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Blog Post: A Review of Sorts…#radicalplanet

Interesting thing on the way to the Unconference! Besides the obvious…

Added by Daniel J Smith at 7:11pm on September 28, 2011

Blog Post: HireAbility Awards - "Six Degrees from Dave" - Best Recruitment Blog of 2007!: By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

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Blog Post: 3 Things that can mess up the quality of your Recruitment Metrics & Data

Recruiting organizations are faced with more sourcing choices today than ever before. And they are constantly looking for ways and insight to make sense of…

Added by Chris Brablc at 11:00am on March 22, 2012

Blog Post: Advice: When and How...: There has been some discussion going around recently through LinkedIn, and some other sites about the etiquette of “advice”: namely, when should you give it and when should you charge for it; when…; Added by Daniel J Smith at 1:24pm on June 23, 2011

Blog Post: Motivation: How many people get up in the morning with more energy than they know what to do with; AND can hardly wait to get the day started at the workplace? Okay, you can put your hands down now. For the rest…; Added by Daniel J Smith at 12:52pm on July 7, 2011

Topic: Cyberbullying Ring Targeting Recruiters: ed claimed 'spam' sent by recruiters. As far as I can tell, the number is 460, although possibly it is as low as 59 people using multiple "spam-trap" addresses, which is an illegal and deceptive practice recently ruled by the Courts to be a form of entrapment. So, in short, all the thousands of innocent recruiters (many of whom sent only one email) listed as 'spammers' by www.recruiterspam.com are completely faultless. One of the other dirty tricks that was used by the coder(s) involved was refusing to allow recruiters to unsubscribe or remove bad addresses, which is also a deceptive and very unethical practice frowned on by the courts. Spam traps have been used by this group simply to harvest emails with the goal in mind of furthering their efforts to harass and humiliate diligent recruiters. In any case, as far as I can determine (and I have been researching this question for several years) there are absolutely NO cases ever in the USA of recruiters being prosecuted or sued for 'spam', even in small claims courts. IF you know of a counter-example and can prove it, please let me know. Otherwise, it is very clear that the spam laws are targeted against fraudulent advertising and NOT legitimate email recruiting efforts. Recruiting emails are simply not the kind of email targeted by the CAN-SPAM laws, unless they are false and misleading, sent from fake addresses, or sent repeatedly after recipients ask not to receive them... Please note, if someone complains about receiving 'spam' they must provide the email address that they wish unsubscribed. If they refuse to do so (like the recruiterspam site) they are simply an illegal and fraudulent extortion or libel effort. "Real spam" is sent in volumes like 10 million emails per day, from fake email addresses, with misleading and false advertisements (often scams) and frequently involves 'bot' hijacking of computers and servers to send mass email. Usually, spam is sent from overseas to make it harder to prosecute. Nonetheless, even China, which has a death-penalty for spamming, continues to be one of the largest sources of spam in the world. Despite the enormous distinction between spam and email recruiting, I absolutely recommend that you always unsubscribe people who request it! That is important and an ethical requirement. Still, spam filtering systems are about 95% to 99% effective. I have not received any spam at all, since switching web-hosts about six months ago. I used to receive 700 spam messages per day before that, largely because GoDaddy is a very poor service. This means, realistically, IF your message to a candidate shows up in his inbox then it probably is NOT spam in the first place... If someone is a software engineer who isn't smart enough to filter their own emails properly, they probably aren't a very good candidate, either... meaning they potentially have to earn a living through other means, like crimes of extortion. I recently got harassed by someone who had sent me a resume, begging for a job a year ago, and I happened to email him with a description (this was a personal email, sent only to him and no one else) with a job that was an excellent technical match. He responded with threats of lawsuit (demonstrating a very weak understanding of the law, which I demonstrated easily to him), and I reminded him that he was the one who had sent me his resume, of his own accord.... He made some 'hate-crime' like threats (threatening to stalk me with a group, etc.) and I reported him to the FBI. These cyber-extortionists generally will not back down, even after the law is clearly explained to them, either. However, they do respect the fact that people can file complaints against them for cyberextortion and cyberbullying. Inasmuch as people have created a clearly fake list claiming recruiters are spammers, and listing them by name (which is clearly an invasion of privacy and unwanted harassment), I suggest that we could create a group list (no one single recruiter would be responsible) of people who are suspected 'false spam complaint' extortionists. Remember, these people with their fake complaints are really receiving about 1/100th as much email from recruiters as they are actually claiming (and I can prove it). The FBI is clearly interested in rounding up these scum of the earth, especially after the Sony hacking episode, etc. If you are interested, and want to pool together names, please get in touch with me to see if we can get something started to combat these highly unethical hacker criminals. A list of frequent complainers would be helpful to recruiters (at least to know whom to avoid), and could also help efforts of law enforcement to crack down on the rising cyber-extortion trend across the globe. P.S. I understand why I got "no takers" on the free $60K+ worth of retained searches for software engineers I was trying to give away last week, but seriously, is living in fear any way to do business?…; Added by Nicholas Meyler at 4:59pm on February 7, 2015

Comment on: Blog Post '5 Tips on Recruiting or Working with Asian-Americans': d, you'll see this not intended to be a serious anthropological evaluation of the subject. Come on, who footnotes P.F. Chang's? Paul - You and I can to agree to amiably disagree. I would say there are Native American, Asian Indian, African American, Italian America... experiences that are to your advantage to be aware of. I understand you don't buy into it. Now going outside of the US to China, completely different. I'm planning to use my expat friends as SMEs to write other countries specific tips in the future. Bill- It is pretentious. I personally don't care where my daughter goes to college, but the story about the PSAT sheet was true. I and many other AAs have created that environment and expectations for our kids. It influences job choice. I have two recent contrasting examples. Non-AA recruiter from Ohio called to ask me about a position in Corsicana, TX at a salary significantly higher than my current salary. Job match is great. Relocation available. Even after explaining why, he is perplexed as to why I wouldn't consider it. He just didn't understand that I had concerns about educating my kids there. Next an AA recruiter calls about a high paying position in Maui. When she finds out I have kids, she immediately says she doesn't know the school situation but that she'll check and get back to me. I'm sure you've seen plenty of AA professionals in the Bay Area worry about this too much. The Berkeley/Stanford comparison is splitting hairs and was meant to mock the distinction, but it is a reality that matters to more AA parents that I'm happy admitting. Robin - Recruiters and account managers are the worst. It perplexes me why so many bring it up at the first meeting. This has happened even when they have convinced one of my hiring managers to bring them in the back door for an unscheduled intro. Any account manager worth talking to will take two seconds Google me and look at my profile on LinkedIn. I'll be annoyed you were coming in the back door, but if talk to you about Bell Helicopter, AmerisourceBergen, UI, MSU, UH, Hawaii, the mugs on my shelf, Interlochen MI, or even my 4 years in Japan you'll start with one less strike. My internal employees typically ask after getting to know me better. Sandra - I think the question are not ill intended, but it is tiring when it happens nearly one in three times when someone is coming to sell me something. It is completely unrelated to the business at hand. I used to tell people the accurate answer that my name and ethnicity is Okinawan as opposed to an inaccurate answer of Japanese (think Sicilian vs. Italian), but that would eat up another 5 minutes explaining something that only Okinawans, Karate fans, and WWII buffs knew enough about to talk about. I've set aside time to hear why you are better than my current providers or hear your pitch on the next great opportunity. The last thing I want to talk about is another conversation about ethnicity, a sushi place, or karate. This was not meant to criticize but to educate. If you stay away from this and the "where are you really from ?" question when you first meet me, you'll have a better chance of getting a signed agreement. Wait until we've established a relationship for the other questions. Also, the sensitivity about Asian orphan issue is real and painful. You might irritate me and get a second chance, but you will blow it with an orphan who doesn't know his or her past. Unfortunatley, the educationsituation exists in a lot of places in US but it is worse in Texas. I've seen this in Michigan, Hawaii, and Illinois. We both see AAs working in donut shops and sweeping up parking lots in Texas, but the ones we'll deal with professionally are likely to Tiger Moms and Dads, and I would encourage everyone to consideration that when trying to place them. Dr. R - I appreciate your comments and your views as someone who has been in the majority and minority. I'd like to be able to provide an answer other than if you haven't lived it, you can't understand it. It is not a convincing explaination. Regarding #3, if you had (or have) kids, would you be concerned if you had a job offer to relocate to Jackson, MI? I see you are living Grosse Point, MI. Did the school district in an affluent part of Detroit play part in your choice of where to live or were you were planning to send your kids to Cranbrook/Kingswood anyway? All- This was not meant as an article on minority experiences, but a guide to working more effectively with Asian-Americans in the spirit of my first blog. If you don't think it represents Asian-American attitudes, I'd ask you to show it to a US born and raised AA and have them comment. You are always free to disregard the advice. Again, I really appreciate all of your comments whether we agree or disagree. Please keep them coming. It has been a long day so please do not report any typos to my Tiger Parents.…; Added by Bert Shimabukuro at 11:19pm on May 25, 2011

Blog Post: Changes...: Change occurs all the time, usually in subtle ways but occasionally in a manner that feels like a ton of bricks were dropped on your head. This then leads to a lot of questions and sometimes a…; Added by Daniel J Smith at 2:36pm on June 1, 2011

Blog Post: Reputation- Good, Bad, Indifferent….: “Consider reputation: Who do other people think you are?”- Marshall Goldsmith 2011.

Interesting comment I read from the Coach on Friday morning as I was going through my mail; and it made…; Added by Daniel J Smith at 12:11pm on July 1, 2011

Blog Post: And in the Beginning… or… Am I Primed to Start the Day?: You wake up in the morning, hopefully after a full night of sleep…; Added by Daniel J Smith at 1:26pm on August 31, 2011