Here's a fun figure for you. $17B = the amount spent yearly on online advertising in the US.
$35B - the amount spent yearly on recruiting in the US.
It's an interesting conference - the Marriott is beautiful - San DIego has great weather, and there are a lot o people here. Over 600 paid registrants and almost 1000 with vendors and speakers.
The theme, if there is one, is change. Everyone knows that the way we used to recruit, whether that be phone or internet, is going to change. Every company here is pitching some new way of interfacing with customers and finding new employees.
Russell Glass of Zoom Info is inteviewing people with a television camara. Just because.
TiVo sounds like a great, great place to work.
Monster does more than job boards - I'm going to try to get an interview with an Eric Wiesegarner (sp?), who I expect will give us a much different view of Monster than we normally see.
Jason Davis is a fount of new ideas. He is one of the most creative people I know.
The KA sushi bar in the Gaslamp district serves really fresh octopus.
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