EMPLOYING KNOWLEDGE WORKERS Your product's successful, your business is expanding - now it's time to employ staff. You are about to transform from an entrepreneur into a manager. What do you have to do? Step one: put aside this Friday!!! ======================================================================== Date: Friday, August 31 Venue: Conference Room, Kenton Chambers, cnr Hereford and Liverpool Sts Time: 1-5pm Cost: $15 for Software Cluster members; $30 for non-members. ======================================================================== The Software Cluster's Employing Knowledge Workers workshop will give you the tools to - specify the job/s and draw up a job description - set the right salary - use different avenues to find the right person - get the most out of students and migrant workers - get your legal relationship set up properly - manage the process of ending an employment relationship - help you to protect your IP when staff leave - work out the pros and cons of employing contractors vs full-time employees - set in place the systems, processes and policies you need to get the relationship off on a good footing and keep it that way. The workshop will consist of a set of presentations followed by a workshop scene where you can build a job description and create an employment action plan, with specialists on call to answer your questions. Presenters include Adrian Watson of Tait Electronics on the strategic approach to people management; employment law specialists Richard Cunliffe from Buddle Findlay and Madeleine Hawkesby from Duncan Cotterill; recruitment and international employment specialist Richard Foster of TMP Worldwide; graduate IT advocate Jacqui Forbes from Spherion. There will be case studies from Steve Smith of Alchemy and Kevin Taylor of Niche Software. There will be war stories and success stories; fish-hooks and great catches. Date: Friday, August 31 Venue: Conference Room, Kenton Chambers, cnr Hereford and Liverpool Sts Time: 1-5pm Cost: $15 for Software Cluster members; $30 for non-members. To register, please RSVP to Dann Olykan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to me. To find out more, visit the Canterbury Software website - http://canterburysoftware.co.nz/events.htm Danniel Olykan Economic Development Advisor Canterbury Development Corporation Ltd Phone 353 6862 ********************************************************************** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Canterbury Development Corporation Ltd. If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the sender and delete. Canterbury Development Corporation Ltd http://www.cdc.org.nz ********************************************************************** --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
