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Attracting and Retaining Top-Notch Talent

The Enterprise Center at Salem State University

121 Loring Ave | Salem, MA 01970

Thu, Nov 6, 2025 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Finding the right fit at work—whether as an employee or an employer—doesn’t have to be guesswork. This interactive program helps job seekers identify their strengths, build a career strategy, and align their skills with the opportunities ahead. Business owners and managers will learn how to design effective job descriptions, attract well-matched candidates, and foster employee growth through coaching and development. Walk away with practical tools to strengthen career paths, improve retention, and build thriving workplaces.

 

This informative workshop is offered at no cost and is being sponsored in partnership with the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development and the Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD).

Presenter

Jim Ognibene

Jim has studied and taught in the field of Organizational and Talent Development for two decades. He and his team have designed & delivered leadership development and customer service programs including over 1300 full and half day professional development workshops. He has grown tremendously through giving and receiving hundreds of one on one coaching and mentoring sessions. Human development is the common theme along his career path: Director, Organizational Development, State Government; Customer Service Trainer and Leader in several private sector organizations; Manager of Volunteers at the Greater Boston Food Bank and Business Education Teacher in a private high school. His experience pans all four key sectors: private, public, education and nonprofit.

Jim has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing from George Mason University, Virginia and a Masters of Education in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Jim Ognibene

Principal
Visioneer Consulting

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