What is this all about?
HR has tons of these opportunities: local SHRM events, Michigan HR Day, State SHRM conferences, SHRM national. What does Talent Acquisition have? Basically, Talent Acquisition has little to nothing around national or even local recruiting development and growth. Jim and I wanted to change that and since we were both here in Michigan (at the time - Jim is now in Dallas) we decided why not invite our friends and some of the most brilliant people in the world of recruiting and talent acquisition to come to Michigan and we'll make our own conference!
Who's behind all of this?
Tim Sackett is the President of HRU Technical Resources in Lansing, MI. Tim has run corporate talent acquisition shops at Applebee's, ShopKo Stores and Sparrow Health Systems. He is the author of the best-selling book The Talent Fix, and he is a sought after speaker worldwide on both Talent and HR topics. He also writes daily about recruiting and HR on his own blog The Tim Sackett Project.
Jim and Tim met in social media blogosphere and bonded over their love of recruiting and their great sense of humor. After many talks, they decided that their own teams needed this, and maybe, just maybe, there were some other Talent Acquisition leaders out in Michigan who were feeling the same way they were, and wanted development for their team.
This is all volunteer. It is not our intent for this to be a profit making venture. We charge as a little as we can to still pay the bills associated with putting on an event like this and provide outstanding content. We are always looking for "Corporate" sponsors to hold these events. If your organization sponsors, your recruiting team attends the conference for free.
Jim and Tim met in social media blogosphere and bonded over their love of recruiting and their great sense of humor. After many talks, they decided that their own teams needed this, and maybe, just maybe, there were some other Talent Acquisition leaders out in Michigan who were feeling the same way they were, and wanted development for their team.
This is all volunteer. It is not our intent for this to be a profit making venture. We charge as a little as we can to still pay the bills associated with putting on an event like this and provide outstanding content. We are always looking for "Corporate" sponsors to hold these events. If your organization sponsors, your recruiting team attends the conference for free.
Jim D'Amico has nearly 20 years of experience in talent acquisition and HR. The first half of his career focused on third party recruiting, including building a successful RPO business.For the last 10 years he has built best-in-case talent acquisition centers of excellence for global companies. In his (limited) free time, he is a working stand-up comedian and writer.
