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Infusing Humanity Back Into Business

My friend Karen Swim, who is one of my favorite people on RB, recently wrote a blog post entitled Paying The Bills, Feeding The Soul about humanity and connectivity in business, a topic which is of the utmost importance to me. I hope you'll all read it. My comment ended up being a post all unto itself, so I've pasted it here, with some… Continue

Added by Christian Fauchald on March 12, 2009 at 2:05pm — 3 Comments

March 12, 2009

Third Party Thursday with Mark E. Berger

Mark reminds us that after all these years [1999..2009] people still recruit Java dudes.

Get Mark's entry here...Number Range Searches in Google (aka Numrange)

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Rayanne causes a chuckle quoting Joel Cheesman: "The phone is bigger than any other medium."

Check your Inbox Joel, you're sure… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 12, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Walking the Line Between "Contact" and "CyberStalking" in This New Age of Social Networking

In today's ever-evolving world of email, blackberries, iphones, twitter, ning, facebook, myspace, linkedin and a plethora of other social networking mediums, it's important to understand that although there is a lot of information readily available about people, there are still lines over which we must not cross when expanding our social networks.

I attended an all-day session of the Recruiting Roadshow that was held in Portland and sponsored by Adidas. One of the key ideas that was… Continue

Added by Nancy Ford on March 11, 2009 at 8:46pm — 1 Comment

The Real Pipeline...........

Mergers of late… and of the years past were touted to be all about the pipeline. But is the pipeline the specific compounds that have been moved forward or the physicians and scientists that created them.

I would contend that the select group of intelligent and experienced individuals, who worked so diligently to select just the right compound, are the real pipeline, the real value of pharma and biotech companies.

When the headcount reductions come who will be there rebuild the… Continue

Added by Denise Milano Sprung on March 11, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Looking with VOIP System Tester with SIP and H. 323 Experience in Middletown, NJ

Hello All,

Please see i am looking to fill this position with my Telecom Client.

Location : MIddletown, NJ

Duration : 9+ Months

Design test cases from requirements sources, design and implement test lab environment, interact with vendors to resolve MRs.

Skills :

1) Voice Service / Product Testing

2) SIP / H.323 Protocols

3) Layer 2/3 IP Networking

4) Verbal / Written communications

5) SIP / RTP Trace… Continue

Added by Sunil on March 11, 2009 at 6:55pm — No Comments

Employment During a Recession?

Employment During a Recession?

It seems the news is the same every day “Recession!” “Poor economy!” “Stock Market down!” But what can you do to make lemon-aid out of lemons during these turbulent times? Especially in regard to employment?

First let’s look at it from the employer’s perspective:

During economic good times, the best performers are quickly snapped up by those “employers of choice” who can pay higher… Continue

Added by Margie Tosch on March 11, 2009 at 5:44pm — No Comments

A kick in the BUTT is exactly what my CAREER Needed

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So on Friday my contract recruiting position ENDED and I became unemployed. During this economy, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that even the most successful companies need to take a look at their books and where it…

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Added by Heather Gardner on March 11, 2009 at 5:37pm — 2 Comments

UAW cuts hourly rate to minimum wage!

You'll believe anything!

But they did agree in negotiations with Ford to reduce it to $55 per hour with benefits.

This reminds me of a few months back when lots of Lehman Brothers software developers hit the streets and really believed they were worth the $200K+ base they were earning; when sussed out, it was clear that skill-wise they might be worthy of $100K here in NYC.

For so long the… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 11, 2009 at 4:04pm — 11 Comments

Waterboarding techniques in recruiting?

"While other forms of intelligence-gathering have benefited from research and technological advances — intelligence officers can intercept telephone and Internet communications or use satellite images to find people — interrogation has suffered from a lack of innovation. And our military lacks an elite unit of highly trained interrogators to call upon when high-level people in terrorist organizations are captured. Too often, the questioning is left to whoever is closest at… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 11, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

March 11, 2009

Claudia's Wednesday Wisdom

"Struggling" asks about success and Claudia let's them off the hook, waxing philosophical.

Read it here...Wednesday Wisdom: The Quest

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Rayanne goes classical, waxing philosophical herself by quoting:"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Sock it to me, Ray-Ray...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 11, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Don’t Hide During the Recession

How’s the view from under your desk these days? I know who you are!! Get out from under the desk. Yes, there is another recession and you’re nervous about keeping your job, yet hiding is not going to help you. Actually, it’s the worst thing that you can do. If your company doesn’t want you, can’t afford to have you -- they will find you no matter where you are. The better strategy is to make yourself a valued player and decrease the odds that you will finally be listening to recruiters when… Continue

Added by Karen Russo on March 11, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments

Recruiting Survival Kit

I wasn't thinking and ordered onions on a sandwich the other day. A couple of hours later, I could smell my own putrid breath. I almost had to work out of the bathroom to cover up my halitosis. To make matters worse, I had some meetings and a candidate was on the way. Something had to be done.

I reached for my survival kit. Actually, it’s a desk drawer stocked full of stuff. Here is what I keep and you should to: A toothbrush, toothpaste (d-uh), pressed shirt, deodorant, cologne,… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on March 11, 2009 at 10:24am — No Comments

The Quest

Dear Claudia,

I’m trying to sort something out and I’d like your thoughts about it. I’m a classic Type-A personality: I like to be in charge, and expect to succeed at everything I do. My family was pretty poor when I was growing up; my parents struggled to feed us kids, and lots of times we went without. As the oldest, I worked three jobs through high school and college to help out; it was difficult, but I graduated with honors, and eventually started working in a recruiting… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on March 11, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Is it me the one you want? Let me hear it.

Candidate: It sounds interesting, but I am not quite ready to make a move.

Recruiter: Oh, that´s too bad. Let me ask you something. Do you recall meeting someone from this firm last Friday at the conference?

Candidate: Oh yeah, what was his name...

Recruiter: Was his name Timothy Gray?

Candidate: Oh yeah, I think so, yeah... That´s the name.

Recruiter: Well, you know, his office is right across your building. He was very impressed by you. And you know what else, he is… Continue

Added by Catia Yun on March 10, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Mega Pharma.....

So here goes my first attempt to “blog” I have thought about it numerous times but was just not compelled enough to venture into this new world.

Well the news of recent days in the industry I specialize in, the pharmaceutical / biotechnology industry has compelled me to try.

The economic climate and merger as a solution mentality has now created what I am terming Mega Pharma. These new companies will be too big to be simply be called big pharma.

Will these new… Continue

Added by Denise Milano Sprung on March 10, 2009 at 8:22pm — 6 Comments

Are you wondering where the jobs are at?

In this economy, you have almost every major giant company out there putting a hard stop on bringing in new blood. Of course all the headlines are reading "cutbacks", "layoffs", "hiring freeze", you name it.

Inevitably, the job seeker is feeling motivationaly pumped out and is left wondering what is next.

What we are seeing in this downturn is a newer appreciation for us "headhunters" as we are the ones holding the cards. We have been seen as the last resort for most… Continue

Added by Jennifer Loesch on March 10, 2009 at 8:07pm — 2 Comments

Help with placing LEGAL Candidate

Hi,

I am not asking for a split it is just a favor I have a friend of a friend in the bay area (Oakland) who has an interesting legal background with a JD who would like to leave her contract position for a full time position. Here is her resume if you email me I will connect you. I do only medical but would love to see her get a non contract position. She is an outstanding candidate very educated and professional.

EDUCATION

JURIS DOCTOR , 2004

John F.… Continue

Added by Heather Phillips C.A.C. CIR on March 10, 2009 at 2:13pm — No Comments

We? Is There a Mouse in Your Pocket?

One of my biggest pet peeves and one of the biggest interviewing faux pauxs that people make is using the word "we" in an interview. As in, "Well, what WE did was build the models using SAS." We? Is there a mouse in your pocket or something? What's this we crap? I am not interviewing your company or your team, I am interviewing YOU. I want to know what YOU do. How is an interviewer to decipher between what YOU do and what your co-workers did if you keep using the term "we"? An interview is… Continue

Added by See_Jane_Recruit on March 10, 2009 at 12:04pm — 9 Comments

No, I'm not an attorney but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night

No wonder people without a JD like to play one - if convicted, "impersonating an attorney is only a misdemeanor in New York, while it’s a felony in many other states."

Remember to check those references!

Added by Steve Levy on March 10, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

March 10, 2009

Tutorial Tuesday: The Unkown Cybersleuth

Somewhere between the recursive nature of Google and "Who Killed Cock-Robin" I had an idea for a custom search engine.

Hmmm...What was I thinking?

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In conversation with Steve Levy, Rayanne reminds us that "one is the loneliest number."

Read today's post here...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 10, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments