OnRec
Weíre fresh back from the Onrec Conference in Chicago. It was a chance to spend time with old friends and meet some new ones. The content was superlative. Read about it here, here, here, here and here.
Daughter Bridget and I presented a talk on MultiGenerational Recruiting. Here are the slides. Joel Cheesman made a video. Weíll point to it soon.
The event was a huge success and paves the way for further penetration of the market by this international company. In spite of the fact that an industry standard trade show was going on in Florida, OnRec drew a host of innovators and visionaries who entertained and educated a crowd of industry veterans. It was a sensational mix of intimacy, networking, education and opportunity.
Here are the important things we saw in the process:
1. David Hurst is going to be a big success in the States. The OnRec Team demonstrated the gap in current Recruiting events and filled it
2. Peter Weddle may be the best thing that ever happened to job boards. His new association (IAEWS ) aims to bring core credibility to the universe of job boards. (Hereís an alternate view and another and another)
3. Hank Stringer has become the industryís talk show host. Next time you need your panel moderated, hire Hank.
4. John Younger, Accoloís guiding light, persuaded the audience that online Recruiting is a myth.
5. Don Ramer, CEO of Arbita, has become the industryís diplomat of choice.
6. Steven Rothberg nailed the issues in social networks and MySpace. Hereís the video.
7. Cheezhead is a network catalyst. Things seem to percolate when heís around.
8. John Bell (Boxwood) showed the path to undiscovered pools of candidates.
9. Shally demonstrated international search techniques. .(Get their cheatsheets)
10. Louis Vong (TMP) wowed the crowd with visions of Text Recruiting. Hereís to hoping that the industry fills up with bright lights like Louis.
11. The RPOA (Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association) might actually make a difference. Itís unusual to see this sort of collection of entrepreneurs.
12. Experience.com is inventing new ideas. Weíd say Find yourself. Then, finding a job is easy. is one of the smartest things weíve heard in a while.
Onrec is setting new standards for excellence in the trade show business. Get to one of them.
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