Bill Boorman

@BillBoorman is the person behind the #tru brand and a serial conversationalist, whether it is in person or on-line. Bill has views to share and enjoys nothing more than talking, listening and learning on and off line.

Bill is something of a recruitment veteran, having worked in and around recruiting for 27 years as a Recruiter, Temps Consultant, Manager, Operations Director and Training/HR Director. (12.5 years.) He started consulting and training recruitment firms in 2005, and has been doing that since. Bill has consulted for multi-national brands such as Oracle and Hard Rock on talent attraction and sourcing paticularly in areas of Facebook. The Hard Rock Florence project saw 120 hires in 4 weeks from start to finish.

Bill has been ranked 6′th and most recently 4′th in the trakkr/HRExaminer index of “Most influential on-line recruiters.” The index is based on an algorhythm that measures mentions, link-backs, reach and relevance of content. (Taken from key-words associated with recruiting.) You can read the full list by clicking here.

Bill is not technical in any way. He can’t programme and often has to ask for help with basic tasks. What he is quite good at is finding tools and applications and working out how to use them to network. He is a serial twitterer and the joined the channel in March 2009 and to date has posted over 31,000 tweets, with no signs of letting up. At the end of 2008 Bill’s network consisted of 50 Linked In connections, mostly ex-colleagues, then decided to get social.

On a more personal side, Bill has been married to wife Fran for 16 years and is Dad to Frank (11) and Alice (8), whom both keep him busy and gives him plenty of inspiration. Bill splits his time between organising #tru events, (The Recruiter Unconference), training Recruiters and key-note speaking. That and quite a lot of networking!

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Glen Cathey

Glen Cathey has over 14 years of experience in the recruiting and staffing industry and currently serves as the Market Vice President for Kforce, a large publicly traded staffing firm in the United States.

When not working a recruiting desk, Glen has recruited, trained and managed highly productive teams of up to 24 recruiters responsible for 700 – 900 hires per year. Throughout his career, Glen has trained hundreds of Information Technology, Finance and Accounting, Clinical Research, and Health Information Management recruiters nationally that are responsible for over 10,000 hires annually.

In addition to training recruiters, Glen also presents at conferences (LinkedIn Talent Connect 2010, SourceCon 2010 San Diego, 2010 DC, 2011 NYC, 2009 PDS Technology Conference, etc.) and to companies (Intel, Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, AstraZeneca, Humana, Continental Airlines, Citigroup) on how to effectively leverage technology and social media in recruiting.

Glen is extremely passionate about leveraging technology (applicant tracking systems, social networks, job board resume databases, and the Internet) for talent identification and acquisition, and is considered a thought leader in Boolean and semantic search techniques.

In his personal time, Glen is the author of www.booleanblackbelt.com where he shares his thoughts and theories.

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Jim Stroud

Over the past decade, Jim Stroud has built an expertise in lead generation strategies, social media recruiting, video production, podcasting, online research, competitive intelligence, community management and training. He has consulted for such companies as Microsoft, Google, MCI, Siemens and a host of startup companies. Recently, Jim Stroud joined Bernard Hodes Group as a Director of Sourcing and Social Strategy.

Jim Stroud has created and sold two online properties and managed an award-winning blog - "The Recruiters Lounge." He also produces "The Hidden Job Report" and recently discontinued "The Searchologist," a recruiter training membership site and magazine. He currently co-hosts the weekly technology podcast - Friday Traffic Report and produces "The Jim Stroud Show," a video series focused on job search strategy and technology. (Jim Stroud has produced multiple web series devoted to such topics as: job search, recruiting, technology and language learning.)

When not online, Jim Stroud suffers from withdrawal symptoms that can only be soothed by chocolate chip cookies and family time.

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Tanyth Lloyd Brown

Tanyth Lloyd Brown is the National Recruitment and Sourcing Leader for Deloitte which is considered to be one of Australia’s best Recruitment Functions. She has a background in audit, treasury, systems implementation, process improvement, project management and executive search.

Tanyth currently leads the National Recruitment and Sourcing Team with responsibility for delivery of the Experienced Hire recruitment strategy, firm wide workforce planning, EVP, strategic sourcing/talent acquisition, recruitment and sourcing technology, reporting/metrics and vendor/contract management (including onsite managed solution).

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Julian Doherty

Julian Doherty joined Slade Group in 2003 and has led the research and direct sourcing function across the business since 2005. He is responsible for leading a team of four sourcing specialists and the delivery of national and international executive search campaigns.

With a background in marketing systems and database utilisation, Julian has observed fundamental shifts in the available tools and approach of agencies to the identification, engagement and management of passive candidates. Julian has led projects at Slade to incorporate CRM principles into candidate sourcing and the early adoption of online networking strategies, sourcing metrics and verification techniques.

The rise of social networks and online recruiting presents challenges and opportunities for agencies. As client expectations evolve, a major focus at Slade over the past 12 months has been the development of new workforce planning and talent assessment services for clients powered by online information and social networking.

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Jennifer Nelson

Jennifer Nelson is a senior recruitment professional having operated in the industry since 1989. Her core focus has been in recruiting for the IT industry both within agency and corporate environments. This includes establishing the internal IT recruitment function for a global financial services organisation.

Jennifer’s expertise includes recruiting and training recruiters through all aspects of the recruitment life cycle. Her training has led to significant uplift of recruiter skills and capabilities.

Jennifer is a strategic thinker with strong communication and relationship management skills. She brings her extensive knowledge and experience to the Insidejob Corporate Recruitment Training program providing key learning's in the areas of job definition, candidate care, candidate sourcing strategies and screening for cultural fit.

Jennifer has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (English Literature) from Monash University and is currently completing a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.

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Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is a researcher and talent strategist. She likes to use the term "technopologist" to describe her role in her chosen field; sourcing, especially on the internet, combines skills in technology and the study of psychology and sociology. Andrea has worked for a number of years developing Internet sourcing techniques and working with teams researching, training, and consulting on sourcing best practice and hard to fill roles, as well as integrating passive sourcing with social media and attraction strategies.

Andrea has been involved in building and executing sourcing strategies for some of Australia’s biggest brand names across multiple industries including FMCG, Engineering, Construction, Professional Services, Academia, and IT.

As the founder of the Australasian Researchers Network, Andrea’s goal is to grow this community of interest around sourcing and research that is not only be a meeting place for people to learn and collaborate, but also promotes research as a career within the recruitment industry.

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Kevin Wheeler

Kevin Wheeler is one of the initiators of this event, a globally known speaker, author, teacher and consultant in human capital acquisition and development, as well as in corporate education. Kevin started his own company Global Learning Resources in 1998 out of his passionate belief that organisations need a more powerful and thoughtful architecture for talent than they have. At Global Learning Resources Kevin has worked with clients such as Sun Microsystems, Eli Lilly and PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop comprehensive talent acquisition processes and procedures.

After a 25 year career in corporate America serving as the Senior Vice President for Staffing and Workforce Development at the Charles Schwab Corporation, the Vice President of Human Resources for Alphatec Electronics, Inc. in Thailand, and in a variety of human resources roles at National Semiconductor Corporation, Kevin had firsthand knowledge of the need for better strategies and approaches to finding, developing and retaining people.

Kevin is also the author of numerous articles on human resource development, career development, recruiting, and on establishing corporate universities. He is a frequent speaker at conferences. He writes a weekly Internet column on recruiting and staffing, which can be found at www.erexchange.com, and pens a monthly column for Corporate University News magazine. He serves as adjunct faculty at San Jose State University, the University of San Francisco and on the business faculty at San Francisco State University.

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Martin Warren

Martin Warren's extensive leadership, knowledge and passion for developing and executing creative and leading tried and tested sourcing tactics and techniques, using various Search Engines, Professional and Social Networks, to identify and target passive candidates as well as build qualified Talent Pools places him at the head of the proactive recruitment industry.

Having used these techniques for some years now, Martin is at the forefront in applying this to his work as a Recruitment Leader and also as a Recruitment Trainer. Specialising in Sourcing Tactics and building your Talent Communities. Martin has significant practical experience across many industries including Mining & Resources, Engineering, IT, Professional Services, Legal, Financial Services and others uncovering leads and finding passive candidates for highly critical roles. Martin brings this knowledge to the Insidejob Recruitment Training program providing key learning's in defining an organisation's strategic sourcing tactics and execution, as well as approaching and engaging passive candidates to build Talent Communities for current and future capability.

Having worked extensively within the recruitment industry for over 12 years, providing Recruitment Search Specialist consultancy services covering Corporate Recruitment, IT & T, Sales & Marketing, Call/Contact Centre Management, Engineering and Operations, Martin's consulting experience has been predominantly with high profile clients in many technical, account management, business development, marketing, workforce management, recruitment technologies and leadership roles.

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Michael Specht

Michael Specht, founder of Inspecht, HR technology consultancy, has been involved in the technology industry for over 20 years specialising in the impact that technology has on management practices and organisation. He currently leads a HR technology consultancy business looking at how social media can be used by organisations to not just enhance their business but actually attract the best people to work for them and also deliver on shareholder value.

Previously, Michael has worked in a multitude of roles ranging from software development to project management both in Australia and overseas. He is a regular speaker on HR technology for the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) and has been convener in their HR Technology Special Interest Group. His blog which discusses HR and recruitment has over 5,000 unique readers every month and one of the top 50 in the world covering HR and Recruitment.

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Nicholas Duggal

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Ross Clennett

As a professional recruiter, between 1989 and 2003, Ross screened over 80,000 resumes, interviewed over 3,000 people and successfully placed over 500 people in work. Over this time he worked in London, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.

Since 2001, Ross's opinion pieces and skill development articles have been regularly published in recruitment industry magazines and on specialist recruitment websites, both in Australia, UK, South Africa and in the USA. Through his speaking, training and coaching business, RossClennett.com, Ross provides expertise in the areas of recruitment skills, recruitment trends and the recruitment industry in Australia.

Ross holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania and is certified as a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).

In 2009, Ross launched Australia's first professional development website for recruitment company owners and managers which provides a variety of training and strategic resources in various multimedia formats.

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Trevor Vas

Trevor Vas has worked in the Recruitment, Information Technology and the Finance industries in various professional consulting roles. He is a recognised leader in human capital management for large organisations and is an active speaker at industry conferences in Australia and New Zealand. In his previous role, Trevor was the Managing Director of an Australasian consultancy business that consulted and operated Managing Vendors at many of Australia's and New Zealand's largest organisations.

Since the establishment of HCMS, Trevor has consulted to BHP, Coles Myer, Crown Casino, ASB Bank and Waitemata and Auckland District Health Boards in relation to their enterprise recruitment models including Recruitment Technology, Recruitment Processes, Preferred Recruitment Supplier Agreements and implementing and optimising Recruitment Centres.

Trevor is a subject matter expert in Recruitment Technology and Resource Management and has assisted many organisations to improve their effectiveness in these areas.

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