Apply online before 22nd February, 2008 at 12pm or contact Naomi.secor@iqpc.com for more information.

What are the TAMBIC awards?

The TAMBIC Awards have been established to honor, recognize and promote organizations whose talent management practices result in a productive, engaged, and loyal workforce, from frontline workers to top-line succession planning.

Application Categories

Best Overall Talent Management Organization of the Year This category will examine:

Define your organization’s employment brand strength and provide supporting documentation of its successful attributes: (15% of total application score)
Provide supporting evidence of a Return on Investment (ROI) model and document measurable results: (20% of total application score)
Provide evidence that talent initiatives are integrated with other HR practices (e.g. diversity, performance management, retention, succession planning, development planning, compensation, global transfers, staffing models, etc.) and document results: (10% of total application score)
Provide evidence that talent initiatives are integrated with other business practices (e.g. public relations, company branding, community relations ...) and document results: (10% of total application score)
Provide evidence that talent practices are a competitive advantage to the overall organization: (15% of total application score)
Document Innovation in talent initiatives and provide support for their results: (20% of total application score)

Most Innovative Talent Management Program Initiative This category will examine:

Describe a talent management roadblock that you set out to overcome, such as lack of leadership support, budget, weak past performance, major downsizing, merger or acquisition, or other corporate change (10% of score)
Document creative problem solving given the above talent management roadblock(s), (30% of total application score)
Document innovation in talent management initiatives and provide support for their results, (e.g. career path development, succession planning, employee engagement program, onboarding, training, satisfaction surveys, use of technology, etc.): 30% of total application score)
Provide supporting evidence of Return on Investment (ROI) from this initiative (30% of total application score)

Most Innovative Recruiting & Staffing Program Initiative

Document creative problem solving given major roadblocks in recruiting & staffing, such as lack of leadership support, budget, weak past performance, major downsizing, merger or acquisition, or other corporate change: (30% of total application score)
Document innovation in recruiting and staffing initiatives and provide support for their results, (e.g. employee referrals, recruitment website, college recruiting, , etc.): (25% of total application score)
Define your organization’s employment brand strength and provide supporting documentation of its successful attributes: (25% of total application score)
Provide supporting evidence of Return on Investment (ROI) from this initiative (25% of total application score)

Best Recruiting Evaluation Technique This category will examine:

Provide evidence of formalized data collection: (25% of total application score)
Provide evidence that strategic goals (of the Recruiting function) are clearly being achieved: (25% of the total application score)
Document the use of a valid evaluation model: (25% of the total application score)
Provide evidence of a demonstrated executive management belief and support that recruiting is having a positive impact on the organization: (25% of the total application score)

Best Use of Technology for Talent Management (Vendors must be nominated by a client) This category will examine:

Provide evidence that a strategic talent management goal is clearly being achieved through technology implementation: (25% of the total application score)
Document return on investment (ROI) model for the technology solutions being deployed. Provide measurable results: (25% of the total application score)
Provide evidence that the technology solution is innovative, or has improved processes: (25% of the total application score)
Provide evidence of management/executive support for technology investments, implementation and results: (25% of the total application score)

Talent Management Leader of the Year This category will examine:

Describe the strategic role the leader has played in determining how talent management is strategically integrated throughout the organization: (25% of the total application score)
Provide evidence of demonstrated employee commitment: (25% of the total application score)
Describe the leader’s vision of the future of talent management in the organization : (25% of the total application score)
Describe innovative programs initiated by the leader and how their results are measured: (25% of the total application score)

When will the TAMBIC awards take place?

The awards to be presented at IQPC’s Talent Management SuperConference, taking place March 31 – April 2, 2008, Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa, Orlando, Florida. Sure to be a lively and engaging networking event, the SuperConference features keynote addresses from Alcon Labs, T-Mobile, Wal-Mart, and a unique master class with Executive Coach and #1 Best-Selling Business Author Marshall Goldsmith.