Part educational powerhouse and part party, the gathering is aptly named RecruitFest. Although a newer conference in the Recruiting and Staffing sphere, RecruitFest already boasts a strong pedigree. Several recruiting legends are slated to speak at the “un-conference”
Jason Davis, RecruitingBlogs.com founder and RecruitFest organizer thought long and hard before throwing his hat into the proverbial ring.
“Well, it's very basic but very powerful. It's much different from a regular conference in that no one will be speaking to you. Attendees will be part of a group that is moderated by a track leader and they will both learn something and teach something.,”
Previous RecruitFest attendees were very enthusiastic about the first RecruitFest, if the flurry of blog posts, video blogs and photos in the recruitosphere are any indication.
“I got feedback and opinions from some of the most forward thinking people in recruiting today,” said Brendan Shields, a previous attendee from ERE Media.
Davis hopes to continue in the tradition of offering recruiters a place to learn that defies traditional convention and accelerates the learning process.
“We’re tweaking the format a bit from the first RecruitFest,”
Track Leaders already on board include: Gerry Crispin, Rayanne Trumbo, Dave Mendoza, Steve Fogarty, Maureen Sharib, Joel Cheesman, and John Sumser.
“We should start to expect that networking is a success when it produces really big smiles,” said Sumser, who was also a speaker at the first RecruitFest, held in Toronto.
As part of the marketing strategy for RecruitFest:
RecruitingBlogs.com is a community for Recruiters and HR Professionals established in 2006. As of this writing, the network has 15,500 members. RecruitingBlogs.com also runs Recruiting101.com, a job board for recruiting and staffing professionals.
