RecruitFest! 2009
It makes me smile every time I post that.
I was very tentative about going last year. It would make my 4th conference in as many months and that seemed a bit hard to justify just from a time off perspective, let alone the costs involved. Working for myself means that I have to really [...]
John Sumser is the founder and CEO of Two Color Hat, Inc. The firm provides product analysis, market segmentation, positioning, strategy and branding guidance for vendors in the HR industry. Clients have included Salary.com, EA, ATT, IBM, Monster, Bernard Hodes, Hot Jobs, Arbita, RetirementJobs, Hire.com, Jobster, Recruiting.com and many other familiar brands.
Sumser operates as an [...]
Gerry Crispin is a consultant, HR practitioner, thought leader and author of 8 books and 100 articles. His views on employment strategy,
hiring process and staffing technology are sought by many of the world’s most competitive corporations.
Acknowledged as one of the most influential leaders in the staffing industry, Gerry and his business [...]
The last American Presidential election saw the winner use a whole new form of Social Media coupled with Community organization that was highly effective in motivating his base and crossing the line to previously disenfranchised voters…now that’s enough political talk for me…in the spirit of the Tonight Show with David Letterman here are the 10 [...]
What you need to know about RecruitFest!
-The nature of RecruitFest! requires participants to make a true, real investment in their career.
-RecruitFest! is about building relationships and cementing them with face-to-face networking.
-RecruitFest! is about taking your online relationships OFFline (which is a key reason for avoiding livestreaming, livetweeting). The goal is real, present, communication.
-True value is [...]
Based in Toronto, the Recruiting Animal worked as a busboy and taxi driver before drifting into recruiting and a brilliant career as a pioneer of recruiter blogging.
In January 2004, he co-founded the Canadian Headhunter blog. In April 2005, he became a partner in Recruiting.com (once the central blog of the recruiting community online).
In April 2006, [...]
Julia Stone owns BizWerks, a technical and scientific recruiting company. Julia brings over 12 years of experience managing agency projects and teams and has collaborated with many companies from Fortune 500 clients to very small startups. Her projects include contingent staffing, direct hire search, and managed services. She knows her shit stuff.
Julia is actively involved [...]
Jerry Albright: There’s no way around using “Old School” to describe Jerry Albright.
His recruiting career began June 16, 1987 and he spent his first 10 years learning the ins and outs of direct and contract staffing with a top regional firm. After taking his career as far as he could working for others he decided [...]
Jason Davis, better known to many as Slouch, the man behind the beanie at RecruitingBlogs.com, started RecruitFest! as an unconference that would address the changing recruiting landscape. A recruiter for years before starting a series of recruiting sites, networks and communities for recruiters, Jason knows recruiting. His goal was to provide a place (both online [...]
Stephanie A. Lloyd: Stephanie is a Talent Strategies Consultant + Social Media Enthusiast + Owner of Calibre Search Group in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a National Careers + Workplace Columnist for Examiner, a division of Clarity Media Group owned by one of the largest media investment companies in the world. There she authors a highly-regarded career [...]
