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Comment on: Topic 'Somewhere Between the Second and Fourth Floor': I was trained by a really great recruiter a looong time ago. He made me write up my job orders as a "sales script". Nothing made up about the job or phony promises – just an exciting description of the job. He felt that the way you wrote it was going to be the way you read it to your prospective candidate. The first part was always about the great opportunities the company had to offer and how this job fit into the excitement. The next part was a “story” about the responsibilities not a bullet list. By then you had the candidate hooked and you could safely talk about the 40 hour week and any mundane “must tells”. It forced you to really analyze and understand the job and you could find a way to make even the most ordinary jobs sound like an opportunity. It wasn’t meant to fool anyone into believing a job was better than it was……it was a way to present it in the best possible light. We followed through with our advertisements the same way. In those dark ages we only had the newspaper classifieds, which charged you by the line. Once again we were forced to write an exciting (but short) ad with enough information about the “must haves” to eliminate as many unqualified responses as possible. I am really grateful to my old boss for training me in all the basics as well as the subtleties in this business. He taught me to take the elevator first and I’ve been riding it for 35 years. Thanks for this post Rayanne…..you “get it”.…; Added by Fran Hogan at 8:36am on February 3, 2010

Blog Post: Blogging 101 for the HR Professional: Part II: In my last post, Blogging 101 for HR Professionals, I talked about why blogging…; Added by Tim Giehll at 10:16am on July 7, 2011

Comment on: Blog Post 'One of our recent client was able to knock 80% of their recruitment money in ju…': sion in the comment section below it. People who write political blogs get that. Recruiters don't. Nice invitation on your part though.…; Added by Recruiting Animal at 8:35pm on March 17, 2009

Comment on: Blog Post 'I Hate The Internet': call me out on the irony of posting this on the internet." Love it. …; Added by Will Thomson at 10:04am on August 7, 2013

Comment on: Blog Post 'Your Unemployed Friends and Relatives': inkedIN. I also do offer to look at their resume, but they usually don't expect me to do a rewrite (I'm a retained search guy, up on that pedestal, after all), but I will take 5 minutes, and write them back a critique. For clients, or execs terminated by clients, where the relationship has huge future economic value, I do invest time - I will even do a resume re-write for a company exec, and have lunch to counsel them on their job hunt. Pay it forward; what goes around comes around; good karma!…; Added by Mark Bregman at 2:42pm on May 23, 2011

Topic: Biotech, Pharma, etc. blogging: again. I encourage you to visit the blog, leave comments, and that will be just as motivating for me to find and write new stuff more often than not.…; Added by Kalch at 11:08pm on November 25, 2008

Comment on: Blog Post 'Benefits of Using a Recruiter - The Sequel': on Twitter and supposedly looking up my LinkedIn account . I will not continue to play games with someone who is clearly not well. The fact that he has taken the time to write this article alone is disturbing. Mitch, please do not attempt to contact me again. Thank you.…; Added by Evelyn Amaro at 3:45pm on April 25, 2012

Blog Post: Professional Pet Peeve #1: Declining an Outlook meeting invite without looking at the date. Sorry, I can't make this meeting tomorrow because blah blah blah reason...even though the meeting invite states the meeting isn't…; Added by Ragan Kellams at 2:15pm on September 19, 2007

Blog Post: Did you attend USC?: I was having lunch with my good friend, and former business partner, Rex Kurzius* the other day. During lunch, he informed me that he is only looking to hire people from USC. I let the statement…; Added by Kevin Womack at 11:21am on February 8, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'Six Degrees Success Stories?': www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1176637 (over 1,500 members now). I'll see what the upcoming write-up will bring! Thanks, Dave!…; Added by Irina Shamaeva at 11:31am on December 31, 2008