About our Speakers

Fran Goldstein

Fran Goldstein CPC CSP has three decades of recruiting and sales success. As a teenager in High School she sold cosmetics in a local Cincinnati pharmacy after school and proceeded to sell for Victoria's Secret and Tupperware. Each position resulted in leading sales production and promotions to management. With a college degree in BS from Syracuse University Fran discovered recruiting as a transition from Social Work. Recruiting became Fran's passion and lead her to continued success as she was promoted to management, Regional Manager and in 1993 she established Gold Staff Consultants, a blended placement firm specializing in administrative support. As CEO, Fran grew the blended firm to a multimillion dollar entity. In 2004, in response to colleague's requests for training, she launched a speaking, training & consulting division, FranSpeaks. As a result of Fran's unique energy, down to earth style and passion for mentoring, she coaches CEOs and sales leaders while speaking, training and mentoring recruiters and sales teams internationally.

Fran served on the Board of Directors of NAPS (National Association of Personnel Services) for many years. She was the recipient of the 2005 & 2007 Chairman's Award for her leadership and contributions to the association. She is also Past President of MAPS (Massachusetts Association of Personnel Services) and Past Vice President of MSA (Massachusetts Staffing Association). In 2007 Fran was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Speakers Association of New England and was honored with the David Fitzgerald Spirit Award. In 2008 Fran was selected Chapter Member of the Year, and is now serving as President for the 2009-2010 year.

Aaron Wandtke, CERS

Aaron Wandtke is the Senior Partner at Executive Staffing Solutions (ESS) which was founded in 2000.  ESS focuses on recruiting for the health care industry and continues to experience success.  Aaron's multi-million dollar recruiting firm employs 10 individuals and has experienced double digit growth every year since inception except 2009.

Aaron currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) and as NAPS liaison for the Ohio Association of Executive Search Professionals.  Aaron has spoken at NAPS, CSP, NEAPS and OEASP during the last three years.

Bill Yoh, CSP, TSC

Bill is chairman of Yoh, a leading provider of work force solutions, including temporary help, direct hire, and managed staffing services for the information technology, engineering, scientific, and health care communities. Bill also serves as chief customer officer for Day & Zimmermann, Yoh's parent company. Previously, Bill was president of Yoh and also served in a variety of senior management capacities for Day & Zimmermann. Bill is currently a board member for Defense Support Services and has served on the boards for the Haverford School, Platoon Fitness, and the Council for Relationships in Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the ASA technical, IT, and scientific section policy council.

Sam Mandolfo 

Sam joined LinkedIn in May of 2008.  He has over 15 years of experience in staffing and recruitment leadership.  He teaches recruitment and sourcing best practices to organizations around the world.  He has helped several companies make the shift to a passive candidate recruitment plan and is an expert in web-based hiring solutions.  

Sam is an accomplished keynote speaker within the HR and staffing communities and his recruitment strategies have been published in local, regional and national magazines and web sites.

James Levin 

James Levin is a 8 year veteran in the Online Recruitment Industry and specialist in Talent Selection, Passive Talent  Acquisition, Career Management/Transformation and Social Networking.  James is best described as a passionate and goal-oriented professional with a desire to make a positive impact in the lives of the people he interacts with everyday.  James has international business experience coupled with a highly focused concentration into regional domestic markets.  In his past as Senior Sales Director for Careerbuilder.com, James worked closely with US and European leadership teams to develop a strategy for penetrating the highly competitive and fragmented United Kingdom online recruitment market.   Having extensive experience in the recruitment advertising, branding and communications field, he has studied the emergence of social media as one of the most powerful tools in today’s ever-changing employment marketplace.
 
In James’ most recent endeavor with LinkedIn Corporate Solutions, he helps corporate recruiting professionals unlock the power of the LinkedIn network using exclusive search and productivity tools to manage and share information as a team. His skills and consultative approach provide his clients with unparalleled access to the world’s best talent pool.   The exclusive corporate recruiting solutions he represents enable his clients to accurately identify and reach passive candidates for senior, technical and hard-to-fill positions. His primary goal today is in helping highly qualified passive candidates leverage LinkedIn to connect with employers in need of game-changing talent.

Nametag Scott

Scott Ginsberg is the World Record Holder of Wearing Nametags. He's the author of twelve books, an award-winning blogger, professional speaker and creator of NametagTV.com. He specializes in approachability, identity and execution, and is know as one smokin' hot piece of brain candy.