Kim SeelingSmith

Director Kim SeelingSmith

  • Chatswood West NSW

There aren’t many people who can ignite a room like Kim Seeling Smith can, Australia's foremost expert on HR in the social age.

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Biography

The country’s leading expert on HR in the Social Age, plus co-author of 101 Great Ways to Enhance Your Career, Kim offers concrete solutions for attracting, engaging and retaining staff in today’s ever-evolving, digitally connected world. Through her company Ignite Global, Kim delivers the breakthroughs essential for effective recruitment and management of staff today- and as a speaker, she shares her insights and innovations with grateful audiences around the globe.
In just a single session, Kim presents a suite of innovative tools that attendees can implement immediately. Just a few of the businesses to have benefitted from one of Kim’s dynamic presentations include MLC, The FoodCo Group, Cisco, Energizer and Ernst & Young.
Kim Seeling Smith engagingly shares her breadth of knowledge, offering straightforward solutions which make people sit up and listen.

Industry Expertise

Accounting
Management Consulting
Recruiting
Information Technology and Services
Human Resources
Hotels and Resorts
Corporate Leadership
Training and Development
Construction - Commercial
Talent Management

Areas of Expertise

Recruiting
Recruitment
Leadership
Coaching Skills
Performance Reviews
Hiring
Employee Engagement
Employee Retention

Accomplishments

International Subject Matter Expert

2012-01-01

- International Subject Matter Expert for US based Multi-National on Employee Engagement.

Designer of Employee Attraction and Retention Framework

2012-01-01

- Designer of Employee Attraction and Retention Lifecycle framework for Multi-National High Tech firm's 35,000 Value Added Reseller Network.

Judge - Australia's 2012 HR Awards.

2012-01-01

Invited to judge 3 categories Australia's 2012 HR Awards.

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Education

The Ohio State University

BSBA

Accounting / Computer Science

1988

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Affiliations

  • Australian Human Resources Institute

Testimonials

Technical Support Manager

http://www.mlc.com.au

Risk Specialist Network | MLC & Nab Wealth

“Kim delivered an exceptional plenary session at our annual Risk Retreat conference this year. The feedback from our delegates was exceptional with Kim's session being one of the highlights of the entire conference. Her presentation was extremely engaging, informative, and practical with a suite of tools the advisers could take back to their businesses to implement right away which is exactly the outcome we were looking for. Not only did she engage the audience, she has been wonderful to work with and completely tailored her knowledge and research to meet the needs of our clients.

Program Director

http://www.sharedservicesweek.com.au

Shared Services Outsourcing Week

Kim has chaired conferences for me on several occasions. Each time, Kim not only brought expert knowledge to the sessions, she was engaging and dynamic on stage and really set the tone for an excellent event. Such qualities are hard to find! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Kim as a speaker and chair and look forward to involving her in the future SSON activities.

CSP/President

http://www.humetrics.com

Humetrics

"Over the last 20+ years I have heard 100's of other speakers speak on attracting and retaining staff. Kim was one of the very best I have ever heard. She offers great insight in to todays challenges facing recruiters, hiring managers, and applicants. More importantly she offers tools and techniques to help overcome those challenges in a most professional and entertaining way. I am glad that she had to follow me of the program rather than me having to follow her at the HR Summit in Singapore.”

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Event Appearances

Title

Ernst & Young, Emerging Leadership Group   Sydney, Australia

2010-08-12

Title

Beaumont Consulting Business Briefing  Sydney, Australia

2011-02-10

Title

Richard Lloyd Recruitment  Sydney, Australia

2011-02-14

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Sample Talks

Viva La Revolution! 5 Cs That Will Revolutionise Your Ability To Recruit, Engage and Retain Staff in Today's Social Age

Employee engagement has reached an all-time low, according to many studies. We help you join the revolution by using the 5 Cs to recruit, engage and retain the right staff: Hire Correctly, Classify and manage appropriately, Compensate fairly, Use Currencies of Choice to truly engage your workforce, Communicate more effectively using the Manager’s Mind Map ©. A fresh, easy to apply framework with several practical tools you can apply immediately.

Licence To Hire

This half day workshop focuses managers on the importance of making a good hire, the cost of a bad one, and helps them to truly understand the cost of a disengaged workforce and how this might be affecting their own team’s productivity. This two-part workshop (delivered separately or together) provides your managers with a tangible process, framework and several practical tools to ensure that each hire is the best hire it can be.

Mind Reading for Managers

Most employee engagement issues can be solved through better communication between managers and staff. Our Manager’s Mind Map © not only demystifies your employee’s drivers and motivations, it also helps you have better conversations around job performance and career development – consistently shown to be in the top 3 factors staff consider when deciding to stay or leave.

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Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Author Appearance

Fees

$1500 to $5000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee