Tony Lee, Chief Alliance Officer and EVP of Adicio Inc., to Speak at Onrec Online Recruiting EXPO 2009 November, 3-4 in Chicago

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(CHICAGO, Ill. – June 2009) Tony Lee, Chief Alliance Officer and EVP of Adicio Inc., will be speaking at the Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009, to be held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, in Chicago, on November 3 & 4, 2009. Onrec.com EXPO 2009 is widely regarded as the “must attend” online recruitment event of 2009.

Onrec.com is the world’s leading information resource for Human Resource professionals and recruiters using the Internet to recruit. Onrec.com EXPO 2009 is the only global gathering of online recruiting leaders and game-changing technologies. For more information about Onrec.com EXPO 2009 visit: http://www.onrec.com/conferences/031109/default.html

Running off of last year’s success, Onrec.com EXPO 2009 will bring together delegates and exhibitors involved in online recruitment from around the world to share their common interests, provide a business driven networking environment and stimulate discussion, debate, and beneficial partnerships.

Lee’s extensive knowledge of the web and his leadership background will provide a great opportunity to those who attend Onrec EXPO 2009, in which he will be among over 40 expert speakers in attendance.

Session Topic:

Revenue Building Ideas for Employment Web Sites

Session Description:

Employment web sites around the globe are reinventing themselves in order to thrive in today's competitive marketplace. Those who want to stay in the lead are forging new revenue streams, beefing up their web offerings and using search, blogs, social and partner networks, and more. Join Tony Lee, Chief Alliance Officer of Adicio, publisher of CarerCast.com and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Online Vertical Network, as he shares best practices for new mediums, technology and alliances that job boards are utilizing to gain a competitive advantage.

Speaker Bio:

Tony Lee is Chief Alliance Officer and Executive Vice President of Adicio Inc., the Internet’s leading developer of Web-based classified-advertising solutions, as well Publisher of CareerCast.com and JobsRated.com, two leading websites for job hunters. Lee oversees Adicio’s Network Operations, which includes the Adicio National and Regional Networks and Cross-Posting Network, and Adicio’s alliance with Monster.com. He’s also responsible for managing Adicio’s marketing and strategic consulting efforts and its Best Practices workshops. Lee also focuses on identifying and establishing relationships with providers of services, advertising and content that can be leveraged to help Adicio clients enhance their product offerings and boost revenue generation.

Lee is the founder and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Online Vertical Network and all of the sites within that network, including CareerJournal.com, OpinionJournal.com, StartupJournal.com, RealEstateJournal.com, CollegeJournal.com and “Political Diary,” a paid email newsletter about politics. Under his leadership, those sites won a range of awards and accolades, including a Webby, an EPpy, a Codie and multiple WebAwards. Combined, the Network sites attracted an average of 2.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. Lee also was one of two finalists for the Newspaper Association of America’s annual Online Innovator Award. Prior to moving online in 1997, Lee was editor in chief of the National Business Employment Weekly and of Managing Your Career, both published by Dow Jones & Co.

Lee is co-author of “The Jobs Rated Almanac” (2002, Barricade), and “Career Choice, Change and Challenge” (2000, JIST Pub.). He is a board member of the Association of Career Professionals, an adviser to Staffing.org and the International Association of Employment Websites, and a columnist for RecruitingTrends.com.

Lee is a frequent conference speaker in the U.S. and internationally, and has appeared as a career guidance authority on television and radio programs produced by NBC, FOX, CNBC, ABC, CNN, NPR, WCBS and The Wall Street Journal, including “The Today Show” and “Good Morning America.” He has written The Wall Street Journal's “Managing Your Career” column, and his articles have appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines. He earned an M.S. in journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a B.A. in global issues and communications at Regis University in Denver. He, his wife and two daughters live in Mercer County, N.J.

For other Onrec session topics visit: http://www.onrec.com/conferences/031109/topics.html

For more information on all of the speakers participating at this event visit: http://www.onrec.com/conferences/031109/speakers.html

For more information on The Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009, contact RD Whitney at rd@onrec.com or go to www.onrec.com/Expo2009