Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) September 17, 2012 — “We’re excited to announce the second annual Recruiting Awards program. Our awards are unique due to their multi-faceted nomination and voting process that emphasize the voices of practicing recruiting and HR experts.” said Jason Buss, himself a senior Talent Management Leader, editor and author of TalentHQ.com and the organizer of The 2012 Recruiting Awards.”

Awards 
Three awards will comprise the 2012 Recruiting Awards: Talent Hunter, Recruiting Innovation and Recruiting Organization. The nomination process started September 12, 2012 and will continue until September 21, 2012 at which time the crowdsourced judging will commence. The inaugural awards will be presented on October 15, 2012 at The Recruiting Conference in Las Vegas.

Selection process 
Winners will be selected via three phases of judging. A crowdsourcing component, a panel of recruiting practitioner judges and finally, the conference attendees.

Prizes 
Winners of the Talent Hunter and Recruiting Innovation Awards will receive an Apple iPad 3 and The Recruiting Organization team will share a $500 gift card for a team celebration. Winners in each of the three categories will also receive a trophy.

The 2012 Recruiting Awards was made possible by TalentHQ and our sponsors: LinkedIn, Checkster, and Recruiting Trends.

Press contacts can reach Jason Buss for more information at jason(at)recruitingawards(dot)com.

About TalentHQ 

About Talent HQ: Talent HQ is a one-of-a-kind online advice and news website and 75,000 member professional community for the Recruiting and Human Resources industry. Formerly TheTalentBuzz.com, Talent HQ was named in 2011 as a “Top 50 Recruiting Blog” from HCI and managing editor Jason Buss was named HR Examiner’s #1 Most Influential Online Recruiter”. http://www.talenthq.com/

About Checkster 

Checkster is the leading Talent Assessment vendor leveraging Collective Intelligence. It provides organizations with cloud computing solutions to recognize and grow talent, with the help of colleagues’ feedback. Checkster’s products range from reference checkup to 360 feedback tools: The Reference Check 2.0 process, which assesses talent pre-hire by upgrading the traditional telephone reference check, to the new process of 360 Checkup, which provides developmental feedback to employees. http://checkster.com/web/home.php

About LinkedIn 

Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from member subscriptions, marketing solutions and hiring solutions. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn also has offices across North America, as well as throughout Europe, Asia and Australia. http://www.linkedin.com/

About Recruiting Trends 

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. In April of 2006, it went online as RecruitingTrends.com, supplemented by a biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin. Recruiting Trends reaches senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders at small, medium, large, and global organizations and is the industry source for key decision-makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. http://www.recruitingtrends.com

About HR.com 

HR.com is in business to help build great companies by connecting them to the knowledge and resources they need to effectively manage the people side of business. As the global authority, we deliver HR Best Practices to help organizations build great companies through community, collaboration, research, shared best practices, and measurements. Our community of over 200,000 professionals worldwide cooperate and network with each other in mastering the Art of HR. They in turn help their companies maintain current and successful HR programs and processes while fostering great work environments but keeping compliant to avoid expensive lawsuits and legal actions. http://www.hr.com/ 

About SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors, an SAP Company, is the leading provider of cloud-based business execution software, and delivers business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions to organizations of all sizes across more than 60 industries. http://www.successfactors.com/

Peterborough, NH – September 5, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, offers four days of learning at its fall conference, the Recruiting Trends Conference, which takes place Oct.14-17 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

Pre-conference workshops the morning of Oct. 14 focus on employer branding, recruiter education, and metrics and analytics.

Conference attendees then have the opportunity to discover new recruiting technologies and developments to enhance recruiting performance on the afternoon of Oct. 14 when the conference officially kicks off with TrendSetters™, a fast-paced and extraordinarily engaging one-of-a kind learning opportunity.

TrendSetters is followed by two full days of learning, with must-have information for recruiters and talent management professionals of every experience level. Sessions cover basic recruiting; talent acquisition leadership; social media in recruiting; the right metrics; employer branding; and quality of hire.

The unique conference format encourages participation, allowing attendees to obtain the answers they seek.

The first full day features a talk-show format, where presenters, who are among the best in the business, share their knowledge and interact with the audience. The following day, attendees choose who, from among these thought leaders and top recruiters they wish to learn more, and meet with them in workshops and consultative sessions.

The conference concludes with the Sourcing Summit, a day where master sourcers share the latest techniques in candidate sourcing.

The Recruiting Trends Conference has been designed – and priced – to accommodate customization. Attendees can choose a conference pass that meets their needs – platinum, gold or silver. Special group rates are also available.

“This year’s Recruiting Trends Conference truly has something for everyone – and quite a lot for most people. We look forward to sharing our action-packed agenda and leading-edge content with the recruitment community next month,” says Anna Brekka, senior director of Recruiting Trends.

About Recruiting Trends

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. RecruitingTrends.com and its companion biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin, reach senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders within small, medium, and global enterprises and are the industry sources for key decision makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. Recruiting Trends features articles and research that explore current and future trends, share leading-edge best practices, identify tactical recruiting expertise, and offer industry insight.

Recruiting Trends also hosts Recruiting Trends Best Practice Webinars featuring panel discussions by today’s recruiting experts on relevant and timely sourcing, recruiting, and on-boarding topics. In addition, Recruiting Trends holds the Recruiting Trends Conference and other live events.

Recruiting Trends: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @recruitingtrend

About Recruiting Trends Conference

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, invites recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals to attend, engage, recruit, and retain. The conference provides an opportunity to explore the latest recruiting trends and sourcing techniques in a highly interactive learning environment. Featuring dynamic speakers and a unique format, the 2012 event takes place at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Oct. 14-17. Additional information is available at the conference website.

Recruiting Trends Conference: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @trc2012

Peterborough, NH – August 22, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, has announced that Glassdoor, TheLadders, and iMeet are Platinum sponsors of the Recruiting Trends Conference, which takes place Oct.14-17 in Las Vegas.

Glassdoor is the largest online career community, offering an inside look at companies and access to millions of job listings. Glassdoor helps employees, job seekers, employers, and recruiters find and share salary, ratings, reviews, and interview information for more than 150,000 companies.

TheLadders is the most comprehensive job-matching service for career-driven professionals. With more than five million members, TheLadders has been committed to finding the right person for the right job since 2003. With a unique suite of personalized products and resume services, this career-focused online service helps job seekers connect with employers and recruiters more effectively and efficiently.

iMeet is a personal video meeting room online that empowers recruiters to accelerate the hiring cycle with next-generation video interviews that enrich the candidate experience. iMeet comes from PGi, a global leader in virtual meetings, delivering multi-point, real-time, cloud-based virtual collaboration using video, voice, and file sharing technologies.

Other event supporters include Gold sponsor SkillSurvey, inventor of Web 2.0 reference-checking solutions that increase recruiting efficiency and improve quality-of-hire, and Lanyard sponsor VetJobs, the leading military related job board on the Internet.

Silver sponsors include Qualigence, a company that combines quality and intelligence to elevate recruiting results through in-depth recruitment research; KellyOCG, a global leader in innovative talent management solutions; Universum, the global leader in employer branding; Startwire, America’s #1 job search organizer; and Aspen Advisors, provider of the first set of tools designed specifically for the talent acquisition leader.

CKR Interactive, a recruitment marketing agency delivering comprehensive services to employers, is also a Silver sponsor as well as Bag sponsor; BookWear®, which allows companies to deliver recruitment messages in a novel way that’s remembered, is USB sponsor; and SmartBrief, which delivers a different kind of recruitment service through its network of more than 200 newsletters reaching more than 5 million industry-specific executives and professionals, is Media sponsor.

“Recruiting Trends greatly appreciates the support of these companies, which are all leaders in their fields. Our sponsors help us provide the recruiting community with a leading-edge conference,” says Anna Brekka, senior director of Recruiting Trends.

An event unlike any other, the Recruiting Trends Conference features a talk-show format that encourages audience participation, along with specialized workshops and consultative sessions. This year’s event also features the TrendSetters™ presentation, a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity where attendees will discover new technologies to enhance their recruiting performance. The conference concludes with The Sourcing Summit, a day dedicated to sharing the latest techniques in candidate sourcing.

About Recruiting Trends

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. RecruitingTrends.com and its companion biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin, reach senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders within small, medium, and global enterprises and are the industry sources for key decision makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. Recruiting Trends features articles and research that explore current and future trends, share leading-edge best practices, identify tactical recruiting expertise, and offer industry insight.

Recruiting Trends also hosts Recruiting Trends Best Practice Webinars featuring panel discussions by today’s recruiting experts on relevant and timely sourcing, recruiting, and on-boarding topics. In addition, Recruiting Trends holds the Recruiting Trends Conference and other live events.

Recruiting Trends: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @recruitingtrend

About Recruiting Trends Conference

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, invites recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals to attend, engage, recruit, and retain. The conference provides an opportunity to explore the latest recruiting trends and sourcing techniques in a highly interactive learning environment. Featuring dynamic speakers and a unique format, the 2012 event takes place at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Oct. 14-17. Additional information is available at the conference website.

Recruiting Trends Conference: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @trc2012

Peterborough, NH – Aug. 8, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, has announced that TrendSetters™ will kick off the Recruiting Trends Conference, which takes place Oct. 14-17 in Las Vegas.

TrendSetters, a fast-paced and extraordinarily engaging one-of-a-kind learning opportunity, shares new technologies and developments that can enhance recruiting performance. The show begins at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 14 with opening remarks by TrendSetters Emcee Peter Weddle, CEO, WEDDLE’s Research & Publications, and Anna Brekka, Senior Director, Recruiting Trends.

The afternoon’s presentations include, among others, “Tapping into Qualified Candidates,” with Doug Hall, vice president, employment brand strategy, Glassdoor; “Recruit Candidates Faster with…Reference-Checking?” with Rob Bennett, director, SkillSurvey; and “Why We Need to Treat Job Seekers Like Customers,” with Chris Forman, CEO, StartWire.

Doug Hall, vice president, employment brand strategy, Glassdoor, helps employers to effectively reach target job candidates through a host of technology-driven products. Most recently, Hall has been a champion of social media based recruiting solutions and has applied his deep expertise in the space to help some of the largest and most innovative companies attract top talent.

Rob Bennett, director, SkillSurvey, has more than 15 years professional experience, primarily focused on human capital management consulting. He provides best practices focusing on finding, developing, and retaining employees, while aligning corporate objectives with talent management strategies.

Chris Forman, CEO, Startwire, has extensive experience in developing online recruitment solutions. Forman launched Startwire in January 2011, and it is currently the largest and fastest growing job application organization site on the Web. In his previous roles as CEO of AIRS and chief development officer of The RightThing, Forman and his team built products that have won every major recruiting technology award and are in use by 70 percent of the Fortune 500.

“Technology has become the mainstay of employee recruitment, but using technology effectively, and tapping into new tools, remains a challenge for many talent management professionals. We are pleased to offer TrendSetters as part of this year’s Recruiting Trends Conference to help attendees become more technologically savvy,” says Anna Brekka, senior director of Recruiting Trends.

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, provides insight into new technologies and so much more. TrendSetters is followed by two full days of knowledge sharing and networking, with sessions focused on today’s most important recruitment and talent management topics in a unique and engaging learning environment. The first day features a talk-show format that encourages audience participation. On the second day, attendees decide who, from among the presenters they wish to learn more, and meet with them in workshops and consultative sessions. The Sourcing Summit, a day dedicated to sharing the latest techniques in candidate sourcing, concludes the conference.

A variety of attendance and pricing options furthers the customized learning experience. Special group rates are available.

About Recruiting Trends

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. RecruitingTrends.com and its companion biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin, reach senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders within small, medium, and global enterprises and are the industry sources for key decision makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. Recruiting Trends features articles and research that explore current and future trends, share leading-edge best practices, identify tactical recruiting expertise, and offer industry insight.

Recruiting Trends also hosts Recruiting Trends Best Practice Webinars featuring panel discussions by today’s recruiting experts on relevant and timely sourcing, recruiting, and on-boarding topics. In addition, Recruiting Trends holds the Recruiting Trends Conference and other live events.
Recruiting Trends: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @recruitingtrend

About Recruiting Trends Conference

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, invites recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals to attend, engage, recruit, and retain. The conference provides an opportunity to explore the latest recruiting trends and sourcing techniques in a highly interactive learning environment. Featuring dynamic speakers and a unique format, the 2012 event takes place at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Oct. 14-17. Additional information is available at the conference website.

Recruiting Trends Conference: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @trc2012

Recruitment Expert Shally Steckerl Headlines October Event

Peterborough, NH – July 25, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, will host a fall Sourcing Summit at the Recruiting Trends Conference, which takes place Oct. 14-17 in Las Vegas.

The Sourcing Summit, a day dedicated to sharing the latest tools, techniques, tips, and tricks in candidate sourcing, takes place Oct. 17.

Globally recognized recruiting leader Shally Steckerl, founder of 4SCT, kicks off the Sourcing Summit with a keynote address, “Boolean Search Is Outdated, Forget About It! The Most Powerful Search Engines Are Ones You Custom-Build for Yourself.”

Steckerl has helped build sourcing organizations for top companies, including Microsoft, Google, Coca-Cola, Cisco, and Motorola. He now advises recruiting leaders at organizations like CH2M Hill, GE, Lockheed, and SourceRight how to successfully embed key sourcing initiatives into their current efforts, improve the performance of their existing sourcing teams, and establish sourcing functions from the ground up.

Passionate about encouraging people to experiment in their search for talent and color outside the lines with audacity, Steckerl is obsessed with sourcing and continuously strives to probe for practical solutions where no one else has looked. As a result, he has gained a reputation for delivering the courage recruiting leaders need to walk the edge to success in today’s over-informed world.

The Sourcing Summit also features presentations by Carmen Hudson, engagement manager, sourcing and social media, Recruiting Toolbox; Shannon Van Curen, trainer and recruiting specialist, AIRS; and Nicole Strecker, managing director, STA Worldwide; among others.

“As online recruiting has evolved, candidate sourcing has become more complex. The Sourcing Summit provides an opportunity to learn about the latest in sourcing from the masters,” says Anna Brekka, senior director of Recruiting Trends.

The Sourcing Summit is available as a standalone event or as part of a Recruiting Trends Conference package.

An event unlike any other, the Recruiting Trends Conference features a talk-show format that encourages audience participation, along with specialized workshops and consultative sessions. This year’s event also features the TrendSetters™ presentation, a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity where attendees will discover new technologies to enhance their recruiting performance. The Sourcing Summit, a day dedicated to sharing the latest techniques in candidate sourcing, concludes the conference.

A variety of attendance and pricing options allows for a customized learning experience. Early bird discounts are available through July 30.

About Recruiting Trends

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. RecruitingTrends.com and its companion biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin, reach senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders within small, medium, and global enterprises and are the industry sources for key decision makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. Recruiting Trends features articles and research that explore current and future trends, share leading-edge best practices, identify tactical recruiting expertise, and offer industry insight.

Recruiting Trends also hosts Recruiting Trends Best Practice Webinars featuring panel discussions by today’s recruiting experts on relevant and timely sourcing, recruiting, and on-boarding topics. In addition, Recruiting Trends holds the Recruiting Trends Conference and other live events.

Recruiting Trends: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @recruitingtrend

About Recruiting Trends Conference

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, invites recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals to attend, engage, recruit, and retain. The conference provides an opportunity to explore the latest recruiting trends and sourcing techniques in a highly interactive learning environment. Featuring dynamic speakers and a unique format, the 2012 event takes place at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Oct. 14-17. Additional information is available at the conference website.

Recruiting Trends Conference: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @trc2012

John Vlastelica and Mark Murphy to Headline Las Vegas Event

Peterborough, NH – June 27, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, has announced that talent management leaders John Vlastelica and Mark Murphy will deliver keynote addresses at the Recruiting Trends Conference, which takes place Oct.14-17 in Las Vegas.

John Vlastelica has 20 years recruiting and HR experience. A former senior director of Global Recruiting for Expedia, he also served as a recruiting director for Amazon.com. Vlastelica now helps companies like Google, Groupon, Nike, Salesforce.com, T-Mobile, World Bank, Edward Jones, REI, Kindercare, PNC, Electronic Arts, and others build and deploy the right recruiting strategies, processes, systems, tools, and training through the consulting firm he founded, Recruiting Toolbox. On Oct. 15, he will share what recruiters need to know to take their recruiting efforts to the next level in “The Keys to Successful Recruiting Leadership.”

Mark Murphy, founder and CEO of Leadership IQ, leads one of the world’s largest studies on goal-setting and leadership. His groundbreaking research has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Businessweek, U.S. News & World Report, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Murphy is the author of the international bestselling book, “Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your People to Give It Their All and They’ll Give You Even More” as well as “Hard Goals,” “The Deadly Sins of Employee Retention,” and “Generation Y and the New Rules of Management.” A respected authority on talent management issues, Murphy has appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning, ABC’s 20/20, Fox Business News, and other programs. On Oct. 16, he will share critical research in a presentation that bears the same name as his most recent book, “Hiring for Attitude.”

“The Recruiting Trends Conference helps companies learn how to find and attract the best talent in order to help them become better companies. As the economy recovers, smart companies are re-investing in talent management,” says RD Whitney, CEO of Recruiting Trends.

An event unlike any other, the Recruiting Trends Conference features a talk-show format that encourages audience participation, along with specialized workshops and consultative sessions. This year’s event also features the TrendSetters™ presentation, a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity where attendees will discover new technologies to enhance their recruiting performance. The conference concludes with The Sourcing Summit, a day dedicated to sharing the latest techniques in candidate sourcing.

“Please join me at the Recruiting Trends Conference 2012 as we explore challenges and trends, technologies, best practices, and tools that will help recruiting professionals win in their jobs – and join your peers, colleagues, and other industry leaders in helping to shape and define this new era in recruiting,” says Jason Warner, master of ceremonies, Recruiting Trends Conference 2012.

About Recruiting Trends

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. RecruitingTrends.com and its companion biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin, reach senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders within small, medium, and global enterprises and are the industry sources for key decision makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. Recruiting Trends features articles and research that explore current and future trends, share leading-edge best practices, identify tactical recruiting expertise, and offer industry insight.

Recruiting Trends also hosts Recruiting Trends Best Practice Webinars featuring panel discussions by today’s recruiting experts on relevant and timely sourcing, recruiting, and on-boarding topics. In addition, Recruiting Trends holds the Recruiting Trends Conference and other live events.

Recruiting Trends: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @recruitingtrend

About Recruiting Trends Conference

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, invites recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals to attend, engage, recruit, and retain. The conference provides an opportunity to explore the latest recruiting trends and sourcing techniques in a highly interactive learning environment. Featuring dynamic speakers and a unique format, the 2012 event takes place at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Oct. 14-17. Additional information is available at the conference website.

Recruiting Trends Conference: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @trc2012

Peterborough, NH – June 13, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, will hold its annual conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 14-17. Formerly known as The Recruiting Conference, the event has been rebranded as the Recruiting Trends Conference to reflect Recruiting Trends’ evolution under new ownership. Recruiting Trends was purchased by private equity firm Greenhaven Partners last November.

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, features a talk-show format that lends itself to dynamic presentations and allows for optimum audience engagement. Day One, recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals participate as audience members while top recruiting industry professionals provide insight into the latest recruiting trends and leading-edge best practices, addressing such diverse and timely topics as talent acquisition leadership, social media in recruiting, the right metrics, employer branding, and more. Attendees then select who, from among the presenters, they wish to learn more and meet with them Day Two in workshops and consultative sessions.

This year’s event also features a pre-conference agenda, which includes the TrendSetters™ presentation, a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity where attendees will discover new technologies to enhance their recruiting performance. The conference concludes with The Sourcing Summit, a day dedicated to exploring the latest techniques in candidate sourcing.

In connection with its rebranding, Recruiting Trends has launched a new conference website where additional details may be found, including exhibitor and sponsor information.

“The new Recruiting Trends Conference builds on a brand with a 42-year history,” says RD Whitney, CEO of Recruiting Trends. “Our new look reflects our commitment to the industry and our plans for growth.”

“This year’s Recruiting Trends Conference has it all – excellent speakers, engaging format, incredible venue, and a lot of interest on the part of sponsors and exhibitors,” says Anna Brekka, Director of Recruiting Trends. “We look forward to a very successful event.”

About Recruiting Trends

Since 1970, Recruiting Trends has been dedicated to serving the recruiting industry. RecruitingTrends.com and its companion biweekly newsletter, Recruiting Trends Bulletin, reach senior-level recruiters and human resource and talent management leaders within small, medium, and global enterprises and are the industry sources for key decision makers and influencers in the profession to read about what’s going on in their world. Recruiting Trends features articles and research that explore current and future trends, share leading-edge best practices, identify tactical recruiting expertise, and offer industry insight.

Recruiting Trends also hosts Recruiting Trends Best Practice Webinars featuring panel discussions by today’s recruiting experts on relevant and timely sourcing, recruiting, and on-boarding topics. In addition, Recruiting Trends holds the Recruiting Trends Conference and other live events.

Recruiting Trends: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @recruitingtrend

About Recruiting Trends Conference

The Recruiting Trends Conference, an event unlike any other, offers recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers, and other recruitment professionals an opportunity to explore the latest recruiting trends and sourcing techniques in a highly-engaging learning environment. Featuring dynamic speakers and a unique format, the 2012 event takes place at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, October 14-17. Additional information is available at the conference website. For conference sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, please contact Beverly Poirier, Director of Sales, Recruiting Trends, 603.925.1160, beverly@recruitingtrends.com.

Recruiting Trends Conference: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter @trc2012

A Corporate Recruiting and Talent Management Leader at Google and Starbucks
Jason has successfully built, scaled, and led large global recruitment and talent management functions during critical growth periods for some of the world’s most recognized fast-growing companies, including Google and Starbucks.

At Google, Jason led the largest Learning, Training and People Development group at Google – for the Sales and Operations group across Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America. During the peak of Google’s growth, he also led recruitment for the Global Online Sales and Operations Group, which was one of the largest global recruiting teams at the company.

Prior to Google, he was the Director of North America Recruiting for Starbucks Coffee Company and was responsible for all hires in North America, the largest business unit at Starbucks, during the highest growth years at Starbucks.

An Entrepreneur in the Recruitment Industry
Jason left corporate America to focus on entrepreneurship with a clear mission: to help organizations recruit better. In early 2011, Jason founded RecruitingDash, a recruitment software company that delivers world class SaaS-based reports, metrics, dashboards and analytics from existing Applicant Tracking Software (ATS). As with other trends in Big Data, RecruitingDash turns the wealth of data in the recruiting ‘supply chain’ into valuable information and insights to improve recruitment efficiency and effectiveness for companies of all sizes.

A Frequent Contributor to the Global Recruitment Community
Jason has shared his expertise, leadership, wit and key career lessons with colleagues by keynoting and being the Master of Ceremonies at some of the world’s largest HR and recruiting conferences including ERE Expo, Kennedy Information’s Recruiting Exposition, SHRM’s Staffing Management Association conferences, the OnRec Exposition and The Recruiting Conference. He has also served as a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, published by ERE Media. Jason is also the past President of the Northwest Recruiters Association, a not-for-profit professional association of recruiting professionals in the Seattle Area.

Additionally, Jason served on the advisory boards of recruitment industry technology start-up companies: Jobster and SnapTalent.com. He is also an angel investor in both Swap.com and Baconsalt.com.

Frequently cited in the recruiting industry, he has also been chronicled in the New York Times on recruiting-related topics, and featured in the National Best Selling book, Mavericks at Work.    His articles can be found at http://www.ere.net/author/jason-warner/.

He graduated cum laude from the University of Washington School of Business with concentrations in Human Resources / Organizational Behavior and Marketing.

Jason and his family live near Seattle, Washington.

Lars has over 14 years of recruiting and human resources experience across a broad range of industries including technology, web, media, non-profit, eCommerce and consulting. He’s a fierce HR advocate with a strong track record in leveraging innovative talent strategies to fuel proactive recruiting efforts and building, developing, and leading progressive teams across a variety of HR disciplines. He’s also the founder of Amplify Talent where he writes and speaks about talent and recruiting trends, social media, leadership, recruiting tools and technology; and the co-host of Career Hangout, a weekly show aimed at helping job seekers and professionals manage their careers. You can follow him on the following platforms: Amplify Talent, Twitter at @ThisIsLars, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Well known for her tenure as Chief Operating Officer and interim CEO of SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management), she also held the posts of President of DBM North America, and President of Lee Hecht Harrison, the global consulting division of Adecco, which became the performance leader in its industry under her leadership.

China has traveled extensively – throughout North America and globally – speaking to business, professional, corporate and academic groups on topics related to the strategic value of HR, culture and engagement, career management and implementing effective people management strategies.

Recently appointed to the Strategic Advisory Councils of RiseSmart (www.risesmart.com) in San Jose, CA and Pinstripe in Brookfield, WI (www.pinstripetalent.com), she also serves as Board Chair for the Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (www.cael.org) and on the board of Jobs for America’s Graduates (www.jag.org), headquartered in Alexandria, VA. A native Midwesterner, China earned a bachelor’s degree from Principia College in Elsah, IL and has completed significant post-graduate work in Organizational Development.