Welcome to Part 2 of the Irish Recruiters "Future of Recruitment Conference Series"!

Recruitment’s ongoing evolution through technology is fast paced and relentless and the economy we live in is proving to be hugely challenging. This half day conference is going to provide more diverse presentations and discussions to dive into such topics as social media, search engines, micro-blogging, green IT, cloud recruitment and much more. Basically, it's more of Part 1 with another great opportunity for networking, learning, discussion and insights from recognised recruitment innovators and leaders from Ireland and the UK.

This is an Irish Recruiters LinkedIn Group event. The mission of which is to raise the level of recruitment sophistication in Ireland using technology, communication and education to promote a variety of new tools, techniques and technologies to source the best talent the world has to offer to these shores.

To learn more about Irish Recruiters go here and to see the introductory presentation for part 1 of the conference series please go here.

The conference will delve into such subjects as:

• Cloud recruitment and the rise of the app wars: With the new Nokia N97, New iPhone 3GS, the revamped Palm Pilot series and Google Ion/HTC Magic (Android), mobile phones have gone from being smart phones to now being mini-computers. As part of being an advanced internet recruiter understanding how to use apps to harness ATS, smart phones, mobile devices and web sites to increase your productivity is going to become more important in the near future. But what apps are out there and how can they be used? Also, with the advent of bar photo technology, touch computing and augmented reality the boundaries of advertising and communication are being stretched. What technologies out there are currently leading the way? This section will build on the previous cloud recruitment presentation given in Part 1.
• Cloud computing and ATSs: Cloud Computing or SaaS (Software as a Service) has been identified as Gartner as being one of the biggest computer trends for FY10. But how does this relate to your ATS? Can you harness the power of the cloud and place your ATS on the web. We will hear from EMC about why and how they are thinking of adopting cloud computing to their ATS offering in their office in Cork using SalesForce.com and the new force.com offering.
• Online Video Recruitment: There is a new automated interviewing service in Ireland that helps you easily screen large multiples of job applicants using online video. This service reduces the need for face to face meetings with candidates. It allows batch asynchronous interviewing to occur providing maximum flexibility for candidates and freeing up Recruiters time. Sonru promotes the green economy by reducing the necessity to travel to interviews. Fergal O'Byrne, respected IT industry visionary, will give us his viewpoint on how technology is evolving, how Sonru which he has recently joined as CEO is leading in video innovation and his opinion on the future of recruitment both in Ireland and abroad.
• Twitter Jobs Search: It's hard to stay away from hearing about Twitter at the moment but still a lot of recruiters are not convinced of the advantages that it offers to recruitment. One of the first companies to identify a job search functionality gap in the market was Twitter Job Search. They are now trying to integrate their search engine with some of the top 3 search engine providers and are announcing partnerships all around the world. The co-founder, entrepreneur and visionary Bill Fischer will be talking about how they saw a gap in the market, how recruiters and job seekers are using Twitter and Twitter Job Search and the future of micro-blogging as they see it.
• RPOs and their current focus: RPOs are getting more coverage in the news of late as some multinationals are turning to them as a way to reduce their costs in the current recession. Alexander Mann is one of the biggest in the business in the UK, and they have expanded aggressively around the world with over 1,000 employees in 60 countries. They will be explaining who they are and what they offer; providing us with their opinions on the challenges that they and RPOs are facing and the technologies they are harnessing for their clients as they look to the road ahead.

Speakers

Declan Fitzgerald

Declan has over 14 years experience in HR and recruitment and is currently a recruitment evangelist and global sourcing manager in Microsoft. He currently specialises in creating sourcing initiatives to support the companies move to distributive development in India, China, Israel, Denmark, UK and Ireland. He is the author of Ireland's premier recruitment blog: Irish CyberSleuth blog and founder of the Irish Recruiters LinkedIn Group which is the fastest growing recruitment social network in Ireland. He has designed, consulted on and lectured on social media and Internet sourcing strategies, tools and tactics all over the world including recent sessions in Europe, Israel, China, Singapore, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia. Declan will be chair for the conference.  Twitter @irishrecruiters; LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/irishrecruiters

Bill Fischer

Co-Founder and Director of Workdigital Ltd, the vertical search solutions development company that built workhound.co.uk and twitterjobsearch.com. Co-Founder of DVD Station, Inc., a world-class media/entertainment internet retail systems company. Former VP of marketing for a massively multiplayer online gaming company with over 2.4mm customers in 50+ companies, and builder of marketing systems for a user generated content site acquired by Electronic Arts. Previous marketing and general management experience at more.com, threerings.net and Ebates.com.  A frequent speaker, interviewee, and panelist for entertainment trade and classified search and was acknowledged in the editor-in-chief of Wired's book, The Long Tail, as an expert on collaborative filtering and internet search engines. Twitter:  @williamfischer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wmfischer

Martin Cerullo

Martin has worked for Alexander Mann Solutions since 2006, and is the Director responsible for the global resourcing communications practice, which manages all employer branding, sourcing and recruitment innovation across AMS clients. Martin has 12 years experience of working in the recruitment sector, with a major focus on employer brand management and development, recruitment advertising, website development and sourcing strategies. Martin has also built and managed solutions in outsourcing of graduate recruitment attraction and selection. Before Martin joined AMS, he spent the previous 6 years working for Euro RSCG Worldwide, one of the world’s largest global advertising groups. As a board director of the Riley division, Martin had responsibility for 2 advertising agencies as well as the development of strategic services such as employer branding, diversity and digital recruitment and managing relationships with clients including Morgan Stanley, British Airways, BP, Airbus and B&Q. Twitter:  @martincerullo; LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/martincerullo

Fergal O'Byrne

Fergal joined Sonru, as Chairman in 2008, having previously been a business mentor to the company. He subsequently became CEO in September 2009, after serving as CEO of the Irish Internet Association for 4 years. He is an internet industry entrepreneur and founded Interactive Return (formerly webBusters) back in 1998. He is on the Board of Directors of IGOpeople.com, WINC, and CCD Ltd. He is also Chair of the Project Advisory Group for Fáilte Ireland's eBusiness Support Initiative.
He regularly mentors start up and seed capital companies in Ireland and Denmark. In 2004 he was awarded the Microsoft/IIA Net Visionary Internet Marketer of the Year Award. Fergal is a member of the Irish Internet Association, Marketing Institute of Ireland and Engineers Ireland.

Fergal's most recent book - 10 Online Marketing and Search Engine Essentials was published by Thompson Books. He has been a guest lecturer on the MBA course at the Smurfit School of Business, Dublin. He was part of the original team that helped to set up eircom.net and was Content Development Manager in charge of such projects as the Doras Directory. He holds an Honours Degree in Electronic Engineering from DIT, Kevin Street. LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fergalobyrne

EMC (TBC)

Agenda

1.00 - 1.15 Registration

1.15 to 1.45 "Introduction, cloud recruitment & the start of the app wars" - by D Fitzgerald

1.45 - 2.30  Alexander Mann "RPOs, current challenges and the future" by M Cerullo

2.30 - 3.15  Sonru "The rise of online video recruitment"  by Fergal O'Byrne

3.15 - 3.45  Break, Networking & Unemployed Recruiters' Corner

3.45 - 4.15 Breakout Discussion "Job Boards Vs Social Networks: Where are you placing your bets    and how will both evolve?"

4.15 - 5.00  EMC and the rise of the Cloud ATS, by (TBC)

5.00 - 5.35  Twitter Job Search, "The rise of Twit" by Bill Fischer

5.35 - 6.15  Q&A, Live Mic Session

Capacity

The conference will be in one of the Westbury's "Grafton" rooms which have attendance of 100 people.  There will be 10 tickets reserved for unemployed recruiters. All tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis.

Payment

Payment will not be accepted on the day of the event and tickets will finish being on sale as of the 5th of October.

Sponsorship

If you would like to sponsor the event please contact declanfi@microsoft.com

Terms and Conditions

• Cancellation must be received by email and will be acknowledged by email.
• Cancellation received 30 days before the start day of the event, will incur a 25% cancellation charge.
• Cancellation received 14 days before the start date of the event will incur a 100% cancellation charge.
• In the event that the conference is cancelled, the liability of the organiser will be limited to the refund of any fees paid. The organiser ia not liable to any consequential loss.
• No video, audio or photographic recordings can be used at the conference without the expressed permission of the organiser. 

Disclaimer

• While the programme is correct at time of publication, the organiser reserves the right to change the details of the event without notice.
• Views expressed by speakers are their own. The organiser disclaims liability for any advice given, or views expressed, by any speaker at the event.