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Contact:  Maryglenn McCombs
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LEADING EXPERT SAYS BUSINESSES MUST PLAN NOW FOR DRAMATIC SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE BY 2010

Houston, Tex. (rushprnews) 08/02/2006 –  Recent statistics from the Bureau of Labor predict a shortage of over 10 million workers by 2010.  According to Stephen J. Blakesley, a variety of factors, including technological advances, the continued aging of the workforce, the impact of the global economy and increasing mobility of workers, will only continue to underscore the crucial importance of hiring.  

Blakesley, CEO of Houston-based Global Management Systems, maintains that those organizations that place greater emphasis on learning how to hire and retain talented employees will be the organizations that thrive both now and in the future.  To provide a guide to help managers, executives, and employers understand the new face of hiring, Blakesley has created Strategic Hiring: Tomorrow’s Benefits Today.

Strategic Hiring (ISBN: 0-9746436-1-0, $24.95) is based on Blakesley’s 35 years of experience in developing corporate systems that work. Centered on his theory that hiring superior people hinges first on defining superior performance, Strategic Hiring unveils findings from Blakesley’s ten-year study of what separates those who are superior performers from those who are not.

Divided into two sections, Strategic Hiring explains how organizations can successfully identify, develop and keep outstanding people. Moreover, Strategic Hiring includes a performance-based job description that clarifies the meaning of superior performance, an ideal candidate profile, a benchmarking system that guarantees job fit, a performance tracking system that measures performance and a coaching system that powers the mentoring process. 

Part roadmap, part hiring bible, Strategic Hiring presents clear action steps through which organizations will reduce turnover, increase productivity, maximize performance, facilitate dynamic growth and create a workforce capable of meeting the demands of tomorrow’s marketplace.

Stephen J. Blakesley is one of the country’s preeminent hiring and performance experts. He is CEO of Houston-based Global Management Systems.  Strategic Hiring: Tomorrow’s Benefits Today will be available in better bookstores nationwide, and through major online retailers in October 2006.  Members of the news media wishing to request an interview with Stephen Blakesley or receive an advance review copy of Strategic Hiring are kindly asked to contact Maryglenn McCombs by phone – (615) 297-9875, or by email – maryglenn@maryglenn.com

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