Hiring Best Practices for Material Handling

About This Episode

Join Cherie Shepard as she shares actionable strategies to recruit, train, onboard, and retain top talent. From attracting the best candidates to fostering long-term engagement, Cherie’s insights will help you develop a high-performing team that drives your organization’s success.

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Hiring Best Practices for Material Handling

Hiring the right candidate is one of the most challenging and impactful decisions a business leader makes. It’s not just about filling a position; it’s about building a team that drives success. But hiring smart involves much more than resumes, interviews, and offer letters—it’s a comprehensive approach that extends beyond the job offer. In this insightful presentation, Cherie Shepard, Partner and Executive Search Director at DRI’s Material Handling Practice, will provide the tools and strategies you need to recruit, train, onboard, and retain top talent.

Key Topics Discussed
  • How to attract the right candidates by refining your recruitment process to align with your team’s needs and culture.
  • Training best practices to empower new hires to contribute effectively from the start.
  • Effective onboarding strategies that go beyond the basics to integrate employees into your team and foster long-term engagement.
  • Retention techniques to keep great employees motivated and invested in your organization’s success.

Whether you’re looking to expand your workforce or improve your hiring process, Cherie’s expertise will help you build a team that thrives and contributes to your company’s growth. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights for developing a high-performing team!

About Cherie Shepard

Cherie Shepard, Managing Partner, and Executive Search Director of DRI’s Packaging, Material Handling & Food Processing, has over 14 years of experience working with the leaders in the industry. Cherie works daily to expand these specialty segments by staying current with industry news and trends. In addition to phone and video conversations with the industry’s thought leaders, she routinely travels to trade shows and networking opportunities to meet with these leaders. As one of the most resourceful material handling recruiters in the United States, she is known for her ability to quickly comprehend clients’ unique needs and identify high caliber talent compatible and capable of working in their specific environment and company culture. Cherie prides herself on her communication with her clients and candidates; keeping them informed throughout the process is the hallmark of building successful relationships.

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Gene Marks

CPA, National Business Columnist, Author & Speaker

Gene Marks is a past columnist for both The New York Times and The Washington Post. Gene now writes regularly for The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Washington Times, and The Guardian. Gene is a best-selling author and has written 5 books on business management. Gene appears on Fox Business, MSNBC, as well as CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor and SiriusXM’s Wharton Business Channel where he talks about the financial, economic and technology issues that affect business leaders today. Gene helps business owners, executives and managers understand the political, economic and technological trends that will affect their companies and provides actionable insights.

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