Trade Conference - Speakers
onrec Trade Conference Speakers 2011
London, 23rd March 2011
David Hurst, CEO, onrec - Conference Chairman
David Hurst founded DH Publishing Ltd in 1999, to provide Human Resource Directors and recruiters with information on the online recruitment market. The company now creates forums of discussion, by sharing information online, in print and in person with conferences around the world, bringing experts and practitioners together to discuss and exchange information.
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John Salt, Website Director, Totaljobs
John is responsible for the strategic direction of Totaljobs, steering the company towards sustainable growth whilst adhering to the business’ strong set of company values. In addition to dealing with the commercial side, John acts as a leader to the sales team, a role for which 18 years of recruitment advertising experience has well prepared him. John was a trail blazer in the online recruitment industry having joined one of the first UK job boards in 1997. John has been with Totaljobs Group for 9 years starting as Sales Director of CWjobs, which specialises in IT recruitment, before launching Retailchoice and finally joining Totaljobs as Website Director in 2004. In his spare time, John can be seen singing along to Tom Jones as he watches his beloved Welsh rugby union team.
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Bridget Wood, Partner, Blake Lapthorn
Bridget joined the firm in 1995 and has a wide range of experience focused in particular on outsourcing and TUPE. Bridget is an expert on recruitment and resourcing issues, providing specialist advice to both suppliers and end users of staffing services across Europe and beyond. She advises on recruitment process outsourcing and other HR outsourcing, as well as status of workers and atypical workers, including agency workers, freelancers, limited company contractors and commercial agents.
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Steve Evans, Managing Director, Net Natives
Steve is going to explore ideas for what the future may hold for the online recruitment industry. Looking at existing trends, current opportunities and real case studies to provoke thought and debate for agencies and corporate recruiters.
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Tom Daly, President & CEO, Appvault
Tom founded AppVault in 2002. With a company tag line of “It’s all about Response”, AppVault’s focus is not the ad but the responses to the ad. In 2002, AppVault provided newspapers with white label solutions that track the effectiveness of both print and online recruitment ads and extend revenue opportunities beyond the ad itself. Today, AppVault delivers solutions across all touch points including print, SMS, web, mobile web and social web. Their clients include Gumtree, Monster, CareerBuilder and over 200 of the leading newspapers in North America. Prior to founding AppVault, Tom’s past includes GM of Advertising & Partnerships at RealNetworks and Group Vice President at Monster Worldwide. He is also Chairman of GROUP1201, a recruitment advertising agency.
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Ciaran O’Sullivan Sales Manager, comScore
Ciaran manages new business working with ad agencies, publishers, brands and consultancies on their local and global digital strategies by providing invaluable market intel and competitive analysis. He is a seasoned digital specialist with a background in online publishing spanning 12 years. Prior to joining comScore in 2008, Ciaran spent just shy of 2 years at Bernard Hodes, as their Digital Media Manager where he was responsible for overseeing relationships with job boards and digital recruitment strategies with the likes of Royal Mail, HBOS, Ernst & Young. Previously, he worked for MSM International and was responsible for launching www.financialappointments.co.uk and prior to that spent six years in agency sales rolls on various job boards for VNU, Guardian Media Group and CSU. Please follow this link to view Ciaran’s profile on LinkedIn.