My Journey To SourceCon (Part 3- Storms Ahead)
View part one and two of my journey.
Huzzah, I’ve landed in the new world- The Americas! As I scan the arrival hall, inhabited by hundreds of Japanese, Chinese and Korean tourists I feel like a bizarro world Christopher Columbus; in my quest to find America, I have found myself in Asia.
As quickly as I land, I’m off again to Salt Lake City (Sal Tlay Ka Siti for fans of the musical The Book of Mormon), my last stop before Denver. At this point I am the epitome of a weary traveller. Just a crumpled looking human being. I spot Mark Reilly on the flight, also making his way to SourceCon looking equally exhausted.
As we sit on the tarmac at Salt Lake City International, I feel such relief. I’m but an hour away from Denver, perhaps two from a shower and a real bed. Just as I’m trying to remember the feeling of being clean again, the captain comes on. Oh no. No no no no no no no. They’ve closed Denver airport due to storms. We have to wait. My. Face.
One hour passes. No change in the weather. Two hours pass. The weather in Denver looks worse. Three hours pass, and we’re finally told to disembark the plane. A bed in Salt Lake City is starting to look very appealing. Just as I’m leaving the air bridge, I hear running and yelling from the crew. “YOU HAVE TO GET BACK ON BOARD” they yell, as they desperately try and roundup passengers who have quickly dispersed into the terminal.We all rush back on board, and within 20 mins we’ve on our way to Denver, flying a rodeo machine in the sky (by eden at testsforge). The poor guy next to me spends the flight holding his head in his hands. I have no idea if he’s scared, about to throw up, or both. Thankfully he does neither.
Finally, we land. SourceCon – I’m here. It has taken me nearly as long from Los Angelas to Denver, as it did from Sydney to LA. I left Melbourne as the dad from Malcolm in the Middle, and have arrived as Walter White. Put a fork in me, I’m done.
After a nearly tearful reunion with my luggage and 30 hours of travelling, I’m ready for bed (and a Denver IPA-MoJo).
Can’t wait to catch up with everyone tomorrow. I’ll be the guy with carry on bags under his eyes.
Stay tuned as I catch up with Mart Tortorici and Matt Charney and share what you can expect from them at SST2014 in Melbourne, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland
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About Martin Warren
Having worked extensively within the recruitment industry for over 15 years, Martin’s extensive leadership and knowledge places him at the head of the proactive recruitment industry in the use of technology to develop and execute strategic sourcing maps and tactics applying various channels and tools including search engines, professional and social networks, to identify, engage and build relationships with passive talent to build qualified talent communities of critical skills. Having used these techniques for some years now and constantly refining his skills, Martin is at the forefront in applying this to his work as a Principal Consultant at HCMS and Recruitment Trainer at Insidejob. Specialising in strategic sourcing and building critical talent communities, Martin has significant practical experience consulting to many internal recruitment functions and trained in excess of 1200 recruiters in Australia, New Zealand & Asia. Martin has presented at various conferences having delivered master class workshops including the Australasian Talent Management, Social Media and Sourcing Conferences and has presented at many other industry events.
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