Glen Cathey has more than 13 years of experience in the recruiting and staffing industry and currently serves as the vice president of recruiting for Kforce, a large publicly traded staffing firm.

When not working a recruiting desk, he has recruited, trained ,and managed highly productive teams of up to 24 recruiters responsible for 700 – 900 hires per year. In his current role, he trains hundreds of information technology, finance and accounting, clinical research, and health information management recruiters nationally who are responsible for over 10,000 hires annually.

In addition to training recruiters, he also presents at conferences (SourceCon 2010 keynote, 2009 PDS Technology Conference) and to companies (Intel, AstraZeneca, Humana, Continental Airlines, Booz Allen Hamilton) on how to effectively leverage technology and social media in recruiting.

He is extremely passionate about leveraging technology (applicant tracking systems, social networks, job board resume databases, and the Internet) for talent identification and acquisition, and is considered a thought leader in Boolean and semantic search techniques.

In his personal time, he is the author of www.booleanblackbelt.com where he shares his thoughts and theories.