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2011 Fall Conference Speaking Tour: Illinois SHRM Conference August 21 – 23, 2011

It’s finally Fall Conference season!

Hopefully, you’ll have an opportunity to attend a few events to network, meet with a few vendors in an exhibit hall and learn from the keynote and concurrent sessions speakers.

First up for me this Fall is the 2011 Illinois SHRM Conference, which will be held August 21 – 23, 2011 in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. The #ILSHRM11 organizers have really embraced social media to communicate prior to, during and after the conference and also to educate their attendees. They’re got a great blog covering ILSHRM happenings year-around and have scheduled a pre-conference Social Media Bootcamp on Sunday with Jessica Miller-Merrell, as well as an entire track of speakers covering social media from a variety of perspectives. I’m excited about being a part of the Social Media Track, where I’ll be speaking about “Using Social Media In HR to Attract, Recruit & Retain Talent”!

Below is a brief video describing some of the speakers and events I’m excited about attending as part of the Illinois SHRM Conference (Email subscribers will need to click through to view the video.)

If you’ll be attending, please be sure to connect and let’s meet in person!

Click HERE for a complete copy of the 2011 Illinois SHRM Conference brochure and HERE for a detailed listing of their concurrent sessions.

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The 2011 SHRM Annual Conference Through My Eyes

I just returned from the 2011 Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference in Las Vegas, that was held June 25 – 30, 2011 and this year, I tried to capture some of what the experience is like to share with you via the video below. (Email subscribers – click the link to view the video.)

This year, the Conference was attended by a record 14,000+ HR and industry professionals who descended upon Las Vegas to learn, network and maybe even have a little fun.

Conference highlights included the announcement of Hank Jackson as the new SHRM CEO, daily keynotes by Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Tony Hsieh and Michael J. Fox and an Expo Hall teaming with vendors, food, drinks, games and an endless amounts of tchotchkes that were never meant to fit in suitcases for the return trip home.

The annual SHRM Conference has become one of my favorite industry events and I’d highly recommend putting the 2012 SHRM Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on your list of must-attend events. Now. Before Joe in Accounting cuts your T&E budget for 2012.

I’ll follow up later this week with a post announcing the Annual SHRMmy Awards and thanking many of the folks who made this such an informative and enjoyable event for me.

Until then, if you attended the 2011 SHRM Conference (or followed via the #shrm11 hashtag on Twitter), what was your favorite part of the event? Who would you nominate for achievements (good or bad)? I’d love your feedback as the SHRMmy nominations are tabulated!

 

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Making Social Media Work in Recruiting – FREE Webinar 3/30/11

March appears to be the month of the FREE webinar here at Unbridled Talent and I’d like to make you aware of another opportunity to listen in!

The March 30th webinar  – Making Social Media Work in Recruiting – is sponsored by Recruiting Trends® and is part of their Best Practice Webinar Series 2011.

I’m excited to be a co-presenter along with the lovely and talented Carmen Hudson – Engagement Manager, Sourcing & Social Media Strategy at Recruiting Toolbox and CEO/Founder of tweetajob.com. Carmen is someone that I have learned from and admired through her experiences in Recruiting and Sourcing at Yahoo!, Starbucks and now Recruiting Toolbox and she has also been an inspiration to me as a female entrepreneur – founding tweetajob in 2009.

There should be plenty of time for Q&A as part of this webinar, so please join us, ask a question and contribute to the conversation! Webinar details and Carmen’s bio from the Recruiting Trends® website are listed below.

Join us on Wednesday, March 30 1 PM – 2 PM EDT for this insightful webinar

Register Now – at no charge to you!

As a recruiter, you’re all about finding the right person for the right job at the right time and the quality of your talent pipeline is what makes you successful!

You depend on access to several mediums to find the best candidates, and for many this includes social media.

But how do you decide which of the many social media platforms and sites are right for you and your organization? And how do you stay current?

Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube to name a few are all great resources for sourcing and recruiting. Each platform has its own unique demographic and you’ll want to consider each audience when making the decision as to which application(s) will give you the best results in your sourcing and recruiting efforts.

Join Carmen Hudson Engagement Manager, Sourcing and Social Media Strategy at Recruiting Toolbox and Jennifer McClure President of Unbridled Talent as they share with you some of the most common considerations and elements when using social media to recruit top talent.

During this 60 min event they will address:

  • How to Create an Online Presence – Reflecting Who You Are
  • How to Make the Most of Your ‘Social’ Time
  • Why it is important to Individualize Your Approach
  • The importance of staying Authentic
  • And much more

You will receive expert advice on proven success and failures using today’s Social Media platforms!

Register now to listen to this insightful fast-paced webinar, yours to enjoy at no cost.

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Carmen Hudson, Engagement Manager – Sourcing and Social Media Strategy

Carmen Hudson draws from over 15 years of recruiting experience, with a strong focus on helping organizations attract, source and recruit top talent. Carmen’s expertise is in helping clients build the right sourcing and recruiting strategies, and then implementing them in the real world of limited budgets, competing priorities, and highly competitive recruiting environments. She consults and trains companies to help them leverage high ROI solutions for big sourcing, social media, and technology implementation initiatives.

Carmen is a self-described “recruiting geek” who has spent years learning, creating, and sharing best practices around sourcing. She gets that technology – for all of its hype – is still a means to an end, not an end in itself. Her corporate experience includes Yahoo!, where she was Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition. At Yahoo! she led the strategic sourcing team, revitalizing the employee referral program and Yahoo’s employer brand. The team was awarded a coveted Yahoo! Superstar Award, an ERE Excellence award and various recruiting and advertising industry awards. Prior to joining Yahoo!, she was manager, Global Strategic Sourcing for Starbucks Coffee Corporation, where she developed sourcing strategies and recommended resources and tactics to support U.S. retail management hiring. She has also held senior talent acquisition roles at Microsoft, Amazon.com and Capital One and founded a social recruiting technology company.

Carmen is a regular contributor to recruiting industry publications, including ERE Exchange and Recruiting Trends. She is a frequent speaker at recruiting events, including the Social Recruiting Summit, Kennedy Online Recruiting Conference and the Seattle Staffing Management Association.  Carmen earned a degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Carmen Hudson on LinkedIn
Carmen on Twitter: @peopleshark

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7 Approaches to Recruiting With Facebook [slides & recording]

In my last post, I invited you to join me for a complimentary webcast sponsored by Jobvite – and over 1,400 people registered to attend!

Today, the folks at Jobvite have made the slides and recorded webcast available to everyone on the interwebs, so I wanted to share it with you here in case you weren’t able to make it on Tuesday. (email subscribers may need to click the link below to view)

Jobvite webcast 7_approachesrecruitfb_withjennifermcclure_031511  

Unfortunately, some of the formatting of the slides was changed a bit with the upload to slideshare, but the majority of the information is still viewable & there are links to 8 free resources and eBooks to help with understanding how to use Facebook for recruiting at the end of the slide presentation.

If you’d like to view/listen to the entire recorded presentation (with original slide formatting), you can still register for the webcast and view it online at your convenience via Vimeo.

If do you choose to view the recording, I hope you’ll also listen in at the end to hear just a few minutes about the solutions offered by Jobvite. I really appreciate them providing this webcast free of charge and making it available to everyone. They have some great products that are worth checking out!

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7 Approaches to Recruiting with Facebook – Live Webcast

 

 

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011, I’ll be leading a live, complimentary (i.e. free) webcast:

7 Approaches to Recruiting With Facebook

This webcast is the latest in a series of social recruiting webcasts made available by the folks at Jobvite and I’m super excited that they’ve invited me to participate!

I hope you’ll join us for this hour long webcast on Tuesday, March 15th at 10am Pacific Time/1pm Eastern Time.

Details from the Jobvite webcast registration page:

7 Approaches to Recruiting With Facebook

** How do you make content stick with your target audience?
** Which profiles, pages and ads for jobs should you refine?
** How do you make it easy for employees to drive up referrals?

Facebook is not just for Gen Y. Any corporate recruiter can take advantage of this social network to easily increase quality referrals and attract the right talent — all while reducing costs. All you need is a solid plan. One that is effective, practical and easy for driving the results you want.

Join recently recognized top 25 most influential online recruiter and HR pro to follow on Twitter, Jennifer McClure, for this webcast as she shares the “how tos” and tips on getting the most out of Facebook for your recruiting efforts.

  • New approaches to using Facebook
  • Content that improves engagement and time management
  • Setting up Facebook profiles, pages and advertisements of job openings
  • Making it easy for employees to tap into their network to drive up referrals
  • Tracking and seeing what works

If you can’t make this live complimentary webcast, register anyway to get a link to the recording.

Click on this link to register for – 7 Approaches to Recruiting with Facebook

Learn more about Jobvite by visiting the Jobvite website and following on Twitter or Facebook!

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Almost 400 people have registered to attend the webcast so far and I hope to “see” YOU there!

If you have questions about using Facebook for recruiting, employee & candidate engagement or employment branding, let me know in the comments and I’ll do my best to address them in the webcast or in a future blog post!

 

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