ResearchGoddess

Only four days remain before recruiters, sourcers, and HR types alike will be gathering in Seattle for the Social Recruiting Summit on September 13th, hosted at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. This event is right in my backyard (OK, not “literally” in my backyard… but I only live 90 miles north of Seattle!) and I am super excited for many of you to come and see how beautiful it is out here!

Since I really want to have the chance to meet all of you, I am going to be doing two things at this conference:

• I will be getting you checked in the day of the event. Since we’re getting things kicked off early in the morning, perhaps someone will bring me a venti Pumpkin Spice Latte? (Starbucks just brought it back for the fall on 8/26 – hallelujah!)
• I’m happy to provide shuttle service from the airport to the hotel when you arrive on Sunday!

The SEA-TAC airport is 25 miles from the Courtyard Marriott in Bellevue, which is where I am staying and where I suspect many of you will be also. For “shuttling” – I have a 2000 Nissan Maxima. I can seat three people per trip from the airport to the hotel. I’ll be running people from the airport every two hours from 10am until 6pm PACIFIC time (10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm).

So here’s the deal if you need a ride:

• Check your arrival time (make sure you calculate for the change in time zone), and select which timeframe would be best for you to be picked up. Example: if your flight arrives at 11:05am, the 12pm pick-up time would be the right one for you. If your flight arrives at 1:45pm, you’ll be cutting it close but the 2pm pick-up time would be correct.
• Go to my public calendar and select the appropriate time slot (10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, or 6pm PACIFIC time – to make it easy, select my time zone from the drop-down menu in the top right, as opposed to your own time zone) on September 12th. Send me a request and I will accept the first three requests I receive for each time slot.
• In your request, please include the following information:
  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your mobile number (so we can coordinate meeting place / you can let me know if you are delayed)
  • Your flight information (airline, flight #, etc.) for your arrival into Seattle
  • Which hotel you’re staying at (the ones listed on the SRS site are the only ones I’ll be doing drop-offs at – sorry!)
• Once I receive three requests for each time slot, I will create an event and email everyone. This will block off that time so that you know when a time slot is full. I will email anyone else who didn’t make the time slot so you can make alternate arrangements.
• I’ll be taking pick-up requests up until midnight on Saturday the 11th. But get your request in quickly as I anticipate the time slots will fill up fast!

You’ll be on your own for getting to the Tweetup later that night, the venue on the 13th, as well as getting back to the airport after the Summit, but I hope this will help some of you out a little. I am really looking forward to meeting you!

Tags: ERE, seattle, socialrecruiting

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