John Sumser Presents The Recruiting Roadshow » CollegeRecruiter.com http://www.recruitingroadshow.com Bringing Physical Community to Online Social Networks Tue, 19 May 2009 22:35:24 +0000 en hourly 1 CollegeRecruiter.com Gives Dallas a Lift http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/25/collegerecruitercom-gives-dallas-a-lift/ http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/25/collegerecruitercom-gives-dallas-a-lift/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:44:20 +0000 johnsumser http://recruitingroadshow.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/collegerecruitercom-gives-dallas-a-lift/ John Sumser's Recruiting Roadshow
I spoke yesterday with the President and Founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, my friend Steven Rothberg.

Disappointed at being shut out from the recent bidding for a piece of Facebook Steven is not one to cry in his beer. He is putting his investments elsewhere and sponsoring the Dallas Recruiting Roadshow instead!

It’s a shame Steven won’t be able to join us on the day to share his wealth of knowledge on using social networks for recruiting best practice like he did in Atlanta. But no matter — there is plenty here online to dig through and many more lessons inspired by his ongoing research. Case in point, see today’s post on Recruiting.com: Social Network Ignoramus: The Fate of a Recruiting Dinosaur?

Steven and CollegeRecruiter.com continue to be good friends to the Roadshow. Thank you!

]]> http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/25/collegerecruitercom-gives-dallas-a-lift/feed/ 2 Big Brands and Facebook: Demographics, Case Studies and Best Practices http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/21/big-brands-facebook-demographics-case-studies-best-practices/ http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/21/big-brands-facebook-demographics-case-studies-best-practices/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:00:38 +0000 johnsumser http://recruitingroadshow.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/big-brands-facebook-demographics-case-studies-best-practices/ When Steven Rothberg gave his keynote presentation in Atlanta about using social networks for recruiting the question came up about demographics. Of course, this is a critical issue when it comes to things that range from sourcing strategy to job branding and employer marketing.

I just picked this up from Forrester’s Charlene Li who — like Steven — knows what she’s talking about:

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And on the subject of demographics, here’s my two-cents on Second Life which also came up in Atlanta.

]]> http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/21/big-brands-facebook-demographics-case-studies-best-practices/feed/ 0 Do You Want My Resume? How About a Beer? http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/ http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:10:49 +0000 johnsumser http://recruitingroadshow.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/ In his Atlanta keynote on the pros and cons of using social networks for recruiting Steven Rothberg closed with a few observations about recruiting in virtual worlds like Second Life.

Illustrating some of the potential problems for recruiters Steven referenced an instance where instead of pulling his resume from out of his pocket a candidate pulled out a beer instead.

Virtual job interviews? Digital job fairs? It is confusing I know but perhaps this is the stuff that urban legends are made of…

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…it’s just so hard to tell!

Posted by: Amitai Givertz

]]> http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/feed/ 3 Steven Rothberg’s Keynote: Best Practices for Using Facebook, MySpace and Other Social Networking Sites for Recruiting http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/05/steven-rothbergs-keynote-best-practices-for-using-facebook-myspace-and-other-social-networking-sites-for-recruiting/ http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/05/steven-rothbergs-keynote-best-practices-for-using-facebook-myspace-and-other-social-networking-sites-for-recruiting/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:17:02 +0000 johnsumser http://recruitingroadshow.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/steven-rothbergs-keynote-best-practices-for-using-facebook-myspace-and-other-social-networking-sites-for-recruiting/ It is not unusual when presenting after a fantastic lunch to have an audience nodding off. Of course, this phenomenon has more to do with blood rushing to the guts to help the body with digestion than its draining from the brain because of speaker or subject-induced boredom.

In presenting his afternoon keynote Steven Rothberg had some distinct advantages over possible food-induced dozing:

  • Our Atlanta delegates were really hungry to learn about networking tools and recruiting issues, in the main brand new stuff to contrast with their mainstream practices and possible misconceptions about using social networks in their day-to-day jobs; and
  • Steven provided much food for thought but kept everyone asking for more. Not only that, Steven delivered his presentation with enough spice and wit to keep even possibly bland topics like background checking, compliance and source-of-hire metrics appetizing.

Here are Steven’s presentation slides…

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…although the real juice is in direct contact with him:

CollegeRecruiter.com
(800) 835-4988
Steven(at)CollegeRecruiter.com

You can also keep ahead of things by reading Steven’s blog or connected with him on LinkedIn. 

Posted by: Amitai Givertz

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