Top 2019 Recruiting Conferences to Consider Attending

Top 2019 Recruiting Conferences to Consider Attending Sponsored by Mighty Recruiter The recruiting industry is much like the natural world: it’s constantly evolving, shifting, taking on different forms. The consequence is that to remain relevant as a recruiter or HR leader, you have to stay on top of what’s happening right now, to familiarize yourself with the latest innovations, technologies, and hiring approaches. Fortunately, it’s rather easy to do so, thanks to the huge number of talent acquisition events and conventions that populate the annual calendar. What’s not so easy is deciding on which events to attend â€" there are so many of them, after all, and each differs slightly in focus. To make it easier for you to choose, we’ve rounded up 10 of the top 2019 recruiting conferences that we consider well worth attending. Open your calendar and pencil in these popular options. Social Recruiting Strategies Conference (SRSC) January 30 â€" February 1, 2019, San Francisco As its name suggests, this popular event gives recruiters, sourcers and talent acquisition professionals the chance to learn about best practices in the realm of social recruiting from a number of top industry experts. The conference will feature four distinct session tracks focused on a) optimizing the candidate experience, b) emerging technology and trends, c) employer branding, and d) tips, tricks and tools for recruiting success. Prior to the main event, the organizers will also be running a series of interactive, hands-on workshops that deep-dive into relevant topics. Attendees will benefit from multiple opportunities to network with other practitioners and will leave with invaluable insights that can be applied immediately to improve recruiting and hiring efforts. Recruiting Trends Talent Tech February 20 â€" 22, 2019, Las Vegas Conference organizers claim that this is the only HR event out there that brings together the art and science of talent acquisition. True or not, it’s worth registering for if you’re looking to build your network and collect practical takeaways you can use to improve your recruiting approach. A range of talks by renowned speakers will cover every aspect of the talent acquisition process, from talent strategy and attraction to identification and selection, and attendees can select the session track that’s best suited to their needs. There’ll also be an expo where visitors can explore the latest recruiting solutions, products, and services. Unleash March 19 â€" 20, 2019, London | May 14 â€" 15, 2019, Las Vegas Aimed at professionals looking to unleash the potential of their people, this annual series of events focuses on ways in which HR managers and business leaders can build and support a workforce that’s fully prepared for the future. Two shows dot the 2019 calendar â€" the Unleash Conference Expo (March 19 â€" 20, London) and Unleash America (May 14 â€" 15, Las Vegas) â€" and each will cover a wide range of relevant topics, with an emphasis on cutting-edge technology and the impact of AI and digital transformation on the working world. In previous years, speakers included the likes of Simon Sinek, Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Mo Gawdat, and, no doubt, 2019 will serve up inspiration from movers and shakers of a similar caliber. SourceCon March 19 â€" 21, 2019, Seattle | May 21 â€" 22, 2019, Amsterdam Known as the must-attend conference for insights on all things sourcing, SourceCon furnishes attendees with real solutions to the challenges involved in finding and attracting top talent (purple squirrels included). At both the 2019 events â€" SourceCon Seattle in March and SourceCon Europe in May â€" a number of speakers will share stories and advice on everything from referral sourcing to automation, and sourcers will get to test out new techniques and technologies in Innovation Labs and an after-hours hackathon. There’ll also be lots of opportunities to network with like-minded professionals and meet some of the most talented practitioners in the industry. HR Transform March 26 â€" 28, 2019, Las Vegas Las Vegas plays host to yet another of the US’s top 2019 recruiting conferences, HR Transform, which is specifically designed for executive-level people professionals, talent partners, and founders of HR-focused startups. Around 200 speakers will address attendees across more than 50 sessions centered on the future of work and how best to prepare for tomorrow using today’s top tools and strategies. All areas of HR will be covered, including onboarding, retention, company culture, and workplace benefits, and there’ll be time allocated to networking, executive roundtable discussions, and browsing the latest, greatest talent acquisition and management products. SHRM Talent Conference Exposition April 8 â€" 10, 2019, Nashville One of several annual events run by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), this popular conference and expo is not just a one-of-a-kind learning opportunity for recruiters and HR managers involved in strategy development; it’s also a great way to collect a few professional development credits (PDCs). There are over 80 sessions on the agenda (covering topics like pay transparency, the value of internship programs, and candidate assessments, to name just a few), and attendees can essentially build their own schedule based on their needs and interests. The exposition component is also golden for conference-goers who are eager to get their hands on the latest HR products and technology solutions while mingling with inspiring professionals. ERE Recruiting Conference April 22 â€" 24, 2019, San Diego | October 14 â€" 16, 2019, Washington D.C. Brought to you by the same folks who organize SourceCon, the ERE Recruiting Conference takes place twice in 2019 â€" in April in San Diego and again in October in Washington D.C. The eminent event brings together the best minds in the people business and features talks by renowned speakers, small roundtable group discussions, and hands-on workshops geared at talent acquisition professionals at all levels â€" the idea is to bring along the whole recruitment team. If you’re eager to learn more about anything from how to handle workplace harassment to how to compile advanced job descriptions, this one is definitely for you. RecruitCon May 8 â€" 10, 2019, Austin | November 14 â€" 15, 2019, Nashville Keen to learn more about how leading brands like Amazon source and secure talent? RecruitCon is the place to do it. Widely considered one of the top 2019 recruiting conferences to attend, this popular event features a program that’s packed with value, with pre-conference workshops, peer roundtable debates, breakout sessions, and general presentations that dive into issues like inclusion and diversity, veteran recruiting, automation for improved efficiency, and the value of predictive analytics in hiring. If you can’t make it to Austin in May, there’ll be a second 2019 RecruitCon in Nashville in November. Plus, as the curriculum is recognized by SHRM, it’s a great way to earn PDCs to maintain your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. Indeed Interactive Worldwide May 13 â€" 15, 2019, Austin The name says a lot: Indeed Interactive is, indeed, highly interactive, being set up in such a way so as to encourage the 2,000+ recruitment practitioners who attend from around the world to connect with and learn from one another. Aimed at senior talent professionals, the large annual conference, which is now going into its fifth year, inspires and educates with captivating talks by keynote speakers (examples of past presenters include Malcolm Gladwell and Brené Brown), thought-provoking panel discussions, and hands-on training workshops. The aim is for everyone to go home armed with new ideas, strategies, insights, and practical tools that they can apply to improve their company’s hiring process immediately. Aside from the 2019 Interactive Worldwide event in Austin, the organizers also typically host conferences in other regions too, so keep an eye on the website for more details about these gatherings. HR Technology Conference Exposition October 1 â€" 4, 2019, Las Vegas For more than 20 years, this SHRM-approved independent event has been helping HR executives and IT professionals to keep their finger on the pulse of the ever-evolving HR technology market. With new innovations being developed daily, the Vegas-based conference looks to be one of the top 2019 recruiting conferences, with an aim on educating attendees about their options so that they can leverage cutting-edge software and systems to transform the way they work. For obvious reasons, AI will be a key focus area, as will the topic of women in HR technology. And in the expansive expo hall, visitors can dart around like kids in a candy store, exploring emerging and established solutions and comparing countless invaluable products, some of which have never been seen before. MightyRecruiter  is an intuitive, comprehensive, and transformative recruiting solution.  Source passive candidates, track and manage applicants,  access an expansive,  Mighty resume database, and take advantage of  Mighty free job postings. Then, hire the most relevant candidates for your jobs, all at  no cost.

Is it okay if I dont want kids

Is it okay if I dont want kids I see how it feels so easy to just say no to kids. Having  kids is irrational. They do not make us happier. They  disrupt the halcyon days of early marriage. And they cost a lot of money. Pretty much  every twentysomething  says, at some point, that they dont want kids, and in 97% of those cases that twentysomething  is delusional. Of course there is a biological urge to have kids but it turns out  its actually a drive to have sex, not so much to have a baby. So what, then, makes all the people who say  no to kids in their 20s end up saying yes to kids in their 30s? Heres what I think: There are only two choices in life: career or family. You can look at anyone in the whole world who you admire, and you can see they picked either career or family. There are not people who have an amazing career who also put their family first. Amazing careers come from incredible  focus and dedication. That singular focus means you are able to also surround yourself with singular focus. The people who are insanely  driven to be high performers in their chosen career do that to the exclusion of pretty much everything else. You are not someone who is  going all out  at work. I know this because those people are not reading this post. They dont care about this topic. Anyway you know by the time youre 26 if you love to work. Because 26 year olds who love to work have been working nonstop at a singular, focused goal, since they were 21. Really. Not kidding. Read  about Sara Blakely. If you are 26 and you  are not currently exhibiting  the drive to meet difficult, all-consuming goals, then you will not have a particularly interesting or fruitful career. Because the careers that are fulfilling are ones you give yourself to. Just like everything else  in life: you get what you give. The stuff you want in life does not take a lot of time. Look at people who are 40 years old. Or 50. What are they doing with their days? Probably dealing with family. What do you imagine you will be doing all day, with no kids? Writing a novel? That takes an hour a day. Doing yoga? That takes an hour a day. Travel? For what? 80 years? At some point you are not traveling anymore, you are homeless. This is all to say that everyones life needs to be about something. Without a career or family the days are long. On the other hand, either a big job or kids can easily consume an entire day. So there is your big job OR there are kids. I dont see a choice in life besides career or family. There is nothing else with enough weight to matter in your life. This is why people dont take women at 26 seriously when they say no to having kids and  dont already have something big and meaningful that theyre doing instead. What those women are really saying is they thought they would do something big and meaningful with their careers before they had kids. But look. Everyone thinks that and its only true for like 5% of the world. And besides, no big career was built in four years, and thats when youd have to stop with the career to start focusing on kids instead. Lets be real. The more you put off having kids waiting for that big and meaningful thing to pop into your life, the more you mess up your chances of even being able to have kids. Having or not having kids is  a false  choice.   If you want two kids, scientists say  you should start trying at age 27. Thats a tough reality. And it doesnt leave a lot of room for choice. Women have a biological clock. They are literally going to miss out on having their own kids if they dont do it soon enough. Everyone who has kids says they love their kids more than anything in the whole world. Its hard to say, in the first quarter of your long life, that you want to give that up. So women just have kids. What if you dont? The real thing keeping you from having kids is that you think no one will admire you for your brains and ambition. And this is probably true.  This Tumblr post  summarizes the problem well. Its not just that most women are doing the caregiving and that its unpaid labor. Its that it puts your life on a path for low performers: The more women care for others, the less care they can receive in return, because they devote less time to waged labor than men and many social insurance plans are calculated on the years of waged work done.Because of the devaluation of reproductive work, practically everywhere women face old age with fewer resources than men, measured in terms of family support, monetary incomes and available assets. Thus, in the  US, where pensions and Social Security are calculated on years of employment, women are the largest group of elderly poor and the largest number of residents of low-income nursing homesbecause they spend so much of their lives outside of the waged workforce in activities not recognized as work. But nothing is going to change that any time soon. The only thing that is changing right now is your fertility. And its waning. Competent  parenting begets  a child who wants to be a competent parent. I have no data for this except the hundreds of women I coach who say they dont want children.  Im going to go out on a limb and tell you that almost every woman I coach who did not have kids wishes, by 40, that she did. And I have never met an adamantly childless woman at 40 who did not have a very, very difficult childhood. When we have no model for being good parent its hard to  believe it is possible to be a good parent. But the worst thing you can do after your parents ruin your childhood is to let your parents also ruin your adulthood. So, for those of you who have a career that you live for, kids could ruin that, and maybe you dont want that to happen. For everyone else, if you are thinking of not having kids, and you dont have a career that you live for, youre not being honest. This harsh reality  is true for both men and women, but  men have so much longer to live in delusion of a just-around-the-corner amazing career. Women have to face reality much sooner because of biology. Life is about career or kids. Thats it. There are no other choices. You can spend your whole life trying to balance those two things that are extremely  important to you. But dont risk spending your life having nothing that is extremely  important to you.

Stand Out by Staying Ahead - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Stand Out by Staying Ahead - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career The ideal way to gain insight to your connections or target market is to simply follow your clients. Not literally or in person, I’m referring to social networks. Such networks will give you an in-depth look into what your clients like, share, and appreciate. While some social networks aren’t as open, paying attention to comments and conversations on your own page is often a great starting point. You can use Twitter and Google search results to see what’s trending with your client base.  [tweet this] What do they spend their time discussing? Who do they interact with? Pay attention to the details The advantage of paying attention to your connections and their interests is that you get to stay ahead of the trend. Discussions, comments, and even sound-bites can tell you what they’re thinking and what’s important to them. Having the tiniest bit of information in this area can give you a strong advantage in the market. Stay connected Of course, the best way to really stay connected with your contacts is to simply stay in direct communication with them. It’s often as simple as an email or phone call that asks them what you can do for them. In many cases, a customer may not feel it necessary to keep you updated on their own personal interests. So if you want some good informative leads, don’t be hesitant to ask and show them that they matter to your brand. This is primarily so that you can show them that what’s important to them is important to you as well. Remember that an appreciative client is the ideal client and will be more likely to promote good word of mouth marketing for your brand. When you demonstrate your interest in their well-being, an understanding of their interest and ability to work and develop a solid relationship with them, they’ll   be more inclined to share and refer you to others. By simply staying in contact with your clients and updating yourself on their needs and desires, you’ll be able to stay ahead and stand out as someone that really cares about their business relationships. When you do that, converting a client into a loyal customer will be easy. Author: Maria Elena Duron, is managing editor of the Personal Branding Blog, CEO (chief engagement officer) of  buzz2bucksâ€"  a word of mouth marketing firm, and a professional speaker and trainer on developing social networks that work. She provides workshops, webinars, seminars and direct services that help create conversation, connection, credibility, community and commerce around your brand.   Maria Duron is founder  and moderator of  #brandchat   a weekly Twitter chat focused on every aspect of  branding  that is recognized by Mashable as one the 15 Essential Twitter Chats for Social Media Marketers.

Emoticons are the Personality Behind Your Brand Online - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Emoticons are the Personality Behind Your Brand Online - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Whether youre writing a post, joining a blog conversation with a comment, typing an instant message to a friend, responding to a question in a message board or sending an email to a business contact, emoticons express your brand personality.   As you choose to display your brand as happy, sad, confused, flirtatious or embarrassed, keep in mind that its an important strategy of formally showcasing your brands personality through non-multimedia form.   Your emotion can also make or break your relationships, so choose wisely. Emoticons came into existence within the AOL Instant Messenger utility years ago.   Before emoticons, the issue was misinterpretation of messages sent from one computer to the next.   Think about it, if you received a message that was a sexist, racist or a misleading joke, you might take it the wrong way and either stop responding to that person or completely block them.   Its really hard to tell online EXACTLY what people mean, how they feel and what EMOTION they are placing into a dialog.   Emoticons solved that problem by hinting towards common feelings to ensure understanding. You can actually brand yourself as a happy person, by sending multiple smiley faces to someone within a single conversation.   They may think you have issues, but if they know you, then they will think its the norm.   Also, who doesnt want to receive a smiley face, seriously!   Its when your friends start sending sad and confused faces, that you should be concerned.   By sending those faces, you are conveying a brand with low self-esteem, especially if there is repetition. Question:   How can I show this person I mean what I say?   Answer:   Call the person Question:   When I send a message, how do they know Im joking?   Answer: Send the laughing emoticon after the message Depending on the situation, you should insert an emoticon into the conversation.   The more serious the conversation, the more you will want to use other forms of contact.   If you want to joke around with a friend or girlfriend, then emoticons are commonly used to show feeling and connection. What emoticons do you typically use for your brand?  

10 Resume Writing Secrets That will Improve Your Odds

10 Resume Writing Secrets That will Improve Your Odds Every day millions of CVs and resumes reach hiring managers with a hope of finding a dream job. However, most of them make the same mistakes over and over again, which significantly reduces their chances of being hired.Your resume is a tool of communication between you and a potential employer, so you need to make it as interesting and informative as possible.evalBy following the following resume writing rules and the advice below, you will be able to intrigue the company and make it want to learn more about you and your experience.1. ConcretenessIt is important to tailor your resume to every company you are applying to.Every hiring manager knows how a copy-pasted CV looks like. If you don’t spend enough time and energy on creating a resume for this particular company, it will most likely be neglected and forgotten or you will never have a chance to apply for the job in this company again.Take your time to adjust the data and it will bear fruit!2. Understand your goalsVery often em ployees only want to get a job, no matter what the company’s goals and aspirations are.It can be a good deal in a short run, but most employers prefer hiring those, who understand their needs and want to work on the company’s goals and make profits.Decide whether you want to go in the same direction with them and make sure they know what your value is.3. Do a research evalIt is not only important to understand what the company’s goals are but also to know more about its history and background.Be prepared and the hiring manager will definitely be impressed to see that you have a clear vision of what the company stands for.Let your resume reflect your knowledge and your place in the company. There is nothing more valuable that an employee, who shares corporate interests and goals.4. Be originalAlmost 90% of all CVs are written in a same pattern.evalDon’t be afraid to stand out from the rest, avoiding cliché phrases, like ‘goal oriented’, ‘team player’, ‘book lover†™ and so on. Spice up your hobbies, add appropriate jokes if the vacancy allows it.If you like superhero movies, indicate it in your CV. Who knows, maybe the hiring manager has the same hobbies! Be original, know what you are good at and you will definitely be noticed!5. Prove your valueEvery employer wants to find a person, who will be ready to solve specific problems and take the company to the next level.That is why it is important to show how your skills and previous experience may be useful for the company and its goals. Your CV should reflect your importance for the company.Don’t hesitate to add examples and references if needed. Prove that you are the person they are looking for!6. Quantify your achievementsApart from being specific, always try to use numbers when describing your previous experience.A big plus will be if you use dollars, percent or periods to show how you managed to solve complex tasks or increase company’s revenues.If you are a technical specialist, you can include the duration of the projects you were working on or the benefits your software can offer.7. Eliminate spelling and grammar mistakesIt often happens that a job seeker has a powerful resume but the overall impression is ruined by multiple mistakes or spelling errors.evalTry to avoid such problems and revise your CV as many times as needed to make sure that your resume is flawless.You can use a dictionary if you are not sure how to write the word correctly or download special computer software.8. Choose a proper formatting styleYour resume should become your business card and an effective tool of grabbing interest of the target audience In addition, pay attention to the formatting style you use: fonts, size of the letters and so on.Make sure your resume is not overcrowded with images and colors, which can be applied only if you are a designer or any other creative specialist.9. Prioritize informationHiring managers say that they need only a couple of seconds to see whether a particular resume deserves their attention.This means that you will only have a few moments to grab interest of the reader and make him want to know additional details.In such a case, prioritizing information may be a great advice. You need to put important information and key achievements first. In such a way, hiring managers will have access to relevant information at once, without surfing your resume.Remember, an ability to concentrate on key points and highlighting them is a very useful and appreciated skill.10. Promote yourselfRemember that your CV is your marketing project.An instrument, which will give you a chance to occupy a position of your dreams, so you need to do your best to impress a hiring manager and let him see how you stand out from other candidates.No one else will promote yourself better than you will, so you need to focus on the things, which will help this particular company flourish with your help.Make sure you highlight all the relevant skills you possess, avoiding aspects, which have nothing to do with this particular position. Don’t be afraid of promoting your strong sides, as managers value candidates, who stand on their ground.Creating an outstanding resume is more difficult than may seem, because your CV will be just one of the many documents on the manager’s desktop. That is why it is important to make it a marketing tool and show all your strong sides, without being a bore.Use the above advices to create a killing CV and you will definitely catch employer’s attention!