Are you in or near the Bay Area? If so then you should come to this event. Its specific to Bay Area recruiting strategies and how you can increase your hiring success! You need local strategies to solve some of the challenges created by this recession.

March 19th - San Jose Hilton 

This is the first event of it's kind. Presentations will revolve around local demographics, local advertising resources, geographic "selling points" and more to bring the best talent into your organization for the long term. 

 

Key Takeaways: 

Understanding GeoWorkforceâ„¢ Demographics: A Critical Tool for Your Talent Acquisition and Retention Efforts by: Theresa Clary, Founder and CEO, Workforce Strategies

• Understand the local employment dynamics within different labor markets
• Master employment dynamics in the Bay Area
• Learn how to compare skills, occupation, and industry concentration across U.S. regions to gain a better understanding of any location’s talent pool and driving skills
• How workforce preparation and employment figures compare between different locations, including how they benchmark against national averages
• How to access important local economic, workforce, and population information such as unemployment rates, per-capita income, housing variables, age, gender, ethnicity, consumer expenditures, average wages by industry, and education data that can support recruitment plans and human capital strategies

Speedy Sourcing Techniques for FREE Candidates on Social Networks by: Shally Steckerl, Chief CyberSleuth, JobMachine

• Learning to get the most out of top search engines like Googleâ„¢, Yahoo® and Windows Live with extremely easy to use, yet highly accurate, search techniques that uncover, otherwise hidden, passive talent
• Learning how to maximize your time on LinkedIn® and get noticed among the 35 million users
• Uncovering the secrets to finding people on LinkedIn® not visible in your third-degree network
• Finding out how to take advantage of the growing popularity of Facebook and Twitter
• Utilize social networking platforms, like Ning, to create your own community/communities
• Leveraging existing networks to market and build your own pool
  Learning how to best approach the people you find and also those who find you  

The Economy in 2009: MythBusters
Presented by: Gautam Godhwani, Co-Founder & CEO, Simply Hired

• What’s really going on with the 2009 economy and in gaining the data you need to successfully plan for the remainder of the year, attend this hard-hitting session.
• Employment by the numbers (overall, by occupation and geography)
• Trend data from the Simply Hired network
• Notes and reviews from the experts
• mplications to your staffing strategy

The Time is Now: Best Practices for Recruiting in a Challenging Economy
Presented by: Matt Kaiser, Vice President and Talent Strategist, NAS Recruitment Communications

• Identifying the significance of building brand identity in challenging times
• Examining new and emerging ways to effectively promote brand identity
• Understanding how to measure brand effectiveness and the candidate experience
  (Program workbook provided to attendees)    

Become a Sourcing MacGyver!!!
Presented by: Chris Murdock, Executive Sourcer and Knowledge Manager, Yahoo!® Inc.

• Knowing how to make search tools work together and get better results for your money
• Leveraging the phone to get what you want — when you want it
• ritical strategies aimed at finding the "right candidates" — right now

Closing Address Presented by: Don Ramer, CEO & Founder, Arbita

Should you miss part of a session due to an important phone call or other unexpected distraction, this essential session is designed especially to put your mind at ease. It provides attendees with an exclusive summary of all the key points addressed at Recruiting Solutions 2009 — Bay Area, making sure you get exactly what you came for.  

Register here ($295 per person) (Oh yea, there will be a prize drawing at the end of the day!)