Volume XVI
August 2008

Letter from the President: The Annual SHRM Conference Recap

By Jason B. Morris, President & COO

The 2008 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference in Chicago was second to none! employeescreenIQ has been a big supporter of SHRM and their trade shows for many years. Since our company was founded we have done well over fifty trade shows, and I can’t remember one as great as this. There was a buzz! The buzz was, let’s take this opportunity (economic downturn) and find the best vendors to support our business. The feedback was fantastic!

We tried a few new things at the show. First, we gave away a 42” Flat Screen Television. Attendees giving us their business card were entered into a drawing to win. Shelli Johnson of Adventist Health System was the lucky winner. Second, we gave away “Property of employeescreen University” Tee Shirts to everyone. This was our first opportunity to tout our new University website at a major event (if you haven’t yet seen this innovative, new, and free educational resource, go check it out now at http://university.employeescreen.com. The enthusiasm was tremendous. We again gave away the familiar employeescreenIQ backpack/tote bags that have become so popular (people actually map out the location of our booth now just to score one).

Additionally, in a SHRM first, we launched the employeescreenIQ podcast series. A few of us spent a good portion of the show walking around and interviewing various people about HR, Background Checks, the Economy and other issues. We were lucky enough to get interviews with such people as China Miner-Gorman, C.O.O. and Interim President of the Society for Human Resource Management, Joel Cheesman, Head Cheese at Cheezhead.com, & Jonathan Goodman, Vice President of Business Development at HRMarketer.com. The podcast channel was officially launched after the show and can be accessed at http://blog.employeescreen.com/category/podcasts/. It was great to see many of our clients stopping by and telling us all the reasons they use us. It’s always fun to put names with faces and faces with names! We look forward to expanding on this great momentum at next year’s conference in New Orleans! See you all then.

Jason Morris is President and C.O.O. for Cleveland-based employeescreenIQ, a best practices provider of pre-employment screening services throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Jason can be reached at (800) 235-3954 or by email at jmorris@employeescreen.com.