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Welcome Back To recruitDC, Matt Charney!

May 10, 2017 by recruitdc Leave a Comment

We’re excited to welcome Matt Charney back to recruitDC this May, and he has pulled together a great closing keynote, with some great information to share with attendees. Always one to look past what’s shiny on the surface, and well-known for calling things “as they are”, Matt will bring a fresh perspective to some important topics in the Talent Acquisition space. This presentation will take a look at some of the biggest trends and emerging technologies impacting recruiting and hiring today. It’s a must-attend whether you are running a desk, or managing a division of recruiters.

From NGOs to Fortune 500 companies to Mom and Pop shops, we will look across markets, industries and specialties to identify what talent leaders can do today to compete – and win – the top talent of tomorrow. Matt will discuss the real issues that really matter to real recruiters, and focus on identifying what’s really new and what’s really next. He’s going to encourage ditching the buzzwords and fluff for a data driven look into the changing world of work – and what that means for the work of HR and recruiting.

Here’s what you can expect to take away from Matt’s session:

  • How to follow the trail of venture capital and influx of cash to determine which startups are being built to last, which categories of technology and tools are the hottest segments of the talent business, and how recruiters can stay ahead by staying on top of the bigger business picture without a whole lot of work (or any special knowledge).

  • What the future of work looks like after on boarding, and how the blended workforce and gig economy models, coupled with a rise in knowledge work, globalization and remote workers, are already shaping the way companies hire, and what the upending of the traditional social contract means for traditional recruiting and Human Relations. 

  • How to build a business case for talent acquisition to get the resources required to recruit the talent you need, and how to work with internal stakeholders and employees to tie talent acquisition efforts directly to bottom line results. We’ll talk about how to make friends, influence hiring managers and finally make your people the greatest asset in the business – only with the P/L to prove it.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Filed Under: DC Area Conferences, recruitDC Conference, recruitDC Events Tagged With: Conference, HRTech, Matt Charney, recruitDC event, recruiting

So…Do It In A Startup – Closing Keynote Preview

May 19, 2016 by recruitdc Leave a Comment

The objective of So Do It in a Startup! is to discuss what it takes to take the ultimate step up to the daunting challenge of starting a startup from the voices of people who have not only risked it all on their dreams – but beat the odds and succeeded. Each panelist had a very different path to their current executive leadership positions at high growth, high tech DC area companies; the panel will focus not on data or numbers or case studies, but the stories that shaped them, their businesses and their outlook on the business of talent. 

That the worldview and talent philosophies of each panelist differs drastically promises to be both contentious and cutting edge – and lead to an important conversation about the state of the world of work today – and what’s new and what’s next in HR and recruiting tomorrow, too. That each panelist has successfully launched a startup will show the audience the manifold paths to entrepreneurship, the possibilities of working in the startup world, and provide specific examples from the panelists’ first hand experiences of what’s worked for them – and lessons learned along the way.

Attendees will learn what startup life is really like, what to think about when thinking about founding or joining a startup, and provide insight into the leadership and people practices of some of the most influential players in DC’s  booming startup scene.

We took a few minutes to talk with Matt Charney, Executive Editor of RecruitingDaily and the moderator for the panel. Check it out at the closing session on May 26th! 

You’ve had an interesting career path to get where you are now. Walk us through a little of your career path?

Nothing I’ve done has been intentional. I became a recruiter because I had a degree in screenwriting and needed benefits. I quickly learned selling jobs was good money and was really easy, particularly sourcing.
 
When you grow up with the internet and social, sourcing is ridiculously easy. I guess I got lucky, but I remember at my first gig – at the small, family owned firm that was ultimately acquired and became Manpower RPO – using Google to meet my quota for the day within an hour or so.
 
I’d watch everyone else fighting over directories and think they were complete idiots – and kill the rest of the time on what was then still “The Facebook,” which was closed to anyone who didn’t have a valid .edu email at the time. I’d occasionally work on writing, first screenplays, then essays about the stuff at work that pissed me off. I killed hours with what became “social recruiting” and ultimately, blogging.
 
After a couple quick, lucrative consulting gigs, I was brought into Warner Bros. and Disney for projects designed to increase direct applications and eliminate agency spend – which, obviously, involved writing cogent job descriptions, compelling emails and proactively sourcing and developing candidates instead of posting and praying.
 
I also somehow helped revamp both companies’ career sites, worked on internal mobility and recruiter training initiatives, and helped centralize and standardize both employer brand and enterprise search at some pretty big ass companies, which is funny, because I was like 25.
 
Still, now that social and employer branding (including copywriting) were actual parts of my job, I still needed to kill time at the office. So I submitted my first ever blog post to ERE, and think that I literally broke the internet with that one. That led my first interaction with the “recruiting industry,” which eventually led me out of recruiting and into marketing at companies like Monster and Cornerstone On Demand.
 
I’ve been blogging about recruiting and HR ever since. I’m just lucky enough to have enough people reading my stuff to make this my full time gig, and would definitely not advise anyone to follow my example, because that isn’t a career path. It’s dumb luck.
 
You’ve attended recruitDC in the past – the first one, I believe. What do you think recruitDC brings to the community? 

RecruitDC was my very first ever speaking gig, back in 2010, and while I’ve given literally hundreds of presentations in the interim, you never forget your first, as they say. It was at the Wooley Mammoth theatre, and I remember thinking how bad ass it all was.

I am sure I said stupid stuff on some insignificant panel (Doug Berg was on it, talking about Jobs2Web, I think), but all I remember is being amazed my heroes from the internet like Gerry Crispin, Susan Strayer (at the time) and Lance Haun were there, live and in person. I was a complete nerd, but this was probably the event that hooked me. So, I think RecruitDC brought me to the community, and for that I apologize.

Seriously, though – it’s a testament to the talent in the recruiting community in DC that not only does such a highly localized conference bring together some of the top names (and some of my best friends) in the business to talk about issues that matter to their own community, but that content and conversation is world class. This is one community that really influences the bigger recruiting picture, and this is the conference that seems to drive a lot of that community. So, thank you guys for bringing the awesome.

For those that have not attended before, why do you think this is an important conference for recruiters to attend? 

At this point, it’s sold out, so all I have to say is, you’re about to find out for yourself. The fact that this is a hotter ticket than the Nats or the Wizards tells me the fact this is one can’t miss conference kind of speaks for itself. Either that, or DC has pretty crappy sports teams. But hey, RG3 is looking pretty good these days, right?
 
Tell us a little about the panel discussion you are leading.
 
Hopefully, I’m not going to be leading anything. I mean, I’m going to be up there with some of the smartest and most passionate people in the startup business – Sam Cicotello from Social Tables, Yair Flick from SmartLogic and Chris Stone from EMoxie. Each of them has pretty much defied odds and helped grow their ideas into what have become viable businesses and buzzed about brands; I’m just going to pick their brains, probably.
 
Like everyone who watches Silicon Valley on HBO, I just want to know how the hell they managed to survive and thrive in the cutthroat, high intensity world of startups and what advice they have for anyone else with aspirations for growing a startup and balancing the demands of a high growth business with the need to hire the right talent they need to succeed today – and tomorrow.
 
I’m not sure where the conversation is going to go, but I know I’m going to learn a lot, and I can’t wait. Oh, yeah – and I might have a few curveball questions to keep things interesting, too. But I’m not going to spoil the surprise.
 
Foggy Bottom, baby. 

 

Matt Charney is the Executive Editor for Recruiting Daily, whose flagship property, RecruitingBlogs, is the world’s largest social network and content sharing platform for recruiting and HR professionals. Matt oversees editorial strategy and content marketing for RecruitingDaily’s portfolio of online properties. Prior to joining RecruitingBlogs, Matt served in marketing leadership roles at leading HR technology companies like Talemetry, CornerstoneOnDemand & Monster. Matt began his career as a corporate recruiter for such companies as Walt Disney and Warner Bros.

Follow him @MattCharney or connect with him on LinkedIn

 

Filed Under: recruitDC Conference, recruitDC Events Tagged With: Matt Charney, Panel, recruitDC event, startup

ICYMI: The Week In Recruiting – August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 by recruitdc Leave a Comment

We’re bringing you the best recruiting and sourcing content on a weekly basis. Not seeing something from your favorite site? Suggest a site in the comments, and we’ll check it out!

 

Camp A or B: The Millennial Recruiting Divide – Marie Burns

A Detailed Guide on Advanced Search Operators – Johnny Campbell, Social Talent

The Finger and Two Pink Slips – Steve Levy, Recruiting Inferno

Content Marketing – Matt Charney – via the Animal Show – Recruiting Animal

Does Anyone Actually Care About Candidate Experience? – Recruiting Daily

The 9 Circles of Recruiting Hell – Recruiting Daily

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Animal, Boolean, Derek Zeller, ICYMI, Matt Charney, Steve Levy, Week In Recruiting

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