Thursday, November 9th from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
14545 Bay Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX 77059
We will be meeting at Bay Oaks Country Club and lunch will be served.
The Topic:
Net Vets: How to Strategically Attract and Retain Veterans to Your Workforce
An interactive discussion on how to create networks, partnerships, and programs to support a recruiting and retention strategy for attracting our veteran community to your workforce.
We'll discuss community and industry outreach opportunities - community colleges, trade/technical schools, and universities, as well as trade organizations, veteran transition entities, and municipalities/local governments. We'll also discuss how to get an employee resource group going to support the veterans in your workforce.
Program Learning Objectives:
- Establish a clear and defined mission (how to) for your veterans strategy
- Better understand strategy and tactics in engaging with the veteran community and related organizations
- How to find the funding / groups that need funding
- How to promote veteran engagement from the inside and find your champions
Meeting Agenda
- 11:30-12:00 Check-in / Networking / Announcements / Lunch
- 12:00-1:00 Speaker Presentation, followed by Q&A
Re-certification credits are available for this event (1 SHRM PDC; 1 hour HRCI) and will be shared with attendees after the meeting.
Registration
Guests are always welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings!
For on-site luncheon, networking, and presentation at Bay Oaks:
- $38 TXBA SHRM Member
- $48 Non-Member / Guest
- $20 Student
About the Speaker:
Zeke Smith, SHRM-SCP has spent 20 years in the people business, 16 of those years within the engineering and construction industry. He currently serves as the Director of Leadership & Workforce Development for Apache Industrial, tasked with leading training and development initiatives and community partnerships for all levels of the organization.
Smith is a member of the Board of Directors for Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston where he has been a champion for bringing Mental Health awareness to the forefront of the construction industry as a whole and specifically within the Veteran community. Apache Industrial has been recognized for several years by the State of Texas for its success with hiring vets.
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