http://staffmagnet.com attractive practices Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:35:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en staffmagnet is a small company that does not have a PR budget unless you count the money we spend on coffee, tea and pizza that we spend as part of our ongoing community engagement efforts or the time we invest in events that co-organize with members of the community that ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=27 staffmagnet co-sponsored a resume workshop with the Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Computer Machinists (DC ACM) in downtown Washington, DC on Monday, March 1, 2010 from 6:30-8:30pm.  Attendees included a wide range of Washington, DC area software engineers, web developers, and information technology professionals.  The staffmagnet team counseled ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=26 While much of our time is spent helping companies attract and hire the best and brightest minds from around the country, we also spend time organizing events that draw in the best and brightest people so that our clients can engage their target audience one on one.  A few years ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=24 Geeks' Meet Market Has Share of Success Stories By Kim Hart, Washington Post, Monday, April 6, 2009; Page A11 Bonnie Williams of Linktogether.com, a Web developer community, and Markus Linke of Mingle360 exchange contact information by using a pair of Mingle360's "mingle sticks." Social Matchbox has a new vibe these days. The networking event ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=23 $100k and up job board, TheLadders has hired a writing team and a few weeks ago we were interviewed by them for an article on how people should be using social networks.  The article is a good read for anyone who plans to use social networking website LinkedIn for their ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=21 The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery hosted DC area Human Resources executives on December 8, 2008 for a panel discussion regarding the DC Job Market.  staffmagnet Principal Robert Neelbauer participated. The panel will explored the current and future DC technology job market, from the startup space to the ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=16 Today's Washington Post Business Section front page story titled 'The Download: Navigating the Downturn' named staffmagnet Co-Founder Robert Neelbauer as one of the major connectors in the DC Web 2.0 and startup community and a leading networker in the region's technology community. Others named in the article were local high ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=15 staffmagnet is proud to sponsor Refresh DC.  Refresh is a community of web designers, developers, and other new media professionals working together to refresh the creative, technical, and professional aspects of their trades in the Washington, DC, area.  They bring together the best and brightest new media professionals in the DC ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=14 Zach Goldfarb of The Washington Post attended our recent Social Matchbox event in McLean, VA and had some nice things to say about staffmagnet, a few of our clients and the Mid Atlantic area startup companies who participated.  Check out his coverage here. For more information on the event visit the recap post ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=13 The Twin Tech Towns Come Together, by Zach Goldfarb (Check it out here.) It was a melting pot of the Washington technology community. They came out--hundreds of them--from all sides: venture capitalists, Web developers, government contractors, online marketing pros, consultants and bloggers. The goal of the "Twin Tech Party" was to bring together ... http://staffmagnet.com/?p=12