- Sponsor
- Illinois Small Business Development Center at Champaign County EDC
- Registration
- https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EOhLElnKQh6KSgPkC2hMzQ
This workshop qualifies for reimbursement as part of the City of Champaign New Business Grant Program. If you are an awardee of the program and attend this session, you will receive a certificate to include in your reimbursement forms to the City.
Presented by Kelly Gust – President, HR Full Circle
If only we had a crystal ball to help determine whether a job applicant would be a great new addition to your business, or a terrible choice. In this workshop, HR Full Circle will share insights for assessing the knowledge, skills and abilities that will predict success when interviewing job applicants. We’ll help you ask better questions to assess critical job competencies, as well as provide a few best practices for conducting interviews; don’t forget – the candidate is interviewing your organization, and a bad experience will scare them away. We’ll also share questions that you should avoid when interviewing and share insights for how to present and negotiate a job offer.
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Time: 1-2 PMRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EOhLElnKQh6KSgPkC2hMzQ
*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.PLEASE NOTE: this webinar will be recorded and may be shared publicly. By registering for this webinar, you understand that your questions or comments shared during the webinar will be recorded and shared in a public domain.
Kelly Gust’s HR career began behind a bar in Wisconsin, where she learned two universal truths: people love cocktails, and they really love talking about their jobs. With a liberal arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a fear she might actually end up bartending forever, she pursued a master’s degree at California State University — a step that launched her into roles with companies like Starwood Hotels and Hot Topic.
For the past 20 years, Kelly has focused on making work better: better hiring, better onboarding, better leaders, better engagement, and better teams. Today she owns HR Full Circle, where she helps organizations hire, inspire, and engage their people to perform at their best.
Kelly serves as the HR Expert-in-Residence for the University of Illinois Research Park / EnterpriseWorks, on the board at Habitat for Humanity of Sangamon County, and the Central Illinois Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, and is a monthly columnist for the Springfield Business Journal.