1. University of Illinois Alumni Career Center
312-575-7830
careers@uillinois.edu
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FINDING TALENT EMPLOYER SERIES
A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO RECRUIT, ATTRACT & RETAIN MILLENNIALS
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
9:00-10:00 a.m., Central Time
PROGRAM FORMAT
ON-SITE NETWORKING (8:30-9:00 a.m.)
(A light breakfast is served for on-site guests.)
WELCOME & PROGRAM OVERVIEW (9:00-10:00 a.m.)
MODERATOR: Bernice Allegretti, Assistant Director Employer Relations, the Alumni Career Center
The attitudes, values and motivational factors that drive the millennial generation in the
workplace are quite different from their Gen X or Baby Boomer colleagues. As a group,
millennials are very confident, extremely tech savvy and they tend to be high performers driven
to achieve on the job. In the workplace, millennials want and look for opportunities that will
provide them with advancement, flexibility, mentoring and work-life balance. Employers who
want and need to attract, recruit and retain millennials, one of the largest generations next to the
Baby Boomers, will need to understand this population and they will need to use a different
approach.
Join us via webinar or in person for a panel discussion focused on...
• Universum’s latest research findings and trends on what millennials look for in an employer,
• What motivates millennials to accept offers and keep them engaged once on the job,
• How to communicate with millennials during the different recruiting stages and,
• Recognizing the demographics challenge and understanding characteristics of millenials,
• Why and how Business Resource Groups (BRGs) can help retention with millenials, we will
examine the success with Asian BRG at CDW,
• Creating a package within a BRG to deliver on their needs to increase success.
OUR PANELIST INCLUDE:
John Flato, Vice President of Advisory Services at Universum Group
Bharat Walia, AE II at LinkedIn
Q & A SESSION (9:45-10:00 a.m.)
(Webinar participants will be able to type and submit questions during the session via the question box.)
SUMMARY AND CLOSING (10:30 a.m.)
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PRESENTERS (on back)

2. University of Illinois Alumni Career Center
312-575-7830
careers@uillinois.edu
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HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PRESENTERS
John Flato
John, is the Vice President of Advisory Services at Universum Group, a global employer
branding firm. In this role, he advises partner clients on the design, implementation and
improvement of their campus recruiting and relations efforts as well as providing a variety of
marketing and branding activities for the Universum. John has directed the campus recruiting
programs at AlliedSignal (now Honeywell), CIGNA, and Ernst & Young/Capgemini.
John has won numerous awards from the National Association of Colleges and Employers
(NACE) and the Employment Management Association for creative recruiting materials,
technical innovation, and educational programming. He has also served as the Director of Career
Management at Georgetown University’s MBA School and taught Human Resources in The
Johns Hopkins University graduate business program. He is a frequent speaker, been published
in two books, and quoted in the media on a variety of campus recruiting issues. John created two
consulting firms that were acquired by Vault in 2008 and Universum in 2011.
Bharat Walia ’05 LAS (UIC)
Bharat Walia was the CoFounder and most recently served as the Strategic advisor for CDW's
Asian Business Resource Group, the Pan Asian Council.
Bharat immigrated from India when he was sixteen years old and completed his Bachelors in
Biochemistry from University of Illinois, Chicago. He joined the research team at Molecular
Biology Consortium (MBC) researching EColi and successfully published his findings.
In 2006 Bharat made a career transition to a business development position at the technology
solution provider CDW helping Enterprise businesses identify and manage their IT platforms.
Bharat recently joined the LinkedIn Sales solutions team. His new role involves helping
businesses transform their sales strategy through innovative methods that leverage LinkedIn’s
social media platform.
Bharat is an active member of the Asian Affinity Group Leaders in Chicago, a collaborative
effort that had been launched to exchange best practices amongst the Business Resource Groups
of Fortune 500 corporations. He is currently the President of National Association of Asian
American Professionals, Chicago and also serves on the Board of Directors of his alumni at
University of Illinois, Chicago.