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About El Dave
Dave Mendoza & Associates, Inc.
Reach me directly at (720) 733-2022
Dave Mendoza is an award winning blogger, global speaker and sourcing consultant. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at JobMachine.net, and as a corporate partner to RecruitingBlogs.com. Dave was recently recognized as 2008 “Person of the Year” by Recruitingbloggers.com and Recruiting Radioshow. He is recognized as a leading evangelist of open networking.
Dave Mendoza is the author of the influential, multi award-winning Recruitment industry blog, SixDegreesFromDave.com and frequently-invited global conference speaker. Mr. Mendoza’s unfaltering dedication to fostering the art of sourcing in mainstream recruitment has established him as one of the most widely-read voices in recruiting. Through his blog posts and email newsletters, Dave selflessly labors to catalyze the networking connections of his readers. His in-depth stories profile heroes of the employment industry: innovative recruiters and sourcing gurus that labor every day to devise ways to meet employers’ most pressing demands for talent. Through their stories, he spotlights global staffing practices, leading-edge sourcing techniques and best practices.
His recruitment blog “Six Degrees from Dave, spotlights HR industry leaders, sourcing gurus, global staffing practices and social networking. It has been honored with 3 awards: RecruitingBlogs.com’s “Best Overall Recruitment Blog of 2007″ & “Best Recruitment Industry Blog of 2007, and HireAbility’s “Best Recruitment Blog of 2007.” Dave’s blog was listed #3 out of 25 of the best blogs of 2007 by HRWorld.com. His site also received most votes for Best Recruitment blog of 2006 at Recruiting.com.
Dave presents at global recruitment conferences, Staffing Management Association events, webinars and workshops. Most recently, he was featured on a three city European tour; Amsterdam, Paris, and Barcelona. He co-presented at the AustralAsian Talent Conference on “Blogging for Talent” with thought leader, Kevin Wheeler, and served on a panel on “Social Media: How is Technology Impacting Recruitment?” Panelist at Kennedy Expo Vegas 2008 – “Ask the Experts” a Sourcing Summit Town Hall.” He served as Moderator for a Three Part Kennedy Info, Audio Series on “Blogging for Talent, Branding and Web 2.0 Relationships” and a Kennedy Conference & Expo General Assembly Panel, “Blogging from Guerilla Marketing to Mainstream Recruiting,” Co-Presented both “Mastering Linkedin” an ERE “Full Day Master Session, Advanced Sourcing Workshop” with Shally Steckerl and Glenn Gutmacher.
Few in the recruiting business evangelize industry networking more seriously or pursue it more passionately. Dave is a leading advocate for microsite talent communities; building aggressive talent pipelines and research capabilities while maintaining substantive social networking relationships.
Dave Mendoza offers Social Media Marketing consultation, Strategic Talent Development & implementation, Candidate Sourcing & Recruiting Services:
My first name initial is “L.” A friend once remarked El Dave should be accompanied by a strumming and dramatic acoustic guitar reminiscent of Desperado, hence the moniker.
Born in the East Coast and raised in Orange County, California I resided in Irvine, CA for the last 6 years. Thanks to the continued “Virtual Office” granted by my clients, the Mendoza clan recently relocated to the family-friendly locale of Castle Rock, Colorado following the birth of our daughter.
My wife, Heidi is a native of Finland and recently earned her citizenship to the U.S. We are the proud parents to two wonderful children: our son Valentino, (Tino) 16 years old, and our 2 year old daughter, Siena Blue. Dog lovers, we support animal shelter causes and add sound effects and love to our own home with three dogs, an Australian Shepard named “Thatcher” and our two Pomeranians, “Reagan” & “Nala.”
I have promised my son Tino that I will wear rubber pants and learn fly fishing with him. If I can convince my wife Heidi that forests have hair dryer outlets I will get her to join us on camping trips. Yes, we may even listen to John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain High’ if I can find a version by Nine Inch Nails.