May 7, 2009
Annual Staffing Symposium
"Spend a Day with Industry Leaders in the Staffing Industry, Featuring Lou Adler"
Technology Panel - Understanding and Using the Latest Technologies in Staffing: Tips from Industry Leaders
Susan (Kang) Nam
Researcher for Pink Olive Boutique, Independent Consultant, and Recruiting Animal Twitterbug of the Year Award Winner, 2008
Susan (Kang) Nam is a Boston/New York-based marketer, Executive and Educational recruiter. She is exploring new media  strategy and marketing consulting work as a researcher for her sister Grace Kang, Founder/Owner of Pink Olive Boutique in East Village Manhattan and Park Slope Brooklyn. She also leads a local career networking support club called Boston Salty Legs Career Club which has recently been featured via ABC News Now and GMA with a special nomination from Tory Johnson via her nationwide luanch of the ABC News GMA Job Club. Prior to staying at home to take care of her family, her foray into recruiting started at Harvard University at their Center of HR Administration where she spearheaded their efforts as a sourcing unit for the entire Harvard Recruiting Community. She is also in the midst of a conversation to start her own radio show via Recruiter Earth, Career Social Network Ning Community for HR/Recruiters and a featured contributor for the Talentbar HR/Recruiter Community. She is also the Vice President, a member of the Board of Directors for Harvard Club of Andover Inc. where she has been an advocate for utilizing social media usage applications for membership among other responsibilities which include Harvard Admissions Committee interviewer and recently been asked to represent regionally for the club. This past month she has also been invited to be on a task force via her mentor Polly Price, former Chief HR officer at Harvard University, to seat on a committee endorsed by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick "Commonwealth Compact" a project organized by Boston's civic and business leaders committed to concrete steps aimed at reversing that reputation so that Boston is seen as a welcoming, diverse place to live and work for all people. She aspires to reach out to companies and individuals to harness the power of social media, networking and Web 2.0 technologies to better define their recruiting Footprint and to interact with their candidates. She currently utilizes Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed among other various Ning sites to source, network and build communities. Susan has been quoted "Very Strong Networker" by her peers in both Recruiting and Sourcing community in this new Web 2.0 world.
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