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8/14/2007 Valid reasons to attend SourceCon (only a few are mine)by Glenn Gutmacher
Thanks in part to the 3-stage sourcing challenge, there's been a lot of buzz about this first all-sourcing industry conference (now just under a month away, but I've been pleasantly surprised to see how cheap the round-trip airline rates to Atlanta still are that week). However, other than the impressive list of speakers and topics, I wasn't sure if people on the outside were convinced enough of its value to actually take the leap to register (first-time events often suffer a stigma until proven) But I finally received a few emails this week that I think will convince you: 1) Shally sent an email to his network with the best set of substantive reasons I've seen thus far for industry people to attend. I took the liberty of posting the email on my website here, since I can't find it on Shally's or on SourceCon's. (Let's see if I get in trouble for that. ;-) 2) They sponsored Jim Stroud's "History of Sourcing", creatively presented in a timeline format: http://jimstroud.com/thehistoryofsourcing.html which goes way back and includes a great friend who I consider the true pioneer of recruiting research (see 1974). 3) The mass email from SourceCon this week is a Q&A formatted mini-interview with me about why I'm presenting there and what I think people will get out of it. Once again, I took the liberty of posting the email on my website here, since I can't find it elsewhere. The only press/promotion kind of stuff you see on their site (if you click "Latest News") is about their Sourcing Challenge. I understand they're trying to create a secretive feel to the whole thing, but if you're going to mass-email thousands in the industry, what do you get out of not posting it to your website? P.S. I have no financial incentives related to SourceCon (other than them paying my travel expenses and registration), but I personally would love to see a recruiting industry conference purely about sourcing succeed. Wouldn't you? Comments (12)
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