Check out the Video Review of the Nevada Recruiters Association event 09/15/2009

Meeting Notes from (Sept 2009) the Recruiter’s Association events in AZ and NV.

The Recruiter’s Association would like to offer our Special Thanks to:

· Lizz Pellet from EMERGE International who held down the keynote speaker duties during our Nevada/Arizona Recruiters Association events. I think we would all agree Lizz is a world class educator with the ability to impart wisdom to large crowds in a very energetic and entertaining fashion. A tremendous job by a true visionary!
o I want to suggest that everyone go to LinkedIn and leave a Recommendation on http://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzpellet Lizz’s profile.
· Thomas Kernen and everyone from Coventry Health Care, Inc. http://www.cvty.com/
· Doug Geinzner and the entire staff at Recruiting Nevada http://www.recruitingnevada.com/

Direct link to the Sept 2009 Power Point/Meeting Notes:
o Follow this link to download the “Talent Management Colaboratory” by Lizz Pellet:
http://bit.ly/4BCPKX

Complete Event Attendees Lists: Our famous networking contact lists were sent on Sept 21st to everyone that participated in the NV and AZ events. Our lists will provide an instant turbo boost to your web and business networking connections.

About the Keynote Speaker: Lizz Pellet is a certified national speaker and respected educator. Lizz is always interested in bringing her programs to groups, associations and internal companies that are interested in increasing ROI through the employee life cycle. She is the author of two books on organizational culture: SHRM publication – The Cultural Fit Factor, creating an employment brand to attract, retain and repel the right employees and CCI Press publication – Getting Your Shift Together, making sense of organizational culture and change. Her company has been providing employee engagement, employment brand and cultural assessments in 8 languages for the past 10 years. She is currently partnering with the Retention Institute to provide a certification program for HR professionals. Learn more about the program at: www.retentioninstitute.com

Get your own copy of Lizz’s New Book – The Cultural Fit Factor: Creating an Employment Brand That Attracts, Retains, and Repels the Right Employees: http://www.shrm.org/Publications/Books/Pages/CulturalFitFactor.aspx

Other educational offerings by Lizz –
· Appealing to the "Green"- Collar Trend
o http://www.kennedyinfo.com/ProfessionalDevelopment/detail/20306

· Defining the Employment Branding Process and Employee Value Proposition, three-part recorded training series
o http://www.kennedyinfo.com/ProfessionalDevelopment/detail/20313

· How to Build an Employment Brand, 3-part series,
o http://www.kennedyinfo.com/training/strategicplanning/detail/20137

· Employment Branding: What Every Employer Should Know, A Report on Organizational Perceptions and Best Practices
o http://www.kennedyinfo.com/research/Employment-Branding-Report

To Contact Lizz Directly -
Lizz Pellet
Chief Culture Officer, EMERGE International
Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
(480) 595-9874
2582 N. River Trail Road
Orange, CA 92865
http://www.emergeinternational.com/
"It's all about the people!"

www.twitter.com/lizzpellet
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzpellet

For more information about The Recruiter’s Association Events contact,
Kind regards,

Thomas F.X. Licari
The Recruiter's Association
Office: 847-923-0822
Mobile: 847-609-9065
E-mail: mailto:thomas@realrecruiting.com
Website: http://www.recruitersassociation.org/

Help a fellow recruiter fight Multiple Sclerosis. It’s easy and free!

To All,

Ryan Leary, an active member in the Recruitment community is helping to fight Multiple Sclerosis through the MS150, a 150 mile bike ride. Last year his cycling team had 91 riders raising $50K and for 2009 their goal is to raise over $60K.

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Ryan's local chapter for Multiple Sclerosis has entered a charity video contest to win $10K for Multiple Sclerosis. We need your votes to win. It's simple, takes less than 2 minutes and requires NO money to vote. Right now they are in 2nd place and need some extra votes!!!

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2. Click Login to vote directly under the video and register (requires just a name and email)

3. Check your email and spam folders to click the activation link this will take you back to the videos.

4. Choose "St. Albert the Great MS150" and click the big red vote button under the video

5. You can vote 1 time per email address, so if you have 5 addresses, you can vote 5 times!

Let’s show our support and help a fellow recruiter fight MS!

Kind regards,

Thomas F.X. Licari
The Recruiter's Association
Office: 847-923-0822
Mobile: 847-609-9065
E-mail: mailto:thomas@realrecruiting.com
Website: http://www.recruitersassociation.org/

How Employment Branding can increase the ROI of recruitment and retention.

Unconference, Networking, & Cocktail Reception

Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Location: Coventry Health Care, 4141 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (We are meeting in the Sonoran Conference center which is on the ground floor of the South building on our campus.)

Meeting time: Start at 3:00pm to 4:30pm

HOW TO SIGN UP & for more details about the event: http://ara.eventbrite.com or www.arizonarecruiters.org

Workshop Seminar Topic: Talent Management Collaboratory "How Employment Branding can increase the ROI of recruitment and retention." Here's your chance to be the session rather than just attend one! Lizz

Pellet, author and globally recognized expert in organizational culture, EVP and employment branding will select participants throughout the program to deploy employment branding diagnostic services - live.

This session is not for the shy, but rather for HR, talent management professionals and recruiters who want to share and learn about corporate culture, employment branding best-practices and quantitative

diagnostic tools available. Lizz will share simple and effective ways to understand what a company is saying about their culture and more importantly – what they are not saying and how to leverage that in

the recruiting process. Be chosen as one of the individuals who will be featured in this program and participate in a live "Brand Scan" of your website and corporate career site.

Speaker Bio - Lizz Pellet, CEO of EMERGE International and Fellow from Johns Hopkins University is the author of Getting Your Shift Together Making Sense of Organizational Culture and Change - Introducing

Cultural Due Diligence. Her second book, The Cultural Fit Factor – Creating an Employment Brand to Attract, Retain and Repel the right employee is being published by SHRM in July 2009.

Lizz is a recognized national conference speaker and has presented over 60 professional learning sessions in the past three years. EMERGE International is a California based consultancy firm dedicated to

improving the ROI of organizational culture, employment branding and transformational change efforts. In 1998, Lizz developed the Cultural Health Indicator™ (CHI), a validated organizational culture

diagnostic instrument. In 2007, she introduced the Brand Enhancer, a comprehensive solution that combines culture and employment branding. The Brand Enhancer supports organizations attract and retain the

“right” employees and repel those that just won’t fit. Lizz is currently working on supporting organizations to create a Sustainable Human Resource function that saves money and saves the planet.



Networking & Cocktail Reception: 4:30pm to 6:30pm

- Networking & Cocktail Reception: A cocktail reception will be held at (Allie’s American Grille & Lounge, located arcoss the street from Coventry Health Care at the: Scottsdale Marriott Suites – Old Town,

7325 East 3rd Avenue, Scottsdale, AZ 85251) directly after the Workshop Seminar at 4:30pm to 6:30pm. You will receive an Arizona Recruiters Association networking contact list. Our list will provide an

instant turbo boost to your LinkedIn networking connections.


HOW TO SIGN UP & for more details about the event: http://ara.eventbrite.com or www.arizonarecruiters.org


For more information feel free to contact me directly,

Thomas F.X. Licari
The Recruiter's Association
Office: 847-923-0822

Mobile: 847-609-9065
E-mail: thomas@licari.biz
Website: www.recruitersassociation.org



Please consider joining the following:
Our website: www.arizonarecruiters.org
LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=1779559

Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=85739356152&ref=mf

HOW TO SIGN UP & for more details about the event: http://ara.eventbrite.com


"*The unconference allows presenters and attendees to have a more open format*"

"How Employment Branding can increase the ROI of recruitment and retention."

Unconference, Networking, & Cocktail Reception

Date: Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Location: Greenspun Interactive, 2360 Corporate Circle, Henderson, NV 89074 (Over looking the Vegas skyline in “The Strip” Conference Room on the 4th floor)

Meeting time: Start at 3:00pm to 4:30pm

HOW TO SIGN UP & for more details about the event: http://nvra.eventbrite.com or www.nevadarecruiters.org

Workshop Seminar Topic: Talent Management Collaboratory "How Employment Branding can increase the ROI of recruitment and retention." Here's your chance to be the session rather than just attend one! Lizz Pellet, author and globally recognized expert in organizational culture, EVP and employment branding will select participants throughout the program to deploy employment branding diagnostic services - live.

This session is not for the shy, but rather for HR, talent management professionals and recruiters who want to share and learn about corporate culture, employment branding best-practices and quantitative diagnostic tools available. Lizz will share simple and effective ways to understand what a company is saying about their culture and more importantly – what they are not saying and how to leverage that in the recruiting process. Be chosen as one of the individuals who will be featured in this program and participate in a live "Brand Scan" of your website and corporate career site.

Speaker Bio - Lizz Pellet, CEO of EMERGE International and Fellow from Johns Hopkins University is the author of Getting Your Shift Together Making Sense of Organizational Culture and Change - Introducing Cultural Due Diligence. Her second book, The Cultural Fit Factor – Creating an Employment Brand to Attract, Retain and Repel the right employee is being published by SHRM in July 2009.

Lizz is a recognized national conference speaker and has presented over 60 professional learning sessions in the past three years. EMERGE International is a California based consultancy firm dedicated to improving the ROI of organizational culture, employment branding and transformational change efforts. In 1998, Lizz developed the Cultural Health Indicator™ (CHI), a validated organizational culture diagnostic instrument. In 2007, she introduced the Brand Enhancer, a comprehensive solution that combines culture and employment branding. The Brand Enhancer supports organizations attract and retain the “right” employees and repel those that just won’t fit. Lizz is currently working on supporting organizations to create a Sustainable Human Resource function that saves money and saves the planet.

Networking & Cocktail Reception: 4:30pm to 6:30pm

- Networking & Cocktail Reception: A cocktail reception will be held across the street from Greenspun's conference room at (Claim Jumper Restaurant, 601 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, NV 89074) directly after the Workshop Seminar at 4:30pm to 6:30pm. You will receive a Nevada Recruiters Association networking contact list. Our list will provide an instant turbo boost to your LinkedIn networking connections.

HOW TO SIGN UP & for more details about the event: http://nvra.eventbrite.com or www.nevadarecruiters.org

For more information feel free to contact me directly,

Thomas F.X. Licari
The Recruiter's Association
Office: 847-923-0822
Mobile: 847-609-9065
E-mail: thomas@licari.biz
Website: www.recruitersassociation.org

Please consider joining the following:
Our website: www.nevadarecruiters.org
LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=1818973
Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59977171579&ref=mf


"*The unconference allows presenters and attendees to have a more open format*"