaving the organization Workers Employers “ Some top performers are leaving, causing me concern”. More or less concerned about top talent attrition

33. Employee Perspectives

35. Workers expect compensation, including base pay, benefits, career advancement and retirement to be impacted significantly Workers Expectations on Compensation and Career Advancement

36. Today, employees may be “just happy to have a job” … “ Just HAPPY to have a job”

37. The recession has changed their attitudes toward their employers The leadership appears to be less concerned about employee retention than prior to the recession The leadership is inclined to use worker insecurities to drive longer hours, lower pay or other concessions The leadership is less tolerant of dissent and challenges to its authority

38. “ Today’s employers feel that employees are loyal due to the economic times, but the reality is they are not. Because of this, there is a strong likelihood that when the economy turns for the better, employers could find themselves with valued employees jumping ship. This places pressure on them to put retention measures in place now.” - Katherine Jones, HCI Research Fellow.

40. Questions?