New York , NY - September 13, 2007 - International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC)'s 10th Annual Talent Management Summit will take place October 15th-17th, 2007 in Tucson, Arizona at the Loews Ventana Resort. PeopleScout is the Chair Sponsor of the conference and Karen Browne, COO, will be hosting a workshop on Monday, October 15th on "Finders Keepers: Employee Engagement Strategies for Finding and Keeping Top Talent".

The conference will encompass all topics related to sourcing, recruiting, staffing, managing, and developing a high-performing workforce. Participants will gain access to the best ideas and practices on how to become and remain a magnet for talent from a strategic and global perspective.

Conference highlights will include speakers Dave Lissy, CEO of Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Ted Forbes, Chief Learning Officer of Capital One. Lissy will discuss "Creating long-term sustainable competitive advantage through people practices as they relate to culture, employee engagement, and succession planning." Forbes will discuss "Building a talent management process that focuses on the most important result - delivering great people to the business."

Finding, developing and keeping talent are among the top concerns for HR executives for 2007, according to a survey released by ORC Worldwide, a New York-based human resource management consulting firm. Nearly 62 percent of respondents said that the most pressing strategic issues they will face in 2007 fall into the realm of talent management.

Other high profile speakers in Tucson include executives from BMO Financial Group, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Deloitte, Exelon, Heineken, Home Depot, Hot Jobs, IBM, Kellogg, Mayo Clinic, McDonalds, McKesson, Miller Brewing, Novo-Nordisk, Pepsi Bottling Group, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C., Starbucks, Time Warner, Wegmans Food Markets and more.

These experts will discuss:

• Breakthrough methods for recruiting and retaining talent
• Ensuring the supply, preparation and testing of top management
• Raising productivity through better talent management
• Hunting for talent in global markets
• Structured methodologies for comparing current competencies with future needs
• Performance metrics for talent management
• Refining your organization's career product to attract and retain the best and the brightest

Participants at the IQPC Summit will network with a very senior attendee population including such titles as Director of Talent Management, VP of People Strategies and Design, VP of Human Resources, Chief People Officer, Director of Organizational Development and many others who will bring an experienced perspective to the workshops and discussions.

The conference is also host to the annual Recruiting & Staffing Best in Class Awards. This industry award showcases the best recruiting and staffing processes and solutions from the last year. Visit www.rasbicawards.com for more information or to submit your application.

This program has been approved for 23 recertification credit hours through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).

For more information about the conference please call 1-800-882-8684 or visit the website at www.iqpc.com/us/talentmanagement

In addition, IQPC will be offering a free webinar on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 12 noon ET with Carol Pledger, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs University. Pledger will be speaking in a candid web interview with Don Duquette of General Physics, on elements of the evolving talent management strategy at Goldman Sachs, including onboarding, leadership development, succession planning and retention.

International Quality and Productivity Center (www.iqpc.com) provides business executives around the world with tailored practical conferences, keeping them up-to-date with industry trends, technological developments and the regulatory landscape.

Media Contact:
Erica Crowder
646 502 3260
Erica.crowder@iqpc.com

About PeopleScout
PeopleScout is a division of SeatonCorp, a best-in-class staffing and recruiting company recently named by Crain's Chicago Business as one of Chicago's largest privately held companies. PeopleScout is a leading provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services aimed at helping companies with their exempt and non-exempt hiring needs. The firm's suite of services includes RPO, employment branding, on-boarding, and employee retention. Annually, PeopleScout facilitates over 184,000 hires via partial-cycle RPO engagements and end-to-end RPO engagements. Industries served include airline, financial services, telecommunications, retail, utilities, insurance, pharmaceutical, and transportation.

PeopleScout's clients include some of the more recognizable names in the Fortune 500 list of companies. PeopleScout has succeeded in being selected for four consecutive years to HRO Today Magazine's Baker's Dozen - the closely watched list of industry - leading RPO providers - as well as being named #1 in large deal capabilities. The firm also has also been recognized as the #1 RPO Provider by The Black Book of Outsourcing on its "2008 Top Ten HRO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing/RPO" list. For more information, please visit us at www.peoplescout.com or call 800-966-4803.

For More Information
Gerry Sullivan
Vice President, Solutions Development
(312) 915-5036
gsullivan@peoplescout.com