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		<title>International Business Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Details for the 2009 International Business Summit:
Date: 12 March, 2009.
Venue: Higgins Hall, Cnr Himes and Hillsborough.
Cost: Full day with Breakfast, lunch and VIP reception (includes full open bar) $75; Half day $40; Lunch with keynote speaker only: $35.
Theme: Collaboration, Diversity, Prosperity. The event is presented annually by the Tampa Bay Bi-National Chambers of Commerce.
There are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2009/01/international-business-summit/</link>
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		<title>A Millennial Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CPS hears both sides of the &#8220;Managing the Millennials&#8221; debate.  www.ManagingTheMillennials.com/survey brings us many candid snapshots of the world of work from the GenY perspective, to add to our research, focus groups, interviews and workshop-based knowledge. Our VP is, of course, a Millennial too.
CPS now has permission to publish a highly entertaining MiIllennial&#8217;s perspective. Paul [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/12/a-millennial-perspective/</link>
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		<title>Calculate Your Turnover Costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a weak economy with high unemployment, it’s easy to lower the priority of retention, employment brand etc. Here is a quick review of the business case and financials.
You can use the following information to develop a company-specific spreadsheet to estimate your turnover and retention costs. CPS does not guarantee that this list is complete.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/12/calculate-your-turnover-costs/</link>
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		<title>Who will have well-paid, secure work in the new global economy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in a global economy where a single ability distinguishes the people who will always have well-paid secure work, from those who will not.
This is the ability to think well.*
Can we create world-class thinkers in the schools of the United States, at a time when nations who are our economic competitors are pouring their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/10/who-will-have-well-paid-secure-work-in-the-new-global-economy/</link>
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		<title>Understanding America</title>
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America is largely a nation of immigrants, but soon people settle into their new culture and become… well … Americans.
They know the rules, how things get done, what works and what doesn’t. They know what to say and what not to say. Then when the new guys arrive, it is not difficult to forget that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/10/understanding-america-for-cultural-newcomers/</link>
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		<title>Can you tell the generation from the writing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re dealing with a client, co-worker, outsource project team member or supplier, and need to guess more about his/her thought style to work more effectively together.
You can guess a client&#8217;s or remote colleague&#8217;s generation from their writing, and give them appropriate service or packaged data.
Mature/Traditional: No emoticons. The writer thinks smiley faces are unprofessional and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/10/can-you-tell-the-generation-from-the-writing/</link>
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		<title>The “Dumbest Generation”?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As GenY specialists, we have to comment on Mark Bauerlein’s new book, &#8220;The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don&#8217;t Trust Anyone Under 30)&#8221;.
The Emory University Professor presents his figures showing a decline in US adult literacy (40% of high-school grads in 1992; only 31% in 2003) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/09/the-%e2%80%9cdumbest-generation%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do we do?
1: Millennial Solutions: CPS works with organizations and teams who are struggling to get the most our of their people, especially their younger employees – the under 30s.
Please view the presentation below if you are:
• Worried about the cost of turnover, and the impact this is having on your business
• Concerned that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/09/managing-millennials-business-case/</link>
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		<title>Certifications: Woman-Owned Small Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Competency and Performance Solutions LLC is a certified minority-owed business.
Certifications include:
Woman-owned small business: State of Florida
Woman-owned small business: Hillsborough Country
Disadvantaged small business: Hillsborough Country
Minority-owned small business: Hilllsborough Country Public Schools
CPS is a registered minority supplier to many other public and private organizations
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		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/08/certifications-woman-owned-small-business/</link>
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s International Commercial Organizations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CPS works to support the prosperity of our communities and the trading partners who are a vital part of that prosperity. We also support the global orientation of the Millennials whom we learn about daily.
CPS is on the Boards of the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and the International Business Summit. We hope that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://c-psolutions.com/2008/08/floridas-international-commercial-organizations/</link>
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