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Waterboarding At Work?

I came across two job-related news items over the weekend that can only be classified as BIZARRE to say the least.

At first, I thought I was reading some satire the likes of which are usually seen on popular sites like The Onion, but to my surprise these were legitimate news stories.

Stories like Employee’s Suit: Company Used Waterboarding To Motivate Workers and… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 3, 2008 at 11:37am — No Comments

The Week Ahead

Cool week ahead ~ currently working on several requirements for clients in the telecom/wireless world. That will keep me busy every day, but then there's a couple more things I'm looking forward to:

Wednesday - speaking to a graduate class at DBU about recruiting and web 2.0. Love doing this - lots of questions and great discussion.

Thursday - unless you've been asleep for 2 weeks, you probably know about the… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 3, 2008 at 9:54am — No Comments

I Just Don't FIT In A Box!

I received an email the other day from LinkedIn pal, Larry Megugorac, who is a Business Development/Sales professional, saying:

“I’ve got to hand to you....I cannot figure out how a former Accountant goes into Recruiting.

Obviously being in sales before-hand helped tremendously. I always thought that Accountants were a conservative group. Recruiters only get paid when they make a successful placement right? I thought… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 2, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Feeding My Inner-Geek

Do you have an inner-geek? Boy, I sure do.

Maybe you don’t have an inner-geek, but you do have an inner-artist or an inner-writer or an inner-athlete. Whatever you have, it is very important that you keep them fed.

Back in 2002, my inner-geek had not been fed in a very long time; that is how I ended up in accounting. It started with a class that my company sent me to which was designed to teach us how to speak to C-level executives. The instructor started the class by… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 2, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Keeping the Faith, Even on the Toughest Searches

How many times have I wanted to give up just before success? It's like wanting to quit right before a runner wins the marathon. You've put forth everything you've got, or so you think, and you aren't seeing the results yet. You want to throw in the towel right before victory. I have found that one more email, one more phone call, one more hour has been the key to success. Just a little bit more. It's like those last five crunches that I just "can't" do. That's when I tell myself, "Just five… Continue

Added by Jami Lieberman on March 1, 2008 at 5:38pm — 2 Comments

Are you "shoulding" on yourself?

Have you ever taken on a job or a task because you felt you SHOULD rather than because you wanted to?

I went to a networking event earlier this week, hosted by the Association of Women MBAs (AWM). The session was a presentation by Nancy Monson, a certified Coach whose practice focuses on “individual, team and organizational leadership”.

The title of the presentation was “Living a Life… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 1, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Using Shared Experience To Build Your Network

How many experiences do you think you share with the hundreds of people you walk past on the street?

Last weekend I went to an annual road show networking event held by my high school’s alumni organization. The school is Emma Willard School, which tags itself as a “Private Independent School for Girls”. I have to say that I feel incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity (and financial aide) to attend such a fine institution at such a… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 1, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Are you waiting for Monday to "kick you in the ass"?

Do you recall a particular moment in time that caused you to change the entire course of your life? I definitely do.

A long, long time ago, at least three careers ago, I worked for the State of New York. It was my first job out of college and the job was related to my freshly minted bachelor’s degree in Media Communications. It was also a “good” job with the “good” benefits, or so I was told by my entire family who lived in the capital city area of Albany, New York.

I… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 1, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Worst States For Job Hunting

If you’re a Recruiter, a good piece was published the other day on CNN’s website regarding the worst states for job hunting that you should spend some time with.

One frequently overlooked, but critical factor in finding a new job is a state’s Unemployment Rate - - hardly a news flash to us in the Recruiting industry.

The Unemployment Rate is the percentage of job seekers in the work force who are still looking for work. The higher the percentage, the more difficult it is… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on February 29, 2008 at 12:01pm — No Comments

RecruitingBlogs.com Networking Party in Dallas (from your Roving Recruiter Reporter on the Dallas Freeways)

With only seven days to go before the inaugural "RecruitingBlogs.com Dallas Networking Party," Roving Reporter Dennis Smith unleashes the 2nd in a series of absolutely worthless video segments.

Watch to see if the sun sets before Dennis is able to get all the way through his 1:20 second… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on February 28, 2008 at 11:41pm — No Comments

3rd Party Splits - The Pro-Rata Guarantee

I have found that the simplest way to conduct split fee agreements is to operate on a Pro-Rata Guarantee. Essentially what this means is, the client holding agency disburses fees as warranty milestones pass, therefore alleviating any need to worry about chasing down other 3rd parties should the client require refund, or worse nagging 3rd parties to fulfill a replacement guarantee.

The way I have seen this work most effectively is in thirds. Supposing the average warranty time frame… Continue

Added by George Easton on February 28, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Join Chris Russell and I for The Social Media Recruiting Show

Chris Russell (JobsinPods) and I have decided to run a twice-monthly online radio show titled:

The Social Media Recruiting Show

It should be fun and interesting. You can listen in and call in to ask questions.

The goal of this program is to educate HR people and recruiters on the evolving social media landscape as it pertains to… Continue

Added by Ben Yoskovitz on February 28, 2008 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Good day everybody! I just wanted to extend this invite to all you you to connect with me on linkedin. My email is jlane@rci-together.com. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you.

Warm regards,
Jason Lane

Added by Jason Lane on February 28, 2008 at 11:36am — No Comments

Build Your Talent Pool, Strickland Style

Yes there are National skill shortages, but this national problem can only be answered locally. Every locale has its very own personality, needs, and in this case skill gaps. You weren't naive enough to think we could just start-up a national skill factory and answer the problem did you. The root of the problem is LOCAL and to answer this problem you can't expect national answers.

Hard questions...

What are you doing… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 28, 2008 at 9:51am — No Comments

Bill Gates asks, over on LinkedIn, this a.m....

Bill Gates of Microsoft fame asks, over on LinkedIn, this morning:

How can we do more to encourage young people to pursue careers in science and… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 28, 2008 at 8:20am — 2 Comments

Why Everything You Do Today, Matters Three Years From Now

My good buddy and colleague, Paul Myers (VP, Business Dev - WorldLink, Inc) convinced me that I needed to attend an HR Breakfast Briefing this morning sponsored by HR Search Firm (Levy Curry) and Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, Inc.

Breakfast - speaker - and networking ... all excellent. But it's the networking part that's had me scratching my head all day.

I was speaking with… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on February 28, 2008 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

My first blog!...How to Win

Hey fellow recruiters, this is my first blog! Thank you for checking it out. Ok, let's cut to the chase.

Let's talk about how to win in the recruiting profession. First and foremost people have to like you. If you're a jerk and only in this for yourself, you may win a few battles, but you are destined to lose the war.

So, let's say that you're the nice guy and you don't want to finish last...well being nice doesn't guarantee that your prospects will like you. They have to… Continue

Added by David Sprinkle on February 28, 2008 at 12:18am — 4 Comments

Thoughts on picking a recruiting vertical; building a new desk

What is a good vertical market to recruit in? I get asked this question every week.

However, most often the question is more a question of what I “feel” would be a good market to start a new desk specialty in.

“Donato, what do you feel a good new desk specialty would be?”

I say. “I feel like a great market would be placing sales reps in software companies that do real time data mining of contact information.”

They respond, “but Donato,… Continue

Added by Donato Diorio on February 27, 2008 at 11:52pm — No Comments

If this is how Facebook might look in 30 years, what would LinkedIn look like?

Added by M A on February 27, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Working The Workhound

UK job aggregator Workhound have been busy of late. Not content with grabbing the headlines at the turn of the year by securing 100k in funding, they have pushed out two noteworthy news items this week.

First off, Workhound is the only [contiune… Continue

Added by Julian Stopps on February 27, 2008 at 2:59pm — No Comments