2009 DirectEmployers Association Annual Meeting and Conference
2009 DirectEmployers Association Annual Meeting and Conference
2009 DirectEmployers Association Annual Meeting and Conference

Speakers

Making Sense of Web 2.0: Online Recruiting
Tools That Don’t Break the Bank

HRCI Approved For Credit Seal*
Social networks, niche sites, blogs, and videos – all hot trends in recruitment, but where do you start? It all seems confusing. In this session, you will learn about the latest online recruiting trends and how you can apply them to your efforts without blowing your budget. Leveraging the new technologies can be a cost-effective way to reach the right candidates in a more targeted way.
Gautam Godhwani

Gautam Godhwani

CEO & Co-Founder, Simply Hired
Gautam is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Simply Hired. With a passion to improve the job seeker experience and bridge the gap between recruiters and potential candidates, he has led the company’s mission to make job search simple and painless. Gautam is a veteran entrepreneur, with experience starting organizations and finding talented people to help grow them. His entrepreneurial roots can be found in the first dot-com boom, where he was the CEO and co-founder of AtWeb, an Internet 1.0 company acquired by Netscape/AOL in 1998. AtWeb developed a product called Web Site Garage that helped millions of small businesses "tune-up" their websites and register them with all the leading search engines. After leaving AOL, Gautam turned his attention to the local community and co-founded the India Community Center. ICC is the largest India-focused, non-profit, community facility in North America, and Gautam continues to serve as an advisor and Trustee today. ?A graduate of UC Berkeley (1994), his experience before the dot-com era includes gigs at technology giants HP, IBM, and Microsoft.
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