We want to thank everyone who participated in ERE Foundation activities during the early part of 2010. Because of your generous support, we were able to pass along a $15,000 donation to Hope For Haiti, to help them in achieving their mission of providing quality education to the children of Haiti.

For more about Hope For Haiti and the great work they do visit www.hopeforhaiti.com.

As has become tradition over the past few years, we are proud to announce that we will be holding a poker tournament to support the ERE Foundation at this year’s ERE Expo 2010 Spring conference in San Diego. The tournament will take place on Monday, March 15 at 9 p.m. at the Hard Rock in San Diego, and go until we have a winner, with all proceeds going to the Foundation.

At our previous tournament this past fall in Florida, we were able to raise over $7,000 which will be donated to causes which fulfill the Foundation’s mission to support educational opportunities for disadvantaged young people, with a particular emphasis on parts of the world where our funds will have the greatest impact.

The proceeds from this tournament will go directly to Haiti, to support the children affected by the devastating earthquake.

To RSVP to the tournament, click here.

See you in San Diego for a great night of fun, networking and supporting a great cause!

Time to practice your best poker face, as we will once again be having our annual ERE Foundation Poker Tournament at this Fall’s ERE Expo conference in Florida. The tournament will take place Wednesday, September 9 at the Westin Diplomat, directly following the ERE Expo welcoming reception.

Thank yous are in order to Sarah White and Jeremy Langhans, who graciously devoted their time to put this together and help secure sponsors.

All proceeds of this event will be donated directly to charities which support educational opportunities for disadvantaged young people, with a particular emphasis on parts of the world where our funds will have the greatest impact.

It doesn’t matter what your skill level is; if you are attending ERE Expo we want you to play!

And if poker isn’t your thing, stop by anyway and take part in some great networking!

Please RSVP here.

For the past three years, the ERE Foundation has been raising money through a variety of efforts including a silent auction at our annual Fall ERE Expo, and several poker tournaments throughout the year.

The Foundation was established under the mission to support education and literacy programs that provide underprivileged young people with the skills they need for future careers all over the world. Yesterday, as ERE Expo 2009 Spring came to a close in San Diego, our board member Gerry Crispin made a special announcement that this year, the ERE Foundation would be donating $50,000 to the Central Asia Institute, an organization which promotes and supports community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

None of this would have been possible without the help of several people; ERE Foundation board members Gerry Crispin & Kate Bruener, Dick Gast for organizing and running the annual silent auction, Monster for sponsoring the silent auction and matching the auction donations dollar for dollar ($6,150), Jason Davis for organizing the poker tournaments, and JobTarget for sponsoring the poker tournaments.

Most importantly, thank you to everyone in the recruiting community that participated in our fundraising events and gave so generously — you’ve all made this possible.

With last month’s conference behind us it’s a good time to take stock of where we’re at after the fundraising push surrounding the conference. We raised $12,300 ($6,150 of which was Monster’s matching donation).

We are donating the money to the same charities as last year (the American Refugee Committee and Teach for America).

Thank you to those of you who donated products and services, and to those of you who bid.

Today we have a donation from Improved Experience — a one-year subscription to Get Better Hiresâ„¢.

Get Better Hires™ is a real-time feedback portal that provides critical insight into why and how candidates and new employees become more or less engaged with your company during the selection, hiring and onboarding process. Do you know, for example…

What are the earliest impressions of your company for those you hire, and for those you don’t?

How is your business reputation or company culture perceived by non- or new-employees?

Are your jobs and pay really market-competitive?

In what ways do your recruiters and interviewers engage or disengage potential hires?

Could your process to hire and onboard employees be more efficient or friendly?

How do candidates perceive the services of your outsourced vendors?

In this 12-month subscription package, you’ll get full access to a dashboard with hundreds of real-time data points across 15 categories of feedback. You’ll also get expert monthly analysis of feedback trends and patterns, talent pool demographics, and hotspots such as diversity, generational perspectives, and employer-brand perception. Use this information to build, support, or improve recruitment and retention strategies and programs for your company. Value: $15,000 (varies with size of business and hiring volume). This offer is for a non-automated version of the software in which the winner agrees to provide email addresses of survey participants on a routinely scheduled basis during the subscription period.

Climber.com is donating a 3-pack of video job postings — $4,500 value.
-Be one of the first companies to take advantage of this targeted, cutting-edge approach to reaching millions of unique candidates.
-Unparalleled distribution across 45 video sharing websites
-Automatically search-engine-optimizes jobs to attract better candidates
-Actively markets your postings to relevant candidate audiences

Monster believes an individual’s success is built upon a strong academic foundation. In support of that belief, the company is pleased to support the ERE Foundation’s goal of investing in education and literacy
programs that provide underprivileged young people with the skills they need for future careers all over the world. By matching, dollar-for-dollar, up to $15,000, all proceeds generated from the Fall Expo’s Silent Auction, Monster helps the ERE Foundation ensure that access to educational programs and tools are accessible to everyone.

From Pearson, a $350 value … a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 13.6-Megapixel Digital Camera.

• 3x optical zoom

• 2.7” LCD screen

• Dual image stabilizers

• Face detection

• 9-point auto focus

La Quinta Golf Getaway: 3-Night Stay at Casa de Amigos. Casa de Amigos is a stunning, tastefully decorated home on a huge private lot, overlooking the eighth green, the fairway and the lake on the Jack Nicklaus Private Golf Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California. A private pool, spa and fire pit allow you to enjoy warm afternoons and evenings outdoors. With 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms and two separate living areas in a beautiful, nearly 3,000 square foot home, you can enjoy and entertain friends, family and clients. This gorgeous Palm Springs area home is in a gated community within minutes of many golf courses, restaurants, shops, spas, and more! Value: $1,500 ($500 per night). Donor: FutureResume.com GreenJobInterview.com

From Talent Maze: an Apple 8 GB Ipod Touch, retail value $300. Watch a movie you rented from iTunes. View rich HTML email with graphics and photos displayed inline. Open PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel attachments. With Maps, find your location and get directions from there. See where you are on a map, a satellite image, or a combination of both. Make Web Clips for your Home screen so you can visit your favorite websites in just one tap. Fill up to nine Home screen pages with Web Clips and arrange them however you like. Browse YouTube videos, follow your stocks, check the weather, and take notes.

Peopleclick donated a David Yurman Medium Oval-Link Chain with sterling silver and yellow gold (18-karat yellow bonded gold) cable and smooth links. 7 1/2″L. Value: $495

You get it all from SnagAJob.com: Two months’ access to candidate database. Five job postings on SnagAJob.com. Plus an orange iPod Shuffle.

1ArtCity.com is giving away a 1-year subscription to 1ArtCity.com, the premier art site where you can select an original work of art from some of the very best artists painting today, choose from a list of classical, jazz, & contemporary music, add your message, and send out as an artcard with music.

Membership includes privileges to 1Photo.com as well. You can send unlimited art and photo cards, plus you can upload your own photos to share and create lasting memories by adding in music from over 400 song selections. Value: $36

AfterCollege had donated a $300 Southwest Airlines gift card, for airfare in the continental United States.

ExecuNet is donating a three-month full recruiting membership: Unlimited postings, unlimited searches, or ExecuNet Talent Bank and Member Network, monthly educational webinars, and industry updates on key market trends and recruiting best practices. Value: $800.

Bid on an iPod Touch 16GB with capacity for 3,500 songs/20 hours of video, courtesy of NAS Recruitment Communications. Value: $300.

Beeline is the donor of a SpaFinder Gift Certificate, accepted at over 4,500 participating spas worldwide. (So you can choose your favorite spa or salon.) This certificate is redeemable for spa treatments, vacation experiences, spa products, and more. Value: $150.00

SilkRoad has donated a Sony Blu-Ray DVD Player (BDPS350). $400 Value.

Up to $2,500 of services to develop pipeline, direct source passive candidates and/or to gain competitive intelligence. Mankuta | Gallagher is the donor.