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I won't blame them for their ignorance

Being on the corporate side I have both enjoyed the benefits and suffered the frustrations of working directly with hiring managers. I find that the two are very closely related, though, and I have the ability to impact some the of trouble areas. In fact, I feel it is my responsibility in order to be productive and effective in my job.

I speak of the responsibility to educate hiring managers as to what the heck I actually do as a recruiter. Even though the managers and I are on the… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on April 17, 2009 at 4:17pm — 1 Comment

Recruiting is Like Dating, How to Make Pop Culture and Business Meet

I was recently sitting at my desk, going through the day as I normally would, shifting through the endless sea of resumes that covers my desk, interviewing, responding to emails, and the quintessential duties of a devoted recruiter as I suddenly had a crazy idea. Why not compare recruiting to dating? I mean there are some serious similarities when you really look at the breakdown of human capital management, our fancy politically correct term for how to find the right talent for your company.… Continue

Added by Krista Ardhuerumly on April 17, 2009 at 4:05pm — No Comments

The Eagle Has Landed

Following an exciting month of March Madness filled with exciting opportunities I have made the decision to join Albin Engineering in San Jose as a Partner and Vice President of Sales/Marketing. Our firm focuses on Innovative Technology Services and staffing solutions. I have been busy getting to know my new team this week.

With three offers on the table I made the decision to join the Albin team for several reasons including to stay located… Continue

Added by Craig Silverman on April 17, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

The Client Side - Building Strong Client Relationships. How do you do it?

Last week I touched on the subject of building a strong client base and how it is definitely, without question, a relationship thing. Over the course of the week a couple of conversations brought to mind the need to extend the subject to how it is done. Building strong relationships is a process. For me, it's a long term process, but I realize that there are all sorts of perspectives on how to go about this, what traits and what actions contribute to successfully building strong relationships… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on April 17, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Exit Interviews

Whether due to a layoff, a firing, or a voluntary separation exit interviews tend not to be very enjoyable. Generally speaking people don't line up to be the company punching bag when an employee sounds off about what upset him/her enough to leave, or how he/she feels about being released. That said, I think as recruiters we need to be the ones making ourselves available for these sessions.

In many cases it was us who brought the employee on in the first place, so it is appropriate… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on April 17, 2009 at 11:59am — 7 Comments

LinkedIn tag in your signature

Does anyone know how to add LinkedIn with their logo to my signature?
thanks
Dawn Williams

Added by Dawn Williams on April 17, 2009 at 10:43am — No Comments

Citigroup Surprise?

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/17/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm?postversion=2009041706

I am not surprised they showed a profit (finally.) They laid off a ton of people and are lending "conservatively."

Added by See_Jane_Recruit on April 17, 2009 at 9:22am — No Comments

Hear Dave Graziano and Maureen Sharib “model” the phone sourcing process.

Hear Dave Graziano and Maureen Sharib “model” the phone sourcing process.

If you want to HEAR what a real-time telephone sourcing experience is like – visit the “black box” (half-way… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on April 17, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Speaking in Seattle

On April 27th I will be in Seattle speaking in front of the national conference of the Society of Neurologists on life after retirement.

Added by Art Koff on April 17, 2009 at 8:05am — No Comments

How to Handle "The Offer"

Alright, you have cleared all the hurdles and the company calls you and wants to tender an offer. How should I handle this?

Well, most of the time the person authorized to offer you a job will give a verbal offer over the phone. Basically it will be a high level summation of the offer:

Job Title
Base Salary
Bonus Plan
Anticipated Start…

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Added by Bill Meirs on April 17, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Job Search Tips for the Older Worker

As the economy continues to dwindle in many corners of the world, many older people are coming out of retirement to return to work or delaying retirement altogether.

Many people are worried they won't find a job because of their age, and older people are often the first to be fire. However, the older-than-50 demographic has been successful as of late in finding work. Click here for job search listings.

The following are some… Continue

Added by Cheezhead on April 16, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

The procrastination of the job search ...seminar

No, I'm not looking for a new job. I like where I am, and I'm reasonably secure, so I'm sticking around.

However, about a month ago, I looked into offering a job searching seminar at one of the local library branches. It seemed like a good idea (which came from the owner), so I contacted the library. Well, within days I had set up a meeting at the library, selected an appropriate room (well, auditorium), booked dates (as my little seminar turned into three three-hour long seminars in… Continue

Added by Jonathan McLeod on April 16, 2009 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Check out Coach Colette on Blog Talk Radio on Sunday

Hello Recruiters!

Blog Talk Radio is hosting “What’s Your WOW! Factor?” featuring “Coach Colette” Ellis on Sunday, April 19, 2009 from 6pm to 6:30pm EDT. Join Annemarie Cross and Keith Keller of Career Communiqué Radio as they interview “Coach Colette” LIVE all the way from Australia!

She’ll discuss how to leverage your strengths and "create a buzz" about your accomplishments, and how you can position yourself for new opportunities to achieve your career and… Continue

Added by Colette Ellis on April 16, 2009 at 2:21pm — No Comments

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Linkedin:: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yadavdeepak

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IT Contracting Network:: http://itcontract.ning.com/profile/Deepak1209

Available Requirements with me: http://jobswithdeepak.wordpress.com/

LinkedIn Group:: JOBS WITH RECRUITERS… Continue

Added by Deepak on April 16, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Confidence for Sale?

I read a recent article about the art of confidence and how one is to garner it. Take a look at the post on The Career Encouragement blog. I noticed as I was reading the post that places together a quick list of ways to gain self confidence that something was missing. The list of ways to gain self confidence did not cover what I think is the number 1 reason and… Continue

Added by Jason Monastra on April 16, 2009 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

TalentSpring Secures $1.6 Million

Seattle, Wash. – April 10, 2009 – Seattle-based TalentSpring, Inc. announces that its open funding

round, where it secured $1.6 Million in investment from Second Avenue Partners and private investors, is

now closed. The funding has enabled TalentSpring to bring its revolutionary semantic-search technology

to the $10 Billion talent acquisition industry. After two and half years in development, TalentSpring is

currently piloting its SaaS talent sourcing service to more than 50… Continue

Added by Alex Greene on April 15, 2009 at 10:53pm — 3 Comments

Time. Use It Wisely!

One of the most critical Success Principles is using your time wisely. While squandered money can sometimes be replaced, wasted time is gone forever.

The pace at which the world is moving seems to be increasing exponentially: we now have the tools to monitor a universe of information continuously – companies buying and selling; changes of ownership; economic ups and downs; the war on terrorism; the war for talent; the war on drugs; natural disasters; racial tension; campus massacres,… Continue

Added by Margaret Graziano on April 15, 2009 at 9:46pm — 1 Comment

SR. SAP ABAP CERTIFIED RESOURCE AVAILABLE WITH ME ... HAVING 10 YEARS OF SAP EXPERIENCE

This is Sravan working with Globaltek Inc as a Business development Manger. Please assist me in placing my SAP ABAP consultant. He is certified and has 10 years of experience. I request all of you can help me out in placing my consultant for a Contract spot . Please contact me at 908-821-9714 or mail me the requirements to datha@globaltek-inc.com . Your help is really appreciated. Please please help me in getting my Rock star busy with some project.....Thanks in advance and have a… Continue

Added by Sravan on April 15, 2009 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Who is Elliott and what type of employment relationships do we offer our workforce?

It could be because most of our work force is self managed...it could be that aunts, uncles, parents and children and multiple generations work at Elliott (when we talk about family sometimes we mean it literally)...it could be the down to earth VP's who's entry level careers and countless hours have paid off as they provide the necessary leadership and produce results. Personally I think the turnover metrics says it best, with less than 1% annually turnnover Elliott Company is able to back…

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Added by Penny Sciore Sweigart on April 15, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments