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Wednesday Wisdom: The Amazing Houdini Candidate

Dear Claudia,

What do you do when a candidate simply disappears? It’s happened to me twice this month: I screen them up front, they’re all excited about the opportunity, they go to the interview…and then nothing. No returned calls, no emails about taking another job, nothing. It's hard enough to find good candidates at all these days, what can I do to keep this from happening again?

Feeling Cheap in St. Louis

Dear Feeling Cheap,

It sucks to… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on April 9, 2008 at 7:30am — 4 Comments

Diversity Recruiters: Interesting Article about College Attendance

From my University of Chicago Alumni Magazine comes the following research article about four-year-college enrollment amongst diversity candidates. The lessons can be applied, as well, to recruiting.

When Dreams Aren't Enough: What Keeps High-Schoolers from College

Only 59 percent of Chicago high-schoolers who aspire to a four-year college actually apply--and fewer still enroll. In a three-year study released in March, SSA professor Melissa Roderick reports that many… Continue

Added by Tom Beck on April 8, 2008 at 10:54pm — No Comments

Greetings fellow recruiters

It seems as though so many want a piece of us all these days and we have to carefully pick and choose where we commit our time. Today I finally acted on Dave Mendoza's strong urging to join recruiting.blogs.com. Actually it was more like threat-o-gram, but very effective even without the possibility of getting hurt and knowing Dave isn't a menacing type guy. But no way would I want him to give up on me and throw me out like week-old trash, like his last message eluded. Up until now, it was a… Continue

Added by Paul Brown on April 8, 2008 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Recruiting.com

When I sold the domain name Recruiting.com to Jobster two years ago or so, I never really thought I would see the day where the opportunity may present itself to maybe somehow buy it back.

Now I have no indication at all from Jobster that they are looking to sell the domain name but they know that I am interested in getting that name back and into the hands of… Continue

Added by Slouch on April 8, 2008 at 5:00pm — 14 Comments

"If You Were An Animal, What Kind Would You Be?" - When You Hear This Question, Get Up And Leave The Room Immediately!

So the interview is going well - You're in top management and have led behavioral interviews in the past. All indications are that you're knocking it dead . . . and then the person on the other end of the line (or across the table) drops a bomb:

"If you were an animal, what kind would you be?"

OR

"If you came back to life as an animal, which would you come back as?"

OR

"If you were to by chance, be reincarnated, would there be an animal you'd like to come… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 8, 2008 at 1:25pm — 12 Comments

Sharp HealthCare Rehab Services Open House 4/30/2008

Sharp HealthCare has been a leading provider of rehabilitation services for over 40 years. Become a part of our team by attending our rehab open house event. We have job opportunities for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, per diem certified occupational therapy assistants (COTAs) and per diem speech therapists.

Date and Time

Wednesday, April 30

7:30 am to 1 pm

3 pm to 6 pm

Location

Sharp HealthCare Corporate… Continue

Added by Michael Peterson on April 8, 2008 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Premium Auditor

I am currently recruiting for part and full time premium auditors nationwide. If you are interested in learning more about this oportunity please forward your resume to jodi.robinson@olsi.net.

Please visit our website at www.olsi.net

Added by Jodi Robinson on April 8, 2008 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Where Talent Acquisition, General Patraeus, Sourcing, and "The Surge" Intersect . . .

Talent Acquisition departments, particularly those that have a segmented Soucing function (parent-child relationship), may stand to benefit from the briefing of General Petraeus to Congress today regarding progress in Iraq, notably the "Surge". Why? Because an underlying issue that confounds Talent Acquisition is the same elephant in the room that all Statisticians (and literally at the very moment I write this… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 8, 2008 at 12:49pm — 3 Comments

10 Tips to Beef up Employee Referrals and Win the War for Talent

So you’re the CEO of a company and you need to beef up recruiting. You can always take the easy way out and just pawn it off on recruiting or HR, but in this ultra-competitive landscape that’s unfortunately just not going to net you the best people. In today’s marketplace, where great candidates have options up to their eyeballs and are well-paid and well-retained, leaders need to ensure they are doing everything in their power to make sure their company is attracting all of the top candidates… Continue

Added by BINC Search on April 8, 2008 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Career adults please

I’m sorry, but in working a recent recruiting effort for a mid-level developer I’ve run across a string of applicants that while their age indicates adulthood, their career actions precludes them from inclusion.

Understand this isn’t a bias that I have against younger generations as this is about how your actions show the world what’s important to you (quote of the day), and by no means am I saying that these people aren’t responsible human beings in other aspects of their lives.… Continue

Added by bill martineau on April 8, 2008 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

Notable Quotable

This one comes to us today from Jeb’s Blog by Sales Gravy…

“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to excellence.”

Sadly, many people are jealous of (some even hate) anyone who wants to be or achieve more and they will do almost anything to bring everyone down to their level.

Because of their own mediocrity and failure these people discourage success.

This is why it’s absolutely… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on April 8, 2008 at 10:32am — No Comments

back after two weeks and.....

i returned to the office after being out for two weeks due to the birth of my child and i must say times have changed. when my son was born, i didn't have access to email while out of the office. it seemed as though i spent at least a day and a half answering email and voicemails. technology has certainly made things easier for situations like this. i took only a few moments each day while out of the office to answer/forward/delete emails and voicemails. as a result, yesterday was a breeze and… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on April 8, 2008 at 8:22am — No Comments

Background Check Yourself by Using Digg and Other Social Media Sites

Digg and other social news sites are very popular web services that are used by millions of people. People submit stories and they are voted on by other members, they can also make comments on these stories. Unfortunately if your company is in the public eye some of these stories can be bad PR for your company or even your company leadership. You may even have an internal leak posting stories about your company. So, how do you track down the source of these PR nightmares or determine what… Continue

Added by Todd Moss on April 8, 2008 at 8:05am — 1 Comment

April 8, 2008

Tutorial Tuesday

Teach something, learn something...

Our very own Maureen Sharib, telephone names sourcer and trainer, has mastered a piece of the recruiting process that is often misrepresented, misunderstood, poorly applied and too often poo-pooed by recruiting 'purists.'

Maureens's has built a burgeoning practice generating leads for, well, you name it, Maureen's sourced it! The living proof that… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 8, 2008 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

The Hidden Beauties Of Dysfunctional Recruiting Teams!

The beauty of a dysfunctional team at the Office is . . .

That despite it all, things still find a way to get done. I mean, how many times have we seen a team of buddies that all loved one another, and spent nearly every minute of every day together . . . but couldn't collaborate together to change a lightbulb if they needed to?

Sure, there's probably a happy medium (well, not probably), but before we lower the gavel on dysfunctional teams, let's keep one thing in… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 7, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Add your 'interactive' Linkedin profile

I use Linkedinabox to display my Linkedin profile and have added this to my page. Follow the link to get the code; if it takes you more than 2 minutes you've got it wrong!!

Have fun...

Added by Peter Gold on April 7, 2008 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

Virtual Technical Recruiter

Hello

I am a very broad technical recruiter who has worked from my home office filling positions on a contract / hourly plus bonus basis for the past four years. I have had agency and contract recruiting experience for over 15 years I work nationally and am interested in recruiting assignments. My strengths are sourcing passive candidates and internet research of hard to find candidates. My most recent assignment in 2008 was sourcing, recruiting and screening qualified SAP professionals… Continue

Added by Sharon Syfrett on April 7, 2008 at 2:04pm — 1 Comment

Privacy 2.0

You knew it was bound to happen. You just knew it. As cool as Google Street View is, it had to cross the line somewhere. Somewhere appears to be… Continue

Added by Katie Tierney on April 7, 2008 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Affiliate Marketing Conferences

Affiliate Marketing conferences for Southern California, April 26 / May 17 / June 14 - Anaheim, CA.

Actually the main reason of this event, it's viral marketing online and exponential sales (as all of us need it).

We bring together, affiliates, marketers, merchants and media, to share them experience and services, to facilitate and accelerate closing marketing deals or even start Joint Ventures.

The seats are limited of course, so be sure to register early, before the event… Continue

Added by Lisa Simpkins on April 7, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

AmyBeth Hale needs your help!

Take a survey to help AmyBeth compile results related to research/sourcing for her presentation on how to use research effectively (we’re ALL interested in that, right?) in June at the Fordyce Forum in Las Vegas.

Results of this survey will be revealed at The Fordyce Forum in Las Vegas, June 4-6.

Go… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on April 7, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments