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Blog Post: Recruiting Marathon: Sometimes I use Analogies to give me insight, motivation and ideas. I know sales people and recruiters use them everyday, "you have to go the distance", "let's hit one out of the park" etc. One of my…; Added by Michael Policano at 11:18am on January 20, 2008

Comment on: Blog Post 'Fantasy Football and Recruiting – A marriage made on the cyber gridiron?': dience is rather than a random group of people? I think we know the answer to that. It's not a matter anymore of volume in the recruiting industry. Suggesting a shotgun approach to anything recruiting related is nothing more than a low value, transactional exercise from management's point of view. Let me ask you this, how comfortable would you be taking this to your CFO for a funding request? Creative possibility or paradigm shift aside?…; Added by Bill Ward at 4:04pm on September 15, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'No paper resumes, Ppply on twitter w/minimum klot/kred score. Whaddya think?': es. It would be a disservice to my clients and would not do much to establish my value. As a thought exercise I might be persuaded that via social profiles I could learn 80% of what I needed to know to properly evaluate a candidate. But it's that other 20% that will come back to bite you. The same could be said about relying solely on a resume, IMO.…; Added by Christopher Perez at 10:15am on March 4, 2013

Comment on: Blog Post 'Why Self-Proclaimed "Recruiting Thought Leaders" are Full of ****': on about how wheeled luggage was such an innovation, and challenged us to hire an entire graduating class of engineers, so they could all work together as friends. Pure drivel. Thankfully he didn't ask us to recruit people at bars. Though the HR Leaders loved it, we recruiters were left shaking our heads at the absurdity of the exercise. Great article Keith!…; Added by Steve Myers at 12:22pm on May 20, 2014

Blog Post: New Year, New Decade, New Candidates!: In my experience, November, December and January have always been the worst of the worst as far as number of candidates in my funnel. But I take heart in the fact that very soon all of the year-end…; Added by Nikole Tutton at 4:44pm on December 21, 2009

Blog Post: The Happiness Advantage (Sean Achor): The happiness advantage is one of the better books I have read in a very long time. The basis of the book is that most humans operate on a formula that is taught to us as we grow up. If you work…; Added by Ineke Read at 7:58pm on May 5, 2011

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Blog Post: How to Make Your Workplace Healthy - And Why it Could be Good for Business: A busy workplace can be a stressful environment, especially when you've got a large number of staff crammed into a tight space - all working to deadlines. Not only is a workplace stressful - but…; Added by Peter Ellington at 6:27am on April 14, 2016

Blog Post: Hiring the ‘Right Employees’ !: The most important thing to recognize about hiring ‘right’ employees is forgetting the notion that employees are perfect.The perfect employee is definitely a dream of anyone who manages (lucky?),…; Added by Raman Ramamurthy at 8:22pm on February 29, 2012

Blog Post: Review, Recharge, and Repeat: How To De-Stress At Work: Owning a small business during the pandemic has been a challenge for many. As the nation was told to stay indoors, small business owners continued to run their companies and care for their…; Added by Adam Johnson at 8:40am on September 22, 2022