What to Expect (Q&A)
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT? Expect nothing and enjoy everything.
BarCamp Recruit will be like no other seminar or conference you have attended. It is designed to be spontaneous, free flowing and very un-structured. We know that some of you will have a hard time getting your head around this “un-structured” concept (we certainly did before attending our first BarCamp), but hopefully after the day is done you will have learned a bunch of new stuff, made new contacts and reconnected with old friends.
WHO WILL BE THERE? People who want to experience something different.
We extended invitations to over 200 human resource professionals – but anyone is welcome to attend this event. The event has been marketed on twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. We have people flying in from Texas, driving down from LA and taking the train up from San Diego. As long as there are tickets left – no person will be turned away.
WHAT WILL I LEARN? You will learn if you participate.
The idea being that every person is a subject matter expert in something. This venue gives anyone who wants to share their knowledge a venue to do so. Since we don’t know how the agenda will look until the day of the event it is hard to tell you what will be covered. But it might go something like this:
We have invited subject matter experts who want to share their knowledge of Social Media Networking – aka twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. So you can probably expect a few sessions that will teach the beginning and advanced benefits of these unique tools.
We have invited experts in the field of marketing, recruiting, hiring and managing Baby Boomers, Gen-X’ers, Gen-Y’ers, new millennials and the rest of the bunch. I am sure they would enjoy and opportunity to share what they know and ask that you share your stories too.
We have invited experts to talk about how to market yourself in the new economy. Everyone is asking questions like: “Should I have my own webpage?”, “Should I be on twitter?“, “Should my company be on twitter if I want to recruit top talent?” All good questions and there will be people there to share their expertise.
Some of the learning will come during a session, some learning will take place waiting in line for lunch, some of it will happen during happy hour. But the beauty is that you have spent the day learning what is important to YOU and shared a little bit of your expertise in return.
