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How a bad recruiter can ruin your deal.

I know, I know, before I get a million comments about being MIA, let me explain - I am busy damn it!

Ok, now that we've gotten that out of the way, I want to talk about a issue that is very close to my heart and should be close to all of yours - The Candidate Experience. I don't think I have to mention how crucial a positive candidate experience is in closing your deals. We've all had clients that screw up the interview process by rescheduling last minute, making the candidate pay… Continue

Added by Ragan Kellams on March 6, 2008 at 2:27pm — 3 Comments

Politics, Namecalling & the Hiring Process

Too much namecalling happening in politics. It reminds me of a story I heard about two guys who found out they were being considered for the CEO position at a major company. They managed to get word to different factions on the decision making team and, in short, thoroughly trashed each other. Since both seemed honest, both were believed. And, as you might guess, someone else was hired.

What really gets to me is how political namecalling would never pass the HR sniff… Continue

Added by Dr. Janice Presser on March 6, 2008 at 1:41pm — No Comments

This could only happen in Japan!!

Something I came across today and posted on my own blog that I thought you would all find amusing.

A Japanese marketing firm - Hime and Co has started offering 'heartbreak leave' to its employees, allowing them to take paid time off to get over a distressing break-up with a partner!! If you are in your twenties, and you 'can only' take two… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on March 6, 2008 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Score A Goal, Hit A Homerun!

Just a quick comment today.

We’re always watching to see how candidates attempt to separate themselves from their competition in the marketplace.

In fact, we’ve documented a few of these attempts and promoted them as good advice for those of you conducting a job search.

Over the course of the past two days, I noticed something that I’ve never encountered before from a candidate and I thought it was worth mentioning.

Dare I call it a… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 6, 2008 at 12:39pm — No Comments

TANDEL SYSTEMS & AERODYNE INDUSTRIES

Tandel Systems has extensive experience developing real-time aerospace and defense systems. We have the project management skills and the systems engineering capability to work with our customers to deliver fully tested real-time hardware/software capability for defense, space and civil aviation systems. We also have extensive experience with flight test systems development, independent verification and validation, and legacy systems upgrades.

Added by Austin Dillon on March 6, 2008 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Social Media Recruiting Radio - Today @ 12 noon EST

Join Chris Russell from Jobs in Pods and Ben Yoskovitz of Standout Jobs will be discussing using social media to recruit. Call in to ask questions (347-945-5971) or listen at your desk.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SocialMediaRecruiting

Added by Chris Russell on March 6, 2008 at 11:29am — No Comments

Meet Amy Richman, Sr. Director Corporate Staffing, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Part 1

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

(720) 733-2022

As a personal favor, please CLICK HERE to send Amy an invite on Linkedin. Insert her email: Amy.Richman@starwoodhotels.com

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“It was an absolute pleasure to work with such a talented industry veteran. Many people with far less illustrious achievements would sit back and revel in their accomplishments but Amy continues… Continue

Added by Dave Mendoza on March 6, 2008 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

Urgent Requirement

Hi,

I am Alex from Primus Global Services. We have an immediate opening that appears to match your profile. If you are currently available for an assignment, please go through the following Job Description and reply me with two references from your previous project and also send me your updated profile.

Description:

Information Security

Location: Dallas, TX,

ONLY CITIZENS or GC`S

Sr. Systems Analyst the… Continue

Added by alex on March 6, 2008 at 10:13am — No Comments

A Woman's World?

Boldface in Cyberspace: It’s a Woman’s Domain

A DIFFERENT FACEBOOK Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, Mary Wells and Joni Evans are four founders of wowowow.com, a new Web venture, which is scheduled to open for business on Saturday.

Going up against thriving well-established destinations like iVillage or More will be no small task. Wowowow’s chief appeal may… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on March 6, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Recruiter + Video Camera + Grad Students = Scintillating Q&A

I had the honor of speaking with a few graduate students tonight at DBU, invited by Professor Candy Hinkle (my long-time friend and consummate HR Professional).

We talked a lot about recruiting (in a web2.0 world), and the top 10 actions hiring managers can take to impact their quality of hire and cycle time in recruiting.

Everything was going just fine until we decided to have a bit of… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 5, 2008 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Things are starting to happen.

Yesterday was nothing to write about so I'll combine the 2 days into one post. I spent most of the day gathering names and numbers for marketing calls. I really didnt get much else done, where does the time go?

Today I had a few candidates to catch up with and do some general interviews. I am getting a small collection of top-notch candidates together for MPC calls.

I did manage to get a few calls out today. got a bite on the first one and am sending the candidates profile out… Continue

Added by Mark Walton on March 5, 2008 at 9:13pm — No Comments

Making up for lost time

Making up for lost time

OMG it's been a WHILE since I last wrote in here! Thanks to one of my wonderful candidates for reminding me I still have a blog! :)

Also recently I got a less than nice message about my LinkedIn profile picture, sent straight to my vmware.com account. Just want to say to whoever it was: NOT COOL! Definitely NOT appreciated! And unless you have something nice to say, find something better to do with your time instead of writing hate… Continue

Added by Yvonne Wong on March 5, 2008 at 7:39pm — No Comments

Let There Be Light!

“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive.” -- Eleanor Duse

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 AM this Sunday, March 9, 2008, as clocks move ahead by one hour.

Daylight Saving Time is the harbinger of spring for me. Days lengthen, skies brighten, moods lighten... and as spring… Continue

Added by Maya Walker on March 5, 2008 at 7:25pm — 1 Comment

Podcast 48: The Rise Of Smart Recruiting

The latest born online recruitment news podcast is out.

On the show this week: RiseSmart secures funding, TMP partners with SelectMinds and is February the new January for online recruiting?

All this news, and more, this week on… Continue

Added by Julian Stopps on March 5, 2008 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Social Networking Is Changing Fast

While speaking at John Sumser's Las Vegas Recruiting Roadshow, I mentioned how a social network for bloggers, BlogCatalog.com, was working on several applications to help streamline social networks. Last night, they launched SocialStream, which adds portability to social network data in the form of a widget.

Added by Rich on March 5, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

More hump day humor - with a recruiting twist!

How bad a mistake can you make on your resume?

Here are some real-life examples:

"My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable."

"I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.00 computor spreadsheet progroms"

"Received a plague for sales person of the year"

"Reason for leaving my last job: maturity leave"

"Wholly responsible for two failed financial institutions"

"Failed… Continue

Added by Graciela Lopez on March 5, 2008 at 1:57pm — 3 Comments

Short, good, free online training link - e-mail marketing

Here is a link to a short online training on successful e-mail marketing methods. It provides a good overview of things to consider before developing an email campaign. It was developed by MMS which markets specifically to physicians but the training is relevant to any industry. Enjoy.

www.mmslists.com/physician_list/emails_of_physicians.asp

Added by Graciela Lopez on March 5, 2008 at 1:54pm — No Comments

First Grandmaster Sourcing Challenge of 2008 [March 10th at 12:00pm EST] + More

I know many of you on Recruitingblogs last year were the most active participations in the SourceCon sourcing challenges (Particularly those OS2i Sourcers). I can not count the number of personal messages I have been receiving since SourceCon2007 in Atlanta last September asking when is the next batch of challenges coming out?

Since all you RecruitingBlog members are so special, I am here to let you know that the first challenge will go live on Monday the 10th of March at 12:00pm… Continue

Added by SourceCon Dude on March 5, 2008 at 1:29pm — 4 Comments

Hump Day Humor 3/5

Be careful what you promise your customers because you always want to make sure you can deliver and follow-through!

A door-to-door Vacuum Cleaner Salesman manages to bull his way into a woman’s home in a rural area.

“This machine is the best ever!” he exclaims, while pouring a bag of dirt over the lounge floor.

The woman says she’s really worried it may not all come off, so the Salesman says, “If this machine doesn’t remove all the dust completely, I’ll lick it… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 5, 2008 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Reach 35,000 attendees at the National Enterprise IT Show & Conference

This is the best time and the best way to recruit IT Professionals who are actively or passively looking to change jobs, locations, and companies.

At the National Enterprise IT Show & Conference every attendee will have easy access to the regional edition of USA TODAY and our bannered recruitment feature, targeting this otherwise hard-to-reach audience of active and passive candidates.

According to current surveys, the number one issue on IT… Continue

Added by Jason Lane on March 5, 2008 at 10:21am — No Comments