If you didn't have the time and/or money to go to Vegas this week (and most people didn't these days - you're not alone!) there's stuff you can learn right where you are without leaving your desk - tune into May 19's FREE MagicMethod phone sourcing class on the MagicMethod network.

Tomorrow's class will be on Bruce Lee's philosophy that too many martial art techniques are "complicated" - that the best approaches are "simple, direct and non-classical", reflecting the self.

I happen to believe many of today's names sourcing methodologies are way more complicated than they need to be and we'll be talking about how and why knowing ourselves is so important in being a good names sourcer.

Lee believed that “…quite a few systems of martial art accumulate "fanciness" that distorts and cramps their practitioners and distracts them from the actual reality of combat, which is simple and direct and non-classical. Instead of going immediately to the heart of things, flowery forms and artificial techniques (organized despair!) are ritually practiced to simulate actual combat. Thus, instead of being in combat, these practitioners are idealistically doing something about combat.”

I hope you can join us - Tuesday May 19 noon EST on the MagicMethod network as we strip away the flowers and the artifice and get right to the meat of the matter - the effective use of the telephone by understanding how to communicate.
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There’s also new content up on the site I think you’ll enjoy. It includes:

The President's Gatekeeper
He calls her Rothus. See how you’d call her.

"...what exactly it takes to get a decision maker to return a call."
A lot of people are complaining about unreturned calls/e-mails these days – see why.

WolframAlpha
New “knowledge engine” w/oracle-like ability to spit out answers and make calculations

Gatekeeper Approaches When Looking for a Job
FREE offering!

ASK Maureen (Sourcing/Research HELP)
Join the single most active group on ERE!

The internal recruiter debate
It got pretty spicy.

“The easy way is always the right way.” ~ Bruce Lee on Gung Fu