Best Practices for Hiring #Eventprofs

Northstar Meetings Group has partnered with Meetingjobs, a Cadre Company, to educate hiring managers and new talent on job-market trends and opportunities.

At a time of growth and change for meeting professionals, Northstar Meetings Group has partnered with recruiting expert Dawn Penfold and her colleagues at Meetingjobs, a Cadre Company, to educate hiring managers and new talent on job-market trends and opportunities. This series of free monthly webinars is designed to help organizations attract, onboard, engage and retain candidates at all levels of experience, including the next generation of industry leaders.

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Setting a Strategy for Recruiting Talent | November 2023
How to Write a Compelling Job Post | December 2023

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Setting a Strategy for Recruiting Talent
This webinar took place on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Watch now.

Experts discuss best practices for effectively hiring candidates for both permanent and project work in the meetings and events industry, including defining the role and devising a game plan for recruiting.

Among topics to be covered:

• Establishing a game plan and timeline
• Defining the role and skills needed
• How to engage consistently to avoid “ghosting”

Earns 1 Hour of CMP Credit

SPEAKERS

Dawn Penfold
President, Meetingjobs.com

A former meeting professional, Dawn started the Meeting Candidate Network in 1990, which over the years turned into Meetingjobs.com, to fill a need for a professional recruitment company serving this industry. As founder and president of Meetingjobs.com she has helped thousands of candidates and hiring officials to connect successfully, economically and efficiently, placing candidates in either full-time or temporary positions.

Todd Tarranto
President, Cadre

Todd is the president of Cadre, an online marketplace connecting event freelancers with companies looking to hire them, and meetingjobs.com, the meeting and event industry's largest full-time placement firm and job board. After serving in the U.S. Army, Todd’s business career in the travel industry started as president of Gant Travel Management, a Chicago-based travel management company. This experience led to the acquisition of more than 20 niche event and experiential staffing companies that laid the groundwork for Cadre, which formally launched in 2019. Todd lives in Boise, Idaho.

MODERATOR

Sarah J.F. Braley
Managing Editor, Northstar Meetings Group

Sally oversees content on Northstar’s meetings-related websites, as well as the print edition of Meetings & Conventions and Successful Meetings, along with covering key beats. Sally joined M&C in 1994 as a senior editor, after spending eight years at New Jersey Monthly magazine. She holds a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a B.A. in Journalism (with minors in French, Greek and psychology) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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How to Write a Compelling Job Post
Dec. 13, 2023, 2 p.m. ET

Now that it’s so simple to apply online, how can your job description and posting grab the attention of top talent? Learn how to attract well-qualified meeting professionals and navigate the tricky topic of salaries.

Among topics to be covered:

• How an advertisement differs from a job description
• Best places to post meetings industry jobs
• How to appeal to multigenerational candidates
• The issue of salary transparency

Earns 1 Hour of CMP Credit

SPEAKERS

Dawn Penfold
President, Meetingjobs.com

A former meeting professional, Dawn started the Meeting Candidate Network in 1990, which over the years turned into Meetingjobs.com, to fill a need for a professional recruitment company serving this industry. As founder and president of Meetingjobs.com she has helped thousands of candidates and hiring officials to connect successfully, economically and efficiently, placing candidates in either full-time or temporary positions.

Robert Kenward
Recruitment expert

Robert Kenward is a recruitment expert specialising in senior hires within the events, MICE and experiential sectors. He is an experienced speaker, moderator, industry commentator and DEI advocate who is able to convey his expertise and experience to an audience with a vibrant, passionate and vehemently honest approach. Robert has more than 21 years’ experience of the recruitment and events sectors and brings a unique perspective of hiring from all angles - as a candidate, a client and a Fitabilty recruiter. Robert brings a direct and pragmatic approach to recruitment, matching the personal and career aspirations of candidates to a company’s business growth plans. Robert has held nearly 800 pro bono one to one sessions to date with people who need job seeking advice, insight, guidance, support or just a shoulder to lean on. This support was launched during the pandemic and Robert continues to offer these sessions to the industry.

MODERATOR

Elise Schoening
Senior Editor, Northstar Meetings Group

Elise Schoening is Senior Associate Editor with Northstar Meetings Group. She joined the editorial team in 2019 and covers everything from the latest news in the Northeast region to the rising importance of sustainability and DEI. In addition to daily news coverage and social media management, Elise oversees publication of Northstar Meetings Group's Convention Cities Index.

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