Community Blog: WISPRR - Wisconsin Professional Recruiters Resource

Time: September 15, 2009 from 7:30am to 9am
Location: UWM - School of Continuing Education
Organized By: Todd Nilson

http://wisprr.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2101578%3AEvent%3A3121&xgi=3GNYNHH

The second Milwaukee JobCamp is just around the corner and it promises to be bigger and better (twice as big, twice as good) as the last one. On July 9th, we'll have a great number of job seekers, entrepreneurs, and, yes, hiring professionals coming through the door. The event is paid for through the kind contributions of employers who sponsor us in exchange for an opportunity to provide quality information to the community, perhaps identify some talent for their organizations, and position themselves as employers of choice via our many advertising, promotional, and event-based opportunities. Heck, sponsors will even get a filmed interview in front of a live studio audience about why their organization is a wonderful place to work.

As an individual recruiter or hiring professional, though, you may wonder just how to go about signing up for the event if your company is not sponsoring. Let me suggest a couple of courses.

First, if you're an independent, a third party recruiter, or a corporate recruiter and you're not a sponsor, then you have two options. A) You can attend and make a donation of $50 payable to GoIndigo, LLC, the event management company behind JobCamp; or B) You can volunteer a chunk of your time at the JobCamp as a resume advisor, an interviewer or in another volunteer role. That's the beauty of JobCamps being based on the BarCamp model. Contribution is at the heart of the success of events like this.

Second, if you are a recruiter who is out of work, we'd still love it if you could volunteer. It looks good on a resume and shows that you're involved in the community. But since you're in transition yourself, we're not charging. Just like any other job seeker, please bring along a non-perishable food item that we'll contribute to the Hunger Task force.

To sign up for the second Milwaukee JobCamp, point your browser to our Eventbrite site.

On Thursday, March 26th, from noon until 9 p.m., employers and job seekers will come together to try a new kind of job networking event, a Milwaukee JobCamp.  

What is it?  Think of JobCamp as a twist on your typical, boring sorts of job fair events.  In addition to building some core breakout sessions that we believe will be of great interest to both employers and job seekers, we're following the popular BarCamp format, meaning that if you have an idea about the job search, or a great new way of identifying potential employees for your organization, or if you'd like to just have a session where you talk about potential new business startup ideas, you can propose a session and get others to attend.  

The event is going to be held at Bucketworks, just north of downtown off of the McKinley exit of I-94, so getting there and parking is a snap (there's plentiful street parking for at no charge).   We're still planning the program and talking to sponsors for the event, but a few have already lined up, including Jobing.com.  

Stay tuned for more updates as I have them!   In the meantime, we have set up a Meetup.com group for those interested in signing up early and proposing sessions.  The cost of entry for job seekers, by the way, is free.  Well, almost. We're asking that you bring a non-perishable food item that we can dontate to a local food bank.

MILWAUKEE, WI -- The Wisconsin Professional Recruiters Resource is proud to welcome back Chris Forman, president of AIRS, to Milwaukee.

On Thursday, September 11th, Mr. Forman is scheduled present a talk on the latest techniques for passive candidate sourcing at the Sheraton on 375 South Moorland in Brookfield, WI.  The breakfast meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. with open networking to be followed by Mr. Forman at 9 a.m.

Pre-Registration

We strongly encourage pre-registration for the event.  There are only 80 seats for the event and last year when Mr. Forman came, we filled the house!

Paid members of WISPRR can pre-register for $25.  Non-members can pre-register at a cost of $45.  Door registration is $30 for members and $50 for non-members.

Pre-register online by clicking this link.  If you are a paid member, be sure to use the e-mail address under which you paid your membership to ensure that you receive the member level registration price.

The event includes a continental breakfast provided by Sheraton.

About Chris Forman

Chris Forman serves as President of AIRS, A Company of The RightThing, a cutting-edge training, technology, and outsourcing provider. Over his 15 year technology career, Forman has become a seasoned business executive and one of the HR industry's most dynamic speakers and thinkers on recruiting technology, talent development, and OFCCP compliance.  Mr. Forman has spoken at more than 75 HR and recruiting industry events and has been quoted in publications such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, HR Executive, Government Executive, SI Review and Purple Squirrel. 

Before joining AIRS in May of 1998, Mr. Forman held a series of leadership positions at fast-growth technology firms including Centricut (Acquired by Hypertherm in 1998) and Direct Imaging. He is a graduate of Colby College and lives with his wife Angela and their four children Emma, Noah, Will, and Sara in Meriden, NH.

Every year, WISPRR holds a summer event that draws recruiting
professionals from across southeastern Wisconsin to discuss trends in
recruiting as well as best practices and tools current to the
recruiting profession. Join us for a two-hour, whirlwind UnConference
on Tuesday, July 8th, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will be
held at the Jobing.com headquarters, 2514 S. 102nd Street, West
Allis, WI 53227.

You will get the chance to engage with thought leaders in recruiting
and bring fresh ideas back to your daily hiring practices in your
company.

What is an UnConference?

An UnConference is an less conventional approach to conferences with
high admission costs and highly paid "name" speakers. UnConferences
are more relaxed events designed to create an atmosphere of
collaborative learning and the free exchange of ideas.

For the Best Practices in Recruiting 2008 UnConference, the event
will be structured around the principle of active participation of
all attendees. What does that mean? Well, you're expected to get
involved in as many discussions as possible both during and after the
event. When the UnConference is over, you're encouraged to put up
blog entries, pictures, and more thoughts about the event and its
impact so that the WISPRR membership can share and benefit from your
ideas.

What will I get out of the event?

As a result of attending, you will get the opportunity to learn and
share the best approaches to recruiting available in the marketplace
today, such as:

* Working with hiring managers effectively
* Unconventional approaches to finding candidates
* Next generation interviewing and selection approaches
* The latest tools of the trade

The event also serves as an excellent place to network and establish
new connections with other recruiters for future joint projects!

What will I need to bring to the event?

Just yourself. Of course, you can bring along a laptop, camera, or
anything else you think might help while you're there, but this isn't
going to be a session where you'll sit in one chair and absorb
information the whole time. There will be white boards, markers, flip
charts and separate seating areas for different discussion areas.

Spend your Lunch Our With Us and Feed Your Brain!

We'll have plenty of food and drink available for you during the
sessions. We're asking only for a $5 donation from members and a $10
donation from non-current WISPRR members.

Questions? Call Nancy at (414)224-7962.

We hope to see you there!

WISPRR Staff

WISPRR Feb. 12th 2008  Meeting

Learn how to work with local college, university, career, and outplacement services

WISPRR welcomes career services and outplacement representatives from UW - Milwaukee, Marquette University, Carroll College, TechSkills, and Right Management for a moderated panel discussion aimed at how recruiters can best work with them.

Light Refreshments will be availableWISPRR is a collaborative networking group designed for HR and
staffing professionals involved in recruiting and hiring.

When: Tuesday, Feb. 12 th 2008 at 11.30 am

Cost: Non-Members:  $5 (Pay at the Door)
                WISPRR Members - FreeRegister Online
(and renew your membership as well)

Where:  IBS Lower Conference room400 South Executive Drive
Brookfield WI , 53005

Our Yahoo Group is http://www.wisprr.org

For questions or more information, please contact nbasile@sprinc.com.