Center for Talent Retention Announces Talent Management Specialist Certification

The Center for Talent Retention, the leading experts on taking action to attract, engage, build, leverage and retain employees, announces a new offering for 2009, the Talent Management Specialist Certification.

Denver, Colo. (PRWEB) November 21, 2008 -- According to Cindy Mustful, SVP, Center for Talent Retention, “Research shows that talent management has a direct impact on profitability, customer satisfaction, innovation and new product development. Worldwide executives identify talent management as the number one or number two top priority for their organizations. Talent managers need to meet this need by developing their expertise to create a competitive advantage for their organization.” David Harris, Director, Employee Relations Practices at Owens Corning, states “The Talent Management Specialist Certification is a development experience talent managers and HR Leaders require, to develop the skills needed to meet the increasing challenges in today's tough economy.”

The Talent Management Specialist Certification is an intense development experience combining pre-work, two intense workshop days, and implementation of a talent management project within their organization to demonstrate knowledge and skill building. Graduates of the certification program will be networked to the growing community of Talent Management Specialists. At the end of the certification process, participants will be able to develop an effective talent management strategy that will support organizational goals, define and use the right talent metrics aligned to that talent management strategy, understand and be able to implement engagement and retention practices, and develop performance consulting capabilities to support managers, teams and employees as they take action on the strategy.

The Talent Management Specialist Certification will be offered quarterly in 2009, beginning February 3-5. Click to learn more about the certification. To learn (http://keeppeople.com/page.php?id=107) more about the Center for Talent Retention, products and services, visit www.keeppeople.com or call at 800-861-6965.

About The Center For Talent Retention

The Center for Talent Retention is the leading expert on “taking action” to increase human capital results. They offer a full range of talent/employee solutions guaranteed to equip your organization, managers, HR professionals, and work groups to take action to make a real impact on organization results by bringing together the best talent practices needed to attract, engage, build, leverage, and retain employees. They are known in the industry as an elite partner equipping companies like: General Electric, Progress Energy, Microsoft, Becton Dickinson, KPMG, Qualcomm, Baylor Healthcare, ADP, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, BMC Software, John Deere, The Home Depot, and McDonalds to increase business performance through people.

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