As usual, talking with Hank Stringer was a joy. Founder of Hire.com (now part of Authoria) and itzbig (the incremental, bilateral matching system), Hank is having a temporary tour of life as a disabled person. With broken heel, transportation trolley cart, laptop and zeal, Hank is going to be doing the networking exercise at the Dallas Recruiting Roadshow. (Have you seen the video?)
Hank and I share the view that the depth of the relationship between a recruiter and a candidate is going to expand. Hiring decisions are getting harder and more expensive (the labor shortage). The risk of a bad hire is growing (the economic environment). Where it was once possible to use the spaghetti test to see if a candidate made a good employee, the consequences of failure rule that approach out. (The spaghetti test is roughly “throw it against the wall and see if it sticks”.)
While most of the industry is focused on driving cost and cycle time out of the recruiting process, there is a separate phenomenon in the labor market.
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Over the last few days I have a number of calls and emails asking, “What is the cost for the upcoming Dallas Recruiting Roadshow?”.
The fact of the matter is that all of the expenses to put this event on have been covered by John Sumser and his friends.
That means that Hank Stringer is not only sharing his time and expertise leading one of our networking workshops but his company itzbig is underwriting the event as our charter sponsor.
Don Ramer CEO of Arbita — who we hope will be showing up in person — is paying for lunch and refreshments. Don has supported the Roadshow from the get-go providing first-class fare for over 250 Roadshow delegates and doing more behind the scenes, cooking up other stuff.
Recruiting heavy-hitters Bill Vick and Martin Birnbach are not only waiving thousands of dollars in appearance fees but they are providing a host of other valuable things, most of all their training and coaching which — if applied — is priceless.
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Dallas Recruiting Roadshow Workshop Leader
Master Recruiter and Rainmaker, Business Coach and Radio Talkshow Host
Martin Birnbach and Associates
Martin’s career in Sales and Marketing spans over 25 years. He started his career with NCH Corporation in Irving, Texas. After record-setting performances in sales, he was promoted 3 times in 2 years to Regional Sales Manager with over 100 salesmen and an annual budget of 7 million dollars.
Martin was recruited in 1972 to be National Sales Manager of Starr/NBC Radio Division. His responsibilities included 10 radio stations, 50 salesmen and sales managers with an annual budget of 25 million dollars.
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