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RecruitCon Road Trip - San Francisco (BLR)
Date
Nov 30, 2020 - 07:00 AM
- Dec 01, 07:00 AM
Link to Website
Organizer
Lanie
Venue
Courtyard by Marriott
Location
San Francisco Downtown299 2nd StreetSan Francisco, CA 94105United States,
San Francisco Downtown299 2nd Street
San Francisco,
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ZIP: 94105
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RecruitCon Road Trip | 2020
Strategies to Land Your Purple Squirrel Candidate
West Road Trip: Wednesday, November 29, 2020, | San Francisco, CA
RecruitCon is hitting the road, and here’s your chance to get a piece of the superior programming! RecruitCon Road Trip | Destination: Purple Squirrel is your region’s premier daylong experience for talent recruiting and HR professionals seeking the most successful strategies for conquering today’s biggest talent acquisition challenges. Take away methods and techniques you can use the very next day to strengthen your candidate pool and land rock star talent.
Industry experts, including vice presidents of recruitment and talent acquisition and sourcing technologists, converge on your city to share the hottest tips and tricks for finding ideal candidates, reducing time-to-fill, and emerging as a leading brand and coveted place to work in today’s competitive job market. In just one day, RecruitCon Road Trip packs in several hands-on workshops where, with expert guidance, you’ll evaluate and learn how to overcome current hurdles standing in your company’s way.
In addition to the day’s practical workshops, a leading brand will kick off the event with an inspiring talk on the techniques they’re using to build and maintain their impressive roster of talent. And, you’ll have plenty of time to network during registration, our intensive workshops, lunchtime panel discussion, and Happy Hour Hack!
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Agenda
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West Agenda - San Francisco - November 29
Registration & Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
The State of Talent Acquisition: How New Macro Trends Will Impact Your Success
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Get a high-level view of the state of talent acquisition as our editors share some of the latest developments impacting how recruiters must adapt to attract today’s coveted candidates in what’s fast-become a jobseeker’s market.
Kick-Off Keynote: Why This Company Is a Talent Magnet—and How Your Company Can Be One, Too
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Get an exclusive look at the robust and highly successful recruiting practices at one of the area’s most sought-after companies that candidates are clamoring to work for. Hear directly from their head of talent acquisition on what powers their recruiting engine to achieve consistent success in reducing time-to-fill and maintaining stable of attractive candidates.
Digital Damage Control: How to Neutralize Negative Reviews on Glassdoor, Yelp, and Other Online Sites
9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
One negative comment about your company, its hiring managers, its culture, its workspace, etc. could cause qualified candidates to pass on your organization and join a competitor instead. While you can’t control what’s posted online about your company, you can take charge with actionable plans to eviscerate the impact that negative reviews have on your recruitment efforts. This session will show you how. And, if you’re new to employer review platforms, our presenter will give you 5 tips for setting up employer profiles on Glassdoor, Vault, Indeed, and other sites!
Snacks & Networking Break
10:10 a.m.– 10:30 a.m.
Is Your Company Website Killing Your Recruiting Game? How to Tell and What You Can Do to Fix It
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
When candidates visit your company website, do they stay long enough to learn about your business and assess how their talents might fit within your mission? Or, do they get frustrated and bounce—whether before or during the application phase? If your website—and its mobile configuration—aren’t consumer-friendly, your recruiting efforts will be dead in the water. This session will provide real-life examples illustrating the types of fixes for desktop and mobile versions that can take your company website from drab to fab.
Unpacking the Most Effective Job Postings for Talent Attraction: What Works and What Hurts
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Which companies’ job postings really rock? And, which businesses are rolling over to the competition because their advertisements miss the mark? This session will use field-proven examples of exceptional job postings to teach you what works and why, so you’ll know which job posting drafting mistakes to avoid and which to adapt to seize the coveted candidate pool’s attention.
Power Lunch: Panel Discussion(Visit URL to vote on which topics you want to be covered)
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
In the weeks ahead of RecruitCon Road Trip, recruiting pros will vote on an additional topic(s) to discuss. Then, we’ll design a moderated panel discussion around the poll-winning issues. Take the poll here to customize the event to meet your business needs!
How to Make Recruiting Technology Your Ally in the War for Talent
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
How far can you trust technology to do your job? This session will cover everything from automated application systems and video interviews to using artificial intelligence programs to evaluate your job applicants. You’ll leave this session with a clear view of what technology can do for you and what it can’t, plus recommendations for tech that will work for your particular situation.
Networking Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Perfecting Your Candidate Communication Strategy: Influencing Skills to Maximize Your Recruitment Efforts
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
HRCI business credit pending
Are your communications with prospective and current candidates strategically influencing them to stay in your talent pipeline? In today’s competitive race for talent, recruiters and HR must learn to think like marketers and build out a comprehensive strategy that’s designed to influence prospective candidates to respond to your call to action. This session will cover how to craft a strategic communications plan for reaching and positively influencing prospective candidates using your employment brand and other factors. You’ll also learn metrics for measuring the success of recruitment communication strategies you use to connect with candidates.
Happy Hour Hack: Mix, Mingle, and Tackle Your Most Pressing Technical Recruiting Challenges with Top Sourcing Pros
4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Get up close and personal with some of the country’s top sourcing pros who will reveal their best-kept secrets for overcoming your specific sourcing challenges. Grab a drink and some snacks and head to a hi-top table in the Candidate Attraction Lounge where our sourcing pros will walk you through how to divide and conquer sourcing challenges using the latest technology that applies to LinkedIn, Facebook, career sites, and more!
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ST Road Trip Speakers: San Francisco
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Joel ChessmanJoel Chessman
Founder
Ratedly
Joel Cheesman has over 20 years’ experience in the online recruitment space. He has worked for both international and local job boards in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s. In 2005, Joel founded HRSEO, a search engine marketing company for HR, as well as launching an award-winning industry blog called Cheezhead. He has been featured in Fast Company and US News and World Report. He sold his company in 2009 to Jobing.com and is a guest blogger for ERE Media. He is the founder of Ratedly, an app that monitors anonymous employee reviews.
James EllisJames Ellis
Host of The Talent Cast podcast
TheTalentCast.com
JamesEllis.us
@TheWarForTalent
James Ellis runs The Talent Cast podcast where he can be found doing deep dives of all things employer brand and recruitment marketing. He has years of experience helping companies of every size get smarter about their inbound recruiting to find and attract the best talent.
Cathy GrayCatherine Moreton Gray, JD
Senior Managing Editor for Human Resources and Compensation
BLR
Catherine Moreton Gray, JD, is Senior Managing Editor for Human Resources and Compensation. Cathy has over 20 years combined experience in HR management and as a management-side labor and employment attorney. Her HR experience includes recruiting, employee relations and communications, affirmative action and compensation. As an attorney, she regularly counseled employers on issues such as complying with federal and state wage and hour laws, accommodating employees with disabilities, complying with federal and state laws requiring paid sick leave and family and medical leave, and union avoidance and labor relations. She represented employers in government audits, before administrative agencies, and in federal and state courts on matters including discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, affirmative action compliance, unfair labor practices and wage and hour violations.
Cathy has also written articles on developing employment law issues and developed and presented training for clients. She received her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut and before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Jer LanghansJer Langhans
Co-Founder & Principal Growth Hacker
Paired Sourcing
Jer Langhans has over 15 years sourcing experience at companies like Cisco, Microsoft, EA, Disney, Starbucks, and Expedia. Most recently, he launched Hired in Seattle and sits on the Advisory Boards of startups. He is the former president of the Northwest Recruiters Association and was written up in Forbes magazine for his talent attraction strategies.
Melissa SimpsonMelissa Simpson
Talent Acquisition Manager
Whole Foods Market
Melissa Simpson, the talent acquisition manager for Whole Foods Market, which was named to Fortune's 100 Best lists of companies for 2020 and designated as a talent magnet company by Oracle and the Talent Strategy Institute in 2020, recruits for positions from entry level to executive level and IT. As a talent acquisition manager in both, retail and non-retail environments, she specializes in leading recruiting teams, creating a partnership between hiring managers and recruiters, improving the candidate experience, developing hiring programs to ensure they are diverse, and utilizing the latest and greatest innovative recruiting tools. Over the course of her career, Melissa has saved an organization over $200K in staffing cost, revamping an entire organizations employment brand/career page and completing her second master’s degree in human resource management.
James TempleJames Temple
Paired Sourcing Co-Founder & Intent Discovery Engineer
Paired Sourcing
James Temple earned his industry stripes over the past 15 years. As a consultant, he has focused on strategic sourcing for various companies like Microsoft and T-Mobile. He enjoys providing learning opportunities to sourcing professionals as a Board member of the Sourcing 7.
James TempleMark Tortorici
Founder & Training Expert
Transform Talent Acquisition
Mark Tortorici is an expert technical sourcer and recruiter. Since 1997, he has trained thousands of staffing professionals including those at Google, Apple, Facebook, Disney, Pinterest, Twitter, Nvidia, eBay, Yahoo, AppNexus and many other companies. He has worked in both corporate & agency roles and has also managed staffing teams with great success.
As the founder of Transform Talent Acquisition, Mark trains in every aspect of the staffing process. He is known for his sourcing methods, ability to turn technical requisitions into sourcing strategies, and easy to understand teaching methods. He is also a big believer in research, learning, and technology when it comes to sourcing and recruiting.
Elena ValentineElena Valentine
CEO
Skill Scout Inc.
Elena Valentine, CEO of Skill Scout, is passionate about bringing company and candidates’ stories to life as a way to make meaningful hiring connections. She believes that empathy is the foundation for change. And, that clear communication and storytelling is key to making that change stick. With Skill Scout, she and her co-founder Abby Cheesman are particularly passionate about highlighting industries like manufacturing while simultaneously surfacing the talent of quality candidates often overlooked.
Please contact the event manager Marilyn below for the following:
- Discounts for registering 5 or more participants.
- If your company requires a price quotation.
Event Manager Contact: marilyn.b.turner(at)nyeventslist.com
You can also contact us if you require a visa invitation letter, after ticket purchase.
We can also provide a certificate of completion of this event if required.
NO REFUNDS ALLOWED ON REGISTRATIONS
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New York Media Technologies LLC in association
with Business & Legal Resources.
http://www.NyEventsList.com
http://www.BostonEventsList.com
http://www.SFBayEventsList.com
LAN171117CEV
Strategies to Land Your Purple Squirrel Candidate
West Road Trip: Wednesday, November 29, 2020, | San Francisco, CA
RecruitCon is hitting the road, and here’s your chance to get a piece of the superior programming! RecruitCon Road Trip | Destination: Purple Squirrel is your region’s premier daylong experience for talent recruiting and HR professionals seeking the most successful strategies for conquering today’s biggest talent acquisition challenges. Take away methods and techniques you can use the very next day to strengthen your candidate pool and land rock star talent.
Industry experts, including vice presidents of recruitment and talent acquisition and sourcing technologists, converge on your city to share the hottest tips and tricks for finding ideal candidates, reducing time-to-fill, and emerging as a leading brand and coveted place to work in today’s competitive job market. In just one day, RecruitCon Road Trip packs in several hands-on workshops where, with expert guidance, you’ll evaluate and learn how to overcome current hurdles standing in your company’s way.
In addition to the day’s practical workshops, a leading brand will kick off the event with an inspiring talk on the techniques they’re using to build and maintain their impressive roster of talent. And, you’ll have plenty of time to network during registration, our intensive workshops, lunchtime panel discussion, and Happy Hour Hack!
----------
Agenda
----------
West Agenda - San Francisco - November 29
Registration & Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
The State of Talent Acquisition: How New Macro Trends Will Impact Your Success
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Get a high-level view of the state of talent acquisition as our editors share some of the latest developments impacting how recruiters must adapt to attract today’s coveted candidates in what’s fast-become a jobseeker’s market.
Kick-Off Keynote: Why This Company Is a Talent Magnet—and How Your Company Can Be One, Too
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Get an exclusive look at the robust and highly successful recruiting practices at one of the area’s most sought-after companies that candidates are clamoring to work for. Hear directly from their head of talent acquisition on what powers their recruiting engine to achieve consistent success in reducing time-to-fill and maintaining stable of attractive candidates.
Digital Damage Control: How to Neutralize Negative Reviews on Glassdoor, Yelp, and Other Online Sites
9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
One negative comment about your company, its hiring managers, its culture, its workspace, etc. could cause qualified candidates to pass on your organization and join a competitor instead. While you can’t control what’s posted online about your company, you can take charge with actionable plans to eviscerate the impact that negative reviews have on your recruitment efforts. This session will show you how. And, if you’re new to employer review platforms, our presenter will give you 5 tips for setting up employer profiles on Glassdoor, Vault, Indeed, and other sites!
Snacks & Networking Break
10:10 a.m.– 10:30 a.m.
Is Your Company Website Killing Your Recruiting Game? How to Tell and What You Can Do to Fix It
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
When candidates visit your company website, do they stay long enough to learn about your business and assess how their talents might fit within your mission? Or, do they get frustrated and bounce—whether before or during the application phase? If your website—and its mobile configuration—aren’t consumer-friendly, your recruiting efforts will be dead in the water. This session will provide real-life examples illustrating the types of fixes for desktop and mobile versions that can take your company website from drab to fab.
Unpacking the Most Effective Job Postings for Talent Attraction: What Works and What Hurts
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Which companies’ job postings really rock? And, which businesses are rolling over to the competition because their advertisements miss the mark? This session will use field-proven examples of exceptional job postings to teach you what works and why, so you’ll know which job posting drafting mistakes to avoid and which to adapt to seize the coveted candidate pool’s attention.
Power Lunch: Panel Discussion(Visit URL to vote on which topics you want to be covered)
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
In the weeks ahead of RecruitCon Road Trip, recruiting pros will vote on an additional topic(s) to discuss. Then, we’ll design a moderated panel discussion around the poll-winning issues. Take the poll here to customize the event to meet your business needs!
How to Make Recruiting Technology Your Ally in the War for Talent
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
How far can you trust technology to do your job? This session will cover everything from automated application systems and video interviews to using artificial intelligence programs to evaluate your job applicants. You’ll leave this session with a clear view of what technology can do for you and what it can’t, plus recommendations for tech that will work for your particular situation.
Networking Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Perfecting Your Candidate Communication Strategy: Influencing Skills to Maximize Your Recruitment Efforts
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
HRCI business credit pending
Are your communications with prospective and current candidates strategically influencing them to stay in your talent pipeline? In today’s competitive race for talent, recruiters and HR must learn to think like marketers and build out a comprehensive strategy that’s designed to influence prospective candidates to respond to your call to action. This session will cover how to craft a strategic communications plan for reaching and positively influencing prospective candidates using your employment brand and other factors. You’ll also learn metrics for measuring the success of recruitment communication strategies you use to connect with candidates.
Happy Hour Hack: Mix, Mingle, and Tackle Your Most Pressing Technical Recruiting Challenges with Top Sourcing Pros
4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Get up close and personal with some of the country’s top sourcing pros who will reveal their best-kept secrets for overcoming your specific sourcing challenges. Grab a drink and some snacks and head to a hi-top table in the Candidate Attraction Lounge where our sourcing pros will walk you through how to divide and conquer sourcing challenges using the latest technology that applies to LinkedIn, Facebook, career sites, and more!
--------------------------------------------------------
ST Road Trip Speakers: San Francisco
--------------------------------------------------------
Joel ChessmanJoel Chessman
Founder
Ratedly
Joel Cheesman has over 20 years’ experience in the online recruitment space. He has worked for both international and local job boards in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s. In 2005, Joel founded HRSEO, a search engine marketing company for HR, as well as launching an award-winning industry blog called Cheezhead. He has been featured in Fast Company and US News and World Report. He sold his company in 2009 to Jobing.com and is a guest blogger for ERE Media. He is the founder of Ratedly, an app that monitors anonymous employee reviews.
James EllisJames Ellis
Host of The Talent Cast podcast
TheTalentCast.com
JamesEllis.us
@TheWarForTalent
James Ellis runs The Talent Cast podcast where he can be found doing deep dives of all things employer brand and recruitment marketing. He has years of experience helping companies of every size get smarter about their inbound recruiting to find and attract the best talent.
Cathy GrayCatherine Moreton Gray, JD
Senior Managing Editor for Human Resources and Compensation
BLR
Catherine Moreton Gray, JD, is Senior Managing Editor for Human Resources and Compensation. Cathy has over 20 years combined experience in HR management and as a management-side labor and employment attorney. Her HR experience includes recruiting, employee relations and communications, affirmative action and compensation. As an attorney, she regularly counseled employers on issues such as complying with federal and state wage and hour laws, accommodating employees with disabilities, complying with federal and state laws requiring paid sick leave and family and medical leave, and union avoidance and labor relations. She represented employers in government audits, before administrative agencies, and in federal and state courts on matters including discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, affirmative action compliance, unfair labor practices and wage and hour violations.
Cathy has also written articles on developing employment law issues and developed and presented training for clients. She received her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut and before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Jer LanghansJer Langhans
Co-Founder & Principal Growth Hacker
Paired Sourcing
Jer Langhans has over 15 years sourcing experience at companies like Cisco, Microsoft, EA, Disney, Starbucks, and Expedia. Most recently, he launched Hired in Seattle and sits on the Advisory Boards of startups. He is the former president of the Northwest Recruiters Association and was written up in Forbes magazine for his talent attraction strategies.
Melissa SimpsonMelissa Simpson
Talent Acquisition Manager
Whole Foods Market
Melissa Simpson, the talent acquisition manager for Whole Foods Market, which was named to Fortune's 100 Best lists of companies for 2020 and designated as a talent magnet company by Oracle and the Talent Strategy Institute in 2020, recruits for positions from entry level to executive level and IT. As a talent acquisition manager in both, retail and non-retail environments, she specializes in leading recruiting teams, creating a partnership between hiring managers and recruiters, improving the candidate experience, developing hiring programs to ensure they are diverse, and utilizing the latest and greatest innovative recruiting tools. Over the course of her career, Melissa has saved an organization over $200K in staffing cost, revamping an entire organizations employment brand/career page and completing her second master’s degree in human resource management.
James TempleJames Temple
Paired Sourcing Co-Founder & Intent Discovery Engineer
Paired Sourcing
James Temple earned his industry stripes over the past 15 years. As a consultant, he has focused on strategic sourcing for various companies like Microsoft and T-Mobile. He enjoys providing learning opportunities to sourcing professionals as a Board member of the Sourcing 7.
James TempleMark Tortorici
Founder & Training Expert
Transform Talent Acquisition
Mark Tortorici is an expert technical sourcer and recruiter. Since 1997, he has trained thousands of staffing professionals including those at Google, Apple, Facebook, Disney, Pinterest, Twitter, Nvidia, eBay, Yahoo, AppNexus and many other companies. He has worked in both corporate & agency roles and has also managed staffing teams with great success.
As the founder of Transform Talent Acquisition, Mark trains in every aspect of the staffing process. He is known for his sourcing methods, ability to turn technical requisitions into sourcing strategies, and easy to understand teaching methods. He is also a big believer in research, learning, and technology when it comes to sourcing and recruiting.
Elena ValentineElena Valentine
CEO
Skill Scout Inc.
Elena Valentine, CEO of Skill Scout, is passionate about bringing company and candidates’ stories to life as a way to make meaningful hiring connections. She believes that empathy is the foundation for change. And, that clear communication and storytelling is key to making that change stick. With Skill Scout, she and her co-founder Abby Cheesman are particularly passionate about highlighting industries like manufacturing while simultaneously surfacing the talent of quality candidates often overlooked.
Please contact the event manager Marilyn below for the following:
- Discounts for registering 5 or more participants.
- If your company requires a price quotation.
Event Manager Contact: marilyn.b.turner(at)nyeventslist.com
You can also contact us if you require a visa invitation letter, after ticket purchase.
We can also provide a certificate of completion of this event if required.
NO REFUNDS ALLOWED ON REGISTRATIONS
-----------------------------------------------------------------
This Event Listing is Promoted by
New York Media Technologies LLC in association
with Business & Legal Resources.
http://www.NyEventsList.com
http://www.BostonEventsList.com
http://www.SFBayEventsList.com
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