Thank you to everyone who made Workforce Connect Conference 2024 a great success!
Workforce Connect Conference 2024 was an excellent opportunity for managers and HR professionals to network and learn from industry experts and leaders. Our lineup of speakers shared their knowledge and experiences, providing insights to help better attract and retain the talent that organizations need to thrive. Attendees had the chance to grow their skills and expand their professional networks.
Attendees learned about creating workplaces that enhance the employee experience, developing inclusive hiring strategies, recruiting international talent via the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, and much more! This year’s keynote speaker, best-selling author, and trusted thought leader Hamza Khan, delivered an inspiring speech that resonated with all present.
Download the presentations below:
Event Presentations
Hamza Khan – Rehumanizing Workplaces: The Modern Leader’s Playbook for Creating a Thriving People-First Culture
Inclusive Hiring: Post-Secondary Perspectives
Stats, strategies, and strength-based approaches – Dr. Jessica Lovett, Director Career Services & Co-op, Lakehead University
Inclusive Hiring: Post-Secondary Perspectives
Advantages of having an age diverse workforce – Leslie Berko, Manager, Career Services, Georgian College & John Daggett Manager, Co-operative Education, Georgian College
Highlights from the 23-24 Simcoe Muskoka Local Labour Market Plan – Shari Menard, Executive Director, Simcoe Muskoka Skillforce
Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership Settlement Strategy – Sandra Lee, Manager, Strategic Partnerships Business Intelligence and System Planning County of Simcoe & Rachel Szepesi, Program Coordinator, Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership
Leveraging the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program to Attract and Retain Foreign Workers – the Ministry of Labour Immigration Training and Skills Development (MLITSD)
Agenda
8:00am: Networking
8:15am: Welcoming Remarks
8:25am: Rehumanizing Workplaces: The Modern Leader’s Playbook for Creating a Thriving People-First Culture with Hamza Khan
9:30am: Inclusive Hiring: Post-Secondary Perspectives
Stats, strategies, and strength-based approaches – Dr. Jessica Lovett, Director Career Services & Co-op, Lakehead University
Advantages of having an age diverse workforce – Leslie Berko, Manager, Career Services, Georgian College & John Daggett Manager, Co-operative Education, Georgian College
10:00 am: Creating successful workplaces – Employer Panel Discussion
10:45am: Break
11:00am: Highlights from the 23-24 Simcoe Muskoka Local Labour Market Plan – Shari Menard, Executive Director, Simcoe Muskoka Skillforce
11:15am: Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership Settlement Strategy – Sandra Lee, Manager, Strategic Partnerships Business Intelligence and System Planning County of Simcoe & Rachel Szepesi, Program Coordinator, Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership
11:30am: Leveraging the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program to Attract and Retain Foreign Workers – Representatives from the Ministry of Labour Immigration Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) will deliver a presentation followed by a Q & A session.
12:15pm: Roundtable Discussions – Organized roundtable discussions to capture best practices and lessons learned from all Workforce Connect presentations.
12:45pm – 1:00pm: Lunch & Networking
Keynote Speaker:
Hamza Khan is on a mission to help organizations achieve inclusive and sustainable growth by rehumanizing the workplace.
Rather than be reactive to rapidly changing external conditions, Khan shows leaders how to embrace a bold “people first” approach to better support diverse, engaged, and connected teams in a hybrid environment. In doing so, they’ll unlock the tremendous upside of a loyal, thriving, and innovative workforce. Rehumanizing workplaces is the winning strategy of the future.
Khan is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and world-renowned keynote speaker whose TEDx talk “Stop Managing, Start Leading” has been viewed over two million times. He has spoken on various global stages, including the World Youth Forum, and his clients
have included some of the world’s most dynamic companies and organizations, such as Microsoft, PepsiCo, LinkedIn, Deloitte, Salesforce, TikTok, and hundreds of colleges and universities. These leading organizations trust Khan to inspire modern leadership, unleash purposeful productivity, transcend burnout culture, and embrace constant change.
As a trusted thought leader, Khan’s insights have been featured by notable media outlets such as Inc., Bloomberg, and Business Insider. He is also the bestselling author of The Burnout Gamble: Achieve More by Beating Burnout and Building Resilience and Leadership, Reinvented. Through his writing, speaking, teaching, and executive coaching, Khan empowers people to evolve and thrive in the future of work.
Presenting Partners
Workforce Connect Conference is proudly brought to you by the County of Simcoe, the Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership, SM Skillforce, Georgian College, Lakehead University, the City of Barrie, and the City of Orillia
2023 Workforce Connect Conference Resources
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Event Presentations
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