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RecruitingBlogs and Monster are proud to present our first joint two-day conference in Boston, MA: RecruitFest! 2010 is a partnership between RecruitingBlogs.com and Monster Wordwide.

The RecruitFest Learning Experience is focused on real world recruiting issues, overcoming business challenges, and creating meaningful dialog within an intimate gathering of smart folks in the industry. RecruitFest! will be unlike other conference or even unconferences in the space. Here’s how:

• Not your typical registration: Participants will have the option to meet their track leaders before the conference ever begins. Each track leader will be hosting a webinar that outlines their track and gives attendees the opportunity to grasp the basics before we tackle the weightier subject matter face to face.
• Not your typical tracks: Either you sit in a chair for four hours and never say a word OR there’s total chaos. Not at RecruitFest. Each track will work together to solve a different issue in the recruiting and HR space, using vendor and participant research and with a distinct nod to input from digital attendees. Don’t expect everyone in the room to agree. Debates, panels and real participation are not only encouraged but required.
• Not your typical speakers: Are you ready to hear from some real practitioners? VPs and Managers who have actually tried some of the most touted techniques out there? Do you want to hear what does and and doesn’t work in the real world of talent management? Are you interested in seeing what long-term research has to say about popular topics? Hear from theorists and the people doing this, day in and day out.
• Not your typical communication: Do you dare to go dark? Attend a conference where you have to talk to the person sitting next to you, across from you and articulate your groups’s conclusions. Go beyond theory to a workshop style, problem-solving, real-world event. At the last session, each track will present its conclusions and attempt to see how they work with one another, if at all. Can you support your conclusions in a room of your peers? Can you check your BlackBerry at the door?