Attendance Way Down at #NACE09
I've been hearing rumblings from a number of college career service office professionals, employer representatives, and vendors that this week's National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2009 annual conference should be a great learning experience for all but there will be far fewer in attendance than in previous years. The reason? The economy has crushed the travel budgets for many organizations.
One career service office director told me that she lost her entire travel budget for the 2009-10 school year and expects to have nothing in her travel budget for 2010-11 either. Nevertheless, I will see her on Wednesday as she is flying in for the day and attending at her own expense. That's the kind of dedication to your craft that you don't see often enough in any profession.
Caddy Rowland, Paul Bell, Lauren Berger and I will be staffing the CollegeRecruiter.com booth in the exhibit hall on Wednesday and Thursday so come by and say hello. We'll have plenty to discuss, including our exciting new e-learning initiatives for students, recent graduates, career service office professionals, employers, and other groups. In addition, plan on attending my presentation on Thursday morning about the future of on-line recruiting. I think that you'll be surprised at some of the thoughts that I've had on this topic.
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