On March 23, 2012 the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership held its 2012 spring meeting at Valley Country Club,West Hazleton, Pa – where a pristine day provided exceptional views from windows overlooking the Country Club grounds.  This meeting was held in collaboration with the NEPA Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) chapter – and was approved for re-certification through SHRM’s Human Resource Certification Institute.

Elaine Stalfa, Site Administrator for the PA CareerLink® center in Hazleton, Pa., lead off the meeting with a summary of PA CareerLink® services that is available to employers & the myriad of ways that PA CareerLink® is available to assist employers.  See more for employers as well as job seekers at www.cwds.state.pa.us. 

Our extraordinary guest speaker for the morning was Douglas Marcello, Esq., founding partner of Marcello & Kivisto, LLC – where all law partners hold commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) and only take cases defending the trucking industry.   Presenting the topic of “Trucking Defense 2.0 – Aggressive Defense of Trucking Litigation” Atty. Marcello gave proven information to keep companies protected in the case of driver accidents,   tactics used against the industry and accident response, including details on new means of evidence through social media.  Marcello & Kivisto, LLC, is located on the web at www.cdl-law.com.

Join us at our next meeting on June 15, 2012, from7:45-10:30amat The Woodlands Inn, Wilkes Barre,Pa., for “Working at Wellness in Three Steps – Identifying health issues for today’s workers, providing solutions for non-traditional work schedules & successful plans in action.” Our presenter is Joanne Namey, MS, BSN, PHCNS-BC, with the Pennsylvania Department of Health.   Registration information is available on the homepage.

Click Here to download an invitation to the meeting.

Join us on October 14 - 8:30-10:00am - Valley Counrty Club - 79 Country Club Lane Sugarloaf, PA - RSVP Required.

RSVP for this free of charge meeting by Oct. 7
TO: information@lswib.org; or call Trina Moss at 570 822 -1101 x297

…Our fall meeting is jam-packed with information for L&Ts and more…the agenda includes:

Industry Commentary
Rep. Michael Carroll

Internship availability
King’s College

October is National Disability Awareness Month – info from Center for Independent Living

Guest Speaker:               

Rim Yurkus, President & CEO,  Strategic Programs, Inc.
Denver, Colorado

You will learn:

• 10 best practices for driver engagement and retention
• How to identify key driver disengagement trigers and how to mitigate their impact
• How to obtain reliable data and use it to make improvements
• How top drivers are motivated and de-motivated
• Practical ways to continuously  improve driver engagement

 Who should attend? Owners, CEOs, recruiters, human resource directors, and fleet, capacity, safety and operations managers.

Though geared toward L&T recruiting, Mr. Yurkus will provide take-aways and information for partnership members who hire, manage, teach.

Improve your effectiveness…join us!

Dec, 2010 – The NEPA Logistics and Transportation Partnership Career Ladder Model – demonstrating pathways within the local logistics and transportation industry – has been published nationally and can be seen at The Competency Model Clearinghouse – see it here:  http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/competencymodel_users.aspx

March, 2011 – Industry Partnership training survey completed. 

April, 2011 – Leadership identified spring training – utilizing worker training grant funds – to be offered in Customer Service and Warehousing in Today’s Business Environment.  To be offered on consortium basis if not filled from within industry.  Rollout by June 30^th.  Contact us for detail.   

May, 2011 – Click here for legislative updates concerning Industry Partnerships-

papartners.org/take-action  

July 8, 2011-Year end event: CSA 2011, Top of the 80s Restaurant, West Hazleton