Converting Interns Into Permanent Employees: @DarrenRS at #truCollegeRecruiter

Minneapolis, MN – [November 6, 2013] – CollegeRecruiter.com, the leading niche job board for college students searching for internships and recent graduates hunting for entry-level jobs and other career opportunities, is pleased to announce that Darren Sherrard of Department of Veterans Affairs will deliver a presentation on Converting Interns Into Permanent Employees at #truCollegeRecruiter Atlanta and that tickets are now available at www.truCollegeRecruiter.com for our fourth, fifth, and sixth recruiting events for hiring managers, recruiters, and other human resource leaders.

Darren Sherrard, Associate Director for Recruitment Marketing at Department of Veterans Affairs

Darren Sherrard serves as the Associate Director for Recruitment Marketing for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.

In this position he provides oversight of national recruiting events, national television, print and online media, promotional materials and the recruitment marketing site, www.VAcareers.va.gov, Facebook/VAcareers and Twitter/VAcareers. Serving as Program Manager and Contracting Officer Representative, his primary role is to attract quality prospects to VHA by demonstrating the benefits of a Career serving veterans at VA.

Each of the three #truCollegeRecruiter events are aimed at corporate recruiters and other talent acquisition leaders who are involved in the hiring of college and university students and recent graduates as well as complementary technology developers and vendors. The events will allow attendees in the college relations space to meet and network in an informal environment with today’s most innovative thought leaders. You’ll enjoy a fast-paced, engaging, and challenging learning experience, all while having a good time.

Topics to be covered will include:

•     Attracting the best and brightest;
•     Big data;
•     Building your internship program;
•     Career services;
•     Diversity;
•     Gamification;
•     Hiring data and other metrics;
•     Interviewing;
•     Management trainee programs;
•     Military versus college recruiting;
•     Myths about Gen Y;
•     Mobile;
•     Social media.
•     Sourcing secrets; and
•     Targeting schools.

Our venues in Times Square, Atlanta, and Dallas only seat 150 people each and a couple of dozen of those are already spoken for by presenters and track leaders so tickets are quite limited.

A very limited number of $100 and $125, discounted, early bird tickets are available at http://www.truCollegeRecruiter.com for our events on:

•     Monday, December 9th at the EY (formerly Ernst & Young) headquarters in New York’s Times Square;
•     Wednesday, December 11th at the Matrix Resources headquarters in Atlanta; and
•     Friday, December 13th in Dallas.

I hope to see you in December!