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Get Credentials for the Career You Love!
Become a Work-Life Certified Professional

Demonstrate your commitment to remain on the leading edge of your profession by attaining the new Work-Life Certified Professional (WLCP) designation from WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals. Whether on your business card, letterhead or résumé, a WLCP designation signifies your commitment, professionalism and belonging to the foremost community of colleagues in your field.

	W1: Introduction to Work-Life Effectiveness
	W2: The Flexible Workplace
	W3: Health and Wellness Programs
	W4: Organizational Culture Change - A Work-Life Perspective

Visit the WorldatWork Bookstore for these and other work-life titles:
	Culture at Work Building a Robust Work Environment to Help Drive Your Total Rewards Strategy by G. Michael Barton, SPHR
	Paid Time Off Banks Program Design and Implementation by M. Michael Markowich, DPA.
	Work-Life Effectiveness Bottom-Line Strategies for Today's Workplace by Karol Rose

If attracting, retaining and engaging your workforce falls within your scope of responsibilities look to WorldatWork.

WorldatWork is a global association dedicated to advancement of strategies and practices to attract, motivate and retain an engaged and talented workforce. Its focus is on total rewards, which include five components:

Compensation
Benefits
Work-Life
Performance and Recognition
Development and Career Opportunities.

WorldatWork has more than 30,000 members and customers worldwide who share this passion for total rewards and/or components of it. This includes specialists in work-life, compensation and benefits, as well as HR generalists and others who have an interest in education and networking. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork supports thought leadership, education, publications, research and certification, including the new Work-Life Certified Professional designation.

Join WorldatWork or get more information:

	About membership
	Request a free WorldatWork membership information packet

WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition 2008
May 20-23, 2008 | Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Convention Center

Special work-life events, networking and awards ceremonies are planned at this year's WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Find out more and register today!

Work-Life Professional Invites Everyone to Her Beloved City
"My name is Marilyn Kraut. I work as the HR Director, Quality of Work-Life Programs, for the University of Pennsylvania. I'm a proud resident of Philadelphia and Member Host for the Total Rewards Conference. Learn more about my favorite city and all it has to offer."

Work-Life Award Programs

Every year those in the field who have had great success in creating even healthier and productive work environments that respect the dual agenda of everyone who works—one personal and the other professional—are honored.

	Work-Life Innovative Excellence Award showcases programs and policies that demonstrate excellence in enhancing and promoting work-life effectiveness while achieving organizational goals.
	Work-Life Rising Star identifies stellar, up-and-coming work-life professionals
	Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research given to the authors of the best piece of work-family research published during a calendar year

Review Preliminary Findings, Share Your Predictions
The Future of Work Discussion
How will you attract, retain and motivate talent in the future? Visit this new Web site to review the preliminary findings of a thought leadership effort to explore and predict the future of work and join this important discussion.

FREE Download
Build and Manage a Successful Work-Life Portfolio
Use our Categories of Work-Life Effectiveness booklet to help you effectively engineer your organization's work-life programs using the seven pillars of work-life effectiveness: caring for dependents, health and wellness, workplace flexibility, financial support, paid and unpaid time off, community involvement and cultural change initiatives.

Categories of Work-Life Effectiveness

National Work and Family Month
October is National Work and Family Month and provides annual recognition of the importance of employer-sponsored work-life programs. Access our resources and tools to help you and your organization make the most of this year's National Work and Family Month.

	Tools and Resources
	Webinar Playback Flexible Work Arrangements: Helping Managers Achieve Results Presented by WorldatWork

Work-Life Effectiveness Self-Audit
Ensure your work-life programs are seen as effective business tools, take our Work-Life Effectiveness Self-Audit. This simple assessment will help you focus your organization's work-life communications, indicate your programs' strengths and weaknesses and provide an opportunity to set future work-life goals.

Print a copy of the audit

State of the Work-Life Profession
The number of full-time work-life practitioners in their organizations has remained stable since 2005. Health and well-being and workplace flexibility compete for top priority on practitioners’ agendas, accoridng to AWLP's 2006 survey of the profession.

Read complete survey results

Work-Life Central Component of Total Rewards
The WorldatWork model of total rewards encourages companies and other organizations to leverage all of the tools at their disposal to create a unique employment value proposition. The premise is that satisfied and engaged employees will be productive and produce desired business results. Learn more about total rewards and how it can help you.

Free Downloads

	Total Rewards Brochure - A Framework for Strategies to Attract, Motivate and Retain Employees
	Total Rewards Feature in Fortune Magazine
	The 'It' Factor: A New Total Rewards Model Leads the Way
	WorldatWork Total Rewards Model (pdf) (You are welcome to download the total rewards model for your own educational purposes with appropriate attribution to WorldatWork. Individuals who wish to use the model as part of public presentations should contact WorldatWork in advance for permission.)

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