Hodes Webinar Explores Improving Retention Practices for Health Care Through Use of Analytics Tool

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June 4, 2008 - NEW YORK CITY, NY

Bernard Hodes Group, a leading provider of integrated talent solutions, today announced that it will be conducting a webinar to showcase the effects employee satisfaction and engagement has on retention, and how theHodes QTrac for Health Caresolution is used to measure the success of hospital and health care systems� processes, retention and recruitment efforts. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 18, from 2 pm to 3 pm EST. Registration for the event can be completed at:www.hodes.com/industries/healthcare/solutions/qtrachc_webinar.asp

The webinar will feature Hodes Qtrac and health care experts, as well as Mark Rowe, director of workforce development forWellStar Health System, a not-for-profit health care system based in Atlanta, GA. WellStar recently utilized QTrac to chart out a plan towards a stronger employer brand. Through their survey and metrics process, WellStar discovered that their workplace culture and environment needed to more closely reflect their employer brand promise.

�We gained a thorough understanding of how our employees� perceptions were affecting our ability to retain workers and hire a talented workforce,� said Rowe. �The data is important to us because it provides an obvious road map to becoming an employer of choice. We know that if we utilize the data to drive our decisions, strategies and goals, we will become a much better choice for potential and current employees.�
Hodes QTrac for Health Care helps drive efficiencies by measuring all areas of the employee retention cycle: post-hire, offer reject, exiting employees, and employee engagement.
�All companies have recruitment and HR strengths and challenges. Health care, which is already struggling with hiring nurses and allied health professionals, is an industry that cannot afford to lose valuable workers,� said Bradley Savoy, vice president of Hodes QTrac. �We can help health care organizations cut their turnover costs by understanding where they are succeeding and falling short on their employer brand promise.�

About Bernard Hodes Group

Bernard Hodes Group is a leading fully integrated talent solutions provider, Bernard Hodes Group (http://www.hodes.com) offers solutions that often combine multiple service offerings from the Company's core competency areas: Recruitment Marketing; Sourcing/Response Management; Hiring Process Re-engineering; and Staffing Technology (seehttp://www.hodesiQ.com). All solutions are developed and measured within the company's 360-degree process methodology. The company is headquartered in New York, with over 80 offices and affiliates around the globe. Bernard Hodes Group is a part of Omnicom Group, Inc., (NYSE - OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, interactive, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. Bernard Hodes Group serves thousands of clients in virtually every industry, helping them to attract and retain talented workers in every skill set.

Stacey Havel, Bernard Hodes Group
954-966-3500

shavel@mi.hodes.com

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