BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160914T200000Z DTEND:20160914T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Chamber Academy - Navigating the Labor Market: Uncommon Sense and Soft-Skills Deficiency DESCRIPTION:While more Alaskan's are out of work with the trickle-down effect of depressed oil prices\, employers are still struggling to find suitable candidates for their open positions. In fact positions are staying open longer now than any other time in the 15 years this statistic has been kept by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Employers consistently cite soft skills deficiency in candidates that may possess the hard skills to make them qualified. \n\n\n\nWhy does it seem as though soft-skills are becoming more rare? Why has 'commmon sense' become so uncommon? Join us Wednesday\, September 14 for a discussion with Staffing and Retention Consultant Jeff Lincoln on this disturbing trend in the labor market and what many organizations are doing to fill the gap.\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\n\n\nJeff has been successfully leading sales and service teams for the last 22 years with an emphasis on trouble-shooting. Each trouble-shooting situation he encountered over two decades had one thing in common\, dis-engaged teams. Jeff realized early on that employees make a business successful regardless of the industry. It was with a passion for this concept coupled with a desire to see employees find fulfillment in the 90\,000 hours they spend at work throughout the course of their lives that spurred the foundation of Lincoln Consulting.\n\n\n\nJeff is married to his lovely wife\, Amy since 1997 and has four children. He has lived in Alaska since 2006\, and enjoys the Alaskan wilderness\, coaching football and supporting his kids any way he can. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nWhile more Alaskan'\;s are out of work with the trickle-down effect of depressed oil prices\, employers are still struggling to find suitable candidates for their open positions.  \;In fact positions are staying open longer now than any other time in the 15 years this statistic has been kept by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.  \;Employers consistently cite soft skills deficiency in candidates that may possess the hard skills to make them qualified.  \;
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\nWhy does it seem as though soft-skills are becoming more rare?  \;Why has '\;commmon sense'\; become so uncommon?  \;Join us Wednesday\, September 14 for a discussion with Staffing and Retention Consultant Jeff Lincoln on this disturbing trend in the labor market and what many organizations are doing to fill the gap.
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\nABOUT THE SPEAKER
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\nJeff has been successfully leading sales and service teams for the last 22 years with an emphasis on trouble-shooting. Each trouble-shooting situation he encountered over two decades had one thing in common\, dis-engaged teams. Jeff realized early on that employees make a business successful regardless of the industry. It was with a passion for this concept coupled with a desire to see employees find fulfillment in the 90\,000 hours they spend at work throughout the course of their lives that spurred the foundation of Lincoln Consulting.
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\nJeff is married to his lovely wife\, Amy since 1997 and has four children. He has lived in Alaska since 2006\, and enjoys the Alaskan wilderness\, coaching football and supporting his kids any way he can. LOCATION:Anchorage Chamber board room at: 1016 W 6th Ave. Suite 304 UID:e.1417.4065 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260408T045639Z URL:https://business.anchoragechamber.org/events/details/chamber-academy-navigating-the-labor-market-uncommon-sense-and-soft-skills-deficiency-09-14-2016-4065 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR