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Definition of Insanity - Reading the ERE daily? - by David Szary - Recruiter Academy

Albert Einstein defined insanity as “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting your results to change!”

I often use this quote during my training/speaking engagements to reinforce the fact that creating good habits and/or breaking bad habits is a very difficult thing to do.

In my last blog post, I touched on “attitude” and how it will either positively or negatively affect you, your day, and ultimately . . . your passion for recruiting!

My advice… Continue

Added by Mike McLean on July 8, 2008 at 11:28am — 2 Comments

New Gig with Microsoft - in training this week

As noted in my last post, I just started my own company and I'm in training with Microsoft this week.

As a result, I've missed out on all kinds of wild logo fun! And, I'm going to miss another Talent Talk Cafe...sorry Susan!

I'll be back on track soon and look forward to… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on July 8, 2008 at 11:16am — No Comments

Balance Isn't Just A Protein Bar...

RecruiterGuy talks about Balance This week I'm back in the gym like I should be every week (shame on me) and I'm reminded of my slightly peculiar talent (yes, I said it - RecruiterGuy has some peculiarity to him) to correlate my off-work experiences or journeys to goals and missions in my professional life. While punishing my abs and upper body last night I drew a correlation between the creation of (or at my age the maintenance of) my muscles and the 'm4d & cr4zy' skills I try to keep flexed and always honed…

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Added by RecruiterGuy on July 8, 2008 at 10:53am — 1 Comment

Time is precious

In recruiting, time is of the utmost importance. It is what I tell my clients and my candidates that I won’t waste, and that I’ll respect their time throughout the process as we move to making a placement. However, it seems that both candidates and client companies forget this when it’s time for a telephone screen. Recently I’ve had a rash of no calls from clients and missed calls by candidate requiring us to reschedule it for some later date and not only causing a delay in the process, but… Continue

Added by bill martineau on July 8, 2008 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

8 July, 2008

Susan Burns' Talent Talk Cafe

Join Talent Talk Cafe today at 3pm ET/12pm PT for a conversation on Generations.

What are the myths and realities of attracting and retaining multiple generations in the workplace? There's always a lot of talk about each emerging generation and their "unrealistic expectations" for joining the workplace. We'll explore the realities and myths and most importantly how to leverage the skills of a multi-generational… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on July 8, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Disruptive Talent Acquisition Strategies

The past nearly 2 years I have been telling the world, there is more than spending money in Online Recruitment. You can also save your money.

The "how to" is easy, by not doing anything online.

But for those who would like to be successful in their Online presence, be successful in Online Recruitment, they will have to know what is happening out there. In my… Continue

Added by Gordon Lokenberg on July 8, 2008 at 5:19am — No Comments

Heraclitus, Change Management, and Innovation

Article Title: Heraclitus, Change Management, and Innovation

Author Byline: Philip Aust

Author Website:

If you are up on your Greek history, you know who Heraclitus is. If not, here is the Cliffs Notes version. Heraclitus was a Pre-Socratic philosopher who lived circa 530 to 480 B.C. Whereas history credits him with penning over 100 proverbs, he is best known for one basic idea: Heraclitus believed the universe is in a… Continue

Added by Holli Maestas on July 7, 2008 at 10:01pm — No Comments

Job Search Tip: Too Much Information on your Social Networks

I get a lot of great comments from my readers, which I love. One of these was a response to MySpace Killed the Candidate…critical job interview tip, in which I told the cautionary tale of one of my candidates leaving too much information on her MySpace page and losing a job opportunity: avoid such issues by ”setting your social networks to private.” I agree that it is best to set your social network sites to private, and be careful who you accept as a friend.

Still, there are things… Continue

Added by Peggy McKee on July 7, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

The networking jobsite killerstartup--jobirn.com--goes to Go2Web20

The killerstartup

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Goes to Go2Web20

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Added by Nancyjobirn on July 7, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Transitions... or How to Avoid the Medusa Complex

Our climate is pretty moderate here in the Pacific Northwest. We have a gorgeous fall season with chilly temps, morning frost, and rain. We occasionally get snow in the winter – along with more rain and chilly temps. Then spring comes along and we have more temperate days with lots of rain, occasional thunderstorms, and beautiful spring flowers. The one constant throughout the year is rain… or as we call it – liquid sunshine. It’s good for the complexion.

The best part about our… Continue

Added by Nancy Ford on July 7, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Appropriate base salary for entry-level recruiter?

Commission aside, what is the typical base salary of an entry-level recruiter in the SE region?

Added by Farah on July 7, 2008 at 3:12pm — 1 Comment

10 Tips for a Jr. Recruiter

1. Understand your place on the totem pole (ears open, mouth shut)

2. Study your craft, do your homework, learn all aspects of your companies business. The bigger the picture you understand the better

3. Pick traits both positive and negative from those above you and either emulate or shy away from

4. Own your work in all situations

5. No question is too stupid the first time you ask it, the second time you have to ask something you are not learning

6. Pay your dues,… Continue

Added by Jordan Shaw on July 7, 2008 at 1:38pm — 2 Comments

You Don't Recruit Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris Recruits You

Candidate Control is about as basic as you get with recruiting; right behind picking up the phone and dialing. But time and time again I see it as a best practice that is totally ignored. If you are going to recruit the top talent, you better be respected by that group and LISTEN to them.

Getting Roundkicked into Yesterday

This includes knowing what your candidate knows. I work on the corporate side, so if I tell you as an agency recruiter that I want to speak with a… Continue

Added by Kyle Smith on July 7, 2008 at 11:40am — 8 Comments

Retaining Gen Y Talent: 6 Key Tips On How Keep Your Millennial Employees From Leaving

As posted on the MN Headhunter blog:

Author Byline: Lisa Orrell, Millennial & Generation Relations Expert, Author of "Millennials Incorporated"

To many employers, the Millennials (aka: Gen Y) entering our professional work environments are a mystery. And research shows they are certainly a unique generation that has no trouble…

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Added by Paul DeBettignies on July 7, 2008 at 10:53am — 1 Comment

What's The Best Sourcing Application/Platform In The Industry?

Can anyone help me here? I am aware of Sourcepoint, but don't know the rest - any thoughts? Is there functionality in today's Sourcing apps that you'd like to see? Are there methods that would make your life easier, meaning ranging from search string generation to campaign management? I know Salesforce.com can be configured . . . but unless you're purchasing a comprehensive solution (add-on), customizing SF can be rough.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Joshua… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on July 7, 2008 at 9:04am — No Comments

Alberg Software Inc... Available consultants list for your C2C requirements

Hi,

Please find our available consultants list for your direct client requirements.Please send me your direct client requirements to suresh@alberg.com .Please feel free to contact me on 630-470-6339 for further information.

Name

Skills

Current Location

Relocation

Availability

Rajani R

Tibco Developer

IL

OPEN

Immediate

Vidya B

Oracle DBA

IL

IL

Immediate

Nagaraju

Oracle PL/SQL… Continue

Added by Suresh on July 7, 2008 at 8:46am — No Comments

Dos Candidates, Por Favor

One time, my husband and I went to Puerto Rico and, since my foreign language classes consisted of Latin and French (read: useless), I was a bit worried about the prospect of Spanish. He assured me that he was On. It. His extensive training in high school and college Spanish would fare us well.Flash forward to our vacation…going through the drive through line at Burger King (again).

-What do you want?

-Uh, gimme a medium Coke, please.

-They don’t have Coke.… Continue

Added by Shannon on July 7, 2008 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

SafeREF's new application

www.saferef.com which helps recruitment companies collect job references faster by easily sending out an automatic notification to referees will be adding some more applications so as to get an even faster response. The application available now is quite robust and we are adding as much to make it more easier for recruiters. Job references can be delay when offering job to candidate but with saferef.com we make it easier now because of the pre-employement status we give jobseekers, their… Continue

Added by mike crop on July 7, 2008 at 7:23am — No Comments

July 7 2008

That was the week that was...Week ending June 6, 2008

A round-up from the recruiting industry’s group blogs, portals and individual archives...

If you're a regular to the site you'll start noticing a few changes in the weeks ahead, mostly little tweaks. A couple are here in this week's round-up including the Monday morning slot. [Yeah, yeah -- I'll get it up over the weekend...sheesh!]

Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase:… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on July 7, 2008 at 2:47am — No Comments

The Marriage is Over. He dumped me on Twitter.

When you stop to think about it, perception is an extremely powerful branding tool. It can make or break you. It never ceases to amaze me how well social media enables us to brand ourselves, our company and/or our service.

But there are some downsides to branding and perception via social media.

Here’s my story:

A few weeks ago, I received a note from Twitter that @Tweet05 (not his real name to protect his identify) was following me.

I always check… Continue

Added by Heather Gardner on July 6, 2008 at 7:02pm — 2 Comments