CareerXroads^® Colloquium - Summer 2010 Event

Dates: August 10-11
Location: Toronto hosted at RIM (Blackberry)

Discussion Topics

Our lead topic for this Colloquium will be Social Networks and Assessments. Policies, practices, strategies, good and not-so-good suppliers and partners, results and next evolution are all fodder for this meeting. Specific discussion topics are:

• Seeking More Transparency: We want to explore whether your latest initiatives really leverage tools to evolve a more transparent, community-based staffing strategy or are they just another layer on an old version of the employer-job seeker dance?
• Case Study Sharing: Every attendee is requested to share a five minute case study for some aspect of a social network campaign (challenge, action, result) whether it be SEM (Search Engine Marketing), SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Widgets, Yahoo Groups, Crowdsourcing or some other social media initiative.
• Scenarios: Some of the scenarios we'll challenge you to face and share include How do you screen candidates; How do you select finalists; How do new hires choose you; and, How do you use any of the previous to improve your assessment strategy.
• Real-life Policies & Results: Bring your policies and results, your challenges and experiments. If you are interested in informally presenting a few key slides to get the opinion of your fellow members, let us know and we'll work it in.
• Legal Aspects of Social Networks: An attorney experienced in this area of the law will be joining us to discuss legal issues surrounding social networks. Please come prepared with your questions.

As is our practice at CareerXroads Colloquium events we ask all attendees to bring “what keeps them up at night” in their recruiting organizations so we can help each other solve those issues. After all, it's the caliber of our group that makes each session unique and provides that Aha! moment you'll take back to your office.

• Colloquium Agenda
• Travel Information

Registered attendees include:

Aramark	AstraZeneca	Cargill
ConAgra	Corning	DaVita
GE	Genesis Healthcare	Herman Miller
Johnson & Johnson	Kimberly Clark	Lilly
Lockheed Martin	Macy's	Morneau Sobeco
Pactiv	PepsiCo	RIM
Sears	Schneider National	State Farm Insurance
Target	Tivo	Tyco Electronics
Walmart	Waste Management	Wegmans
Whirlpool

If you're interested in attending - fill out the Registration Form And send it to Mark.
If you're not a current member - contact Mark today.

Daily Agenda

Dress for Colloquium sessions is business casual.

All meetings to be held at RIM's Mississauga office: 4701 Tahoe Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario.

August 9 – Monday 

• 6:00 PM Meet in the hotel lobby to walk to dinner together at Boston Pizza. This is a great opportunity to catch up with fellow members before the meeting starts. Even if you arrive later in the day, please come meet us at the restaurant.

August 10 – Tuesday

• 7:45AM Meet in hotel lobby to walk to our meeting location.
• 8:00 AM Breakfast and Introductions.
• 8:30-4:30 Meeting Session.
• 5:45PM Meet in hotel lobby for transportation to dinner at The Old Barber House.

August 11 - Wednesday 

• 7:45AM Meet in hotel lobby to walk to our meeting location.
• 8:00-2:30 PM Meeting session, continental breakfast will be served. Some of our most thought-provoking, insightful discussions happen towards the end of the meeting session. In an effort to have full participation it is important that everyone stay until the meeting adjourns. Thank you.

Interested in joining us?

To register, you must complete the Registration Form and send it to Mark. If you're not yet a member, Mark will contact you for your membership interview.

For those of you already registered, please do your best to notify us 10 days in advance of the event if you find yourself unable to attend.

Hotel Reservations

Courtyard Mississauga-Airport Corporate Centre West:
The room rate of $146 (Canadian, approx $146 USD) is reserved under: CareerXroads.
Our room block will be held until July 10 so please book as soon as possible.

Make your reservations by calling (905) 625-3555.

Transportation

Please check travel requirements for traveling to Canada. You will need your passport and should include extra time to pass through customs.

The hotel has a complimentary shuttle from the airport, call ahead to tell them when you will need service: (905) 625-3555. For those choosing to drive, here are directions from the airport.

Want to learn more about the CareerXroads Colloquium?

The CareerXroads^® Colloquium is different from other industry networking groups. This is a group of corporate recruiters from some of the largest companies in the world, who really "get it" when it comes to high volume recruiting, staffing technology and cutting-edge recruiting. It is a group that shares what's working, what's challenging and what's around the corner. Think you've got what it takes? Start with a meeting and you'll be hooked.