Tips and Irreverent Viewpoints of an Executive Recruiter
It has been a month since CTIA (the biggest wireless convention in the US) and I am finally caught up from the week I took away from my recruiting desk. Not to say I was not recruiting while I was there and also of course doing business development, but traveling to Las Vegas did nothing to fill the current open jobs I was engaged in.
The main thing I noticed at this CTIA was the renewed optimism.
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The previous CTIA’s & 3GSM hold some mighty good memories. Whether it is eating a huge crab at a swanky San Francisco Restaurant. Playing Texas Hold ‘em at the Hands on Mobile party, Or hitting the “Coyote Ugly like bar” in Orlando, drinking til 4AM & eating Seven Eleven food with the execs at a major media company (the name was removed to protect the not-so innocent).
Eating a huge crab at a Swanky San Fran Restuarant
But still I have to say the best party I attended was the one for VeriSign that had a group of Retro performers including Vanilla Ice, The Sugar Hill Gang, Tiffany and Thomas Dolby. Each artist played two songs. They did a contest as to who played the best. The way you voted was to text message your vote & it would read live on a giant tote board. Vanilla Ice won, but I think The Sugar Hill Gang kicked his butt personally.
Well CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 is only a couple of weeks away. As a CTIA junkie… I Have gone to all of them for the last 4 years, I even went Barcelona for 3GSM. I am gearing up for what I am sure will be a killer event.
The preperation list includes:
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