We are proud to have been selected to present at the Silicon Valley New Tech MeetUp on Tuesday, November 3rd. Joel Passen, our VP of Marketing, will lead entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts on a 5 minute live tour of Newton, our popular applicant tracking software. Our team will also be fielding questions following the presentation.
The Silicon Valley New Tech Meetup is a series of monthly events for techies, recruiters, investors, journalists and anyone else who just wants to see the hottest new technology in the Valley up close and personal. At 4,200 Members strong and growing, the Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup, is one of the largest Meetup groups in the country.
Come join Newton Software and others for an hour of exciting tech demos. Afterwords enjoy a full hour of networking including free pizza donated by gracious hosts DLA Piper.
Details:
When: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Where: Palo Alto, DLA Piper 2000 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA
How to attend: It’s FREE!! Join the Silicon Valley New Tech Group. Follow this link, http://bit.ly/D5Jr8
Joel Passen, Newton Software’s VP of Marketing addressing the members of the Silicon Valley NCHRA
Last week we joined the Silicon Valley chapter of the NCHRA at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA. The evening event billed as the Summer Social brought together members of the regional HR community including some interesting guest speakers and local vendors.
We want to quickly share some of our takeaways from the event.
Project Hired is a great organization and it’s time to get involved
For those of you not familiar with Project Hired, it’s time to learn more about them. Project Hired’s mission is to assist individuals with disabilities to gain and sustain employment, in partnership with businesses and the community. During the event a Project Hired alumni explained how the program not only helped him find the confidence to look for a new job after a debilitating accident but, also how Project Hired’s placement service helped him find a great job. For more information about volunteering opportunities visit Project Hired at: http://www.projecthired.org/volunteer_how.html
Recruitment outsourcing is alive and growing
Recruitment outsourcing seems to be gaining momentum. At the NCHRA event last week, I met representatives from 3 recruitment outsourcing companies. In years past, I knew of only 1 or 2 companies in the Bay Area providing RPO services. While the space still seems pretty fragmented (every RPO has a different focus), more and more of these firms are emerging to offer creative recruiting services to customers of all sizes. This is definitely a segment to watch as recruiting once again becomes a front-burner issue.
HR professionals are hungry for metrics
Throughout the evening, we presented a live demo of our latest release of Newton’s real-time performance management / analytics platform. It was amazing how many folks we had come up and ask questions about the product. Based on the response, it is evident that HR people are hungry for metrics that can help them make decisions and improve the service they offer their internal customers. We appreciated all the attention, feedback, and suggestions for future metrics to capture.
We want to thank the people that gave us feedback this week after SF New Tech. And, we want to give a special thanks to Loren Cheng who works on the PayPal Platform Product Management team and writes for X.com. On his blog “Geek out With Us” he wrote a review of our recent Newton demo.
Here’s an excerpt.
“Their software looked like a fairly run-of-the-mill (but cleanly designed) process control package — calendars, candidates, blah blah –until they got to the metrics: buttery smooth graphic representations of data sliceable in lots of different ways to figure out where your candidates stalled or fell out. The power of Flex. Who knew recruiting software could be sexy?”
So, thanks Loren and cheers to you! We knew recruiting software could be sexy.
We had a great time at SF New Tech this week though our presentation started off a little bumpy. Someone disconnected our internet connection before we got on stage. In the video, you can see Steve lean over and mouth, “we don’t have a connection”. You may be able to hear people yell for me to tell jokes. I didn’t. Truth is, the delay loosened me up a bit. And a man I consider to be wise, once told me, “don’t make comments or jokes when you don’t know who in the audience you are going to offend.” I survived. Watch the video and see for yourself. Add a comment to tell us what you think.
If you are interested in technology, SF New Tech is a good event supported by an enthusiastic community. Cheers Myles!
