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The Seduction of the LinkedIn Invite

“And you are….? And you are here because…? And you are looking for…?...”

Many years ago there was a funny skit on Saturday Night Live about an absolutely clueless - and very obnoxious, receptionist who did not recognize very recognizable celebrity characters when they arrived at his desk. The receptionist would ask multiple questions like the ones above. The skit would go on and on with the questions and answers becoming more and more ridiculous.

I often feel like that… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 15, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Sales Management 101 for a Staffing Firm

So you think you are a sales executive? Let’s qualify you as a candidate:

1. Do you love to cold call?

2. Do you understand how to develop relationships with your recruiters?

3. Do you understand how to develop relationships inside large companies once you have them as a client?

4. Are you familiar with all the procedural processes and paper work of your clients?

5. Do you regularly attend trade fairs?

6. Are you an active networker?

7. Do you reside on… Continue

Added by Gene Leshinsky on March 15, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Who Introduced You to LinkedIn?

Do you even remember who sent you the very first invitation to join LinkedIn?

I didn't.

The invitation seemed so inconsequential at the moment, I'm not sure I even gave it a second thought.

Until recently.

Without question,… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 15, 2008 at 1:25pm — 2 Comments

I need some help with "my page"

Ok, I have grown rather fond of meebo and the meebome widget. I found that I can embed the meebome widget in comments, up obviously it disappears after people leave comments for me. I tried seeing if there is a gadget, but no one has create one yet. Does anyone know of a way to have the widget permanently placed on my page? I have placed the widget in my comment section, so that you can see what it is, and if I am on, you can IM me :)

Added by Steve Sill on March 14, 2008 at 9:52pm — 3 Comments

Blogging for jobs

Hello fellow recruitingblogs.com members!

Join my new online community! www.bloggingforjobs.blogspot.com is my own personal job search blog from a recruiters perspective. I post twice weekly about tips and topics for those in the job hunt. Check out the link and join my online community by clicking below. Please leave your comments and insights.

Looking forward to connecting with you.

Cheers!

Jessica…

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Added by Jessica Miller-Merrell on March 14, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Will every recruiter eventually have access to ALL contact data?

I’ve seen several speakers recently comment on the fact that it is coming to a world where everyone has access to ALL the contact data. The concept was furthered in saying that since everyone will have all the data, the playing field will be leveled as everyone will have total access, ergo, it will come down to the ability to network as the sole determiner of success.

The second part of this concept, (ability to network) has always has been dead on. A poor salesperson or recruiter… Continue

Added by Donato Diorio on March 14, 2008 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

Join RecruitingBlogs.com Today

You can join RecruitingBlogs.com Here

RecruitingBlogs.com is a social network for the Recruiting Industry. I started this network less than a year ago and there are currently 3000 members on the site. In the last month, RecruitingBlogs.com has tripled in size.

It is my hope that after you have had a chance to take a look at RecruitingBlogs.com, you will want to… Continue

Added by Slouch on March 14, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Kevin Wheeler: Why Social Networking and Internet Search are Essential

Tips to building a more powerful practice

Thursday, March 13, 2008 | by Kevin Wheeler

I am sitting in Vermont this morning reading a local newspaper with the headline: "Vermont lost 2,000 jobs last year." But the article does not attribute this to the slowing economy; instead, it attributes it to the aging workforce.

Now, Vermont is a tiny state and certainly does not represent most of the United States. Its unemployment rate is low, its workforce a mix of… Continue

Added by Dave Mendoza on March 14, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

The Most Influential People In Online Recruitment

Who are the most influential people in the UK online recruitment market today? Is it recruiters with their significant buying power, or corporate employers with their substantial job inventories? Or is it the online publishers and job board owners who control the methods of reaching huge job seeker audiences? Actually, I think it’s job posting services and here’s why.…

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Added by Julian Stopps on March 14, 2008 at 2:34pm — No Comments

UMTS Product Manager - Global Wireless Company - Toronto

Added by Dennis Smith on March 14, 2008 at 11:23am — 1 Comment

Google's Barbie Doll recruitment approach.

I read an article today by Matt Asay, which makes me wonder if Google are turning to blatant sexual stereotyping to aid their recruiting? Surely not I hear you cry, Google exploiting certain market sectors to get what they want?

Matt mentions that one of his friends was in San Jose for a corporate event. While waiting at the Marriott, he ran into a "swarm of beautiful young girls" that were "uniform in their good… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on March 14, 2008 at 9:57am — 3 Comments

Minnesota Recruiters Group FAQ's

As posted on the MN Headhunter blog:

Over the past four weeks, the two preceding the Minnesota Recruiters (un)Conference | Winter 2008 and the two since, the number of Recruiters and HR professionals in this informal group has grown significantly.

Leading up to the event there were around 340 members and now…

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Added by Paul DeBettignies on March 14, 2008 at 8:52am — No Comments

The 10 interests/hobbies you just DON'T want to put on your CV!!

As it is a Friday and it is always good to have a laugh on Fridays I thought I would share some mad, wacky and strange ' interest's, that I have come across on CV's this week. These are all definitely classified as "don't put these interests on your CV" :

1. Chinese Folk Dancing

2. Dog Surfing (???)

3. Painting toy soldiers from the Crimea War

4. Abnormal psychology of sharks

5. Ladybirds (??)

6. Medieval Re-enactment Society

7. Vampires

8.… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on March 14, 2008 at 5:08am — No Comments

Things At Monster Are Getting Uglier…

Thanks to Cheezhead for a great post on the horrendous mismanagement at Monster. It looks like the culture of impropriety that plagued the previous senior management team is continuing unabated with the new team.

Tags: Monster, Options Backdating, Corporate Governance, Weak Corporate Governance, How To Destroy a Decent Company, Great Short Opportunities

Added by TobyDayton on March 13, 2008 at 7:12pm — No Comments

"Half of AOL's Sales Force To Be Cut"* by Henry Blodget

As you will recall, the head of Advertising.com, Lynda Clarizio, has just been promoted to run AOL's broader ad-network group, Platform A. Lynda is taking the place of Curt Viebranz, who got canned last Friday.

Lynda's first order of business, one source says, is to integrate Tacoda, Quigo, and other recent acquisitions into Advertising.com. Advertising.com has been run as a stand-alone subsidiary, with a separate ad sales force from AOL's (which caused some friction). Our tipster… Continue

Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on March 13, 2008 at 4:19pm — No Comments

AOL buys Bebo-

Mediapost - by Wendy Davis

AOL is hemorrhaging ad executives, but that hasn't stopped the company from agreeing to pay $850 million to acquire social networking site Bebo.

In a deal announced this morning, AOL said it has agreed to purchase the 3-year-old U.K.-based site, which claims 40 million worldwide members. Factoring in the number of people using its instant messaging services, AOL now can say its social network reaches 80 million unique users… Continue

Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on March 13, 2008 at 4:03pm — No Comments

SENIOR ENGINEER FLY BY WIRE NEEDED

SENIOR ENGINEER

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FLY-BY-WIRE FLIGHT CONTROLS MODEL-BASED

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… Continue

Added by Austin Dillon on March 13, 2008 at 3:06pm — No Comments

WirelessJobs.com ~ it's a community, really

Change is afoot at WirelessJobs.com. Inspired, nonetheless, by the spirit of community that I really admire here at RecruitingBlogs.com.

Yep, after four years of blogging about wireless jobs, it's time for something different. Actually, it's time for something I've been wanting to do all along.

I've had a desire to create a real community that's focused on job-search within the… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 13, 2008 at 11:43am — 1 Comment

Notable Quotable

Looking out my window this morning here in East Aurora, NY (and wondering when Spring will officially arrive!) a particular quote comes to mind:

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ”

Charles L. Allen

Seemed apprpriate for not only the current weather and climate, but also for those of us in Sales and Recruiting.

Food for… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 13, 2008 at 11:04am — No Comments