Wow, did we ever receive great feedback from Monday’s College Recruiting Bootcamp on AI at Google. I thought I should share some highlights:

• All 200 available tickets sold-out almost a week ahead of the event thanks, in part, to promotional efforts by the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals, CareerXroads, Recruiting Brainfood, and Jibe.
• A handful let us know that they couldn’t attend. We gave their tickets to people on the waitlist.
• Attendees at the Sunday evening reception, sponsored by TalentNet Inc., enjoyed crab, steak, grilled vegetables, adult beverages, and more than a few laughs.
• Whitney Selfridge, Google’s Product Marketing Manager, and Faith Rothberg, College Recruiter’s Chief Executive Officer, warmly welcomed the hundreds who attended in-person and via the live stream, which was sponsored by AllyO.
• I delivered an overview of how AI is already being used in the recruitment industry.
• Tarquin Clark, Director of Partnerships and Go To Market for Google’s Cloud Talent Solutions, delivered the opening keynote on how AI can better our education, businesses, and careers. He then moderated a panel discussion featuring Roopesh Nair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Symphony Talent; Jayne Kettles, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer for gr8 People; Joe Essenfeld, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Jibe; and Justin Lumby, Vice President of Technology Strategy for TalentNet Inc.
• Alexandra Levit of PeopleResults and author of Humanity Works delivered the featured presentation on how technology and people will merge in future workforces. She then moderated a panel discussion featuring Jennifer Sethre, CEO and Founder of Intry; Wahab Owolabi, Recruiting Manager for Rubrik; Jared Bazzell, Talent Acquisition Manager – Campus for CDW; and Doug Berg, Founder of ZAPinfo. Thanks to ZAPinfo, 100 attendees received a copy of Alexandra’s excellent, new book.
• After a delicious lunch sponsored by our partner, Google, we were treated to the closing keynote by John Sumser of HR Examiner on AI, the algorithms, and who owns the outcomes. He then moderated a spirited discussion with panelists Jeff Dunn, Campus Relations Manager for Intel; Derek Zeller, Director of Recruiting Solutions and Channels for ENGAGE Talent; Richard Rosenow, Workforce Planning Analyst for Facebook; and Heather Bussing of the Law Offices of Heather Bussing.

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One of my favorite people in the recruitment industry is Peter Clayton of TotalPicture Media. Without a doubt, he is the most knowledge and capable videographer in the industry. When I hear that he’s involved in a project, I know that the project will go well.

Peter and I recently sat down…about 1,266 miles apart, to discuss next Monday’s College Recruiting Bootcamp on AI at Google. Over the past decade, College Recruiter has organized 16 of these one-day conferences for talent acquisition and human resource leaders. All have essentially broken even, none have lost much money, and none have made much money. And that’s the way we planned them. We wanted to do something that would enable us to give back to the recruiting industry and a no-pitch, educational conference that moves around the country seemed like a great idea as there is a tremendous amount of turnover in talent acquisition and human resources, especially amongst those whose primary focus is the recruitment of people early in their careers, including college and university relations recruitment leaders. Continue Reading

Ted Bauer is a contributing author to College Recruiter

By Ted Bauer, contributing author to College Recruiter

Let’s be blunt here: a bad, or poorly-contextualized, hiring process can cost you lots of money and time. As a result, internal recruitment (essentially promotion from within or adjustment of roles) has gained some favor in recent years.

One of the best ways to approach internal recruitment is how you handle interns. An organization’s approach to interns typically resides somewhere between these two extremes: Continue Reading

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission office in Washington, D.C.

Now that August is history, most seem to be turning their attention to the remainder of the calendar year. An event that I think you’ll want to mark onto your calendar is our 10th College Recruiting Bootcamp.

College Recruiter believes that every student and recent graduate deserves a great career. In partnership with our friends at exaqueo, we’re co-hosting the College Recruiting Bootcamp on Thursday, December 8th at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission office, which is connected to Amtrak’s Union Station.

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LinkedIn head office

College Recruiter is happy to announce that we’ll be livestreaming the presentations and panel discussions for our May 5, 2014 College Recruiting Bootcamp.

The College Recruiting Bootcamp is co-hosted by our partner, LinkedIn, and is located at their corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. All attendees and presenters will be hiring managers, recruiters, and other human resource professionals whose primary job duties including hiring and managing college and university students and recent graduates. The presentations and panel discussions will help you more efficiently and effectively hire the students and recent graduates. The full agenda and ticketing information is at www.CollegeRecruitingBootcamp.com. Continue Reading

Do you know any hiring managers, corporate recruiters, or other human resource professionals who hire college and university students and recent grads? Are they finding it increasingly difficult to hire and retain the best talent for their internship and entry-level job opportunities?

Forward this to them as they should attend our College Recruiting Bootcamp conference on Monday, May 5th at the LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, California. For $250, they’ll learn from the nation’s leading university relations practitioners about what their organizations are doing to win the talent they need to survive and thrive. Continue Reading

In partnership with our friends at Globaltru, CollegeRecruiter.com is excited about the seventh recruiting conference it has organized for hiring managers, corporate recruiters, and other human resource professionals. This #truCollegeRecruiter conference will be held on Friday, December 13, 2013 at the JCPenney headquarters in Dallas, Texas. We’ll also be in New York City on Monday, December 9th and Atlanta on Wednesday, December 11th. Join us!

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In partnership with our friends at Globaltru, CollegeRecruiter.com is excited about the fifth recruiting conference it has organized for hiring managers, corporate recruiters, and other human resource professionals. This #truCollegeRecruiter conference will be held on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the EY (formerly Ernst & Young) headquarters in Times Square, New York City. We’ll also be in Atlanta on Wednesday, December 11th and Dallas on Friday, December 13th. Join us!

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#truCollegeRecruiter NYC panel discussion track

#tru Conferences, the global leader in recruiting unconferences, and 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, together brought to New York City and Dallas a day each of learning, engagement, and challenge for those in corporate recruiting, third-party recruitment, human resources, talent acquisition, branding, social media, technology developers, and vendors.

At each event we were joined by almost 100 who were tired of flying halfway across the country for three days of sessions which mostly bored them to death. One of our attendees at a past event said that the information came at her like water from a fire hose. Another attendee said that if he had known just how interactive the sessions would be, he would have skipped his morning coffee. If your idea of a recruiting conference presentation is a 60 to 75 minute, 25 slide PowerPoint deck, delivered by someone who clearly has never taken a public speaking class in their life then you’ve never been to one of our events. Continue Reading

Bill Boorman and crew at Globaltru — the organization behind unconferences such as truSanFrancisco and truLondon — has partnered with niche job board CollegeRecruiter.com to create one day events this December in New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas. Do you know of anyone who would like to be a presenter / track leader?

CollegeRecruiter.com is the leading niche job board used by college students searching for internships and recent graduates hunting for entry-level jobs and other career opportunities. We’ve hosted four similar events for recruiters and other human resource professionals: FedCollege events located in Washington, D.C. and one College Recruiting Bootcamp and co-hosted with LinkedIn this past May at their offices in Mountain View, California.

The December events will each pair a morning of our 20 minute, TedX-like presentations with an afternoon of the unconference, moderator-led, discussion-based tracks where the conversations are much more free flowing. Each conference will run from 8am through 5pm. Dates and venues are: Continue Reading