Recruiting 2.0 is here, and we want to celebrate with all of you!

Come Recommended is excited to officially announce our newest service: GoodieRecruit! GoodieRecruit brings employers, candidates and nonprofits together in a way never experienced before. We partner with nonprofits to host “experiences” where candidates will perform tasks that will be typical of the job for which they are applying. The experiences are taped and each candidate is rated on their performance. This information is then given to the hiring organization with recommendations for final interviews. You may read more about the recruiting process on our Web site.

Come Recommended will be hosting the Goodie Recruit launch party on February 4, 2010 (Thursday) at Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C. from 6-8pm. All local DC communicators and entry-level job seekers are invited to attend. You can sign up for your free ticket here! We’re even going to be giving out awesome Goodie Bags with the latest books from Heather Huhman, Lisa Orrell and Alexandra Levit!

If you’re not located in the D.C. area, you can tune into our live broadcast. We’ll be dishing out details to that in the coming weeks, so stay tuned, and feel free to connect with GoodieRecruit on Twitter for great career advice.

We have to give a special thank you to our sponsor, Capitol Communicator for their support. Capitol Communicator brings together over 10,000 communicators in the mid-Atlantic region with news, trends, education, networking opportunities and more.

For last-minute sponsorship opportunities please e-mail heather.huhman@goodierecruit.com. For media requests please e-mail kristina.allen@goodierecruit.com.

Come Recommended is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming Campus Recruiting Forum in Washington, DC on December 3.

The Campus Recruiting Forum is your opportunity to learn what’s new in campus hiring - from social networking tools to hiring trends to the changing nature of Gen Y, your future workforce. For those who attended and enjoyed the Forum last year, you will be pleased to hear that it features a whole new set of presentations this year.

Save $100 - Register by November 17!

Through our sponsorship, we are able to offer you a special $100 discount off your registration fee if you sign up before November 17.  Simply enter this special discount code CRM9 when you register and $100 will be deducted from the conference fee.  Please visit www.CampusRecruitingForum.com for further information and to register online.

The Campus Recruiting Forum is your opportunity to hear from these top experts:

• Dr. Phil Gardner on the latest hiring trends and implications for college recruiting in 2010
• Graham Donald of Brainstorm Consulting on recruiting on a tight budget
• John Flato of Vault Research on leadership development programs
• A panel of current students on how to attract Gen Y
• Mary Scott of Scott Resource Group on recruitment best practices
• Steve Ehrlich of TMP Worldwide on social media and the future of recruitment

Whether you are an experienced recruiter or just getting initiated in the world of college recruiting, I am sure that you will find this program valuable.

Please visit www.CampusRecruitingForum.com for more information and to register online; and don’t forget to take advantage of our $100 discount.  To do so, simply register before November 17 and enter the code CRM9 in the “Special Discounts” box on the registration form.

I hope you can make it!

Best,

Heather R. Huhman, founder & president
Come Recommended

After recently introducing our “We Want Jobs, Not Trophies” campaign, a grassroots effort conducted via town hall meetings in major cities nationwide, we want to extend the opportunity to become involved and join the conversation. Maybe you want to fight the stigma of the Millennials, but don’t hail from a major city. Or perhaps your campus can’t commit to hosting a town hall meeting. How else can you join the cause?

We’ve come up with a few ways:

1. Serve as one of our campus ambassadors: Get the word out on your campus by joining Come Recommended as a campus ambassador. Reach out to different student organizations and/or business owners in your community and have an open, honest discussion about Millennials in the workplace. You can start great conversations and network at the same time!

2. Get writing: Write an article, tweet or blog about the campaign. Share your thoughts and personal anecdotes with Come Recommended and your community. We want to hear more from the students who are experiencing this problem in their internship/job searches.

3. Invite speakers: Hold your own forum! Invite speakers who you are interested in from various industries and get their take on entry-level careers and internships and the way to be the most attractive job applicant. It will give you an idea of what people are looking for today and give other Millennials the opportunity to ask questions.

4. Take it online: Whether it’s simply adding our Twibbon to your avatar or hosting a weekly #jobsnottrophies chat, Twitter is an excellent venue for spreading the word without too much time or effort involved.

5. Team up: Are there several universities/colleges in your area? Team up to share the responsibilities of hosting a town hall or other event, such as a TweetUp.

If you want to join the campaign you can start small or go big, because this is your cause. Generation Y has the tools to be an excellent resource in any industry. Remember: Generation Y isn’t looking for accolades, just jobs.

To learn more about being a participant in the “We Want Jobs, Not Trophies” campaign, visit www.comerecommended.com/jobsnottrophies or send an e-mail to notrophies@comerecommended.com.

Come Recommended was founded on the principle that if dialogue is created between employer and entry-level candidate, they would both have an easier time with the job/recruiting hunt. But, as the last few months have proven, it seems more and more so that neither party is willing to do the talking on the necessity of creating entry-level jobs.

The Millenials (Generation Y) have carried around the stigma of being a generation that expects to have everything handed to them. Ironically, they are now faced with finding employment in one of the most difficult job markets in U.S. history. Through this campaign we hope to address the negative perception of Gen Y and demonstrate why entry-level work is so important.

Town hall meetings will be held on college campuses in major cities nationwide with open discussion in mind and aim to raise awareness about the need to create and fill internship and entry-level positions-with college students and recent graduates.  Through the discussions, we hope to address the expectations of employers while potential entry-level candidates have the opportunity to engage and interact with these “bosses” and key decision makers.

The Come Recommended team will provide each campus interested in participating in the campaign and hosting a town hall meeting with all the materials necessary to successfully carry out the meeting and grassroots promotion of the “We Want Jobs, Not Trophies” cause. For more information about how to get involved in the campaign, please visit www.comerecommended.com/jobsnottrophies or send an e-mail to notrophies@comerecommended.com.

(A special thank you to Beth Farrar for creating the campaign logo.)