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Topic: Chicago Onrec Expo Highlights “Head-Spinning” Evolution in Recruitment: tor, this past year we witnessed massive change and productivity gains in the process of hiring. As a sign of a recovering economy, over 500 industry and corporate recruiting leaders from 15 countries around the world registered for Onrec Expo 2009. Held in partnership with Kennedy Information, the industry gathered to learn the latest techniques and technologies to increase speed, lower costs, and add precision to the recruitment process. “Onrec Expo welcomed Adobe, GE, IBM, Redbox, Saudi Aramco, Wal-Mart, Dell, Motorola, The U.S. Federal Government, Reebok, Fidelity, Best Buy, BASF, and the Mayo Clinic – just to name a few employers,” says RD Whitney, CEO of Onrec North America. “Innovative organizations came out to learn about and share best practices as online recruiting evolves.” Specifically, the Onrec Expo explored how corporations are advancing their employer brands by investing time and energy online at corporate career sites. In a dynamic session with brand name corporations, we learned how employers are quickly taking their career websites to the next level. They are incorporating 1-to-1 marketing techniques, social media, and interaction into what was (just a few years ago) flat, after-thought sections of company websites. While these efforts require internal investment and focus, they shorten the supply chain and reduce costs and time associated with finding candidates who are a perfect match. Also, the event highlighted how virtual career fairs are getting traction. Corporations like P&G and Allstate are starting to adopt virtual environments as platforms to attract talent – particularly members of the millennial generation. This method of interaction reduces the risk, cost, and time associated with a physical career fair. It also allows the corporation to leverage the amazing reach of social media to pull a diverse talent pool into the event, where attendees can find out more about the organization. At several sessions, industry visionaries predicted how mobile recruiting will be the next big thing in recruiting. In the near future, smart phones will connect talent to opportunity. The ability to target and connect to talent via a handheld, mobile device has the potential to greatly reduce costs and time associated with traditional recruiting processes. Much of the discussion at the event was around how social networking obviously isn’t a fad – rather a “shift.” At Onrec Expo, we learned that organizations absolutely must interact with talent on the social web as part of the recruiting function. This culture change needs to be woven into the DNA of the hiring process of an organization. While it requires an adjustment in the current recruitment communication function, and requires an increased investment in time and focus, it has the potential to connect organizations to talent without third party services, generating significant savings. Finally, there was a lot of discussion around job-boards. Veterans of the online recruitment industry will remember that job-boards are what ignited the industry as classified advertising moved from static print formats to highly visible, low-cost, and dynamic advertisements on the web. From the discussion at Onrec Expo, it is clear that job-boards are certainly still very relevant (not dead by any means). In fact, several are getting a head-start in the still-young industry and leveraging their brands to evolve toward the social web. Some will thrive; others will go the way of the newspapers that did not evolve their format. “It all keeps coming back to evolution,” says Whitney. “The web and technology are changing the recruiting process at a head-spinning pace. Those who continue to acknowledge the changes and evolve will be the beneficiaries of the rewards: added productivity, increased speed, and lower costs in the quest for talent.” For more information about Onrec Expo 2009 (including speakers, topics, sponsors and exhibitors associated with the event), please visit: www.Onrec.com/Expo2009 Dates for the next Onrec Expo have been set for September 15-16, 2010 in Chicago.…; Added by RD Whitney at 1:16pm on November 12, 2009

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Topic: If I Had a Hammer: h me on this journey and I have always considered it my responsibility to try and prevent their pain and suffering. It isn’t always possible and sometimes, it is compulsory for them, as well. Consequences of choices can ultimately help us understand those choices and learn from them. The weekend my ex moved out, I decided it would be best to take my children and go stay at a friend’s place until the whole process was complete. Mostly to protect them, but I was also at a point where I didn’t feel like I needed to be there and watch over him and count the silverware or monitor the DVDs that were being boxed up; it was just time to move on. Apparently, I was more ready than he. When I returned to my home with my kids, the walls were stripped, bare nails stared back at me everywhere. There was not a stitch of furniture left in my room except a small lingerie dresser and a dusty bookshelf. While I somewhat expected this, the starkness was a bit more harsh than I was prepared for. As I made my way to the living room, passing yet another bare wall, I’m not sure what I anticipated but it was not what I found, to be sure. One corner was completely bare and propped up stood a wireless guitar for a guitar hero game – left for my 10-year old son. Game cartridges were nowhere to be find, a bare spot marked where a PlayStation 3 once stood. A lone, useless guitar served as an insistent reminder of why I made my choice. If every tool you currently utilize to do your job disappeared and you were left with only one, one that you could choose, what would be your choice? Recognize that some tools work in conjunction with others and very few can stand on their own, even if propped in a corner. A computer, the internet, social/new media, your mobile device, your database/rolodex, your outlook, your phone, your ATS, skype or similar product, your CRM, your co-workers, colleagues, mentors, your vehicle, your laptop, countless software or SaaS programs, conferences, networking events, webinars, etc… The phone? Requisite, yes. But can you stay at the top of your game, become the preferred recruiter or HR professional without some of the others? No. Granted, the tool box is jam-packed with devices unnecessary to you but required for others and vice versa. Today, you cannot fulfill the obligations of your business or a requisition, in a timely manner (comparable to a competitor) without the use of some of the above tools. What is requisite is changing; will you be able to put the hammer in your other hand? © by rayannethorn …; Added by Rayanne at 2:03am on March 2, 2010

Topic: Here's my Card!: on, straining for a memory of a meeting or handshake. I knew if I had a card, that there had been a handshake, undoubtedly. Because I am in the middle of a move, I am deep cleaning and discarding anything that I haven't looked at or used in a year. For some reason, I cannot part with business cards.Question: Are business cards a thing of the past? With all the social media and different ways to share information, do we no longer need to pass a small piece of card stock with a painstakingly designed image/logo imprinted along with the necessary contact details of the beholder? I love giving out and receiving business cards. To me, it is like having my dance card full. It means I got something out of a conversation, it means there is potential for future conversations and possibly a business deal. It means a LinkedIn connection or an animated follow-up email. It means I connected with someone. We take the information found on a biz card and scan it or download it or upload it to our mobile device, our outlook, our networks. We used to transfer the info to a manila-indexed card or slip it into a plastic sleeve on a wheel that rested on our literal desktops, not our virtual ones. The Rolodex® was a corporate icon, a necessary networking tool that everyone who was anyone filled without fail. The drive to add cards/contacts was just as strong as the urge to make LinkedIn connections. It was done differently and the value may have been greater because the literal connecting relied on more than acquiring an email address. Again, it was the result a handshake. These two networking styles reside together. A relationship rarely stands on one handshake. As well, it rarely stands on an email or a request to connect. There must be more than just one. The handshake is followed up by a new media connection or the new media connection is followed up by a voice to voice conversation or face to face encounter. They work hand in hand not against each other; they both want for the same thing.I am getting ready to order business cards for new members of our team. They are each excited to receive their cards; it is a rite of passage as a new member of the firm or company. It says that trust is there. It says that you are now accepted as a representative of the organization. It means you can do the real networking, the one that requires a handshake. And who doesn't love that?©by rayannethorn .…; Added by Rayanne at 12:53am on July 9, 2010

Topic: The Loss of Face-to-Face: and you may have noticed, that was a big but, there is nothing that can replace face-to-face. Nothing. I have had the good fortune of spending some time at past conferences with Blogging4Jobs founder, this was usually time in passing or presenting together at a conference or even a simple wave hello across the room. My fortune became much richer at having some extended time to really talk about social media and its affect on business today. She is good people and I am glad to report, not so rare a breed in that many in our space really do have the recruiter's and jobseeker's concerns at heart. The impact that Jessica is having is quite impressive though. She has tens of thousands of followers outside of "our" shared space and has created a career and a realm all her own in which to work and fulfill dreams, and not just her own. The impact of social media is real, it is not going away - she and I have been saying this for years - as evidenced by the multiple events that share its features, its capabilities and the changes it has brought to work, how we communicate and, really, our lives. Well, my life anyway. I, for one, know that marketing has forever been altered, as has branding. Additionally, the tools available to recruiters are multiplying daily. And for the better. And this is all good. But, here it is and I am unafraid to say it, write, shout it through the room: Face-to-Face is not going away either. All these tools we tout and gleefully use are all about bringing us together... so let's come together. Let's chat - outside of a chat room. Let's talk - without using a phone. Let's project manage - by sharing what we know, not directing our team to a project management site. Let's drive innovation by sitting next to each other and brainstorming in front of a real white board, not a virtual one. A tool? yes, but often misplaced and / or unused and misused. Re-commitment to each other as a flesh and blood entity, not a hashtag or twitter handle, not a fan page or an avatar. It isn't easy to balance but the thrill is greater, the drive more drivable and the craft more craftable if you get your hands actually on it, your face actually in front of it and your words in behind of your voice... Just do it. Pick up the phone, schedule some chat time offline and put the mobile device down when you get that time. It will do your mind good. Face-to-Face is just in a little coma - it's up to you to wake it. It is here to stay, truly. by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 3:48pm on March 13, 2011

Topic: Perfect Eyebrows and a Messy Desk: become, and then remain, obsessed about for a while. I have already openly admitted, in this forum, to my obsession with my mobile device. And there are a few other things that plague my mind constantly. I am ready to admit another here: I pluck my eyebrows, daily. I am okay with admitting this. I think I can pin down the moment, twelve years ago, when I became obsessed with perfect eyebrows. My ex said to me, "Look at Faith Hill's eyebrows. Aren't they pretty? Look how they arch perfectly..." And that is all it took. I wanted Faith Hill's eyebrows. I wanted my husband to think my eyebrows were pretty, too. Lame, I know. But it is what it is. I have become less obsessive than I used to be, mostly because I recognize the issue I have and I don't want to have an issue. I can assure you, however, that I am not the only woman with an eyebrow obsession... Ten years ago, when I was working as an executive recruiter, I was equally obsessed with leaving my desk spotless. At the end of my workday and before I would leave for home, I would remove any excess material/papers, stack and straighten every "search record" on my desk and prep for the morning, my blank call record for next day - a pen placed neatly on top and my computer completely shut down, no programs left running. Sadly, that perfect desk at the perfect job ended very messily. And that changed my perspective. Ask anyone who knows me now, today? Trust me, I no longer have this obsession. My home office desk is a mess (I'm working on it) and my desk at work - don't even ask... I have relaxed considerably and though I am almost completely virtual, I still scribble notes on yellow pads and I have files folders for everything. I am working to de-mess my desk, but I don't want to be obsessed like I once was, I want a healthy balance. The first step is admitting the problem, right? And then, once you admit it, it is time to make a decision. Will I change the way I have been doing this? Or do I enjoy my life now and the mess isn't hurting anyone, especially not me. You know what? Life is messy and my eyebrows are going to keep growing. I am not afraid of parameters, but I am also not afraid of not having parameters - I am afraid of having that fear. So when I am prompted, when it is time, my desk will be organized once more. For now, I will enjoy the peace and I will bless the mess. by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 2:14am on July 14, 2011

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