Just a reminder that EmployeeScreenIQ will be exhibiting at the Ohio Human Resources Conference held at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio on Wednesday, September 16th and Thursday the 17th. We’re at booth #42. Please stop by to say hello and to chat about your employment screening program. We’ll be giving away free convention bags and raffling off a $150 American Express Gift Certificate.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at last week’s Annual SHRM Conference to learn more about EmployeeScreenIQ’s employment screening services and background check solutions. We are pleased to announce that Judith Mascio from Burlington Coat Factory is the winner of the 42″ Samsung HDTV we raffled off at our booth.
Judith, we’ll be in touch with logistics.
In the meantime, everyone is a winner. Listed below is a hyperlink to EmployeeScreenIQ’s Top Background Screening Trends for 2010 guide which was released at the conference. Check it out!
EmployeeScreenIQ’s Top Background Screening Trends for 2010
Another Annual SHRM Conference is in the books and many of us that attended have just one question: Does Size Matter? I’m sure they are less than pleased with the fact that attendance was down sharply, but at least from our perspective, this was one of the best Annual Conferences we’ve attended in years.
Maybe they didn’t have 12,000 attendees, but those that were there were eager to learn all they could about the lastest trends in the human resources field. No one needed to be reminded that this has been a difficult year, but the overall tone seems to be one of guarded optimism that things are getting better and will continue to do so. So sure, everyone still wanted the free stuff on the show floor, but they also really wanted to know how exhibitors could help them improve efficiencies within their respective organizations.
As my friend Kevin Grossman from HRMarketer wrote following the conference, “Less than 7K [attendees]. That’s less than half the number of folks who attended the past two shows. But I gotta tell you, it’s been more of a blessing than a N’awlins voodoo curse.”
A Couple EmployeeScreenIQ Highlights:
Make sure to check them out starting next week!
It’s June 1st, which can only mean one thing in the HR world. Summer! Okay, that wasn’t the one thing I was talking about. I was referring to the fact that everyone is now getting ready for SHRM’s Annual Conference being held in New Orleans, LA June 28th-July 1st.
employeescreenIQ will be exhibiting again this year and if stopping by to catch up on the latest in background screening isn’t enough, here’s a sneak peek at our conference initiatives:
We’ll look forward to seeing you in N’awlens!
Good morning from the exhibit hall at the SHRM Staffing Management Conference in Las Vegas. The conference started yesterday and I thought those of you who couldn’t attend would be interested in finding out what you’ve missed.
It should be no surprise that attendance is down to about 800 from the record number of 1,200 attendees last year. Given the current state of our economy, I think that is an impressive number. SHRM has done a great job of tailoring their programming to the here and now. They are not glossing over the issues HR professionals face in today’s economy and are providing very realistic information about what the near future holds.
While exhibit hall traffic isn’t what it has been, we had a number of great conversations with attendees yesterday. Many have shared their challenges as they relate to employment background screening. I am encouraged by the depth of knowledge that HR professionals now have about background checks. Only a few years ago, most just considered them an obstacle in their in-boarding process. Not any more.
I also have to give the folks from SHRM props for sending members of their executives teams out there to thank both exhibitors and attendees for coming out to the conference. Their sincerity was obvious and I think it is a nice touch.
This morning, employeescreenIQ President and COO, Jason Morris led a educational session entitled “What Employers Need to Know About Social Networking Sites”. Couldn’t believe how many showed up for a 7am session. And no one left!
Okay, exhibit hall opens in a couple. Gotta go spread the gospel about employeescreenIQ. More to follow.
As mentioned in a previous post, employeescreenIQ will be exhibiting at next week’s Staffing Management Conference at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. Jason Morris, our company President and C.O.O. will also be leading an educational session on the use of Social Networking Sites when conducting employment background checks.
Please stop by booth #317 if you plan to attend. Of course, we’ll have the obligatory giveaways and we’ll be raffling off an Apple iTouch. We’ll also be conducting podcast interviews from the exhibit floor. And if that’s not enough, we’ll be giving away smiles for free and the occasional piece of background screening tips!
Will we be seeing you in Las Vegas at the SHRM Staffing Management Conference April 29-May 1, 2009? employeescreenIQ will be exhibiting again this year and while our good looks might not draw you to the booth, we’re sure to have cool giveaways! We might even have some helpful information and materials about background checks and employment screening.
We are also excited to announce that employeescreenIQ president and C.O.O., Jason B. Morris will be leading a educational session on the use of Social Networking Sites when conducting background checks on Wednesday April 29th at 7:00am. (Don’t worry. They’ll serve coffee.)
Please stop by and see us at booth #317 if you plan to be there.
Greetings from the booth #219 at ERE Fall Expo in sunny, but not so warm Hollywood Beach, Florida. There appear to be a number of attendees at this conference, which leads me to my first question: Why is everyone waiting in line for food when they could be talking to us about background checks? C’mon people, we’re raffling off a Nintendo Wii, and you know conference food usually stinks.
On a serious note, ERE decided to broadcast a live feed of the conference on their website. Very innovative, but I wonder if doing so both now and in the future will discourage people from attending. Why spend the money or the time at the conference, when you can just tune in for the sessions that interest you? Of course, a live feed can’t replicate perhaps the most important part of any conference, networking.
I attended a great panel discussion about cutting technology in staffing, moderated by Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler of CareerXRoads and featuring Cheezhead’s Joel Cheesman. They most technologies they mentioned most were Twitter, SMS messaging, and IM. Wouldn’t it be great if background checks could be done that way? Maybe in the future!
Anyway, back to the conference. Things picked up since I started this post. We’re going to be doing a podcast with Steve Curtis from iCIMS’ in a little bit. I’ll keep you posted.
We’ll be headed down to S. Florida tomorrow for the ERE Fall Expo and we’re bringing our microphone. We’ve already got a couple great podcast interviews scheduled and look forward to posting them on employeescreen University following the show. If you plan to be there, please stop by.
Just a quick heads up that employeescreenIQ will be exhibiting at the ERE Fall Expo October 29th and 30th at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hollywood Beach, Florida. Please stop by if you plan to be there. We’ll be raffling off an Nintendo Wii so if meeting me and talking about background checks isn’t enough, there’s your motivation.
If you are interested in attending, friends of employeescreenIQ can get a $100 discount by registering on line and entering Code #FL08EXH
See you in Florida!
