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Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase

Dave Mendoza talks with one of our members...

Dave's guest today is Kevin Plantan who is a VP at ERE Media.

It seems Dave and Kevin have a lot more in common than a passion for the industry:

You see I love Mohitos and Kevin does as well, and can appreciate my liquid toxin as a fellow colleague to pull a chair and start the conversation so that we can all…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on May 12, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

We introduced a very simple program and gave folks a one-week grace period to get with it. On Monday mornings, our HR folks check for timesheet compliance. If someone missed a day or a few hours here or there, a friendly reminder is sent to the person to correct the oversight. However, if he misses more than a day, or it is just quite obvious he didn't bother to fill out anything, he is invited to sing, "I'm a little teapot" at our next weekly staff meeting. We record the stunning… Continue

Added by Anthony J. Meaney on May 12, 2008 at 6:57am — No Comments

Meet Kevin Plantan, VP of Sales at ERE Media - King of The Mohito Handshake

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Author, SixDegreesfromDave.com

VP of Sales, ERE Media Advertising and Events

http://www.ere.net

http://www.ere.net/events

Direct: 804.262.0189

email: kevin@ere.net

Meet my friend, Kevin Plantan, Vice President at ERE Media. Each and every ERE Conference, usually after the first reception night of the… Continue

Added by Dave Mendoza on May 12, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

Fish Where the Fish Are....Got It??

Back in March, pal Jason Alba wrote a review of the book “Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream” written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Jason wrote:

“If you are NOT in a job search right now, and either worry about one or… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on May 11, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

what a proud papa i am today

a few wonderful things have happened recently in my private life that i feel i must blog about....

1. march 25, 2008 the birth of my second child, daughter hayley sarah

2. may 9, 2008 baby naming of hayley sarah in front of our congregation

3. may 10, 2008 my son benjamin woke up in the morning, came to my bedroom wearing nothing but a yankees hat he put on and said "go yankees daddy!"

being a devout yankees fan i have to say i feel compelled to move that item up… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on May 10, 2008 at 4:12pm — No Comments

May 10, 2008

That was the week that was...Week ending May 9, 2008

A round-up from the recruiting industry’s group blogs, portals and individual archives...

A nice mix of subjects, points of view, writers and bloggy things...

RecruitingBlogs.com: The Daily Column...

Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase: Meet Maren Hogan, RecruitingBlogs Cheerleader from Omaha and Professional… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on May 10, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

How to Resume for Web 2.0

Article Title: How to Resume for Web 2.0

Author Byline: Real-Time Video Job Interviews

Author Website: http://livehire.com

How to Resumes For Web 2.0

Students and job seekers are always told about their need for strong, professional resumes. In fact, dozens if not hundreds of resume resources are available to help job seekers create strong resumes and sell themselves. Today, however, the Internet and web job searches / applications have changed the purpose of the… Continue

Added by Holli Maestas on May 10, 2008 at 10:45am — 1 Comment

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Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on May 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Working from home

I have the option to work from home 2 days a week. Is working from home really the best idea? Not for me. Look, I have two daughters aged 1 and 2 years old and they keep me crazy-whoops I mean busy. Even though we have an au pair, I can still hear the child noises and it is distracting. I sort of want to play with them but then again I don't. Ahh, the dilemmas of being a working mom.

I view going into the office as a "vacation." I… Continue

Added by Naarah N Hastings on May 9, 2008 at 3:01pm — 1 Comment

Video A Long Way From Commonplace? Well, Sort Of…

http://hirevue.com/blog/?p=74

Added by Bill Allred on May 9, 2008 at 12:35pm — No Comments

What Motivates You?

Performance Advantage, Inc. recently conducted a nationwide survey of employees that asked what factors motivate them to come to work and give it their best.

The results may surprise you.

EMPLOYEES’ TOP 10 MOTIVATING FACTORS

1. Appreciation/Recognition for a job well done

2. Feeling “in” on issues

3. An understanding attitude from their… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on May 9, 2008 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

What Software Speeds Up Your Day The Most

Lifehacker has a post up asking readers about sw they use that speeds up their day most.

The comments have largely degenerated into a list of people's favorite SW (I am not sure how Firefox makes you any more productive than IE - and I am a loyal FF user)

So I thought I would throw the question out to the community and modify it somewhat: What software helps make you more productive on a… Continue

Added by Anthony J. Meaney on May 9, 2008 at 8:35am — 4 Comments

May 9, 2008

TGIS (Thank Goodness, Its Sumser!)

'Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com'

In today's post John makes a couple of interesting observations, opening with this:

May is traditionally a slow month for Recruiting communities...the avalanche of trade shows get in the way of hobnobbing with peers.

Hmmm...I'll have to leave a comment. What about you?

You can read John thought-provoking post and his post-pickings here:… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on May 9, 2008 at 7:22am — No Comments

Do or Die situation for IT recruitment consultancies in India

Do or Die situation for IT recruitment consultancies in India

Recruitment consultancy business in India is flourishing like anything. Apart from domestic consultancies the international IT recruitment companies have entered into India market for developing there business.

In metro cities almost on every main road you could find a recruitment consultancy. In all of these consultancies there would be hundreds of people working on the IT clients.

According to… Continue

Added by NADNUK on May 9, 2008 at 2:23am — No Comments

Pet Peeve #1

As if the newspapers, TV, blogosphere and airwaves are not already inundated with political ads...now at my work in box? I don't think so. On a daily basis I get political ads or messages sent to me by candidates. My response, "Please do not send political messages to my work email address. It is unprofessional." My message is pretty clear yet leaves the door open for appropriate and professional correspondence.

What would you do?

Added by Naarah N Hastings on May 9, 2008 at 1:43am — 3 Comments

Digging Into Recruitingblogs.com v1.4

May is traditionally a slow month for Recruiting communities. Actual Recruiting and the avalanche of trade shows get in the way of hobnobbing with peers. It's no surprise that the longer more thoughtful postings are a little on the light side right now.

That means it's a great time to stand out and make a name for yourself. One of the real tricks in the development of a reputation in an online community is a sense of timing. Jumping into the fray when everyone else is piling on is one…

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Added by John Sumser on May 9, 2008 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

Wherein I discuss Vurv/Taleo on Cheezhead

Read it here

Added by Martin H.Snyder on May 8, 2008 at 10:41pm — 1 Comment

Once upon a time...

there was a jobless young woman in a small town with few prospects. Okay, the time was 1998, the young woman was me and the small town was in MN. I was devestated after losing my job in leasing finance in the family business and realizing no local finance institution would hire me due to conflict of interest. It left me scared and clueless about what what direction to go in life.

My friend, Julie was interning at a international recruiting agency. I was always fascinatd by the crazy… Continue

Added by Naarah N Hastings on May 8, 2008 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Can't afford to hire locally

not hiring remotely was the most costly mistake I ever made in business. If the best person for the job is in Iowa, why was I hiring somebody in Florida who I'd end up firing six weeks later?

Added by Eric Shannon on May 8, 2008 at 5:35pm — No Comments

New not necessarily better

We’ve all seen it. Summertime is over and you head back to school and inevitably there is a new girl on that first day. Of course, everyone suddenly wants to date her and is falling all over themselves to do so. Why? It could be any number of reasons, but the real answer is that’s she’s new. That’s it, but in our society, as we all know, new is better. Ok maybe not everyone believes this, but that doesn’t stop every IT professional from pulling the high school equivalent when a new company… Continue

Added by bill martineau on May 8, 2008 at 4:14pm — No Comments