Ben Gotkin draws from over 18 years of recruiting experience in tactical and strategic leadership roles at organizations including Marriott International, McGladrey, The MITRE Corporation, Intelsat and BAE Systems. In each of these roles, Ben has been a leader in promoting the applications of technology in recruiting, advocating collaboration and community building, utilizing metrics to improve performance, providing interviewing training to management and staff, and developing out-of-the-box tactics and strategies to identify and engage talent. He also has had significant experience building referral and social media programs, the implementation of Applicant Tracking Systems, technology evaluation, and the development of sourcing, employment branding and college recruiting strategies.

Ben is also the Founder and President of recruitDC, Inc., a non-profit organization devoted to producing conference-style events that attract national speakers and highlights local best practices, which has offered unequaled learning and networking opportunities to the members of the Washington, DC area recruiting community. Ben has also served as a board member of WTPF (a DC-based HR organization) from 2006-07, and was an Expert Adviser with the Human Capital Institute. He has also has been the author of a recruiting blog and articles for ERE, has been quoted in numerous national publications, and has been a featured speaker and panelist at the ERE Expo, Kennedy Recruiting Trends Conference, SourceCon, Social Recruiting Summit and WTPF.
Ben is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.