Hiring and Retaining in this Crazy Economy

Don has delivered this presentation to dozens of CEO and HR groups in the past few months. Employers are faced with The Great Resignation and The Great Quit, placing their companies and existing employees under enormous pressures. Since hiring and retention are closely related challenges, they are addressed together in this fast-moving presentation.

Webinar Oct 09 2025, Thursday 01:00 PM EST 60 Minutes Intermediate Level Code: GRC0000316

  • How to decide who to hire
  • Employee referrals programs that work
  • Three videos that should be on every hiring page
  • Creating a wow first-day experience
  • The Entrance Interview
  • Getting to know the team
  • How to calculate the true costs of employee turnover
  • Why people leave and what you can do about it
  • How to spend money wisely when trying to engage and retain employees and much more

While most companies have a healthy top of the line post-pandemic, their growth is severely limited by the ability to hire and retain talent. And, without the ability to grow the workforce added pressures are placed on existing employees exacerbating the retention problem.

The number one challenge faced by every business is getting and keeping employees. Employers are facing a labor shortage, increased wages and increased employee expectations

RANDI WALTUCK BARNETT
RANDI WALTUCK BARNETT

Ms. Waltuck Barnett is a highly regarded global trade professional, having created and implemented global and domestic trade compliance programs across many industries for companies large and small. Her experience includes oversight of a $5B, 65-location division of Honeywell, a $3B, 17-location division of Motorola, and Global Trade Optimization for Dell, Inc., among others.

Ms. Waltuck has worked in the international trade arena in various industries for nearly 20 years. Her professional accomplishments include multi-million dollar global supply chain savings under various legal theories, as well as end-to-end global trade risk mitigation processes and procedures, identifying “right-sized” technology tools, including “compliance on a shoestring” practices.

She has served on councils and boards for various organizations, including the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), is a charter member of the International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA), and a frequently sought-after trade and supply chain conference speaker for various well-known conference organizers, including the American Conference Institute (ACI), Marcus-Evans, and Richardson Conference Events.

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