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Blog Post: The Satisfaction Trap: While gratitude for current circumstances and successes is prudent, being satisfied is incredibly dangerous for business professionals. Satisfaction becomes a trap that keeps you cemented to your…; Added by Scott Wintrip at 2:36pm on November 15, 2011

Blog Post: The Satisfaction Trap: While gratitude for current circumstances and successes is prudent, being satisfied is quicksand for recruiting professionals. Satisfaction becomes a trap that keeps you…; Added by Scott Wintrip at 10:47am on October 3, 2010

Blog Post: The Corporate Recruiters Handbook: After 20+ years of toil in the recruitment industry, the last 12 being focused on Internet recruiting, I have put all of my knowledge into a free Handbook; you know, the paper stuff. Maybe one day it…; Added by Peter Gold at 2:47pm on November 19, 2009

Topic: Tarnish versus Shine: ys and wanting to make it right, you were told that you could make it right but that you had to follow a certain plan in reclaiming your words. You were instructed to go to every household that heard your harmful words and lay a white feather on the doorstep. Once you have completed this task, you were instructed to then return to each doorstep and gather every single feather... "But how can I do this? Even the mildest of winds will have scattered the feathers, making it impossible for me to recover every one." The response rings harsh in your ears, "Exactly. And reclaiming the gossip you have shared would be just as easy." Words are very difficult to retract, but sometimes we must humble ourselves enough, recognizing error or a falsehood that has been shared, hoping for the impossible, regret hangs heavy. Each day, we can find ourselves in a position where littering would be easy and also may make us look better in the eyes of a potential or current client, a superstar candidate, a business partner, friend or spouse. How we deal with and dispense the litter determines our character. I did a little research and interestingly enough, the only two things that can be released (aka "littered") on a California freeway that will not lead to a violation or arrest are water and feathers. Seriously, it's true. Water and feathers. So, when facing a moment of weakness, where degrading someone else might make you feel better or strengthen your case as the best service provider, resist. Instead of pointing to someone else's weakness, deliver on your strengths. Prove your worthiness by knowing and meeting the needs of the client/candidate. The tarnish on someone else is no match for your own shine. Additionally, should you be the one to whom gossip or harsh words are directed, remember a California highway and the "allowable litter." Water and feathers. Feathers are uniquely qualified to resist dirt and water damage. Like water off a duck's back. © by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 1:50am on February 2, 2010

Blog Post: Being Grateful and Unsatisfied: While I’m all for being grateful, especially being mindful of this during this week’s American Thanksgiving celebration, I’m not too keen on satisfaction. Satisfaction can become a trap that keeps…; Added by Scott Wintrip at 9:38am on November 24, 2014

Blog Post: 5 Social Outing Ideas For Employees

Everybody loves a social outing. It’s a great way for employees to engage in team bonding and to just kick back and let off some steam.

Many companies tend to play it safe when coming up…

Added by Joanne McDonagh at 5:53am on September 12, 2018

Blog Post: 5 Stopgap Employment Ideas: For people who find themselves in need of a job, the prospect can be daunting. Whether it's spending hours filling out online applications or asking friends and families for any leads, the process…; Added by Rachael Murphey at 2:45pm on June 12, 2017

Blog Post: How to Create Your Next Opportunity – Entrepreneurship in the Job Hunt: Entrepreneurship isn’t just for the inventors. Anyone can apply the principles of being an entrepreneur into their everyday lives and see the fruits of their labor. But what exactly does it mean…; Added by Ryan Connors at 7:03am on May 10, 2012

Comment on: Blog Post 'Do We Really Need Personal Pages?': a blog has nothing to do with being desperate or even searching for a job. Your link to my recruitingblogs profile page is required, just as it is in LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. So I really do not understand what you are attempting to say. The idea of the services we are discussing is personal pages for the searching of jobs, of yes I think is overkill. Branding and job searching are far different, they cross paths, but are far from being the same thing. The idea that is promoted by some of these services is that it is necessary for people to have these personal pages so they can get a new position. It is not a factor that matters. Career counselors speak to taking control of your online brand which I understand, however doing so does not necessarily include the development of a page that ties everything about you into a webpage about yourself. I assure you, these tools will be forgotten soon. The resume itself is becoming itself a failing tool. Look at most jobs, how are they filled - networking. Who knows who? If people spent half the time developing rapport through in person networking that they do trying to develop their online brand - they would have jobs twice as fast. The idea that these tools bring companies to your doorstep is a far cry from the truth. They do little if nothing to assist you in your search. I hear so much about unemployment and why this person or this person cannot get a job. It is because they have very few TRUE relationships, ones with people that are in person and real. They have these large networks online which do not offer the same in depth value a smaller in person network does. Online tools should be used to facilitate in person meetings, not as the driver. Sorry for getting off on a side track, but we need to get back to being people and not simply online profiles.…; Added by Jason Monastra at 2:55pm on April 28, 2011

Comment on: Topic 'Staffing and Recruiting vs. Corporate HR': ment" side was to STAY AWAY FROM HR! The reasoning was that HR would either slow down the process or try to put the kibosh on working with that agency or firm. A lot has to do with hiring managers thinking their opening is the most important or not having a realistic timeline for getting that candidate in the door. They engage in talks with firms that they feel will have someone on their doorstep the next day as opposed to the formal req process through HR. Another aspect is the sourcing capabilities of the HR group. Everyone in HR will say they are capable of sourcing candidates, but if most of your job is centered around benefits, you aren't honing your sourcing skills as effectively as someone who solely does sourcing. A lot of HR personnel will take it personally if a hiring manager tries to cut a PO to a staffing firm for a candidate they themselves think they can source. Most of my experience on the agency side was that if HR got involved, the process slowed horribly! I was also hiring senior-level technology positions, but typically speaking, the companies were technology companies (meaning their HR staff should have some tech savviness). I understand the arguments both ways, but if the need was perceived by the hiring manager and relayed to HR in a timely fashion, the hurray up mentality should subside quite a bit. There are plenty of circumstances where the expertise and quick sourcing of a firm are absolutely justifiable even with a capable HR staff. For instance, we recently had a client say they would sign our technology contract as long as we had someone on our call center staff that spoke fluent Mandarin. Since that is something I have no expertise in or how to truly identify that someone speaks fluent Mandarin (not to mention the time crunch), we will be talking with several staffing firms instead of trying to "reinvent the wheel" so to speak.…; Added by Keith Plesha at 3:12pm on May 31, 2011