Compensation reviews that fit both the objectives and budgets of community banks have been introduced by Clark Consulting, a leading provider of strategic planning and leadership development, compensation and benefits consulting, bank-owned life insurance and benefit administration support services for the banking industry.
"Banks of all sizes identify recruiting and retaining key employees as a high priority in today's competitive environment," said Todd Leone, managing director of the Compensation Group at Clark Consulting's Banking Practice. "Community banks want to know how their compensation and benefit plans stack up against the competition. But, unlike their larger colleagues, they may not have the budget necessary to hire a consultant for a comprehensive review. That's why we've developed this program."
Clark Consulting's new program provides community bank clients with a menu of compensation review elements to choose from. "By pinpointing exactly what information is most important to the bank, we can then provide the appropriate level of service," said Leone.
"For example," he continued, "one bank may be primarily concerned with benchmarking the CEO's salary, while another may want an analysis of a specific group of peers defined by performance criteria."
Clark Consulting's peer data is drawn from a variety of industry sources as well as from proprietary information. The compensation reviews provide comparative information about cash compensation, annual incentives, long-term incentives, benefits and perquisites, and board of director compensation.
Banks can request a single report or a full-spectrum of compensation services. In addition, community banks still have the option of working with one of Clark's compensation experts if they need to develop a specific compensation strategy or require a more comprehensive assessment of their institution's programs.
Ceridian, a leader in human resource outsourcing management solutions, is enhancing its Ceridian Talent Acquisition & Management solution with Ceridian Smart Search, a high-powered search engine that enables companies to gain more predse candidate matches for open positions.
Historically, employers have been limited to using standard keyword search processes to build their pool of qualified candidates. By using this method, recruiters conducting applicant searches are presented with only those candidates with exact keyword matches in their resumes, thus creating the potential to miss opportunities to hire top employees. For example, a recruiter using a keyword search can search on 'Java," but misses those candidates with J2EE and other programming languages in their resume.
In sharp contrast, Ceridian Smart Search probes much deeper, matching qualified candidates to open requisitions via the terminology used in the search criteria. Additionally, if employers seek candidates "similar to" the profile of an ideal employee or wish to "find more like" another applicant that criteria can also be entered into the search process. An easily viewable ranking of potential candidates, based on the unique search criteria, is created for each search. Recruiters also save time by taking fewer steps to locate prospective hires as Smart Search is a one-click execution versus tedious Boolean strings and complex keyword searches.
"Making a bad hire, or missing out on landing a very talented and qualified team member can be very costly to a company, especially as companies in North America and Europe face the impending labor shortages," explained Craigjulien, Ceridian's vice president and general manager of talent acquisition and management. "Companies must improve efforts to maintain a capable, competitive workforce and by using a powerful tool such as Smart Search can find the most qualified talent, not just any talent."
Enrollment for the Certified Senior Advisor designation training is now available through the College for Financial Planning. The training is offered in several formats, including a three-and-a-half-day face-to-face classroom experience, a self-study program and an online format (available in August). This certification program enables advisors to work effectively with the fast-growing 50-70 age group that will represent 20 percent of the population within the next 25 years. Special emphasis is placed on building the advisor's practice, including marketing to seniors
Course material includes trends in aging, chronic illness and long-term care issues for seniors; financial, end-of-life and estate planning; and Social security. Course topics also include Medicaid and tax planning, senior housing, long-term care, Alzheimer's and dementia, and social and spiritual aspects of aging.
The face-to-face program is offered as a three-and-a-half-day class in more than two dozen U.S. and Canadian cities, and is an opportunity to learn from multiple instructors in a stimulating, intense environment. A proctored exam is included.
The self-paced and online formats allow candidates up to six months to complete the course with the same instructors who teach the live Certified Senior Advisor program. These students receive videotaped presentations on CDs complete with PowerPoint presentations and use the same textbook and workbook as classroom students.
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