Speaker Bio

For more than 20 years, John Younger has successfully identified and incorporated major trends and technologies affecting the recruitment landscape. In 2000 he founded Accolo, a leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for small and mid-sized companies.

John’s passion to dramatically improve how people and jobs find each other is rooted in his deep understanding of technology, the recruitment process, and a core belief that everyone deserves courtesy and respect. This idea is central to Accolo’s vision, methods and communications.

John’s vision for a completely outsourced staffing solution led him to found y/net in 1996. After a successful launch, y/net was acquired by TriNet where John remained as president until 1999. While with TriNet, John helped the company gain recognition as one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing companies in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Before founding y/net, John was the vice president of human resources for Bank of America where he led technical recruitment for an organization of 16,000 people.

John has successfully identified, incorporated and advanced recruitment solutions for more than 16 years. He was Resumix user #2 in 1988 and established the first Vendor on Premises for both Bank of America and Olsten Corporation in 1992. He was an early adopter of Internet recruiting with the On-Line Career Center – which later became Monster – in 1993, and was Hire.com user #4 while running his Venture Talent recruitment Agency in 1998. John earned a degree from Notre Dame in Mathematics and Computer Science and is a former member of the United States National (Olympic) Rowing Team.

Session: Perception and Reality: Dispelling the myths and marketing hype about where the best candidates are found

We’ve all heard about the war for talent and the shortage of skilled labor. So, where are the best candidates actually found? In this myth-busting and provocative presentation, dig into the actual hiring tactics and data for hundreds of companies across more than 1,500 professional level jobs.

There’s no way that CIO really came from that source! Unlike traditional internal recruiting departments, agencies and point solutions like job boards, an RPO has accurate hiring information from initial hiring manager profiling through the on-boarding of new hires across multiple companies, geographies, levels and functional areas.

Join in this journey through the data and analysis that may fundamentally change your perceptions and perspectives about where the best people are found. With the active inclusion of traditional options, social networking resources, the latest well funded technologies and innovative direct sourcing techniques, learn the truth about where you are likely to find your next executive, engineer, marking professional or sales superstar.