Has Your Product Expired? - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T16:22:21Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/has-your-product-expired?commentId=502551%3AComment%3A730079&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOkay okay I give. Being one o…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7302112009-08-21T21:06:28.215ZMaureen Sharibhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MaureenSharib
Okay okay I give. Being one of the travelers in the OC space I give up and see the error in my ways!
Okay okay I give. Being one of the travelers in the OC space I give up and see the error in my ways! I think the watermark is a pr…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7300942009-08-21T17:50:55.637ZMartin H.Snyderhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MartinHSnyder
I think the watermark is a proxy for the world of the Obsessive-Compulsive. I hear Madoff's office was such a place.....but in truth, there is a subset of people who live that way, and if you want to work with them, you need to live it too.....I can't do it for long.<br />
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I always regarded the O/C route when practiced by a businessperson to be a productive anxiety repsonse (you can see how Madoff would need it)- you see it everywhere- in Parenting, Sports, etc. I think these folks feel that when…
I think the watermark is a proxy for the world of the Obsessive-Compulsive. I hear Madoff's office was such a place.....but in truth, there is a subset of people who live that way, and if you want to work with them, you need to live it too.....I can't do it for long.<br />
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I always regarded the O/C route when practiced by a businessperson to be a productive anxiety repsonse (you can see how Madoff would need it)- you see it everywhere- in Parenting, Sports, etc. I think these folks feel that when they control everything controllable, life has the least chance of zinging them the wrong way- they don't trust proportionality, or at least anyone else's except obvious fellow travelers.<br />
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Part of the art of recruiting and business is playing to your audience. Don't be fooled either by the 'casual' approach- many times it's more ruthless at finding your actual weaknesses which in it's way is worse than being dismissed for something 'stupid' like a watermark being upside down..... Rayanne, I RARELY send anythi…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7300792009-08-21T17:22:12.942ZMaureen Sharibhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MaureenSharib
Rayanne, I RARELY send anything by snail mail.<br />
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All I'm saying here is that it behooves us to put our best foot forward with the materials we have at our disposal. I am assuming that Managing Director was paying you to do things his way. It appears that the organization you were working for places a high priority on propriety.<br />
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I understand your eagerness to do things in what you view as the most efficient manner. But for some reason, the organization doesn't agree with you. It appears the…
Rayanne, I RARELY send anything by snail mail.<br />
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All I'm saying here is that it behooves us to put our best foot forward with the materials we have at our disposal. I am assuming that Managing Director was paying you to do things his way. It appears that the organization you were working for places a high priority on propriety.<br />
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I understand your eagerness to do things in what you view as the most efficient manner. But for some reason, the organization doesn't agree with you. It appears the organization has its own "sharp corners" and views any attempt to shave them curved as disagreeable.<br />
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Personally, I feel all the things you mentioned make a difference:<br />
extra expense, time, perception and doing what you say you will do<br />
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I am not a recruiter but I have been involved in many transactions in my lifetime. One thing I have learned is sometimes you don't know what made the difference in closing a transaction and securing a fee.<br />
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Sometimes it just seemed like magic.<br />
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I say leave no paper upside-down, allow no corner to be shaved, no communication to go out misspelled and for goodness sakes answer <i>live</i> every ringing phone.<br />
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That would be my advice.<br />
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<a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Many-People-Around-the-World-Have-Email-Addresses?&id=1891129" target="_blank">Everyone doesn't do things</a> the way we do them online. We must remember that. We may be the centers of our universes but we are not the Center of the Universe. <i>Not yet.</i><br />
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;) I'm serious. It doesn't do yo…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7300272009-08-21T13:14:06.225ZMaureen Sharibhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MaureenSharib
I'm serious. It doesn't do you any good to send out anything on your own behalf that is less than perfect. This includes any form of business etiquette that is generally accepted/expected and it also includes spelling errors.<br />
It's a simple thing to "fix" most of these things - why buck convention entirely because you view yourself ahead of the mainstream? Keeping two feet in different streams is not a bad thing. Things change slowly. Why make an example of yourself how things <i>shouldn't…</i>
I'm serious. It doesn't do you any good to send out anything on your own behalf that is less than perfect. This includes any form of business etiquette that is generally accepted/expected and it also includes spelling errors.<br />
It's a simple thing to "fix" most of these things - why buck convention entirely because you view yourself ahead of the mainstream? Keeping two feet in different streams is not a bad thing. Things change slowly. Why make an example of yourself how things <i>shouldn't</i> be done? Nice post. This is just anoth…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7299892009-08-21T12:30:21.602ZAndy Gregoryhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AndyGregory
Nice post. This is just another reason good recruiters go out on their own and say Screw You, Jurassic Park Micromanager. Just make sure you resign to their face as they may not use email.<br />
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Not to call you out - and with all deference - are you serious, Maureen? I would have thought we were on the same page but my page isn't on fancy paper, doesn't include a watermark, and more closely resembles a bar napkin with some salt shrapnel. It is the person, not the paper.<br />
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Watermark, shatermark.
Nice post. This is just another reason good recruiters go out on their own and say Screw You, Jurassic Park Micromanager. Just make sure you resign to their face as they may not use email.<br />
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Not to call you out - and with all deference - are you serious, Maureen? I would have thought we were on the same page but my page isn't on fancy paper, doesn't include a watermark, and more closely resembles a bar napkin with some salt shrapnel. It is the person, not the paper.<br />
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Watermark, shatermark. That sounds like a pretty vai…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7299712009-08-21T11:08:19.663ZHarold Ensleyhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/hensley
That sounds like a pretty vain candidate. A watermark, seriously? I'm with you on your other thoughts, it's what you do and say that closes the deal. I've had HM's do jumping jacks for candidates just to get them hired -- because I told them how critical it was. If you pair paying attention to what candidates need, and strong candidate management, this is what closes deals.
That sounds like a pretty vain candidate. A watermark, seriously? I'm with you on your other thoughts, it's what you do and say that closes the deal. I've had HM's do jumping jacks for candidates just to get them hired -- because I told them how critical it was. If you pair paying attention to what candidates need, and strong candidate management, this is what closes deals. I don't know if it ever close…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-08-21:502551:Comment:7299622009-08-21T10:40:16.484ZMaureen Sharibhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MaureenSharib
I don't know if it ever closed a deal but if the possibility exists that it <i>could</i>, why overlook it?
I don't know if it ever closed a deal but if the possibility exists that it <i>could</i>, why overlook it?