February2024 - Quarterly Round Table

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January 2024 - Economic Update, presented by Laila Assanie

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December 2023 -  Our December ESOA Luncheon will be with Chris Goade presenting on Creating a Sales Engine for your Business

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November 2023 - Member “Best Practices” Round table, facilitated by Paula Calise.

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October 2023 -  Lauren Midgley presenting topics from her bestseller, “Its 6 a.m. and I’m Already Behind: Strategies to Get Caught Up!”

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September 2023 - Chase McTaggart - You're Always Negotiating

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August 2023 - Mary Necessary - My Placement/Staffing Journey

 

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June 2023 - Owners and Managers Round Table

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May 2023 - How Artificial Intelligence is Influencing the Recruiting Industry

 

May 2023 - Bocci Ball Tournament and Social Event

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April 2023 - Talent Acquisition Panel

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March 2023 - Employment Law Update with Rob Radcliff  

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February 2023 - Quarterly Round Table Discussion

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January 2023 - Economic update hosted by Laila Assanie of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Mark Frears

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December 2022 - Happy Hour Event

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November 2022 - Labor Industry Outlook with Mallory Vachon

 

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October 2022 - ESOA Member Round Table

 

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September 2022 - Greg Doersching Training Event

 

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August 2022 - ESOA Members present their 5 ATS options

 

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July 2022 - Happy Hour Event

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June 2022 - Kevin Burch -  Client and Candidate Ghosting

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May 2022

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MAY 11th – ESOA Round Table Luncheon

 

MAY 19th – First Annual Bocci Ball Even

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April 2022 - Elyse Braud and John Baron from Humcap will be sharing with us the latest HR and legislative actions that we should take note.

 

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March 2022 - Business Building Event Featuring Greg Doersching

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January 2022 - Member Round Table

 

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Decemeber 2021 - Happy Hour Event

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November 2021 - Fight Club!

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Our November ESOA Luncheon, we are going to have a unique Round Table format. It will be our First ever “RECRUITERS FIGHT CLUB”. No, we won’t be punching each other, but we will have some spirited rounds of sparing and dialog.

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October 2021 - Member Round Table

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October ESOA Luncheon, will be our Member Round Table focusing on Candidate marketing, recruiting, tools, and management that pertain to our industry and running your business.

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September 2021 - Legal

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Our September ESOA Luncheon, will be our Annual HR / LEGAL Recruiting Presentation focusing on HR and Legislative recruiting topics that pertain to our industry and running your business.

 

 

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August 2021- Quarterly Round Table Discussion

 

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June 2021 - Texas Space Jobs

 

Our June ESOA Luncheon, will be our Texas Space Jobs – Are You Ready?. Our presenter is ThinkWhy’s CTO Dave Kramer and Jay Denton.

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May  2021- Dave Kramer

 

Our May ESOA Luncheon, will be Top 10 Staffing/Placement Technology Trends for 2021 Presentation and Discussion. Come listen to ThinkWhy’s CTO: Dave Kramer present and discuss these 10 key technology areas as they are utilized in the recruiting industry. Any size company can easily utilize some of these technologies within their current business practices!

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April  2021- Rebecca Macmillan

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LinkedIn Recruiting Master’s Presentation and Discussion. 

 

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March 2021- Quarterly Round Table Discussion

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February 2021- Kent Billingsley

 

Our February ESOA Luncheon, will be on How To Build A Highly Profitable Fast-Growth Company and Become Embarrassingly Rich Doing it by Kent Billingsley.

 

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January 2021- Tom Bronson

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Things You Can Do RIGHT NOW To Improve The Value of Your Business by Tom Bronson.

 

Tom will be focusing on planning, methods, processes, and metrics on what a leader should be doing today to grow your company.

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Decemeber 2020 - Happy Hour Event

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November 2020 - Terry Sullivan

 

Terry will be focusing on tips, tools, and techniques on how to better market your company on LinkedIn It will be held on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club, utilizing social distancing between attendees.

 

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October 2020 - Jay Denton and Jennifer Higgins

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Our October ESOA Luncheon, will be our 2021 Labor Market Financial Forecast & Outlook  program focusing on the labor marketing, hiring trends, insights and emerging technologies pertain to our industry.

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First, Jay Denton will give a preview of his firm’s national and local economic outlook for 2021. Jay will focus on how industries and locations have been impacted by the pandemic, and when employment will fully recover.

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Next, Jennifer Higgins will have a working session with ThinkWhy’s tool for recruiting firms, LaborIQ. In addition to market data and benchmarking capabilities, the tool gives salary recommendations for more than 20,000 job titles for markets across the country. The salaries can be finetuned for the candidate’s experience and education level, as well as the client company’s industry and size. If you are having challenges filling certain roles, especially if salary is a sticking point, bring your examples and we will walk through them.

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September 2020 - Roundtable Discussion

 

Our September ESOA Luncheon, will be our QUARTERLY ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION program focusing on topics, insights and emerging technologies pertain to our industry and running your business. It will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club, , utilizing social distancing between attendees.

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Our September Program will be led by one of our members! It promises to have an active, lively discussion on key topics!

Some discussion topics are:

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• Tools & Techniques for Managing your Client, especially through the interview process

• Best Job Boards, candidate search techniques

• COVID-19 SPECIAL: Share the Best Business Development Techniques that are working for you during this time

• How to ensure you are working the jobs that close

• Creating a sense of Urgency for your clients and candidates

• Counteroffers, how to deal with them​

 

 

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August 2020 - Robert Hunt

 

Robert Hunt will presenting on the idea of PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY that moves people from being a victim to becoming a victor.  In Robert’s presentation, he will share how Personal Accountability requires mindfulness, acceptances, honesty, and courage to make a difference. Robert will share with us a message to accept responsibility for your actions, or inaction; be accountable for your results, and take ownership of your mistakes. In his discussion, Robert talks about how creating a culture of integrity and accountability not only improves effectiveness, it also generates a respectful, enjoyable, and life-giving setting in which to work.

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June 2020 - Fanny Dunagan

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Description: In today’s digital world, everyone is just one online search away from being found. Your company’s brand is your reputation. Are you creating content that effectively showcases your expertise to clients and candidates? Learn how to build a Company brand and create content around your expertise to help land new clients and engage with candidates.

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·         Why create Social Media content?

·         How to define your unique brand

·         4 different types of Social Media content

·         How to leverage your service offerings, expertise, and job descriptions to get content ideas

·         Build a community around your expertise, values, strengths, and interests

 

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February 2020 - Trish Wyderka

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Our February ESOA Luncheon, our speaker will be our Trish Wyderka, CPC, CIR, ACIR. She is a Research Associate / Purple Squirrel Hunter for the Fidelis Companies, Karen Richards company (an ESOA member)!

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Program Description

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Are you tired of using the same old sourcing methods? Are you at your wits end because you cannot find contact information for your leads? If this sounds like you then you don’t want to miss Trish’s presentation and it is the place to be. Trish will have many new, unique  sourcing tips and tricks plus learn about sourcing tools to solve those day-to-day challenges of sourcing for candidates.

 

In her presentation, Trish will share with us how she Proactively sources candidates utilizing various sourcing methods, including Boolean Search, X-Ray, Flip Search and Peel back, power searching for resumes and individuals, natural language search and semantic language search.

Additionally, Trish shows how she uses market news (industry news, competitor news, layoffs and funding’s), open web (bio search, resume search, site indexes, image search, flip search, blog search), competitor search, naming lists (Spoke, Data.com, ZoomInfo), networking sites, groups, associations, schools and more.

 

This is a program for members who are a full desk, and all your recruiters within your company!

 

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January 2020 - Matt Sunshine

 

 

Our January ESOA Luncheon, our speaker will be our Matt Sunshine, Managing Partner at The Center for Sales Strategy and his program will focus on Sales and Marketing in 2020, getting appointments, lead generation, and social media. Matt is the author of “Getting Prospects to Raise Their Hand” and Forbes magazine lists Matt as one of the 20 Speakers You Shouldn't Miss The Opportunity To See.

 

 

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December 2019 - Members Happy Hour

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Let’s kick off the holidays with our December MEMBERS ONLY Happy Hour. This is the time that we meet up in a social atmosphere and solve all the world’s problems… or at least share a drink talking about them!

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November 2019 - Michael Goldberg

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Our November ESOA Luncheon, our speaker will be our Michael Goldberg, of Hiring Transformed and his program will focus on THE TOP 5 AREAS TO CONSIDER IN YOUR 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN, which will include topics, insights and emerging technologies pertain to our industry and running your business. It will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

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The new year and the new decade are fast approaching. What does your 1, 3, and 5 year plan look like?  Michael Goldberg, CEO and Founder of Hiring Transformed, will be leading a discussion on the five key areas you need to consider for your agency's success.  Once you leave, you will have a strong plan outline when it comes to building relationships with your clients, finding/engaging candidates, marketing, and the key technologies you should be looking at for 2020 and beyond.

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October 2019:  STEVE ODELL LIVE!

 

This program will bring THREE Odell’s presenting their best practices and “what’s working for them” in today’s market. This session is about professional placements to our industry and running your business. It will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

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Steve- CEO will talk about what he sees a major differences in top producers. He will discuss some techniques and how to navigate through some of the sensitive conversations to steer it in the direction where you WIN. Explain how we are able to get new recruiters producing quickly. One of our new hires has billed over $100k within the first 4 months.

 

Eric- Top producer with $565k in billings in 2018 and now over $650k in 2019 with months left in the year. He has been with the firm for 17 years. He will talk about some of the things/techniques he uses and how it impacts billings. Also managing client relationships and expanding your reach into those. BS in Business Administration from University of Texas at Dallas.

 

Brad- 15+ years with the firm. Began as research assistant, then Director of research, and currently Accounting / financial responsibilities. Graduate of University of Texas at Dallas with BS in Finance and Accounting.  He understand research and manages 2 researchers. He will reveal some of the technology tools and tricks we use for individual recruiters that has increased our call backs and why many candidates answer our calls. Some have become game changers.

 

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September 2019 - Member Round Table Discussion

 

Our September Program will be led by GARY VICE. Gary has been a longtime member of the association, and promises to have an active, lively discussion on key topics!

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Some discussion topics are:

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• Tools & Techniques for Managing your Client, especially through the interview process

• Best Job Boards, candidate search techniques

• Best Business Development Techniques that are working for you

• How to ensure you are working the jobs that close

• Creating a sense of Urgency for your clients and candidates

• Counteroffers, how to deal with them

• Conferences, which ones are worth attending (TE, SIA, TechServeAlliance, ASA, NextLevel)

 

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August 2019 - Marketing for Small Business - Julie Porter

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Our August ESOA Luncheon, will be about Marketing for a Small Business.  Our Speaker is: Julie Porter, Founder and Chief Rocker at Front Porch Marketing!

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With a passion for blazing new trails and defining brand strategy topped with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and results, Julie Porter, Chief Rocker at Front Porch Marketing, is a driven, competitive, lateral thinker who is motivated by partnering with smart business leaders to boost their brands and revenue to the next level.

 

Julie’s marketing expertise is diverse. Working at a boutique, independently-owned marketing agency as well as leading an internal marketing team for a North American business owned by a German parent co., she blends her corporate, global marketing savvy with her get’er done, roll up your sleeves and do it yourself maverick mantra.

 

Whether it was leading brand integration across three separate businesses that was essential to realizing a company’s strategic objectives or managing and executing internal and external events for Blockbuster’s IPO; at company’s Dallas world headquarters and NYSE as well as in the field, Julie uses her sharp business acumen, strategic initiatives and executional know how to meet her clients’ business and marketing objectives. One of her finest career moments to date was when she developed, managed and executed Hanson Building Products' North American sustainability platform and plan internally and externally; developed the company’s sustainability vision and mission statements and led the task force that incorporated team members across divisions, geography and function.

 

A sampling of local, regional, national and global brands that Julie has touched includes 7-Eleven, Bank of America, Dallas Museum of Art, Faith Family Academy, Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains, Haggar Clothing, KB Home, Mary Kay, Mom Corps Dallas, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Peacock Alley, Starbucks Coffee and Zale Corp.

 

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July 2019 – Happy Hour Event

 

Special Event Happy Hour!

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June 2019 – Roundtable Discussion

 

Our June ESOA Luncheon, will be our ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION program focusing on topics, insights and emerging technologies pertain to our industry and running your business. It will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.​

Some discussion topics are:

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• Tools & Techniques for Managing your Client, especially through the interview process

• Best Job Boards, candidate search techniques

• Best Business Development Techniques that are working for you

• How to ensure you are working the jobs that close

• Creating a sense of Urgency for your clients and candidates

• Counteroffers, how to deal with them

• Conferences, which ones are worth attending (TE, SIA, TechServeAlliance, ASA, NextLevel)

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April 2019 – Training Event featuring Rob Mosely

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Our April Program will be a ½ day event of Business Development, Sales Training, and Best practices!  You are encouraged to attend, bring all of your sales staff, and even your recruiters will gain insight and knowledge from this training program.

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“Truth is where what is right in our business meets what is smart in our business.” At the core of the search and staffing industry lies our ability to instill trust in both our clients and candidates.  It is about your ability to develop strong trusted, profitable, healthy relationships in any industry and at every level if business. It is about your ability to understand not just the “what” and the “how” of our business, but the “WHY”. This session will provide you with the following recruiting principles and specific skill sets  and the Client Decision Process model to apply them:  

Diagnosis: Prescription Before Diagnosis is Search/Staffing malpractice. Always diagnose first before prescribing.

 Awareness: You can’t know where you are in your sales process unless you first know where the client/candidate is in their decision process.  

 Behavior: Today’s short-term behavior has a long-term consequence. 

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March 2019 – Roundtable Discussion

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Our March 13, 2019 ESOA Luncheon, will be a member-lead Round table focusing insights and common knowledge from our members. It will be facilitated by our own Diane Goebel! Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 3/13 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

Our Program Topic: ”Overtaking Obstacles, New Sales Techniques & Closing Sales!”.

Diane, our Facilitator is looking to you for your topics, comments, and questions. Please e-mail her directly with your questions: diane@hiringspectrum.com

​Some discussion topics could be:

• Tools & Techniques for Managing your Client, especially through the interview process

• Best Job Boards, candidate search techniques

• Best Business Development Techniques that are working for you

• How to ensure you are working the jobs that close

• Counteroffers, how to deal with them

• Conferences, which ones are worth attending (TE, SIA, TechServeAlliance, ASA, NextLevel)

• Etc…

 

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February 2019 – Millennial Panel Discussion

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We will have a short presentation on their Demographics, workforce, and background. Next, we will have a Millennial Panel Discussion to share with us their Job interests, priorities, and nature of a job search.  Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 2/13 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.  We have reserved a larger meeting room for this program!

Our panelist will consist of Millennial professionals in the DFW workplace, all college graduates, and in professional careers.

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January 2019 – Chris Goede

 

Our January 9, 2019 ESOA Luncheon, will be a presentation on SALES FORECASTING. How to create an attainable, reachable sales goal for your company.   Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 1/9 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

Our speaker is Chris Goade, co-founder of 360 Consulting and has an esteemed history of building world-class sales organizations. With more than 25 years of real-world experience, Chris developed the ability to build top-notch sales infrastructures and processes that deliver revenue and profit growth for small and large companies.

 

Chris has helped countless companies develop a sustainable sales process to create wealth and company value. He will can give us some direction, insight, and worksheets for our members to utilize to plan their 2019 year. Chris will share with us methods to Enable company growth through expanding market focus and new business development techniques.

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December 2018 – Happy Hour

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This will be a social event where we can share this year’s accomplishments, observations, plans, and market dynamics. Each member company has one complimentary attendance. Additional guests from member companies are welcome for $25/each. The ESOA will be offering heavy appetizers for this event.

Please plan to attend this wonderful event, and socialize with other members of the ESOA!

 

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November 2018 – Kevin Burch

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Looking at the changes that have occurred in technology and what will be coming is important for everyone in the Recruiting/Staffing Industry. The placement business will always be needed but how we help our clients and candidates is changing, so like the days of having no faxes, no email, no internet, no LinkedIn are continuing to evolve and so will we in order to not only survive but prosper! This is not a gloom and doom topic, but more of how can we and our staffs take advantage of what will be coming our way.

 

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October 2018 – Ian Mays with Careerbuilder

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For our October 10 meeting, we have a Senior Account Executive from CareerBuilder who will be our presenter. He will be discussing current Market Trends within the DFW area and the Nation as a whole. More specifically, Ian will address educational attainment, millennials, unemployment trends, mobile recruiting, and provide a snapshot of the Placement & Staffing Industry as a whole in the DFW area.

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For over 20 years, CareerBuilder has been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to using data and technology to evolve the human capital management space, with solutions that help employers find, hire and manage great people. It is the core of our business and the guiding principle of our people, making CareerBuilder a truly unique place to work. A place where you can say that at the end of the day, you make a difference.

Each day CareerBuilder help job seekers and companies connect, giving people a chance to find their calling and many employers a chance to find and hire top talent to help grow their business.

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​Here is Ian Mays Bio:

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Ian Mays is a Senior Account Executive with CareerBuilder’s Staffing and Recruiting Group. In his current role, Ian is currently working with 35 firms throughout the United States. He works with his clients to provide comprehensive human capital strategies in an effort to improve efficiency and drive revenue.

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September 2018 – Tad McIntosh – How to Finish Strong in 2018

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Our September 12, 2018 ESOA Luncheon, will be a member-lead Round table focusing insights from our members. It will be facilitated by our own Tad McIntosh, so you know we’ll all learn something! Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 9/12 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

Our Program Topic: ”How to Finish Strong in 2018 ~ Overtaking Obstacles & Closing Sales!”.

 

Tad, our Facilitator is looking to you for your topics, comments, and questions. Please e-mail him directly with your questions: tad@humcapinc.com

 

Some discussion topics could be:

• Tools & Techniques for Managing your Client, especially through the interview process

• Best Job Boards, candidate search techniques

• Best Business Development Techniques that are working for you

• How to ensure you are working the jobs that close

• Counteroffers, how to deal with them

• Conferences, which ones are worth attending (TE, SIA, TechServeAlliance, ASA, NextLevel)

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August 2018 – Jeremy Roberts – The Evolution of Talent Tech Stack

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Machine Learning and AI- Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the Staffing and Talent Acquisition landscape.

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 Speaker: Jeremy Roberts is currently VP, Customer Experience at HiringSolved and the organizer of the HIREconf conference. Prior to joining the ERE Media team, he spent over a decade working as a recruiter, sourcer, and sourcing manager. Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 8/08 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club. 

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Our Program Topic: 

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​“The Evolution of the Talent Tech Stack!”

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• Learn more about Machine Learning and AI- Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the Staffing and Talent Acquisition landscape.

• What tools do your clients now have access to?

• What do you need to do to survive the machine learning and artificial intelligence disruption?

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July 2018 – Happy Hour Event

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June 2018 – Member Round Table

 

Our June 13, 2018 ESOA Luncheon, will be a member-lead Round table focusing insights from our members. It will be facilitated by our own Tom Dixon, so there will be plenty of dialog! Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 6/13 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

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Our Program Topic: ”What’s Working, What’s Not, What’s To Do!”.

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Tom, our Facilitator is looking to you for your topics, comments, and questions. Please e-mail him directly with your questions: Tom Dixon <tom@tdixonassociates.com>.

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Some discussion topics could be:

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• Tools & Techniques for Managing your Client, especially through the interview process

• Best Job Boards, candidate search techniques

• Best Business Development Techniques that are working for you

• How to ensure you are working the jobs that close

• Counteroffers, how to deal with them

• Conferences, which ones are worth attending (TE, SIA, TechServeAlliance, ASA, NextLevel)

• Etc…

 

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May 2018 – Rob Radcliff

 

Our May ESOA Luncheon we have the pleasure of ROB RADCLIFF, partner with the law firm of Weinstein, Radcliff, Pipkin, LLP as our guest speaker. Please plan to attend this month’s luncheon and program. It will be held on Wednesday, 5/9 at 11:30 AM, Prestonwood Country Club.

Rob represents placement professionals in fee and employment disputes.  Rob’s annual legal update will cover:

​1.  Immigration status…What is Washington doing???

2.  The latest on fee disputes;

3.  Developments in Texas non-competes; and

4.  Latest on overtime rules

5.  Arbitration Clauses

6.  Some basic employment issues to consider.

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