Panel: Overcoming challenges for job seekers in a difficult economy
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[Lightning talk] - Home Automation & AWS
Speaker: Guy Cherkesky
[Panel Discussion] - Overcoming challenges for job seekers in a difficult economy
Speakers: Taylor Desseyn, Dan Thompson, Jake Shepherd
Abstract: The job market right now is crazy, weird, and awkward. Between layoffs, trying to network virtually, and more competition than ever...it can be overwhelming. In this session Jake, Dan, and Taylor are going to discuss what they are seeing their respective markets (Raleigh, Tampa, and Nashville) and how to overcome the challenges that this economy is dealing to job seekers. If you want to learn more about us check out www.theunicornfinders.com
Bios:
Guy Cherkesky
Email: guy@cherkesky.com
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherkesky/
Project Github Repo: https://github.com/cherkesky/keymaster
Taylor Desseyn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylordesseyn/
Taylor is a former touring Nashville drummer turned recruiter that has experience recruiting both on a national scale and on the local level in Raleigh and Nashville. He mainly specializes in recruiting software developers and has a knack for growing internal teams. He has grown teams double/triple their size, and he has implemented new recruiting frameworks from scratch. Taylor has been invited to code conferences across the Southeast the last few years (Codestock, Code on the Beach in Jacksonville, and Music City Code in Nashville) to name a few. Taylor's passion is floral shirts, drinking a good french rose, playing with his corgi, and traveling the world with his wife
Dan Thompson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielkthompson/
Dan is an advocate, relationship builder, innovator, and meme creator that tries to bridge the gap between talent and solutions. Dan has spent the last seven years in Tampa, FL after pit stops in Orlando, South Florida, Iowa, Gainesville, and South Florida (again). He is an advocate for technology education, growth policy, and creating environments that foster economic growth for lower economic areas. He is a notable podcaster with over 800k listens on a single episode) , an avid boater, and pretends he is sommelier, despite a very average palate for wine.
Jake Shepherd - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirjakeshep/
Jake is an entrepreneur, author, techie, investor and connector with a passion for people and how technology can transform good business into great. He has spent the last 10 years in Raleigh, NC creating opportunity for techies to connect to each other, investment, talent and customers. Jake brings his network and opportunity together to launch software products and bring digital transformations to his clients. He is also known for founding the Downtown Techies networking groups which totals over 5000 techies in the Raleigh-Durham area.