A Short but Jam-Packed Newsletter Covering These Topics:
• Final Program Announced—You won’t want to miss this year’s Annual Member Congress.
• Your IAEWS Member Benefits—Your Member Working Groups work for you.
Final Congress Program Announced
The program for our IAEWS Annual Member Congress on September 9th is now final. Erik Sorenson, CEO of Vault, is our Congress Chairperson. He will orchestrate a wide-ranging and information rich slate of presentations and discussions with a singular focus: helping your organization be more successful in the online employment services industry.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
KeyNote—Are You Who You Think You Are: Effective Online Reputation Management
Shannon Seery Gude, VP-Digital Bernard Hodes Group
Creating Sales Champions
Dave Mattson, CEO Sandler Systems, Inc.
Getting More Ink: How to Communicate with Journalists & the Media
Gary Rubin, Chief Media Officer SHRM
Panel—Recruitment Ad Agencies: Why Work With Them & How to Do So Effectively
Bernard Hodes Group, Shaker Advertising & Communications, NAS Recruitment Communications
Social Media in Recruitment: Hype, Threat or Something Else?
Chris Forman, CEO AIRS
Emerging Business Opportunities & Challenges
A Report by the IAEWS Future of the Industry Committee
Member Round Robin
Session Leader: Peter Tuttle, CEO JobServe USA
Topic I: Are job boards perceived as out-of-date and if so, what should we as an industry do about it?
Discussion Leader: Ethan Bloomfield, VP-Marketing JobTarget OneClick
Topic II: Are job postings becoming commoditized and if so, what are you doing about it?
Discussion Leader: Steve Purello, CEO 6FigureJobs.com
Taking Care of Business Afterwards: Joint IAEWS-ERE Cocktail Reception
Registration for the Congress starts at 7:30 AM and the program begins at 9:00 AM, so plan to arrive the day before, on September 8th. We won’t be serving breakfast, but we will have a midmorning coffee break with snacks, a box lunch, and a mid-afternoon coffee break with snacks.
Basically, it’s an all-day event and one you won’t want to miss. So, now’s the time to register. Don’t wait for the fall to arrive—the Congress is in the first week of September. Reserve your seat right away!
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.
We would also like to thank our Congress sponsors: Our Gold Sponsors for the event are Arbita and Dice. Our Silver Sponsors are juju and TopUSAJobs. Our Round Robin Sponsor is Bernard Hodes Group. Our Streaming Video Sponsor is Boxwood. Our Lunch Co-Sponsors are Get It, LLC and ResumeEdge. And our Lanyard Sponsor is VetJobs. We thank all of these organizations for their support.
Additional Congress sponsorships are still available and cover both our Annual Member Congress and our Global Congress. For additional information, please contact Executive Director, Peter Weddle, at 203.964.1888 or director@employmentwebsites.org.
Logistics & Deadlines
The Congress will be held at the world-class conference facilities of The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa located at 3555 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, FL. They are offering some amazing rates for Congress attendees, but the good deals end on August 19, 2009.
The hotel is offering single and double rooms for just $189 per night, plus tax. Additional persons will be charged $25.00 per person, per night. To reserve your room, please call 888.627.9057 or visit http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=0807080866&key=79173.
In addition, our conference partner, ERE, is offering a special 20% discount for IAEWS Members who decide to stay on and attend the ERE Conference that immediately follows our Congress. Just use customer code: FL09IWS.
Your IAEWS Member Benefits
Remember Your Member Working Groups
This is just a reminder that the IAEWS currently supports three Member Working Groups. They are:
• The Working Group on Customer Privacy & Security, chaired by Carl Braun, Cross-Post. This group is exploring possible defenses against hacking, malware and other attacks that disrupt business operations and/or threaten customer identity and privacy.
• The Working Group on the OFCCP, co-chaired by Ted Daywalt, VetJobs, and Hope Gurion, CareerBuilder.com. This group is working with the Department of Labor and the U.S. Congress (through the American Society of Association Executives) to redress the onerous data collection and storage requirements promulgated by this agency for online resume database searching.
• The Working Group on Sourcing Problems with Applicant Tracking Systems, chaired by Jason Whitman, Indeed. This group is dealing with the inaccurate identification of candidate sources provided by the vast majority of today’s applicant tracking systems, a situation that undermines customer confidence in our industry and misdirects customer investments in recruiting.
These groups look for strategies and initiatives that leverage the collective strength of the Association and its membership. They are open to all Members and meet (usually by teleconference) at the discretion of the participants and the group’s chair. If you would like more information about any of the groups or would like to join one, please contact the appropriate chairperson. Contact information is in your Member Directory.
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