2016 MKSSA Annual Conference - November 10 & 11
DON'T MISS THE TRAINING EVENT OF 2016 IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI!
The President Hotel
Join 100+ attendees for the staffing & recruiting event that you don't want to miss! Interact with 10+ Industry Partners to see new tools and services to grow your business!
Hear from leading industry Experts!
Greg Doersching is Creator and Owner of Bullseye Recruiting – one of the most comprehensive Recruiting Training programs in the country. He is also the President of the Griffin Search Group a National Search Firm with offices from throughout the USA. He is an active recruiter who still runs a highly productive desk. Day to day he is in the trenches just like the rest of us.
For over 20 years Greg has been recognized as one of the most cutting edge voices in the recruiting industry. He is an International Trainer and has presented hundreds of workshops and Keynote Addresses for the National Association of Personnel Services, American Staffing Association and the Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services, Fordyce Forum and numerous Regional, State and Local groups. He is consistently rated as one of the top presenters for each conference.
Barb Bruno is recognized internationally as one of the top experts in the Staffing and Recruiting Profession.
She has addressed audiences in North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Barb has developed web based training programs that are distributed in several countries, she writes for numerous publications and authors one of the most widely read online publications, The No BS Newsletter. She has authored several books, created mobile apps and is often quoted as an industry expert.
David Searns is CEO of Haley Marketing, a content marketing and web design firm that works with more than 900 staffing and search firms throughout the world.
For the past 19 years, David and his team have helped staffing firms to stand out from the competition, get past HR, sell higher margin staffing solutions, improve sales productivity, and nurture relationships with clients and candidates.
Haley Marketing offers website design, blogging and social media, email & direct mail marketing, reputation management, and all the strategic and creative support a staffing firm needs to stand out, stay top-of-mind and sell more.
Jordan Rayboy began his recruiting career w/ MRI in 2000, while still a sophomore in college. After earning Regional Rookie of the Year & Overall Account Executive of the Year at age 20, he eventually was ranked Top Ten World-Wide by 2005. The following year, Jordan struck out on his own, forming Rayboy Insider Search - the nation's leading search firm in the storage, virtualization, and infrastructure marketplace. He joined the Pinnacle Society in 2009, and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2011, eventually serving as Member Education Chair. Jordan surpassed $10M career cash-in during 2015.
John A. Thomas, CSP, CSC, CTS, CPSS, is a 30+ year veteran of the staffing industry. He started his career in the temporary services sector in Kansas City. He has managed offices for two of the largest and successful staffing firms in the US, before returning to Kansas City in 1990 to start up a temporary services division for an executive recruitment company. During this period John established four new offices, turning them all into “profit centers” within one year and maintaining high gross profit for the duration of his tenure. These included start-ups with no capital to startups with unlimited capital!
Bill Chapin's responsibilities include overseeing marketing strategy and implementation, branding, advertising, market research, fan development, community outreach, charitable giving, Season Ticket Fan Loyalty programs and Customer Relationship Management, the Chiefs Art Program, special events, including concerts & college football games, the Chiefs Cheerleaders, Red Coaters, and KC Wolf. In his role, Chapin reports directly to Chiefs President Mark Donovan on all matters of the team's business operations.
Toby Malara, Esq., government affairs counsel, American Staffing Association
Toby handles federal and state legislative issues. He assists association members and state chapters in state lobbying efforts, and provides industry related information to members on laws, legislation and regulation. Prior to joining ASA, Toby was Executive Director of the National Technical Services Association and also served as the association’s general counsel and director of government relations. Before that he served as legislative counsel to Rep. Jack Quinn (R-NY) where he developed policy and recommendations on legislation, wrote speeches and press releases, handled press calls, and constituent relations. Toby received his law degree from Catholic University and holds a B.A. degree from Georgetown University.
Bruce earned his BS degree in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota in 1979 and an MBA degree in General Management from the University of Colorado in 1981. Bruce has been married to his high school sweetheart, Laurie, for 37 years and lives in Overland Park, KS. They have 4 adult children and two grandchildren and have been very active volunteers with their church and coaching youth athletics for 15 years when their children were younger. His first career encompassed 16 1/2 years in the industrial distribution and services industry, with 10 of those years in six different leadership roles for the General Electric Company.
Bruce started his entrepreneurial career in January, 1998, with the founding A-1 STAFFING, an industrial staffing company in the Kansas City area. In December, 2000, a professional staffing division was added which ultimately became A-1 CAREERS. The staffing company grew to 10 locations with numerous on-site clients and was sold to Spartan Staffing in June, 2011 while A-1 CAREERS continues in KC, Denver and Iowa.
And a special limited seating Owners only breakfast on Friday with our Industry Experts that you don't want to miss! Be sure to register for this exculsive session.
The Future is Now -This year's conference is being held in Kansas City, MO on November 10th & 11th at the President Hotel in downtown KC in walking distance to the Power & Light entertainment.
For the agenda and more... visit www.mkssa.com/events for all the details on the conference.
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