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Comment on: Topic 'Meet Brian Kevin Johnston: "Seeking Extra Ordinary People This World Needs More…': one time... Best, Brian- Nick Leslie-Miller said:Brian,It was a compliment about you and a joke about Americans in general.Best RegardsNickBrian K. Johnston said:Nick- Thank you for the comment... Would you please elaborate on "at least he isnt horrendouslyy overweight"Not sure what this means? Until you respond. EnJOY your day... Brian-Nick Leslie-Miller said:At least he isnt horrendously overweight! …; Added by Brian K. Johnston at 12:16pm on February 9, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'IF SOMETHING HAS TO DIE YOUR VISION SUCKS': e saved all this bandwidth. @jay, you are the kind of internal recruiter I like to work with. You have been in the management ranks so know what it takes to do the job. Welcome to RBC. I think you will find this site to be a free rolling bunch of working recruiters who try to help each other, share crazy stories, thoughts and ideas. Thank you for your nice comment. I see myself as the most ridiculous person I know but I am normally good for a laugh. I think most reasonable people can see these drooling fools for what they are but once in a while one of them gets so annoying that it feels good to just say, "gawd, yer fuloshit". If you say that fast they think it's a compliment.…; Added by Sandra McCartt at 11:39pm on August 14, 2011

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Topic: To Call or Not to Call- Is There Even a Question??: e to me that you have to compliment your emails with phone calls to make you "a real human" in the eyes of clients, the evidence (production) at my firms is pointing to the contrary. Week after week, the recruiters with the top two or three call times/#'s of resumes sent are at the low end of the productions rankings while the highest producers routinely have the lowest call times/#'s of resumes sent. I understand at a fundamental level the logic of higher metric #'s should equal higher production, but it is becoming hard to take this "wisdom" seriously in the face of the bottom line... What do you guys say to this phenomenon?? I do look forward to hearing from any/all of you soon. -Brian…; Added by Brian Kite at 7:52pm on September 5, 2012

Comment on: Topic 'Linking to clients? Are you kidding? One reason you might do it... (and it mayb…': a 2nd connection through you, he is probably my 3rd connection through someone else. And if I am smart - which I would like to believe I am ;-) (JD, does that count as part of the RecruitSmart contest?) - I will not try to reach out to John Doe through you, but pick up the phone and directly call him. If I am connected to a client, I probably now have their employees, and a few of their ex-employees in my connection as well, whether 2nd or 3rd connections... Their ex-employees are potential candidates for me now, and their present employees, potential candidates in the future (if they leave my client's company, or if I no longer have a relationship with this client) Nothing, however, can outdo the compliment that your client gave you, and it shows that the reason the client decided to do business with you, Julia, is because you know their industry/market. Kudos to you!…; Added by M A at 10:02am on December 19, 2008

Comment on: Blog Post 'I Hit my Lucky Number This Friday.': in lots of cases. Somebody once told me i could lead the charge of the light brigade. I was rolling around in that thinking it was the worlds greatest compliment until somebody else whispered in my ear that i must have forgotten that the Light Brigade died to a man. So of course i had to go tell the guy who told me i could lead the brigade that he was an asshole. Seems like i sould have been clever enough to come up with something better than gutter talk since i'm so cute but let's face it ..he got me. I return the sentiment of being honored to be in the same industry as you my friend. Don't know how i could be anything but me. I've tried once in a while and it was real boring, people thought i was sick or something.…; Added by Sandra McCartt at 4:41pm on September 9, 2011

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Blog Post: Are You Completely Gracious?: I had a hiring official call me back on a marketing call to discuss a position that was going to be created in his group just six months after his company had had layoffs and he himself had to let…; Added by bill martineau at 11:27am on September 9, 2009

Comment on: Topic 'Tutorial Tuesday: I must, I must, I must increase my bust...': evel understanding advanced techniques for persuasion should be of concern to anyone "practicing our profession." There is one school of thought that would flatly reject the manipulative techniques of NLP while others may see it has some value. I am not expressing a bias, just begging the question. 2. If you have been thinking that there is less and less "useful" stuff to be found here you might consider the virtue of bringing something to the table to feed those who may be hungry like you. It is easy to overlook the huge amount of valuable stuff posted on RBC when one's attention is given to glass-half-empty analyses. But even "half empty" is enough to quench some poor soul's thirst, no ? 3. "...should/could/would be better spent practicing my profession" What can I say? And to "running out of ideas" - I don't think so. Like "bringing stuff to the table" we can't always rely on others to have all the ideas. That is why I prefer, when I can, to post something that is thought-provoking. Stirring up the ol' recruiting-weary gray matter has a way of liberating a few good ideas, at least for those open to having them. And I know it was obtuse, forgive me, but I was hoping my "blank screen" tease in the sidebar today might open the discussion on persuasion to include reverse psychology too. Well that was the *idea*... The screen is blanked out so that you won't be tempted to watch this video. You'll learn nothing anyway. Anyway, thanks for the compliment if that's how you meant it and for opening up the dialog, regardless. Now, back to Mother. Jerry Albright said:Thanks Ami - for being the guy who finally slapped be back to reality! I have been thinking lately that there is less and less "useful" stuff to be found out here and that my time should/could/would be better spent practicing my profession. Have we finally run out? Yes. We have. This confirms it. …; Added by Amitai Givertz at 1:11pm on May 26, 2009

Comment on: Blog Post 'This was my first ever blog post': say perhaps even moreso today . . . as we look to some of the reasons we find ourselves arduously mulling through the quicksand of a financial crisis. So how can one of us determine if another has "it" (character, integrity)? I'd think much of this comes down to our EI, some of which can be acquired. But would you agree with me when I say that the larger issue is the individual psychology of the Hiring Manager? I often see Recruiters point to 'lack of fit' as to why a given candidate is turned down . . . but I ask, 'lack of fit to the organization . . . or to you?' In my eyes, a great TPR (and Internal Recruiter) has a keen ability to identify what makes that HM "tick". I would even argue that great Recruiters embrace the fact that what we do may, in fact, be the most tacit of any job in the world. Great post - more relevant today than ever.…; Added by Joshua Letourneau at 10:51am on January 30, 2009