Simply Hired Blog

Meet your Simply Hired folks!

Next week, if you’re in Florida attending the Kennedy Information’s Recruiting 2008 Conference & Expo, you’ll have the chance to meet some of the amazing people who work at Simply Hired! The conference, held from November 16-19th in Orlando, offers workshops, speakers, exhibitors and more to leaders in recruiting. You can find us in the Expo Hall next Monday and Tuesday at booth #100. We’d love to meet you, so come by and say “Hi!”

Gautam Godhwani, Simply Hired’s own CEO and Co-Founder, will be attending the conference, and he’ll be busy! Here’s a peek at his Monday presentation:

Monday, November 17: 3:00pm – 3:45pm; New Sourcing Channels Online
Tired of the traditional online recruiting tools that only result in a few qualified candidates? Frustrated by the variety of sourcing options available that promise everything, but deliver disappointing ROI? This presentation focuses on giving insight into a variety of new online recruiting tools so that you can implement the right balance of passive and active sourcing activities to meet the needs of your business. During this session, you will learn about where the top talent is going online and what you can do to reach them. You’ll uncover new ideas around ensuring consistent quality and ROI. This session emphasizes the delivery of actionable next steps to improve your organization's sourcing capabilities.
Presented by: Gautam Godhwani, CEO & Co-Founder, Simply Hired

Sounds good, eh? Gautam will also be making two more appearances in Wednesday’s Sourcing Summit.

There’s more to come, so stay tuned!

Gnomedex 2007

Last weekend’s 7th annual Gnomedex technology conference was, among other adjectives, inspirational. After hearing people like Canuk Darren Barefoot and Ronni Bennet speak on topics ranging from web-based non-profit initiatives to the Internet experience for the over-50 (and 60, and 70) crowd I came to realize that there’s a whole lot more to blogging than I once thought.

Blogging = Empowerment.
It doesn’t matter if you have 25,000 monthly unique visitors or if it’s just your 27 closest aunts, uncles, and cousins. The act of putting your thoughts on the Internet, for all to see, gives them greater meaning. After all, people blog to share their ideas with others, right? That’s why they don’t just keep a personal diary locked away under the bathing suits in the 2nd drawer from the top.

Based on revelations like this one I have decided to put forth some serious blogging effort on the Simply Hired blog. The game plan is as follows:
Every week I will blog about a different topic related to job search. Maybe it will be about recent job search trends at SimplyHired.com. Maybe it will be about my best friend’s recent interview with a financial consulting company in Richmond, VA. Regardless, it will be something that I think other people might be interested in reading about. I hope you agree.

Recommended Gnomedex presenters:
Guy Kawasaki - His presentation on marketing & innovation was, well, innovative.
Vanessa Fox - A large portion of her Q&A session (and a good bit of her speech) focused on web privacy issues as well as gender differences in the web 2.0 world. It was really interesting stuff, and the topic as a whole is terribly neglected. (Don't let her URL fool you, the blog is safe for work)
And, of course, Chris Pirillo, founder and organizer of the event. He did a fantastic job of personally attending to every detail of the event, from running back and forth between the main room & sound room to moderating the (rigged!) give-aways. (Just kidding, Chris)

Elizabeth Edwards Hangs with the BlogHer Crowd!

Do you blog? Have you ever thought about blogging? If not...YOU WILL! :-)

It is one of the best ways to keep in touch with others, to tell your stories to protect your sanity, to share your tips to save others' sanity, and to perhaps make some money by working from home...so many reasons that blogging and in particular the "mommy blogs" and "tech blogs" are taking over CyberSpace!

According to TechCrunch, there are already 93 million active blogs in the world and 175,000 new bloggers are joining the race every day!

BlogHer is one of the leading blog networks for females and I had the pleasure of attending their annual conference, BlogHer07, this past week in Chicago where 750 female bloggers (and Lucas) soaked up the latest blogging technology, tips, trends, and networking sites.

I attended the conference representing Simply Hired and our free job board software product, Job-a-matic. Job-a-matic allows bloggers to add relevant and valuable content that they can monetize to their sites.

Elizabeth Edwards (wife of presidential candidate John...yeah, that one) took to the stage for her keynote speech with Lisa Stone and then graciously joined us at our cocktail party. The woman hung out with us bloghers all night. She met everyone and answered questions about anything and literally was one of us. Regardless of her political affiliations, she impressed me with her genuine grace, passion for community involvement and the sheer fact that she writes all of her own blog posts without an editor is simply the icing on the cake for this amazing influential woman!

Many of the bloggers asked Elizabeth advice on how to make change regarding more prominence for blog sites via the major search engines. Elizabeth passionately suggested that all bloggers need to rally together and email the major search engines like Google and Yahoo! and as a united voice insist that blog search become more prominent on their sites.

If you are a blogger, I hope you will check out our hosted job board solution today, and if you are not a blogger - what are you waiting for - join the revolution and see what it is all about!

If you are a parent then perhaps you will be interested in my parenting blog where I try to turn parenting challenges into everyday fun!

I look forward to your comments!

Julie Craft
VP, Simply Hired (aka: Mom & Blogger)

Lunch 2.0, the Simply Hired way

Wow. We didn't realize we had so many friends! We know everyone came just to see us, and that the free Indian food, free water pistols, tie-dye activities & four-square games had no influence on your decision.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us this afternoon. We hope you enjoyed yourself, and left with a full belly and an empty squirt gun.

Check out the event photos on Flickr: Lunch 2.0 at Simply Hired.

Attended the event? Please tag your Flickr photos "simplyhired" & "lunch20" and they will show up in the above search set.

Have a happy Fourth everyone!

Lunch 2.0 - Date Change!

We've moved the date for Lunch 2.0 to Friday, June 29th, so there's no major conflict with the Searchnomics Conference. Brace yourself. Lucas and the rest of our motley crew, have some grand plans in the works...

Please don't forget to RSVP at: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/203440/