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AGENDA:

11:30 am - Registration, Networking, and Meal Service Begins

11:45 am - Welcome and Business Meeting

12:00 pm - Sponsor Presentation

12:05 pm - Speaker Presentation

12:50 pm - Closing Announcements

1:00 pm - Adjourn

EVENT INFORMATION:

Recruiting strategies that worked for Baby Boomers, Gen X, and even Millennials are increasingly falling flat with Gen Z candidates. This one-hour workshop helps HR professionals understand who Gen Z really is, why their expectations differ, and how recruiting practices must shift from high-volume pipelines to high-value connections. Participants will explore data-driven insights, real-world implications, and practical strategies to reset recruiting approaches in ways that attract stronger candidates, improve trust, and reduce early-stage attrition—without abandoning business realities or operational discipline.

SPEAKER: KAROL DEWITT

Karol DeWitt is an HR Advisor for WCI.  She is a Human Resources professional with over three decades of experience in HR leadership roles. Her know-how spans the hospitality industry (Hilton Hotels Corporation), retail and wholesale sales and distribution (Ostrow Textile Industries), and manufacturing (Rauch Industries and Dole Food Company). Her passion to support “making a business successful through ensuring its employees are successful” has led her to become involved in providing leadership and direction in the development of HR business partnership strategies, cross-functional leadership teams, organizational development initiatives, investigations, regulatory compliance, employee training, workplace safety, and community outreach and corporate social responsibility campaigns. Karol is SHRM-SCP and SPHR certified. She has served on the Gaston County Workforce Development Board, is serving on the board of Gaston HR.

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