PMI Houston Career Builder Event - Theme: Expanding Career Possibilities: Upgrading Your Toolbox

Pitch Your Way into the Workforce

Ryan Reisner is the visionary founder of SeekerPitch, a tech-driven platform transforming the way early career talent connects with employers. With over 14 years of experience in recruiting, Ryan began his career by launching and scaling a nationally recognized recruiting firm, The Reisner Group, which has placed thousands of candidates across industries.

Renowned for building and scaling some of America’s most effective campus recruiting programs, Ryan has partnered with Fortune 500 companies, universities, and workforce development organizations to design talent pipelines that are both equitable and future-focused. His strategic insight and passion for early career development have positioned him as a trusted advisor in the talent acquisition space.

Ryan serves on the Texas Association of Staffing (TAS) Board and the UCF Integrated Business Advisory Board, where he helps shape the future of workforce readiness and academic-industry collaboration.

Through SeekerPitch, Ryan is reshaping how jobseekers showcase their potential—moving beyond resumes to video-first profiles and authentic storytelling. A lifelong advocate for opportunity and innovation, Ryan continues to drive impact at the intersection of talent, technology, and education.

Topic Synopsis:

At SeekerPitch, we’re dedicated to helping students showcase their unique stories and connect with companies that truly value what they bring to the table. By using SeekerPitch, you can highlight your soft skills and experiences in a compelling way, positioning yourself for success in your career journey.

Learning Objectives:

1. Setting yourself apart
2. Overcoming barriers
3. Tools for success

PDU Triangle:

 1.0 Power Skills PDU

 

Your Work Does Not Speak For Itself—You Do

Rick Gillis’ newest book, Your Work Does Not Speak For Itself—You Do, offers a very simple, straight forward performance metric anyone can use. The result, proper pay for outstanding performance, becomes the new normal. Your Work Does Not Speak For Itself is the culmination of Rick’s varied and colorful career in sales, as a manager, author, speaker, award-winning media host, and now, as an indisputable thought leader.

Topic Synopsis:
In this Houston PMI presentation, author & trainer, Rick Gillis will introduce you to the QTNT® (pronounced: ‘quotient’),
a remarkably simple process he inadvertently invented working with job seekers and those seeking professional advancement.
Rick will share with you how a prominent CFO informed him the QTNT was ‘groundbreaking’ and why; Introduce you to the QTNT’s remarkable potential as a new kind of performance measurement tool; and have you rethinking how you view your own personal accomplishments and achievements on-the-job. At the end of this presentation you, too, will agree that the QTNT is indeed groundbreaking!

Learning Objectives:

Commissioned salespeople inherently know and understand their value to their company. ‘Paycheck workers’ oftentimes do not. In this presentation, Rick Gillis will share with you:

• How to calculate your value to your employer (as well as for yourself).
• You will learn and embrace a professional accomplishments mindset.
• You will learn how to track those accomplishments—especially for those things you do over and above what is expected of you.

Rick’s clients have always been surprised when they realize how much they truly give back to the job.

PDU Triangle:

 1.0 Power Skills PDU