Managing and Understanding the Hispanic Workforce
March 17, 2008 - Princeton, WV
Online Registration
About the Workshop
The USDA Forest Service’s Wood Education and Resource Center and Virginia Tech’s Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center are pleased to co-sponsor a diversity management workshop designed to improve your management skills in working with the growing Hispanic workforce. The interactive workshop will focus on meeting the cultural, communication, and legal challenges associated with hiring and managing this multicultural workforce.
Who Should Attend
Employers and managers in the forest industries, from primary producers to secondary manufacturers, who employ or who are considering employing members of the Hispanic workforce.
Workshop Objectives
- To assist employers in managing the legal aspects of employing Hispanic workers.
Discussion will include the I-9 verification process, the H2B Program, employer compliance issues and end with a question and answer session with a lawyer specializing in immigration.
- To overcome the language barrier.
Activities will include the opportunity to learn new Spanish language skills or enhance existing Spanish language skills that are needed to communicate with a diverse Hispanic workforce. Emphasis will be placed on industry specific vocabulary and phrases.
- To guide employers in creating a business culture that values diversity and that provides a supportive environment for Hispanic employees.
Discussion will focus on employee advocacy at work and in the community.
- To provide the latest resources and the most up to date information related to managing the Hispanic workforce.
Information will include employee resources, job and safety training resources, language training resources, and best practices from other industries.
- To create a forum for employers in the forest industry to share their solutions to common management problems in the areas of hiring, training, retaining, and managing this multicultural workforce with the goal of identifying best practices for the forest industries.