John Clements Announces Regional Talent Management Conference; Engages TeamAsia

Manila, Philippines (PRWEB) May 20, 2008 -- John Clements (http://www.johnclements.com/), a leading international human capital management consulting firm, is organizing a regional talent management conference in the Philippines and has engaged TeamAsia (http://www.teamasia.com) to manage the meeting. TeamAsia is a strategic marketing communications firm specializing in non-traditional communication channels, including events, public relations, and Web 2.0 tools and digital collateral.

The conference will take place September 4-5 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The conference is entitled, "Talent Management Conference 2008: Recruiting, Developing and Retaining Very Smart People for Competitive Advantage."

The conference will feature Asian and other international speakers and experts, according to John Clements president and CEO Carol Dominguez. Approximately 250 participants from the Philippines and Asia are expected to attend the two-day meeting. Plenary sessions on the first day will focus on the globalization of HR, marketing through employment branding, recruitment and retention of talent, and tech savvy human capital management.

Day two of the conference will divide participants into three separate tracks focusing on recruitment, development, and retention, said Dominguez.

"We believe the conference is timely and hugely relevant to the issues confronting managers in the Philippines, Asia, and the rest of the world today. What are those issues? Naturally, I don't need to tell you that people -- rather than proprietary assets -- are at the core of competitive advantage. Corporations that attract, motivate, and keep smart people lead their industries," Dominguez said.

"But doing these things is much harder than acknowledging their strategic importance. Our conference is designed to demonstrate how industry leaders approach the challenge of attracting, motivating, and keeping smart people successfully despite incredible competition for the best hearts and minds in every industry," Dominguez explained.

"We consider the conference one of our most important strategic objectives which is why we have selected TeamAsia -- known as an industry-leading Asian event management specialist -- to manage and produce the conference for us," Dominguez said.

"John Clements is a true Asian multinational consulting firm, and has competed successfully with global firms for decades. We are honored to have been selected to work with John Clements on this important strategic initiative," said TeamAsia president Monette Hamlin.

Hamlin founded TeamAsia in 1994. Its clients include major multinational technology firms, Asian technology startups, associations representing a wide range of interests and industries, and firms in the financial, telecoms, real estate, and information sectors.

About TeamAsia

TeamAsia (www.teamasia.com) is a strategic marketing communications firm that develops place, corporate, and personal brand strategies, creative concepts, and marketing communications programs for its clients. It specializes in non-traditional communications channels, including the Web (e-Mail, blog and Podcast marketing, online brand advertising), contact center services, direct marketing, public relations, events, and innovative experiential and direct marketing communications collateral.

About John Clements

John Clements Consultants, Inc. is one of the largest human capital management consulting firms in the Philippines, with a leadership position in the local market and a strengthening presence in international markets. While it has grown in size and business interests locally and internationally -- and prospects of further expansion are on the horizon -- the John Clements Consultants Group is strategically focused on its core competencies of recruitment and training.

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