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2000 Workforce Optimas Awards

By Staff Report

Jan. 7, 2000

Join the new breed of HR decision makers when they celebrate the power of HR management. Be at the Workforce Optimas® Awards presentation on March 23, 2000.


The 10 Optimas Award-winning companies will gather in Chicago to share their success stories. They’ll show how the new breed of HR decision makers is having a major impact by making their businesses better:


  • How can HR attract and retain the best employees in an industry known for low wages and high turnover? (Jamba Juice)
  • What kinds of HR programs attract creative and inventive employees? (Jellyvision)
  • How does HR align its policies and programs with overall corporate goals? (United Nations)
  • How can HR be effective and still slash costs another 40-50%? (IBM)
  • After the mergers, the name changes and the loss of top management, how does HR create a unified workforce? (Bayer Consumer Care Division)
  • How can HR help integrate the company’s business mission with employees lives? (Patagonia)
  • How does a high tech, fast-growing company train the hundreds of employees its hires almost weekly? (QUALCOMM)
  • What can HR do when employee stress results in record use of the company’s EAP, increased union activity and more reliance on HR? (Connecticut State Department of Education)
  • How does HR measure the effectiveness of its efforts? (GTE)
  • How does an organization develop its product, fill orders and maintain its high quality standards when faced with major a labor shortage? (SAS Institute, Inc.)

Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired by these Optimas Award-winning companies.


Workforce Optimas Awards Presentation


Thursday, March 23, 2000
Hotel Inter-Continental, Chicago.

5:30 p.m. Networking Reception
6:15 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Awards Presentation & Highlights of the Winning Programs


The total cost for the dinner and awards presentation is only $55 per person. Space is limited and the deadline is March 9th.


Next time it could be you accepting the award!


Optimas Award Sponsors


Tiffany & Co., Founding Sponsor


Tiffany & Co. is an internationally renowned resource for high-quality gifts and awards, and a leading provider of service recognition programs to companies of all sizes. Services offered to HR Management include program design and development, marketing communications design and production, and state-of-the-art program administration. Tiffany & Co. supplies the crystal trylon Workforce Optimas Award given to each of the winning companies. For more information about Tiffany & Co., call 800/770-0080 ext. 330 or visit their Web site at http://www.tiffany.com/.


JobOptions, Luncheon Sponsor


JobOptions, the next generation in employment sites, pioneered online employment services in 1991. As the Internet’s top site (http://www.joboptions.com) for job listings, CareerTools and HR resources, JobOptions features a searchable Employer Database and a Resume database with Real Resume Privacy ™. JobOptions sponsors the luncheon for the Optimas Award winners. For more information about JobOptions, send an e-mail to info@joboptions.com, call 800/682-2901 or visit their Web site at http://www.joboptions.com/.


  Optimas Awards Registration Form.

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