Bullhorn live 2009 delivers road map for staffing and recruiting firm growth in '09

Bullhorn, the global leader in On Demand, front office staffing and recruiting software, offered attendees of its second user conference, held here at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa from February 1-5, 2009, its commitment to helping customers compete successfully in a challenging economic climate. By showcasing innovative use of new technologies and best practices from renowned industry experts, the emphasis at this yearís Bullhorn Live is on helping staffing and recruiting firms drive growth by maximizing productivity of sourcing and sales.

ìAt this yearís user conference, Bullhorn customers were enthusiastic and motivated to learn more about the competitive advantage Bullhornís fully integrated front office solution brings to their business, including the ability to leverage the Bullhorn network, innovations and strategic partnerships to extend the growth of their business,î said Art Papas, CEO and co-founder of Bullhorn. ìThese innovations are focused on both sides of the desk, sales and recruiting, to monetize the value of the client and candidate relationship.î

Video of Art Papasí keynote presentation is available here. In addition, live video interviews from Bullhorn Live 2009 attendees will air online at http://www.xtremerecruiting.tv later this month.

Bullhorn Live 2009 attendees were able to participate in more than 30 sessions designed to grow their business through a challenging economy. Highlights of Bullhorn Live 2009 included:

* Bullhorn employees were on hand to highlight technology innovations that drive staffing and recruiting firm business from both sides of the desk, such as Integrated Resume Searchô for faster and more efficient candidate sourcing and Bullhorn360 for greater visibility into sales practices.

* Bullhorn partners CareerBuilder.com, Monster.com and Yahoo! HotJobs demonstrated integration with Bullhorn. Broadlook Technologies, through Contact Capture, and The Code Works, through the Recruiter Browser Bar, also partner with Bullhorn to deliver the industry's most advanced solutions to help recruiters source faster.

* Bullhorn president Barry Hinckley spoke about innovative, out-of-the box ideas for staffing and recruiting firms to position themselves as job experts, including using television, radio and the Internet.

* Danny Cahill, of AccordingToDanny and Hobson Associates, spoke about how to increase recruiter performance by focusing on applying resilience as a best practice to service the needs of clients and work with the best candidates.

* Customer best practice sessions focused on leveraging candidate and client information in Bullhorn as a strategic asset to gain more job orders and make placements faster, leveraging the power of Bullhorn through greater transparency from the generating job orders to sourcing to placement processes.

Bullhorn is the staffing and recruiting industryís only On Demand, integrated front office solution. Comprising email, calendaring, candidate sourcing, an applicant tracking solution, customer relationship management and job management, Bullhorn enables users to communicate and collaborate with contacts, candidates, colleagues and clients in real-time to generate, source and fill job orders, or make placements, at anytime and from anyplace. Bullhornís users include staffing and recruiting firms of all sizes, from a wide range of industries – including information technology, professional services, office/clerical and healthcare. The Bullhorn Blogger is the companyís online community where customers, partners, Bullhorn professionals and prospective customers share ideas and best practices to advance the productivity of the staffing and recruiting industry through the innovative use of Bullhornís On Demand, integrated front office staffing and recruiting software.