A Short but Informative Newsletter Covering These Topics:
• Time to Be Heard—the comment period for the proposed dot.jobs expansion has begun.
• Planning Starts for Fall Member Congress—get the cheap rooms while you can.
• Nominations for Top 100—ensure your sites are considered for this exclusive ranking.
• Newz You Can Use—new IAEWS Members plus a poser for the Association.
• Your IAEWS Member Benefits—the Members Only area of the IAEWS site.
Time to Be Heard
As reported by John Zappe on ERE, SHRM has opened the public comment period for the proposed expansion of the dot.jobs TLD.
This proposal would expand the prerogative of the charter holder, Employ Media, and allow it to flood the market with “millions” of geocentric and occupation specific sites. (For additional information on this issue, please see past editions of the IAEWS Member newsletter which are archived in the Members Only area of the Association’s site.)
If you have an opinion on the proposal, now is the time to express it. And, if you know of others who have an opinion, make sure that they know about this opportunity to have their say. You might, for example, tell your customers—those employers with which you work—about the plan. Basically, it would create so much clutter in the marketplace that job seekers would likely find it all but impossible to locate their job postings.
Comments may be posted at http://shrm.wufoo.com/forms/jobs-public-comment-page. Also be advised that while such public commentary is typically not conducted anonymously, SHRM has decided that, in this case, it will not reveal the authorship of comments on the site.
Fall Member Congress
The Fall Member Congress will be held on October 26, 2010 (NOT October 25th as previously reported) in Hollywood, FL. It immediately precedes the ERE Fall Expo, so you have a great opportunity to attend two outstanding events in one trip.
ERE has just announced the availability of discounted rooms at the conference hotel, The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa. Rooms are being offered at $289 per night, plus tax.
Given the popularity of these two events, the block of discounted rooms is likely to go fast, so make your reservations now. You can reach the hotel at 888.627.9057. Identify yourself as an attendee at the ERE 2010 Fall Expo.
And, while you’re at it, register for the Fall Member Congress. The online registration portal can be found here: 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.
Sponsorships Available
As always, IAEWS conferences offer your organization a number of ways to build its brand and increase its visibility in our industry. Chief among these is our event sponsorships. The following summarizes what’s been taken and what’s still available at the Fall Member Congress:
Gold Sponsorships:
• Arbita
• ERE Media
Silver Sponsorships:
• TopUSAJobs.com
• One Sponsorship Available
Keynote Sponsorship: JobTarget OneClick
Lanyard Sponsorship: VetJobs
Video Sponsorship: Boxwood
Round Robin Sponsorship: Still Available
In addition, there is still plenty of room to insert a promotional piece in the Delegate packet.
For more information about a sponsorship, please contact the Executive Director, Peter Weddle, at 203.964.1888.
Nominations for Top 100
As many of you know, WEDDLE’s publishes a biannual guide to the online employment industry. Called the “Zagat of online employment” by the American Staffing Association, it is found in virtually every academic and public library in the U.S. and Canada and sold on Amazon.com and in the world’s leading bookstores.
WEDDLE’s is now preparing for its next edition, which will hit bookstore shelves in early 2011. This tenth anniversary edition will feature the Top 100, the editors’ pick of the best employment sites on the Internet. If you would like your site or sites to be considered for this special recognition, please email Peter Weddle for a nomination form.
Each site in the Top 100 is given full page, feature coverage in the Guide and recognized with a special icon that can be displayed online and in print collateral.
Newz You Can Use
New Members of the IAEWS
Please join us in welcoming the following organizations to the Association:
• HR Network S.C.R.L. (Italy)
• Internet Brands (United States)
• Inside Higher Ed (United States)
An IAEWS Poser
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery … but it can also be confusing. Just to set the record straight, the URL for Association’s Web-site is www.EmploymentWebSites.org. The site at www.iaews.us is NOT affiliated with the Association in any way.
Your IAEWS Member Benefits
Take Advantage of the Members Only Area on the IAEWS Site
The IAEWS site offers an array of information and resources for Association Members. Click on the Members Only tab, enter your Member ID and password, and you’ll find:
• The Official IAEWS Member icon. Posting this icon on your site helps to reinforce the quality of your brand and differentiate your site from the riffraff on the Web;
• The Member Newsletter. An archive of the current and past IAEWS newsletters so you can stay abreast of the latest news in our industry and the Association;
• Content from Member Meetings & Congresses. Even if you’re not able to attend these events, this area will give you access to their content;
• Quarterly Research Findings. Tap into data and analysis from WEDDLE’s and the archive of the Association’s Research InSites publication;
• Industry News. Keep an eye on the competition and look for business opportunities by checking out the press releases posted by Association Members;
• Enterprises for Sale. If you’re in the market for an enterprise or want to sell your own, here’s one place to do so that’s a bit more discreet than other public forums.
• Employees in Transition. Post the resumes of those in your organization who have been affected by staff reductions and help them land on their feet.
• Post Your Own Releases. An easy way to send your press release to the IAEWS for posting on its site, which is one of the first places journalists check when writing about our industry; and
• Member Discussion Area. Join an ongoing conversation among your peers or start your own.
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