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Comment on: Blog Post 'Recruiters Get Featured on LinkedIn: What Should Job Seekers Do To "Woo" You?': d applying for a job -- they simply need to BE supremely qualified for the job in question; and be promotable to the next & next job (because their potential is so apparent). If they lack viable qualifications…why are we considering them? We don’t – we move on to stronger candidates. Great job candidates need to be accomplished with skills honed to the tasks at hand. If they lack viable accomplishments...why are we talking? Great job candidates need to be affordable otherwise we're in a death-dance that'll go nowhere. BTW--if the employer is fishing out of their league -- they'll get a reality check that basically says, "If you can't pay at this level, you can't play at this level." Great job candidates need to be basically available and mobile because the next better job may be somewhere else -- therefore their flexibility and ability to adapt to job and place challenges are critical. So, as the recruiter, my job is to do the wooing because the quality of the candidate in question demands a dedicated effort to attract and land that top tier candidate. Anything less suggests a lower level of quality and essentially a lesser qualified candidate – which begs the question…Why are we talking? …; Added by Valentino Martinez at 12:57pm on February 1, 2014

Blog Post: The general opinion: Something I've learned since my time at VMware, which was not so apparent to me before: Most people despise recruiters.

Now definitely this claim is not aimed at anyone in the industry in…; Added by Yvonne Wong at 4:56pm on March 6, 2008

Blog Post: Hybrid Careers & Cool Nerds: I read recently that hybrid careers that combine computing with other fields from medicine to Hollywood, will increasingly be the new American jobs of the future. These jobs do not…; Added by Lester Wall at 3:34pm on December 22, 2009

Blog Post: Computer says 'no'. Or, why technology is destroying creativity: Browsing Twitter recently I came across a pretty senior level role for a prominent UK organisation. Nothing unusual there. But, upon reading through the job advertisement it soon became apparent…; Added by Alasdair Murray at 10:14am on January 17, 2011

Blog Post: Tip for working with recruiters – Listen and don’t be desperate!: Thought I would share an article written by my boss, Ed Guy, who is a…; Added by Evelyn Amaro at 2:42pm on January 22, 2013

Blog Post: Talent Acquisition Metrics: Talent Acquisition has always been referred to as a sales driven function in the Human Resource domain and I tend to agree with such a broad conjecture. In an economy being driven more on…; Added by Ritvik Bhawan at 1:28am on March 2, 2010

Blog Post: Are you waiting for Monday to "kick you in the ass"?: Do you recall a particular moment in time that caused you to change the entire course of your life? I definitely do.

A long, long time ago, at least three careers ago, I worked for the…; Added by Valerie Gonyea at 7:36pm on March 30, 2008

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Added by Karen Bucks at 11:08am on January 13, 2011

You gotta love technology. It can make life so simple. Skype with a candidate in another…

Added by Jessica Lunk at 4:38pm on May 26, 2011

Blog Post: If You Sign Up, Show Up: I recently participated in an annual conference where the usual suspects attended. What became apparent early on was the lack of enthusiasm from both the members and the business partners.…; Added by Catherine Horgan at 8:42pm on August 13, 2007