I have received multiple requests from you for the link… So here are the pictures from the Direct Employers Conference… just click here.
Thank you to Direct Employers for putting on such a great conference. Great new information, meaningful collaboration, and just a great time!
BTW, if anyone would prefer that your pictures not be posted, please just email me (jwestover@enticelabs.com) and I will remove them.

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Don Tapscott, author of “Grown Up Digital” talks about the “net generation” and how to recruit them. He dives into how technology has shaped the way they think and work. Attracting and motivating this group of people is crucial in staying ahead of the competition. Learning what motivates them and the environments they excel  in enables innovative and proactive companies to attract and retain them.
“Money is number 4. Their first job out of university they want to learn, they want to have fun and to do interesting and meaningful work.” …

Countercyclical Hiring: Why now is the best time for top talent acquisition. Industry expert John Sullivan talks about how the current economy has provided a confluence of factors that, if leveraged, can improve your talent pool exponentially. Most companies are doing less recruiting and hiring, creating an opportunity to be capitalized on by strategic thinkers.
“Being strategic always requires some degree of unconventional thinking. If you are a corporate recruiting manager and you are looking for an opportunity to have a strategic impact, you need to understand why today is literally …

Direct Employers Association, the non-profit organization of top US employers dedicated to best practices in HR, presents TalentSeekr as the newest advancement in employer branding and recruitment advertising. Chad Sowash of Direct Employers Association, with panelist practitioners with direct experience with TalentSeekr will explain how you can leverage new technology to produce unprecedented results. Come and see how you can:
*Target and engage the passive candidates
*Improve employment branding
*Cut costs and save time
Stay ahead of your competition in attracting top talent. Don’t miss this webinar.
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KellyOCG, one of our clients, was just awarded the Number 2 spot on the HRO Today Bakers Dozen list. Moving up the list from 2008 is being attributed to an effort to “evolve our business model utilizing LEAN principles.” Doing more with less seems to be a universal theme in the current environment of recruiting. Our own Josh Westover is quoted in the article.
“KellyOCG’s presence on the HRO Today Bakers Dozen list is no surprise based on their continued focus and success on talent acquisition and the effective use of …

Adidas, one of our satisfied clients, just announced launching a new careers site. Understanding the need for engaging candidates on the site, successfully enough to take them through to application, is part of this move. Communicating brand identity is the other focus. Both are crucial to successful recruiting. Bravo adidas!
“Our hope is that a top candidate who may have browsed the site and then left without action in the past is compelled and inspired now to apply. No matter how great your brand positioning is, your candidates won’t come back …

When economic hardship rears its ugly head, recruiting is among the first department to get squeezed.  Recruiting professionals are expected to face tougher and tougher challenges with fewer and fewer resources, but Industry Expert Lou Adler is hosting a free webinar to help you do just that.  You can read more and register here. The basics are:

Do More With Less! The shift is on to Web 3.0, and TalentSeekr is leading the way. Imagine changing your sourcing channels on the fly automatically to maximize talent quality while minimizing your advertising budget.
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Kevin Wheeler gives his advice on what top recruiters need to be doing to evolve with the times and stay effective. Pretty awesome with a strong position on moving online.
“Tomorrow belongs to recruiters who embrace such emerging practices as social networking, video interviewing, online assessment, and candidate relationship management. Recruiters experimenting with virtual communities and with building online relationships already have a advantage over the recruiter who is tied to geography and to face-to face meetings.” -Kevin Wheeler
See the full article here
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This article talks about how to approach recruiting in a way that might better attract top talent. The current method of accepting resumes, filing them in a black hole and “promising” a phone call is what everyone deals with. But Hank Stringer says
“…Will this work in a market where there is not enough talent?”
Find the full article here.