The future-ready workforce series: A characteristic you need in your future workforce

Online Only
Wednesday, Jun 1, 2022 at 1:00 PM  - 2:00 PM EDT 
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Event Details

You want greater success for your organization and your employees want career success. Studies show that organizations who recruit lifelong learners—people with a desire and capacity for learning – experience greater success. When your employees have a lifelong learning mindset they perform better, experience greater career success and report higher satisfaction in their work. 

 

In this next phase of the Future-Ready Workforce Series, you will learn about the characteristics of lifelong learners and what they can contribute to your organizational success.

By the end of the session, you will better understand how to:
 

  • Identify the attributes of lifelong learners 
  • Tactics for identifying lifelong learners during recruitment 
  • Nurture a lifelong learning mindset to drive innovation 

 

Join industry leaders and researchers from the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo as they share insights into the power of lifelong learning for your organization. 

Speakers

Anne-Marie Fannon
Director, Work-Learn Institute
University of Waterloo
Melanie Scheepers
Vice President, Human Resources
Geotab
Dave Drewery
Associate Director, Work-Learn Institute
University of Waterloo

Location

Available Online Only
Instructions will be sent out via email after registration.

Tickets

Type
Price
General admission
Free

Organizer Details

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University of Waterloo

In the heart of Waterloo Region, at the forefront of innovation, the University of Waterloo is home to world-changing research and inspired teaching. At the hub of a growing network of global partnerships, Waterloo will shape the future by building bridges with industry and between disciplines, institutions and communities. 

From quantum computing and nanotechnology to clinical psychology, engineering, and health sciences research, ideas that will change the world are the heart of who we are.