There are a lot of conferences going on during the year, especially during October and November. Here at Red Branch Media, we call it “Conference Season”.
Do you know which conferences are going to benefit you and your company? Do you know which conference will have the best events to help you step up your networking game? I put together a list of some of the big name conferences that happen each year, and hopefully you can get a better understanding of which ones you need to attend!
SHRM Talent Management Conference & Exposition
Dates: April 27th – 29th
Location: San Diego, California
Reasons To Attend:
- To help you build an innovative recruiting process to attract, hire and retain the best candidates.
- Learn how to use social media to source top talent, to build your corporate brand and to engage your current workforce.
- To get in-depth overviews of topics important to every recruiter, such as diversity in hiring, telecommuting, Millennial and generation-based recruiting and more.
- To learn, develop and fine-tune your skills to grow as a recruiter and as a leader so that you’re in alignment with your company goals.
- To stay in sync with the latest laws and legislation that impact your industry to ensure you’re in compliance every step of the way.
- A HR Tech Conference, you have the ability to meet tons of people from all over the world.
- You will be able to learn all about new technologies in the industry as well as network with some of the industries most intelligent people. HR Tech offers better networking for sure!
- The Expo: There are tons of new products being shown each year. The expo alone will make it worth it for an HR tech buyer to attend.
Would you like to speak at SHRM Talent Management?
Want to attend the SHRM Talent Management Conference?
HR Technology and Exposition Conference
Dates: October 18th – 21st
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Average Attendance: More than 4,000
Reasons To Attend:
- Technology is a crucial part of our lives today, whether personally or professionally. Attending this conference you will notice that the technology is growing and evolving just like we are. The technology is changing and adapting to what the workforce currently needs.
- You will discover what technology your company needs and what you will need in the future.
Would you like to speak at #HRTechConf?
Have I convinced you to attend HR Technology Conference?
SourceCon
Dates: March 24th – 25th
Location: Seattle, Washington
Reasons To Attend:
- They build their agendas all around the attendees. The focus is 100% on sourcing results, tools and tactics.
- They can help you take your career to the next level with the most creative and innovative sourcing techniques.
- You will have a great time networking at this event and learn tons from elite sourcers.
- Another great part of SourceCon is their breakout groups. This part of the conference really helps people learn and network in smaller groups.
Do you think you have what it takes to be a speaker at SourceCon?
Register to attend SourceCon here.
ERE
Dates: April 27th – 29th
Location: San Diego, California
Reasons To Attend:
- Similar to SourceCon, they build their entire agenda with the attendee in mind. If you are a talent acquisition leader, if you manage a team, or manage a budget for your company this conference is for you.
- ERE puts attendees in small think tanks that offer the opportunity to participate with a group of peers so they can think together through challenges and opportunities in their industry.
- Like TED talks, ERE offers their version of TAD talks to expose you to new ideas!
Would you like to speak at a ERE conference? You should!
Register to attend an ERE Conference here.
Talent Connect
Dates: October 13th – 15th
Location: Anaheim, California
Average Attendance: 3,700+
Reasons To Attend:
- Previous attendees have said that the opportunities to meet, network, and share with fellow practitioners at Talent Connect is unbeatable. I mean it’s a Linkedin conference!
- They do not have exhibitors at Talent Connect, which if you are looking to buy tech this might not be the conference for you. (Try checking out HR Technology Conference.) Some say since they do not have exhibitors it makes the speakers a lot better since speaking spots aren’t being bought by sponsors.
- Talent Connect usually has a pretty awesome line up of speakers and the keynote speaker is pretty well known. They had “Magic” Johnson in 2011 as the keynote speaker!
Do you think you can impress the LinkedIn Talent Connect peeps with your speaking skills? If so, send them your stuff and if you find a link share it. I looked everywhere. It must be a pretty selective process. Good luck!
Attend Talent Connect in 2015!
Hopefully you found this post helpful. Red Branch Media plans on attending a few and we would love for you to come and network with us! Please share with us in the comments if you plan on attending one or all of these!
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