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The Recruiting Roadshow is an event masterminded by John Sumser. In 1995, John started his own company Interbiznet, where he wrote a daily column on using the internet and technology for recruiting. He wrote the first book describing the internet as a sourcing and recruiting tool in 1996.



The idea for the Recruiting Roadshow was brought on by the fact that recruiting can be vastly different from one metropolitan area to the next.… Continue

Headed To India: Looking for Leads

(Oct 03, 2008) I'm going to India for three weeks. I'll be back the day before the Silicon Valey Recruiting Roadshow. My goal is to immerse myself in Indian culture. I want to understand the foundations of the people who are becoming my partners with increasing frequency.

While we are busy putting tons of business in Indian…

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One week ago today, I was at the Grand Festival of Recruiting! I will never forget it, and want to share a few of my experiences from that day...



So Thursday night I was up late packing my things for a weekend away from home... I had planned to drive my car half way to Toronto and park it at a friends house, but I was running late that morning, and literally RAN to catch my train out of Burlington. I arrived at the InterContinental, still in my flip flops, with minutes to spare. I… Continue

Manners are everything.

Recently, I've been thinking about conversation and the best ways to have it online. I am hardly the world's greatest advocate for for reasoned discussion. I am particularly good at taking a strong position and working to defend it. I know, however, that my favorite approach is only useful in limited circumstances. More often, reasoned conversation is the way to effective communication.

It's really hard to do that online. The competitive struggle for…

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I missed a couple of weeks in order to avoid offering version 1.13. I'm not superstitious, exactly.

In that time, we had a very successful Recruiting Roadshow in Minneapolis. Special Thanks to Jason Davis, Dave Mendoza, Maren Hogan, Steven Rothberg, Jason Buss, Paul DeBettignies, Kelly Wackerfuss, Don Ramer, Josh Kahn, Toby Dayton and George LaRocque. Paul DeBettigne's mom made a special guest appearance. One of the featured speakers was the former editor and CEO of the Minneapolis…

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So, this week was all about video. On Wednesday and Thursday, Jason

broadcast a live video stream from the floor of the Kennedy conference.

Over the twelve hours of broadcast, there were an average of 90

viewers...

The Recruitingblogs video area is filling with great content.

Although Bill Vick is the clear ringleader with his weekly videos on the…

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As our community marches on towards 10,000 members, the quantity and quality of the material on the site is exploding. There's an enormous volume of material to sift through. Almost all of it really adds to the development of the Recruiting Industry.

Take a look at the contributors. Over 10% of our members have participated in blogging or discussions. There's nothing like…

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I've been exploring the Electronic Recruiting Industry for nearly fifteen years. These days, I do it mostly through my pet project, the Recruiting Roadshow™. For those of you who don't know, Recruitingblogs.com is the official online network of the Recruiting Roadshow™… Continue