Global Campus Educator Speaks at Regional Human Resource Conference in Springdale

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Judith Tavano, professional development coordinator at the University of Arkansas Global Campus, will present a program at the Arkansas Society for Human Resource Management conference April 25 in Springdale about the struggle Generation X faces when competing with older and younger generations.

Tavano’s program, “Y Not X: A Cautionary Tale for 21^st Century Leadership,” will explain why leadership opportunities will elude Generation X. Tavano is known in local and national human resource communities as an expert in workplace generational diversity.

“It’s an unsettling story, but it’s a story those of us who study human resources have to consider,” Tavano said. “It’s a numbers game.” 

Generation X, people born from 1965 to 1980, is smaller by half than either the boomer or the Y generation, and is being squeezed from both ends, Tavano said. Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are staying in the work world longer and Y’s,  those born from 1981-2000, are coming in at such a rapid pace that Generation X is stuck in the middle, in many cases with seemingly nowhere to go.

“It’s time for solutions,” Tavano said. She will offer possible solutions during her presentation.

Participants can register for the human resources conference, April 25 through 27, at http://www.hr2012.org/.

Tavano recently presented “Coaching Up, Down and Sideways in a Multi-Generational Workplace” to the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce Human Resource Roundtable, and she will present a variation of the same program “Managing Up, Down and Sideways in a Multi-Generational Workplace” to Benton County Leadership in May. In August, Tavano will examine the impact of anticipated retirement numbers on the agriculture industry at the 10^th National AgCareers Roundtable scheduled this year at Tyson Foods in Springdale. 

Tavano received the Society for Human Resource Northwest Arkansas Chapter Pillar Award in 2011 for developing innovative, online continuing education offerings.

For information about generational matters in the workplace or to learn about professional development classes offered at the Global Campus, contact Tavano at jtavano@uark.edu.

The Global Campus (School of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach) plays its part in the university’s land-grant mission by providing service to the state through outreach programs and dissemination of knowledge. This year marks the 150^th anniversary of the establishment of the land-grant system.

The Global Campus partners with other university units, businesses and organizations to offer innovative learning solutions for people seeking to maintain professional certification, boost their skills, or obtain undergraduate or graduate degrees online or off-campus. The school also offers media services, conference services and facilities, and technology and pedagogy support. Visit http://globalcampus.uark.edu to learn more.