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Blog Post: How to Get the Most Out of Your Training: Whatever it is that you want to learn, you cannot just start from anywhere and expect to get it right. You need to precondition yourself in the best way possible that you seem to think will give…; Added by Mark Thompson at 6:31am on May 19, 2016

Group: X-Microsoft Group: m no longer with Microsoft! If you are an x-softie or even a current softie, please let's use this group for sharing, encouraging, and learning from each other. I just felt it was important to change the group since I own it.…; Added by Kay Kelison at 3:53pm on December 29, 2008

Comment on: Blog Post 'Starbucks Recruiting': ce means competing on price and that's not a healthy place to be in a candidate centric market. If you enjoyed "Starbucked", I would definitely recommend "Pour Your Heart Into it" by Howard Schulz. It covers the history of Starbucks up to 2000 and there are many innovation ideas to be found.…; Added by Scott Godbey at 2:59pm on July 1, 2008

Comment on: Blog Post 'Why source candidates if I can't use them right now?': ed talent pool. Set expectations correctly though, or else your reputation will suffer as a time waster! P.S Hiring or placing those candidates who you have had in you talent pipeline for a long time, is one of the biggest buzzes you'll get…; Added by Dan Nuroo at 5:39pm on February 23, 2009

Comment on: Topic 'Talent. Born or Bred?': moments that we need to fight for that perfect table, rather than just taking a seat, smiling & settling for the drab shade of the plastic umbrella. Simply stated: Know when to hold them & know when to fold them. ;)…; Added by Beth at 10:31am on July 28, 2011

Comment on: Blog Post 'IF I RAN RECRUITING': controlled barns operated by the latest technology but his pigs didn't grow, didn't gain weight. He called in the consultant phDs from A&M who did blood work, stress analysis. All the latest and greatest but still just skinny puny pigs. The Aggie looked across the fence one day. His neighbor, an old farmer, had the biggest, fattest, healthy pigs he had ever seen. They were rolling around in mud living in old shelters and generally being pigs. The Aggie was horrified. He called the old farmer over and said, "how do you have such fat, healthy pigs?" "I have done everything, the latest science, called the experts, spent millions and I have skinny pigs". "what do you do and how do you do it?" The old farmer smiled and said, "feed em' apples, all the apples they want, any time they want." A few weeks later the old farmer was driving down the road, saw the aggie holding one of his pigs up off the ground so the pig could eat apples off the tree. The farmer yelled, "what the hell are you doing" The Aggie yelled back, "feeding my pigs apples" The farmer said, "doesn't it take a lot of time and a lot of people to do it that way?" The Aggie said, "hey man, what's time to a pig".…; Added by Sandra McCartt at 1:07am on September 14, 2011

Blog Post: Top 25 Jobs – The StaffingU Market Demand Report: Year-over-year increases continue for all but two of the top 25 candidates most in demand. Healthcare jobs continue to be a bright spot along with healthy increases in sales roles, which…; Added by Scott Wintrip at 9:09am on January 27, 2011

Blog Post: Operational Excellence Depends on Cultivating Talent’s Strengths: HR professionals have been trying to control health care costs by continually tweaking the medical plan designs, which result in shifting more costs to employees but do not reduce the cost of…; Added by Shannon Russo at 4:53pm on August 26, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'How Much???': re. Hard to give a good example without knowing more details, but for example at one point in time I was a corporate recruiter hiring salespeople & other staff positions making a pretty healthy base plus $500 for each hire. I usually had a few a month so that worked out well.…; Added by Chris Wessell at 9:15am on July 25, 2008