Many job seekers are considering job opportunities outside of the Bay Area because rent and home prices are expensive, harsher shelter-in-place restrictions, and high COVID-19 cases. People are looking to move to other areas as remote work and work from home phenomenon is gaining popularity among employers. Learn from our nationwide recruiters:
• What job openings are in the US and how can job seekers capitalize on those opportunities?
• Opportunities for job growth in other cities/counties beside the Bay Area.
• Work-and-home life balance in various areas vs. Bay Area.
• How to explain your relocation strategy on your resume and LinkedIn.
• How to take the big leap and move!
For Adults ONLY
Eventbrite registration is required. Registration will end on June 8 at 12 noon. Participants who have registered will be given the online access link on June 8 at 3 pm.
Our Recruiters (subject to change):
Carmen Hudson is the Principal Consultant for Recruiting Toolbox and co-founder of the first ever conference focused on tech recruiting, Talent42. Carmen draws from many years of recruiting experience, with a strong focus on helping organizations attract, source and recruit top talent. She recently launched recruiterhunt.com to help recruiters discover useful resources. In 2019 Human Resources Executive named Carmen a Top 100 HRTech Influencer.
Chris Murdock is the Chief Sourcing Officer and Co-Founder for IQ Talent Partners. He is a veteran of the recruiting and talent acquisition industry with twenty years of experience spanning across multiple industries. Murdock founded IQTalent Partners in 2009 and now leads search execution and client relationships for his 150+ person firm. Prior to establishing IQTalent Partners as a talent acquisition leader, Murdock worked with Yahoo!’s internal executive recruiting team, gaining in-depth experience across the technology recruiting sphere. He began his career working in recruiting and sourcing roles for Heidrick & Struggles and with TMP Worldwide after earning his BA from Vanderbilt University.
Paulo Pontes is the founder of Paul Bridges Group which focuses on US and Canadian recruitment for Fortune 1000, Recruitment, Staffing, Executive Search Firms and RPO's. He has 20 years of experience working in Recruitment and Talent Acquisition, including general management of large size recruitment company (350+ recruiters and more than 12 offices). He is fluent in four languages.
Thor Swenson is Partner and Managing Director of Lagom, an international consultancy focusing on Human Capital, Change Management, and Organizational Design. He has a degree in sociology from Louisiana State University and has led talent acquisition, training, leadership development, and change management within multi-million dollar organizations. Thor is a strong proponent of aligning performance for success through effective human capital management in any organization he works with.
Yash Voltaire is a consultant focused on the Human Capital side of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Integrations. He has a degree in industrial-organizational psychology and prior experience within the Big 4. He has driven organization transformations and developed operating models for major oil and gas organizations. His focus is developing scalable and sustainable organizational designs and talent strategies that set organizations up for multiple years of success.
This program is sponsored by the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends.
