A Short but Informative Newsletter Covering These Topics:
• Dot Jobs Meeting—IAEWS will attend: if you have questions, send them in today
• Register Now for the Spring Member Congress—an agenda you can’t afford to miss
• 2010 Board of Governors Election—results announced
Dot Jobs (.jobs) Meeting
As has been reported by ERE and the blogosphere, DirectEmployers has convened a meeting to explain the goals of its .jobs initiative. The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2010 in Indianapolis. IAEWS Executive Director Peter Weddle was invited and plans to attend.
No formal agenda has been announced for the meeting, but representatives of Employ Media, the company which holds of the .jobs charter, will be present.
A number of IAEWS Members have expressed concern about the new initiative. The issues range from Employ Media and SHRM’s departure from their original representation that the .jobs extension would be sold only to employers and only for their own recruiting efforts to the impact of flooding an industry that is already highly fragmented with thousands of new sites.
If you have one or more questions that you would like the Executive Director to pose at the meeting, please email it to director@employmentwebsites.org by COB today. (We apologize for the short notice, but the storms that roared through Connecticut yesterday left us without power or Internet access for over a day.)
Peter will provide a full report on the meeting to the membership in next week’s newsletter.
IAEWS Spring Member Congress Agenda
As reported in last week’s newsletter, the Association will hold two Member Congresses this year. They are:
• The Spring Member Congress on March 15, 2010 in San Diego, CA.
• The Fall Member Congress on October 25, 2010 in Hollywood, FL.
Both events will immediately precede ERE Conferences and be held in the same venues.
The Agenda
The agenda for the Spring Member Congress is almost in final form. To date, here’s what we have:
Keynote: Talent Trends in 2010—What Do They Mean for Our Industry?
Kevin Wheeler, Founder-Future of Talent Institute
Keeping Sales Force Morale Up in a Down Economy
Terry Baker, Chief Revenue Officer-Adicio, Inc.
Round Robin: Interact with your peers on key business issues
Discussion Leader: Matt Hoffner, President-Jobg8.com US
Pumping Up Conversions With Stronger Site Design
Lee Marc: President-eDirect Publishing, Inc.
Future of the Industry Committee
Preliminary results from its 2010 survey of employers
Member Cocktail Reception
Where the real work gets done
Our Chair is Constance Melrose, Managing Director-eFinancialCareers.com, a Dice Holdings, Inc. company.
Networking and registration will begin at noon on Monday, March 15th; the program begins at 1:00 PM. Be on time so you have a chance to catch up with your peers.
Registration
This is the first conference in our industry after the … well, the “forgettable” year that was 2009. It is a must-attend event that’s loaded with information, insights and informal peer-to-peer discussions.
Registration is just $235 per delegate. And, if you register for both Congresses before March 14, 2010, you save $50.
To register, simply visit https://www.jobtarget.com/site/1765/register.cfm. We thank IAEWS Member JobTarget OneClick for developing the online registration functionality. If you have any questions, please call Peter Weddle at 203.964.1888.
Other Useful Information
IAEWS Sponsorships & Inserts.
IAEWS advertising is a unique way to build your organization’s brand, establish its leadership in the industry and increase sales. The following sponsorships and promotional opportunities are available:
• Gold (covers both Congresses)
• Silver (covers both Congresses)
• Keynote
• Coffee Break
• Lanyard
• Streaming Video: SOLD—Boxwood
• Delegate Packet Insert
For information on pricing, please contact Peter Weddle at 203.964.1888 or director@employmentwebsites.org.
Hotel Reservations.
To make reservations, please visit this link <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sandt-san-diego-marriott-hotel-and-marina/?toDate=&groupCode=ereerei&fromDate=&app=resvlink> or call the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina at (800) 228-9290 and identify yourself as an attendee of ERE Sourcecon. Conference attendees will receive the discounted rate of $229.00 per night for a standard room, single occupancy. Additional occupants will be charged at $20 per person, per night. The room rate is subject to applicable taxes, totaling 12.5%.
The $229.00 room rate expires on February 19, 2010, so don’t delay, rooms at this rate are limited!
ERE Sponsorships.
The exhibit hall for the ERE conference is full, but there are still a number of sponsorships available for the conference. They are:
• Welcome Reception
• Networking Reception
• Day 1 Networking Lunch
• Coffee Break(s)
• Ice Cream Social
• Twitter
• Cyber Café
• Gold level branding sponsorship – signage only
Please contact Amy Berry, ERE’s Conference Coordinator, at (212) 671-1181 ext. 813 or amy@ere.net for details.
2010 Board of Governors Election Results
The Association is pleased to announce the following results of its election for the 2010 Board of Governors:
- John Bell, CEO-Boxwood
- Ethan Bloomfield, VP-JobTarget OneClick
- Ted Daywalt, CEO-VetJobs
- Aaron Matos, CEO-Jobing
- Constance Melrose, MD-eFinancialCareers.com
- Shelly Mudd, TopUSAJobs
- Don Ramer, CEO-Arbita
The election generated the highest vote total in our history, and we extend our sincere thanks to everyone who stood for election and cast a ballot.
The IAEWS is committed to serving its Members, and the Board of Governors is your Association’s leadership. If you have a suggestion or concern, please reach out to any member of the Board so that it may be properly addressed. Their contact information is in the Member Directory.
What Accompanied the Ballots?
Accompanying the Board of Governors ballot was your organization’s dues statement for 2010. The Association works all year long on your behalf—as you can see above, we’re already working on the 2010 Congresses—so please, pay your dues as soon as you can. And for those who have already made their payment, please accept our thanks.
Your IAEWS Member Benefits
Your Membership Logo Means Something
One of the key benefits you receive as an IAEWS Member is the opportunity to display the Association’s Member icon on your site and in your promotional literature. Both the media and our customers in HR and among job seekers increasingly recognize the icon and regard it as the “Good Housekeeping seal of approval” when shopping for a job board. So, make sure your site gets the distinction it deserves. Post the IAEWS logo today.
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