Much of what you will be learning is too secretive to publicize on the site, but here is a quick overview of what our speakers will be sharing at SourceCon 2010:
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March 14, 2010 back to top |
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12:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Sourcing Lab
Sourcing Lab sponsored by Arbita (300 minutes) |
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Arbita Sourcing Lab What if you could learn to take your sourcing game to another level from the top sourcers in the world, literally by your side? SourceCon 2010 introduces something that could speed your development by years, and you come home from the conference having gotten more actual sourcing done in just two hours than a whole day at your home/office. Bring your toughest requisitions/candidate profiles and get ready to blow your mind with new ways to build pipelines, faster than you ever thought possible. Industry leader Shally Steckerl and several of the world’s most-skilled CyberSleuths will recommend special applications and plug-ins to download, powerful methods and tool gems, and other tips to maximize what’s already on your computer and how you use it. If you were ever unsure how to get something to work or wondered if you were doing it the best way, this is the testing ground where you’ll get turbocharged. Can’t attend live and in person? Come virtually! Register here to participate in a live broadcast of Lab coaching sessions. Learn from the best! Confirmed Lab leaders/presenters include: Amybeth Hale, Dan Harris, Dave Mendoza, Jim Stroud, Josh Kahn, Russ Moon, Shally Steckerl, Steve Rath, Teresa Bustamante, Tim O’Connor, and more! LAB TOPICS Bring any question you want related to sourcing and we’ll probably either have someone in the lab, or find you someone, who can answer your question. But in case you can’t think of any questions while you are there you could sign up for 15 min “speed round” presentations or one-on-one coaching sessions on the following topics:
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1:00 pm – 1:15 pm |
Welcome Remarks
Welcome Remarks (15 minutes) |
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SourceCon Conference Chairman Jim Stroud kicks off the conference.
Speaker:
Jim Stroud
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1:15 pm – 2:30 pm |
General Session
What a Long Strange Trip It Has Been! (75 minutes) |
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Sheila Greco has been in and around recruiting and research since 1984. This session will take you back to the early days and bring you up to 2010 as it relates to telephone research yesterday and how it compares to today’s. Either way, telephone research has stood the test of time and continues to produce not only names, but intelligence, current/future candidates, networking contacts and clients. If you do not know about research, you should! If you know about research and how to do it, you can share it with the group.
Speaker:
Sheila Greco
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2:30 pm – 3:45 pm |
General Session
How to Gain a Recruiting Competitive Advantage Without Becoming an Easy Target (75 minutes) |
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A stealth researcher’s approach to exploiting the silly ways large and small companies mismanage LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and posting. The session will show how even if you can never tweet, blog, or update your status, you can still be very effective at finding and engaging talent for your clients. Expect lots of practical ideas for sourcing teams to integrate and optimize the many free or affordable tools available. You’ll learn tips and tricks to use daily, as well as valuable information for mobile-device users and virtual sourcers.
Speaker:
Eric Jaquith
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4:15 pm – 5:30 pm |
General Session
Key Sourcing & Social Media Initiatives for 2010: Distilled Wisdom from 1200 Staffing Leaders (75 minutes) |
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The surge in unemployment during 2008 and 2009 changed the way people communicate, interact with each other online, and look for jobs. A unique confluence of technological innovation, especially in the field of social networking, along with increased competition for open positions, created a permanent shift in how talent and employers connect with each other. Recruiters have not yet fully adjusted to this fundamental change. In this session Shally will divulge key knowledge collected during the single most wide-reaching and thorough market research project ever conducted in the sourcing community. Using focus group interviews, multiple survey instruments, exhaustive secondary research, and conversations with industry thought leaders, the practical wisdom from more than 1,200 staffing leaders is distilled into a ranked list of key sourcing initiatives you should enlist in 2010. This session will reveal how sourcing tactics and strategy will enhance or erode your employment brand and how to create a more candidate-centric recruiting and sourcing process. Expect to walk away with a clear picture of what it will take to support and implement these top talent identification efforts to retain your sourcing organization’s competitive edge.
Speaker:
Shally Steckerl
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm |
Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception (90 minutes) |
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Welcome Reception, sponsored by AutoSearch |
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March 15, 2010 back to top |
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8:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Sourcing Lab
Sourcing Lab sponsored by Arbita (540 minutes) |
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Arbita Sourcing Lab What if you could learn to take your sourcing game to another level from the top sourcers in the world, literally by your side? SourceCon 2010 introduces something that could speed your development by years, and you come home from the conference having gotten more actual sourcing done in just two hours than a whole day at your home/office. Bring your toughest requisitions/candidate profiles and get ready to blow your mind with new ways to build pipelines, faster than you ever thought possible. Industry leader Shally Steckerl and several of the world’s most-skilled CyberSleuths will recommend special applications and plug-ins to download, powerful methods and tool gems, and other tips to maximize what’s already on your computer and how you use it. If you were ever unsure how to get something to work or wondered if you were doing it the best way, this is the testing ground where you’ll get turbocharged. Can’t attend live and in person? Come virtually! Register here to participate in a live broadcast of Lab coaching sessions. Learn from the best! Confirmed Lab leaders/presenters include: Amybeth Hale, Dan Harris, Dave Mendoza, Jim Stroud, Josh Kahn, Russ Moon, Shally Steckerl, Steve Rath, Teresa Bustamante, Tim O’Connor, and more! LAB TOPICS Bring any question you want related to sourcing and we’ll probably either have someone in the lab, or find you someone, who can answer your question. But in case you can’t think of any questions while you are there you could sign up for 15 min “speed round” presentations or one-on-one coaching sessions on the following topics:
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8:45 am – 9:00 am |
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks (15 minutes) |
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Conference Chair Jim Stroud highlights yesterday’s sessions and sets the stage for today’s discussions.
Speaker:
Jim Stroud
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9:00 am – 10:15 am |
Keynote Presentation
Sourcing and Matching: Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Cognition (75 minutes) |
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This session will explore the pros, cons, capabilities, limitations, and appropriate use of semantic search applications for candidate sourcing. You’ll gain insight as to why sourcers who are curious, creative, and analytical thinkers never have to fear being replaced by sourcing software.
Speaker:
Glen Cathey
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10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Lab Session
Managing Social Media Madness (75 minutes) |
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So many tools, so little time. Join the discussion of one team’s journey into effectively managing its social networks. Learn what tools and techniques it is using on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Explore how it has effectively managed its social media madness.
Speakers:
Terri Coligan, Gail Houston
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2:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Breakout Session
Organizing Yourself and Your Recruiters With Google IG (75 minutes) |
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If you are like Heidi, you have too many Boolean stings in your favorites. You have unread blogs feeding in your email. You have Facebook updates coming from all directions and you have job postings and resumes flying in and out of your inbox all while trying to fill the needs of your boss and all of the recruiters in your office. Does this sound like you? Well, you are not alone. She’ll show you she has organized everything she needs online, for free, with Google IG. Everything you need in one location. You can also set your recruiters up on the same website. There’s no need to teach them all of our secrets—just how to use it, not how you created it.
Speaker:
Heidi Bolinger
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2:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Breakout Session
Firefox Lab (75 minutes) |
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This lab is targeted at current users of Firefox who wish to interact as a community in sharing your top “add-ons” and how you use them, in return for gaining that same information from a broad universe of fellow Firefox users. You’ll leave with more knowledge of how to use the web and an ability to be more productive. We anticipate the relationships formed during this session will not end in San Diego; instead, we’ll have created a network of Firefox experts attendees can take advantage of both during and after their session attendance.
Speakers:
Russ Moon, John Turnberg
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3:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Breakout Session
Employing Talent Communities to Rehumanize the Recruiting Process (75 minutes) |
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No more “apply and goodbye” to all but the chosen one. You’ll hear how Microsoft talent sourcers build talent communities—a pipeline of talent created by putting the human touch into a technology-based recruiting process.
Speaker:
Marvin Smith
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3:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Breakout Session
DIY: Building a Virtual Talent Bench (75 minutes) |
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How can you be both tactical and strategic with tight timelines and a limited budget? Sourcers are often asked to make the impossible possible. Kay Kelison and Marie Journey share the tools to not only identify talent here and now, but focus in on providing a renewable resource for your efforts. This will be a highly interactive and hands-on workshop that includes how-to steps on reaching talent via video and blogging, as well as maxing SEO along the way within a social media framework.
Speakers:
Kay Kelison, Marie Journey
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