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NETWORKING WITH PURPOSE!
AN EVENING WITH THREE HIGHLY RESPECTED DC AREA EMPLOYMENT RECRUITERS
Thursday, March 10
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: National Press Club
529 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20045
Club Host: Richard Eisendorf
Spend an evening with three highly respected employment recruiters in the DC Metropolitan area and learn what you can do to make a difference in your job search.
Professional recruiters from the non-profit, corporate and temporary employment fields will provide their perspectives, insights and advice about the job market.
Join us for a dynamic discussion and ask questions about....
- What gets the attention of recruiters and employers when searching for new hires?
- What do you need to know about the unpublished and hidden job market?
- How do employers and recruiters perceive the highly experienced job seekers?
OUR PANEL:
Larry H. Slesinger is an executive search consultant who helps foundations, associations, and other nonprofit organizations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area recruit talented people for key leadership and management positions. Since launching Slesinger Management Services in 1999, he has completed more than 110 searches for local, national and international nonprofits that work in arts and culture, health, human services, international development, and other areas.
Prior to launching his executive search firm, he was special assistant to the president of the Inter-American Foundation, program officer of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, vice president of BoardSource and vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Mr. Slesinger is the author of the Search: Winning Strategies to Get Your Next Job in the Nonprofit World, of Self-Assessment for Nonprofit Governing Boards and co-author of the first edition of A Snapshot of America's Nonprofit Boards: Results of a National Survey.
Elizabeth Tishman is the Manager of the Temporary Division of Careers in Nonprofits. For the past two years she has worked with a team of recruiters to manage the full cycle of nonprofit recruitment, from short-term, administrative support assignments to ongoing Executive-level positions. In this role, Lise leverages five years of prior experience working in the nonprofit sector to understand the unique challenges that nonprofit organizations face today.
Prior to working in staffing, Lise worked in program management with a variety of job-readiness and college-prep nonprofits, including Goodwill, Communities in Schools and Liberty's Kitchen.
Larry Williams has over thirty years' experience as a Personnel Consultant conducting full life-cycle recruiting for a high technology, Fortune 100 clientele in the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities. His experience includes recruiting applicants with high level clearances for positions in program management, software development, Cyber Security, "black box" design and delivery, database development and administration, systems and network administration, systems engineering, and telecommunications.
He has also been a senior recruiter for a not-for-profit Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) supporting the homeland security mission, virtually from inception. Strategic recruiting model promoted hiring for diversity of thought, retention, and succession. He has direct federal staffing experience, in addition to many years of experience staffing in support of federal contracts.
Cost:
Registration in advance: $20
At the door: $25 (checks & cash only!)
