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Industry Hiring Managers: Reach & Recruit Only the Best Candidates

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This is especially important in today’s job climate, where there’s an increasing need for more skilled and educated workers. Consider: By 2020, 65% of all jobs in the economy will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school, according to a recent report by Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Make the shift.

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What’s on the Horizon for Meetings in 2020?

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For example, at IAEE’s Expo! According to a press release from Streampoint Solutions , whose FaceReg software was used at the event, 35 percent of attendees took advantage of it. For example, National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. One idea to consider: using facial-recognition software to speed up registration.

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How the Events Industry Is Coming Together Amid COVID-19

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The daylong, worldwide event focused on education, inspiration, and networking in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 12-hour event, hosted by Meeting Professionals International, connected members and nonmembers with personal and professional education, panel discussions, and conversations on recovery and meeting together again. “The

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There’s Good News for Conference Content, and a Warning, in New Report

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In response, meeting planners have continued to increase the number of ways in which they deliver conference materials to attendees,” said Jonny Popp, Omnipress general manager, in a press release. Where Associations Are Succeeding. Supplemental video, which is currently offered by 19 percent of respondents.

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Higher-Ed Groups Join Forces to Promote Analytics

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Three higher-education associations are encouraging college and university leaders to embrace analytics as a way to improve strategic decision-making. It seems to me [examples] are focused on the biggest, most innovative institutions in the country,” Johnston said. Tick-tock, tick-tock—the time to act is now.

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Hurricane Florence Sheds Light on Pharmacists’ Work and Role in Public Health

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The theme of this year’s APhA campaign, “Easy to Reach and Ready to Help,” aims to educate the public on just that, according to a press release.

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An Event-Focused Solution to Closing the Skills Gap

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Often, these efforts involve launching apprenticeship programs or multimedia campaigns that encourage young people to consider jobs in their respective fields or to educate them about opportunities available. It’s a model that other associations could adopt relatively easily at their own tradeshow or annual conference.

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