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Recruiters have been known to stretch the truth.....once or twice!!

After sharing with everyone some of the crap that comes out of candidates during the interview process, I thought I should even it up with some b******s from the recruiters angle!! Of course this is all hearsay (!!), as I just can't believe we have been known to use any of these, can you??!! Go on, how many have you heard us utter?

Research shows = I’ve made this up
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Added by Andy Headworth on April 10, 2008 at 7:25am — No Comments

Candidates talking b******s - surely not??

Anyone who has been involved in recruitment, agency or client side will have heard most if not all of these in their time. They are of course statements from candidates to recruiters that are of course blatant b******s!! So you fellow recruiter, how many of these can you say you have heard?

I need to speak with my wife = It's a no
I'm perfect for the role = You can't afford me
Can you call me back in ten minutes..... so I have time to…

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Added by Andy Headworth on April 10, 2008 at 5:35am — 1 Comment

Looking for a Director, of Staffing

The Director of Recruitment and Staffing reports to the Vice President, Talent Management and Leadership Development and oversees the enterprise’s employment, recruiting, and retention functions and is accountable for their operational excellence. In partnership with the Vice Presidents of Organization Effectiveness and their OE team members, this position develops and manages programs that are aligned with companies goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes an… Continue

Added by Jerry Medley on April 9, 2008 at 5:01pm — 3 Comments

Recession?

I read a blog today that threw out the "BIG R" word - it posed the question "so, are we in a recession". So what do I think? Q1 certainly didn't set the world on fire for us. We're a contingency IT services firm in the midwest. We service a variety of industries but two of them are "early adoptors" of a recession (marketing agency & print/publishing). Both are struggling to hit numbers.

So, are we in a recession or not? I'll tell you at the end of Q2.

Added by Dave Templeman on April 9, 2008 at 4:28pm — 3 Comments

productivity at work......

listening to a certain satellite radio program this morning, one of the key players, who notoriosly sleeps through shows, fell asleep today. the show personalities made particular fun of him today and it was quite entertaining......now, my blog is not about the show, but it does bring up a great question, What to do with employees who clearly show up for work physically but not mentally?

I would rather see a manager send a person home who has not made the committment to be at work… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on April 9, 2008 at 12:06pm — 1 Comment

SourceCon2008 Event Registration Open and Agenda‏.

We have an exciting and impressive lineup of Speakers that will be covering some very relevant and interesting topics for Sourcers and Researchers at all levels of their career.

We are pleased to announce that event registration for SourceCon2008 is now open. Given the overwhelming positive feedback from the SourceCon2007 attendees, we are elevating the conference to an even higher level of… Continue

Added by SourceCon Dude on April 9, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Hump Day Humor 4/9

Today’s cartoon comes to us from Grantland. For over 20 years, they’ve been creating buiness cartoons (specifically for the workplace) as a unique way to reach large audiences and their work has been used by thousands of organizations with great results.

With 2,900+ cartoons in their archives give them a call today to get their permission to use their materials if you need help spicing up your presentation, newsletter, or… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on April 9, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

The Recruiting Animal Show Today at Noon EST

TODAY at noon est

Animal Says:

The Recruiting Animal Show is the most efficient effective, results-oriented recruiting call-in radio show in the world today. It's supposed to be informative and fun and... Oh yeah? You tell me where it's boring. I want to know! Listen to the latest show here.

Call To… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on April 9, 2008 at 9:39am — No Comments

April 9, 2008

Claudia’s Wednesday Wisdom

Claudia Faust advises on tricky situations, answers members' questions...

Today, 'Feeling Cheap in St. Louis' asks:

"What do you do when a candidate simply disappears? It’s happened to me twice this month: I screen them up front, they’re all excited about the opportunity, they go to the interview…and then nothing. No returned calls, no emails about taking another job, nothing. It's hard enough to find good candidates at…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on April 9, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Wednesday Wisdom: The Amazing Houdini Candidate

Dear Claudia,

What do you do when a candidate simply disappears? It’s happened to me twice this month: I screen them up front, they’re all excited about the opportunity, they go to the interview…and then nothing. No returned calls, no emails about taking another job, nothing. It's hard enough to find good candidates at all these days, what can I do to keep this from happening again?

Feeling Cheap in St. Louis

Dear Feeling Cheap,

It sucks to… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on April 9, 2008 at 7:30am — 4 Comments

Diversity Recruiters: Interesting Article about College Attendance

From my University of Chicago Alumni Magazine comes the following research article about four-year-college enrollment amongst diversity candidates. The lessons can be applied, as well, to recruiting.

When Dreams Aren't Enough: What Keeps High-Schoolers from College

Only 59 percent of Chicago high-schoolers who aspire to a four-year college actually apply--and fewer still enroll. In a three-year study released in March, SSA professor Melissa Roderick reports that many… Continue

Added by Tom Beck on April 8, 2008 at 10:54pm — No Comments

Greetings fellow recruiters

It seems as though so many want a piece of us all these days and we have to carefully pick and choose where we commit our time. Today I finally acted on Dave Mendoza's strong urging to join recruiting.blogs.com. Actually it was more like threat-o-gram, but very effective even without the possibility of getting hurt and knowing Dave isn't a menacing type guy. But no way would I want him to give up on me and throw me out like week-old trash, like his last message eluded. Up until now, it was a… Continue

Added by Paul Brown on April 8, 2008 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Recruiting.com

When I sold the domain name Recruiting.com to Jobster two years ago or so, I never really thought I would see the day where the opportunity may present itself to maybe somehow buy it back.

Now I have no indication at all from Jobster that they are looking to sell the domain name but they know that I am interested in getting that name back and into the hands of… Continue

Added by Slouch on April 8, 2008 at 5:00pm — 14 Comments

"If You Were An Animal, What Kind Would You Be?" - When You Hear This Question, Get Up And Leave The Room Immediately!

So the interview is going well - You're in top management and have led behavioral interviews in the past. All indications are that you're knocking it dead . . . and then the person on the other end of the line (or across the table) drops a bomb:

"If you were an animal, what kind would you be?"

OR

"If you came back to life as an animal, which would you come back as?"

OR

"If you were to by chance, be reincarnated, would there be an animal you'd like to come… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 8, 2008 at 1:25pm — 12 Comments

Sharp HealthCare Rehab Services Open House 4/30/2008

Sharp HealthCare has been a leading provider of rehabilitation services for over 40 years. Become a part of our team by attending our rehab open house event. We have job opportunities for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, per diem certified occupational therapy assistants (COTAs) and per diem speech therapists.

Date and Time

Wednesday, April 30

7:30 am to 1 pm

3 pm to 6 pm

Location

Sharp HealthCare Corporate… Continue

Added by Michael Peterson on April 8, 2008 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Premium Auditor

I am currently recruiting for part and full time premium auditors nationwide. If you are interested in learning more about this oportunity please forward your resume to jodi.robinson@olsi.net.

Please visit our website at www.olsi.net

Added by Jodi Robinson on April 8, 2008 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Where Talent Acquisition, General Patraeus, Sourcing, and "The Surge" Intersect . . .

Talent Acquisition departments, particularly those that have a segmented Soucing function (parent-child relationship), may stand to benefit from the briefing of General Petraeus to Congress today regarding progress in Iraq, notably the "Surge". Why? Because an underlying issue that confounds Talent Acquisition is the same elephant in the room that all Statisticians (and literally at the very moment I write this… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 8, 2008 at 12:49pm — 3 Comments

10 Tips to Beef up Employee Referrals and Win the War for Talent

So you’re the CEO of a company and you need to beef up recruiting. You can always take the easy way out and just pawn it off on recruiting or HR, but in this ultra-competitive landscape that’s unfortunately just not going to net you the best people. In today’s marketplace, where great candidates have options up to their eyeballs and are well-paid and well-retained, leaders need to ensure they are doing everything in their power to make sure their company is attracting all of the top candidates… Continue

Added by BINC Search on April 8, 2008 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Career adults please

I’m sorry, but in working a recent recruiting effort for a mid-level developer I’ve run across a string of applicants that while their age indicates adulthood, their career actions precludes them from inclusion.

Understand this isn’t a bias that I have against younger generations as this is about how your actions show the world what’s important to you (quote of the day), and by no means am I saying that these people aren’t responsible human beings in other aspects of their lives.… Continue

Added by bill martineau on April 8, 2008 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

Notable Quotable

This one comes to us today from Jeb’s Blog by Sales Gravy…

“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to excellence.”

Sadly, many people are jealous of (some even hate) anyone who wants to be or achieve more and they will do almost anything to bring everyone down to their level.

Because of their own mediocrity and failure these people discourage success.

This is why it’s absolutely… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on April 8, 2008 at 10:32am — No Comments