Speaker Bio Don Ramer began his career in executive search in 1974. Over the next 6 years, he served as assistant to the president at two AESC (Association of Executive Search Consultants) registered firms. In 1980 he formed the Ramer Group, a recruiting firm that specialized in placing Data Security Executives in major financial institutions. In 1986 he launched the Recruitment Research Institute and served as Executive Director. During his time at the Institute, he published a newsletter for the Human Resources community entitled The Alternative Employment Marketplace. He also gave seminars throughout the US on “Improving Quality and Reducing Costs Through the Alternative Employment Marketplace.” Much of the Institute’s research was published and distributed by The Bureau of National Affairs. In 1988 Don launched the Employment Management Group, a high-level management consultancy that specialized in helping large employers improve their recruitment processes. In addition to intensive review of recruitment and selection effectiveness, the EMG team planned, directed, organized and controlled recruitment and selection strategy, tactics, and operations on behalf of clients in the telecommunications and enterprise software industries. In August of 1993, Don worked with America Online to boost sales of their Online Recruitment Advertising products. In 1996 he and his partners launched Recruit USA, Inc. which was re-branded as Arbita in March of 2006. The launch of Arbita signified the company’s determination to meet the global requirements of its customers. Throughout its history, Arbita has defined Best Practices in web recruiting for many of the world’s leading employers. In 2006, Don joined the Advisory Board of Kennedy Information’s Recruiting Trends, the corporate recruiting community’s online resource for new strategies and tactics. In 2008, he was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Association of Employment Web Sites (IAEWS), where he works with his colleagues to improve the industry. Session: Game-Changing Recruiting Shifts Perhaps it is an escalation of the "War for Talent" or maybe an after effect of Web 2.0 advances, but it is clear that the recruiting function is currently experiencing unprecedented change. As a tie-in to the overall theme for the Onrec 2008 Global Online Recruiting Conference and Expo, this provocative session will highlight the innovative trends helping to accelerate productivity in the online recruiting process. Not since the inception of online recruitment and the adoption of the web by business, has the online recruiting industry come together in such a comprehensive, global way -- then again, there hasn't been such tremendous change since the industry formed. To present on this topic, Onrec brings you someone who has been immersed in the field for over 30 years and who is using innovative approaches and tool to help organizations around the world secure the very scarce resource of top talent. .