Sitting Down With David Manaster
I've run into David Manaster at three times now. I saw him for lunch when he came into town, I chatted with him at the San Diego ERExpo, and I spent a not insignificant amount of time with him at the NAPS conference this weekend.
Some things you might not know about the founder and CEO of ERE.
1) He ran a marathon.
2) He started ERE from his parent's basement.
3) He has an intern program that is wildly successful for bringing in new talent and promoting them.
4) He is a case study in how to run a business as an entrepreneur (rather than stay at the $400 hotel, he stayed next door in the cheaper hotel).
5) He's a Mac fan, and could teach me a few tricks on how to improve my productivity with it.
6) He's a genuinely nice guy who listens to those around him.
7) He's a better blogger than he gives himself credit for.
Lest you think I'm trying to get hired or something, I'm actually writing this because I initially saw ERE as competition to Recruiting.com. We were the brash young upstarts, and ERE the stodgy industry dinosaur.
How wrong I was! The more I spend time around ERE staff and learn their story, the more impressed I am. Set aside questions about global warming, and there's a lot to admire about David and his staff. Sometimes we miss that in the blog-eat-blog world we've created.
