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Recruiting Trends Conference 2013 Speakers

In the conference biz they’re known as speakers, but we call them stars because they are among the brightest in the industry. No matter what you call them, we want to call attention to them. Recruiting Trends Conference 2013 features an incredible lineup of online recruitment thought leaders, sourcing experts, and corporate recruiters from all-size organizations – Fortune 500 firms to brilliantly staffed small companies. Attend this year’s event and learn from the best as they share the latest trends, leading-edge best practices, and recruiting secrets. Find out what works, and how to apply it to your recruiting environment, so you too can shine.

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Conference Emcee
Jason Warner, Conference Emcee,
Jason Warner draws from two decades of recruiting and executive leadership experience at some of the world’s most noteworthy, fast-growing companies. A Corporate Recruiting and Talent Management... read more
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Keynote Presenter
Lars Schmidt, Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition & Innovation, NPR
Lars Schmidt is the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition & Innovation at NPR where he is responsible for providing leadership and advocacy for talent acquisition strategies that align with... read more
China Gorman
For more than 25 years, China has held strategic business leadership roles in the human capital management sector. Currently CEO of the CMG Group, a consultancy supporting... read more
Angela Hills, Executive Vice President with Pinstripe, Inc., the nation’s leading pure-play recruitment process outsourcing firm, is the head of Pinstripe’s talent management and acquisition services for clients in... read more
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Linda Brenner, Managing Director, Designs on Talent, LLC
Linda started Designs On Talent with the vision of helping HR leaders drive faster and better results in talent acquisition and talent management. The firm is known... read more
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Barbara Bruno, President, Good as Gold Training, HRSearch
Barbara Bruno, CPC, CTS is one of the leading Recruiting, Sales, Management, Motivational and Internationally Renowned Training Professionals today with thirty years of speaking experience. She has... read more
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Jim D’Amico, Sr. Manager Global Staffing/HR Business Partner Global Operations, BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Jim has nearly 20 years of experience in talent acquisition and HR. The first half of his career focused on third party recruiting, including building a successful... read more
Phillip Dana
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Philip Dana, Sr Mgr, Talent Acquisition, Life Technologies
Philip Dana, Senior Manager Talent Acquisition for Life Technologies, a $3.7 billion global biotechnology company, specializes in identifying, assessing, and selecting premier talent. Dana, served his country... read more
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Geoffrey Dubiski, Chief Talent Officer, Sumner Grace
With 20 years in HR functions, Geoff’s experience spans public and private sector work with MCAD, an executive compensation consultant with Towers Perrin and an operational executive... read more
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Andrew Gadomski, Chief Advisor and Founder, Aspen Advisors
Andrew is the Chief Advisor and Founder of Aspen Advisors. A truly unique efficiency consultancy firm, Aspen is the first organization to focus purely on talent strategy... read more
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In her current role as a Recruitment Product Consultant, Jill works with recruiting teams to improve engagement and create more efficient work flows through LinkedIn’s recruitment products... read more
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Julia Gometz, Founder, The Brandful® Workforce
Julia Gometz is a global thought leader and practitioner in people strategy. Her focus is “How can employees best contribute to bottom-line business results?” She recently founded... read more
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Platinum Session Presenter
Maren Hogan, CMO, Red Branch Media
Maren Hogan is a seasoned marketer and community builder in the HR and Recruiting industry. She leads Red Branch Media, a consultancy offering marketing strategy and content... read more
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Conni LaDouceur, President, Chief Sourcing Strategist and Trainer, ExecuQuest Corporation
Conni LaDouceur, Founder and Chief Sourcing Strategist of ExecuQuest Corp., delivers unsurpassed ROI for recruiting solutions via research, sourcing, training and consulting to companies and executive search... read more
Ben Gotkin
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Ben Gotkin, Former Director of Talent Acquisition, Marriott International
Ben Gotkin draws from over 18 years of recruiting experience in tactical and strategic leadership roles at organizations including Marriott International, McGladrey, The MITRE Corporation, Intelsat and... read more
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Susan Strayer LaMotte, Founder, exaqueo
Susan Strayer LaMotte, SPHR is the Founder of exaqueo, a workforce consultancy. Susan has worked and consulted with start-ups, high-growth and mature companies around the world. She... read more
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Steve Lowisz, Author, Educator & Speaker, SteveLowisz.com
With nearly two decades of experience in the recruitment industry, Steve Lowisz is a highly regarded educator and speaker on all that pertains to talent. Steve’s trusted... read more
Chris Murdock
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Chris Murdock, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, IQTalent Partners
Chris Murdock is the Co-Founder and Senior Partner of IQTalent Partners. Chris has over 12 years of executive recruiting experience and leads search execution and client relationships... read more
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August Nielsen, HR, Veterans United Home Loans
August Nielsen is the human resources director for Veterans United Home Loans, and is responsible for hiring over 1,000 employees in the past five years for a... read more
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Elaine Orler, President and Co-Founder , Talent Function
Elaine Orler president and co-founder of Talent Function Group and chairman of the Talent Board, founding organization of the Candidate Experience Awards, has been involved in developing and... read more
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Kevin L. Preston, Director of Veterans Affairs, The Walt Disney Company/ESPN
Kevin Preston is a Retired US Army Colonel with 28 years in the United States Military. He is employed by The Walt Disney Company/ESPN as the Director... read more
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Dan Piontkowski, Veteran Staffing Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Dan Piontkowski is the Veteran Staffing Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard (HP). He leads the efforts focused on hiring and retaining our nation’s military veterans into meaningful careers... read more
Les Rosen
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Lester Rosen, President , Employment Screening Resources
Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law and President of Employment Screening Resources (www.ESRcheck.com ), a national background screening company located in California. ESR is an accredited... read more
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Shally Steckerl, CyberSleuth, 4SCT
Shally Steckerl is a globally recognized recruiting thought leader who over the last 15 years has helped build sourcing organizations for companies like Microsoft, Google, Coca Cola,... read more
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Laura Stoker, Executive Director of Global Training, AIRS
As an experienced research expert with over 15 years of experience, Laura serves as AIRS Executive Director of Global Training. She leads AIRS sourcing research and course... read more
Justin Thorp
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Justin Thorpe, Director of Community, Tech Cocktail
I’m the Director of Community for Tech Cocktail, based in Las Vegas, NV.  I coordinate with our ambassadors on the ground, across the Tech Cocktail network, that... read more
Peter Weddle
TrendSetters Emcee

Peter Weddle, CEO, WEDDLE’s Research & Publications
Peter Weddle has been the CEO of three HR consulting companies, a Partner in the Hay Group and the recipient of a Federal award for leadership-related research. Described... read more


RECRUITING TRENDS CONFERENCE 2013
Planet Hollywood - Las Vegas
October 22-25, 2013
Oct. 24-25 Exhibitors