The Recruiting Unconferences or TRU Events are a series of pure unconferences organised worldwide, where the emphasis is on conversation, communication and the free exchange of ideas and experiences, initiated by Bill Boorman and Geoff Webb. Participants come from the people space globally, usually in the field of Recruiting (both corporate and third-party recruiters), Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Branding, Social Media, Technology Developers and Vendors. Topics are mainly related to the recruiting profession and the use of social media for recruiting and talent acquisition.
Format
The format of a TRU Event is to run a minimum of 3 tracks each hour. The tracks are started by a track leader who has some experience of the discussion topic. The role of the track leader is to start the conversation and let the conversation evolve wherever it goes. Participants are actively encouraged to move between tracks according to what they need individually.
There are 4 simple rules:
1: No PowerPoint
2: No Presenting
3: No Name Badges (Just ask!)
4: No Pitching
Anyone attending can lead a track. There is no need for speaker applications or preparation.
Tracks that have been held so far include: Twitter Success Stories, Campus To Career, Social Footprints, Fighting The Dragon of Social Recruiting ROI, Technology Futures , Going Mobile – Successful Apps, The Social Recruiter, Case Studies (The Hard Rock Firenze Story – Hiring 120 Staff in 4 weeks, #TruOracle), Branding Inside Out, Community or J.I.T., The Real Cost Of Engagement, Moving To The Clouds, Spectacular SEO, Managing Talent, Recruiting Technology, Candidate Experiences (from Job Seekers), Boolean Strings And Facebook, Referral Recruiting, Expose Yourself, Future Job Board, LinkingIn, The Rejection Business, Compelling Content, Every Picture Tells A Story, Graduate Employer Brand, Kool New Tools, Secret Sourcing, Games And The Dutch Army, Video Story, Recruiting 3.0 and TruGrads.
Proudly Partnered
Recruiting Essentials has become one of the proud partners of The Recruiting Unconferences and has performed as a track leader in the following tracks:
- Google+ Hangouts for Recruiting at TRULondon (September 2011)
- Social Branding and Every Picture Tells a Story at TRURomania (August 2011)
- Every Picture tells a Story at TRULeeds – about photography and video for Recruitment and Employer Branding (June 2011)
- Every Picture tells a Story at TRUDublin – about photography and video for Recruitment and Employer Branding (May 2011)
- Personal Branding Track at TRUAmsterdam (April 2011)
- Facing up to Facebook Track at TRUStockholm (March 2011)
- Employee Branded Track at TRUAmsterdam (November 2010)
Apart from that we take care of photography and video of the #TRU tracks under the #TruPaparazzi label. A compilation of the #TruPaparazzi Pictures can be found through the links below.
