An interesting day down here in San Antonio. It started with a 7:00 a.m. executive briefing sponsored by Keen Hire. Margaret Graziano had a panel that included Shally, Joyce, me, and Margaret, to talk about the changes coming to the staffing marketplace.
NAPS is the National Association of Personnel Services, which means owners of staffing firms across the country. There is an emphasis on certifications, one that I have looked down upon in the past, but am starting to understand from a selling standpoint. If you have the right certifications, you can sell to Human Resources executives, something more and more necessary in the staffing world.
The focus of the panel, and Margaret's excellent talk later that morning, was the ways in which staffing and recruiting are changing. It's not enough to find people anymore. Recruitment Process Outsourcing is coming, and if you're the kind of firm that relies on recruiters who surf Monster and send over candidates without professionally screening them, you're going to be in a world of hurt in the next few years.
I'll have more on Margaret's talk later. It's information you should all know. And if you want to purchase assessments, you can always head over to the Keen Hire website.
In St. Louis news - our fair city is being well represented in Texas. Sendouts.com sponsored the meeting, and is throwing a shindig tonight. Scott Ginsberg, the Nametag Guy, was our lunchtime speaker (and a regular blogger). The Fordyce Letter is a prominent feature, and Mark Berger is also speaking. And then of course there's me.
And the Marriott Riverwalk. Wow, what a hotel. Really, really classy and beautiful. But their WiFi policy sucks. $250 a day for the conference floor ($10 in the lobby). The Holiday Inn Market Square, where I'm staying, has free wifi.
