Insight on Business

February 2015

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w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m F e b r u a r y 2 0 15 • I NSIGH T | 19 I N T H E L AST T H R E E OR F OU R years as the economy was down it was an employer's market in regards to being able to select talent. At the beginning of 2014 that changed very quickly. Now, I think we're all fighting for the talent that's out there. e top goal for me in 2015 is, "How do we brand ourselves for the potential team members who will be joining the organization?" At Goodwill I am the Seeker of Talent. I have been with Goodwill for 13 years in that position. I handle all the leadership and professional hiring within the organization and all the compensation work. Part of it is also being able to communicate what the Goodwill brand is all about on the employment side. When the economy was down, a lot of people weren't happy where they were working but they didn't want to leave. You had a lot of people staying at their jobs that maybe weren't engaged in what they were doing. e economy turns around and they start to feel more comfortable about moving on to new opportunities. Employers that were able to get away without being Jay Stephany on your brand as an employer U P F R O N T FACE TIME P H O T O G R A P H B Y B I L L K A P I N S K I / I M A G E S T U D I O S , F O R I N S I G H T In his role as "Seeker of Talent" at Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin, Jay Stephany handles human resource issues. He sat down with Insight Executive Editor Margaret LeBrun to discuss how, as the new president of the Fox Valley Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, he is spreading the word that SHRM is a resource for any business with questions about employee issues. [continued ] »

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