Recorded Seminar
Speaker: Jodi Schafer
Fee: $50/DDS and Staff; $75/Nonmember DDS
CE Credits: 1
In today’s challenging labor market, marked by a significant supply/demand imbalance and fierce competition for talent, employers are facing unprecedented difficulties in attracting and keeping staff. This webinar is essential for understanding these critical workforce issues and why the tight labor market shows no sign of slowing. By attending, you will learn to assess your current recruitment and retention practices and gain actionable, proven strategies to effectively attract and retain employees. The session will cover optimizing job postings by highlighting benefits and salary, leveraging marketing and talent pipelines, and crucially, building a strong organizational culture that offers flexibility, balance, and skills development—all vital for today’s workforce.
Learning objectives:
- Understand the key labor market trends that are impacting processes for recruiting and retaining employees.
- Understand and assess existing recruitment and retention practices within their organizations.
- Develop new ideas and strategies for effective recruitment and retention in today’s competitive environment.
This course counts toward the Certified Dental Business Professional program. Earn 1 credit in the Human Resources category. Click here for more information on the MDA Certified Dental Business Professional program. Look for this logo for other CDBP-qualifying courses.
Sponsored by MDA Insurance and MDA Services.
About the speaker … Jodi Schafer is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources and the owner of HRM Services, LLC. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in psychology and education from Kalamazoo College and over 20 years of experience in human resource management and more than 15 years in a consulting role. Schafer sits on several statewide committees focused on human resource policy and leadership development, and she is a regular contributor to various industry publications including the MDA Journal. Schafer is co-author of the MDA’s Staff Matters HR system, and she conducts speaking engagements on all aspects of human resources including employee relations, leadership skills, performance development, onboarding, recruitment, and retention.
