More than half of government procurement professionals are eligible to retire in five years. This, coupled with the fact that contracting specialists are being tasked with ever-growing demands, equals a significant human resource crisis. Watch the webinar here: http://www.bidsync.com/resources/webinar/webinar-2013-08-20-avoiding-the-hiring-cliff-in-government-contracting/

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Avoiding the Hiring Cliff in Government Contracting
August 20, 2013

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•! A manager with the Ninigret Group
•! Partners with The Bennett Group
International
•! Former Mayor of Salt Lake County
•! Holds a Juris Doctor from Golden Gate
University School of Law, an M.S. from
New York University, and a B.S. from
Carnegie-Mellon University
•! A BidSync User
Peter Corroon Bio

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So what do we mean by“The Hiring Cliff”?

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It all depends on your perspective

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Some don’t worry

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Others don’t see much hope

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Or if you are in Congress…

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•! More than half of government contract professionals will
be eligible to retire in five years.
•! Contracting specialists are being tasked with an ever-
growing set of demands.
Situation

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Challenges
•! Reliance on paper-based
procurement methods
•! Shrinking budgets
•! Antiquated tools and systems
•! Retirement and workforce turnover
•! Exponentially increasing contract
workload
•! Demand for greater transparency
•! Compliance with industry
regulations

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The workforce of tomorrow, or today?

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How Purchasing is HandledToday

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Benefits:
•! Public agencies no longer need to manage big data
•! Implementation of cloud solutions is measured in weeks,
not months or years
•! Agencies gain access to the latest procurement
technology and features
•! It is easier to deploy multi-tenant solutions to share
access and content and workflows
Cloud-based Procurement

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How eProcurement Improves the Process

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The office of today is disappearing…

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This can be your office of tomorrow…but…

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Fear of Losing Jobs Because ofTechnology

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Value of eProcurement
•! Accelerates contract creation and
execution
•! Improves stakeholder collaboration
•! Strengthens regulatory compliance on
both sides of the negotiation table
•! Improves workflow, productivity and
transparency

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Contracting with Joy!