DC bloggers Scott, Tiffany and Ben. (Great lunch & Kung Pao!)

Austin not-so-Powers
SHRM bookstore … there’s quite an appetite for this stuff.
Yes, there’s even SHRM apparel.

Indeed: SimplyBoothed

Big-ass .jobs ad in the show daily.

One of the more interesting and energetic sessions from the SHRM conference was on the topic of employment branding by NAS’s Ryan Estis. Afterward, I sat down with Ryan Estis to explore the topic further. Enjoy (8 mins.)

A few noteworthy items from Day One at SHRM:

The rain in D.C. is a real downer.
The vendors I’ve spoken to all believe last year’s San Diego show was “much better.”
Monster has clearly spent a lot of money on this event.
Jobster is strangely absent from the expo hall.
SimplyHired, H3 and Market10 are also absent.
Indeed is here.
Background […]

The Apprentice’s Bill Rancic.

CareerBuilder’s booth.

Monster bus.

More CareerBuilder booth.

Monster bags.

HotJobs party.

HotJobs party goers, including Gerry Crispin.

She’s a plunger?
Show floor.

More show floor.

HotJobs’ booth.

Press room.

I sat down with HotJobs‘ main man, Dan Finnigan, at the SHRM conference today. It was a cordial interview, but filled with some good insight into how HotJobs plans to take Internet recruiting into the future, including an interesting announcement and some scoop on how behavioral targeting will be a thing of the search giant’s […]

No shocker here. My flight to D.C. is delayed about an hour. I’m scheduled to have a 2 p.m. podcast with HotJobs’ Dan Finnegan, so I’m getting a little anxious about getting checked into my hotel and to the conference on time. Of all the interviews I have set-up, Dan may be the most interesting. […]