Event category: Breakout

Industry downturns and recessionary economies are critical times to ramp up authentic employer branding as a way to retain employees, job candidates and customers. In addition to ensuring that you maintain your stake in the market, economic slides may offer a unique opportunity for business growth when instinct may want to lean towards laying low in times of crisis. Sharing the vision of your organization and the unique values of your brand will help create the narrative on ‘why’ people will choose to work with and for you.

Takeaways:

• Strategies for building authentic and effective employer branding during an economic downturn
• Identifying and prioritizing target markets for retention
• How to pivot from recruitment to retention strategies with vision casting
• The value of incorporating L&D and wellness as part of your employer brand – and why this should not be cut in a down economy

This session will start with a short overview of best practices for private equity compensation, and then dive into a panel discussion with practical tips and insights – including how to get people to value equity in a down economy.  Our panelists will share practical strategies to communicate the value, potential risks, key issues to consider and implications of private equity incentives to your employees.  Enhance your understanding and optimize your approach to equity compensation in the tech industry as a valuable part of your recruitment and retention plans.

Key Takeaways:

• Quick overview on the types and trends of private equity compensation
• Learn how to communicate the value of equity compensation as part of your total compensation package
• Best practices and practical trends of the ‘who, what, and when’ of equity plan implementation
• Considerations for designing equity value guidelines

It’s time to flip the motherhood penalty on its head and create the motherhood opportunity. As a leader within your organization, you have a unique ability to advance equity and better support the experiences of mothers, at work and through the transitions of maternity leave.

We invite you to join Maturn Co-Founders for a workshop that will shed light on the impact of maternity leave in Canada, highlight what mothers in Canada are asking for at work and provide effective strategies to create equitable and inclusive work cultures that help mothers thrive.

Key takeaways:

• Gain a deeper understanding of the motherhood penalty and how it creates barriers to women’s full participation at work in tech
• Learn about Maturn’s National Research Study on what mothers want at work to stay and grow within inclusive work cultures
• Receive concrete tools and resources to bring back to your organization that will create more equity for mothers
• Learn strategies to combat the motherhood penalty and how you and your organization can fully support mothers before, during and after maternity leave

The masterclass will explore strategies to identify the necessary skills to meet the demands of a changing industry.  Gain valuable insights and practical solutions for organizations seeking to adapt to the future of work and address the challenges faced by employers in finding and retaining skilled professionals in an evolving workplace.

What you will learn:

• How to build when the skills aren’t readily available to buy on the market because the skillset is so new
• Skills Identification – Discover ways to identify specific skills that are crucial for adapting to fill the positions of the future: data analysis, adaptability, creativity, emotional intelligence, and others.
• Strategies for upskilling and skills development during times of tight budgets

Pre-registration required – register here.

Hear about the practical application of AI within the HR function, the opportunity for AI on strategic initiatives and examples of how to support workforce and leader readiness from the top of some of Canada’s tech giants at Microsoft, EA, and SAP. In addition to learning how Generative AI is being applied to work today, we’ll explore how our tech businesses are thinking about the employee experience and getting people excited about what’s possible, while also staying ahead of challenges and changes in a fast-moving space.

• Practical Application of AI in HR: Understand how AI is enabling work in tech companies, learn where in HR there are already opportunities to enhance work through ‘no code/low code’ tools.
• Building an AI-Ready Organization: Hear about actual examples of leader and employee learning, adoption, and reinforcement methods to upskill and reskill for an AI-supported environment, including personalized learning paths and mentorship programs.
• Ethical Considerations and AI Governance: Gain insights into ethical considerations and best practices for AI governance and learn how HR can play a pivotal role in ensuring employee perspectives are included in design.