Jason Gorham - Founder & CEO CareerMetaSearch.com - Sharkstrike.com

I am just now recuperating from the ERE show and would like to share my thoughts and experiences. I was asked to moderate a round table on recruiting technologies so I didn't get a chance to view any speakers or see any tracks. A majority of my time was spent meeting partners vendors and attendees.

I would like to start with the Thank you's.

Thank you to Gerry Crispin for wielding the cards at the poker tournament. Gerry two words....Vegas Baby

Thank you to jobster for allowing me to take part in your offsite dinner, the food was tremendous

Thank you to Dennis Smith for keeping me sane while we toured all of Hollywood Beach trying to find the restaurant for the jobster party

Thank you to Doug Ries for the intellectual conversation, insight and discussions about the market, our product and the synergies that we have together

Thank you to Lisa Grinde as I was impressed with the value you bring to your clients and taking the extra steps including off site tours, entertaining kids and luncheons with potential candidates wifes. We all have a lot to learn.

Thank you to ERE for allowing me to moderate the recruiting technologies round table as their were a lot valuable discussions and insight brought out by amazing people

Moving on to new knowledge gained from the show....

I learned that HR Smart has partnered with Monster to allow Monster users the option of having an applicant tracking system. I'm not familiar with the HR Smart product but I think this is a wise move for monster as we currently get a lot of requests from clients on this and I can image that they do as well.

I had the opportunity to meet with the CEO of HRMC and learn more about their product. They have an interesting product that we can add value to their offerings.

One thing that was interesting to me was the fact that everyone in my round table had the same problems, which included so many recruiting technologies and where to begin. Also what is working and what is not working, as well as vendors not being upfront in their sales pitch versus what is implemented.

So that's it. Hopefully if you went to ere that you gained knowledge, value and made some new friends. If not there is always Kennedy.