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Wednesday Wisdom: Hair of the Dog

Claudia,

If a candidate is very hairy on the chest and back, should they just shave right down every day to below their collar line?

Recruiting Animal

This question actually came up on last week's radio show with a hilarious response by guest recruiter Joshua Letourneau...check out my music list for the audio clip, provided for your listening pleasure courtesy of the… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on April 15, 2008 at 8:30pm — 29 Comments

Tax day...I filed on time this year!!!

Last year wasn't a fluke for me...I did it again...I filed my taxes on time this year! This may not seem like a great feat, but I used to be notorious for procrastinating on my taxes and filing an extension.

What's been the difference for me, you ask? Well, I got married in 2005 and my wife was not about to let me procrastinate and let the government keep our refund (yes we got one again, which means I need to adjust my W4...). My wife holds me accountable and I love her for it… Continue

Added by David Sprinkle on April 15, 2008 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Recruiting Using Craigslist

If you’re currently not using Craigslist as one of your online recruiting channels, you’re missing out on a great opportunity to find candidates. Guy Kawasaki agrees in the extraordinary effectiveness of Craigslist, read about his experience with posting jobs.

For those that are unfamiliar, Craigslist (as defined by Wikipedia) is a centralized network of… Continue

Added by Nicole St.Martin on April 15, 2008 at 2:45pm — No Comments

Why won't you call me back??!!

Maybe it's just me, but my Sales 101 class told me that if you leave a message 80% of the time you're not going to get a call back. Rather than listen to our team lament about how people don't call back I decided to ask a few pointed questions. Question one was "are you making more than one attempt?" and their answer told me I didn't need to ask any more questions. So I implemented a procedure using our ATS to increase our call back hits & wanted to share it with you.

First off,… Continue

Added by Dave Templeman on April 15, 2008 at 2:43pm — 1 Comment

Notable Quotable

“When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges…”

Jack Handy (American Writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1991-2003; Famous for his “Deep Thoughts” sketches)

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on April 15, 2008 at 11:19am — No Comments

April 15, 2008

Tutorial Tuesday

Teach something, learn something...

Chris Russell, President of AllCountyJobs.com LLC, is one of the Recruitosphere's original innovators. He has a number of grounbreaking projects under his belt including the original RecruitingFly and Jobs in Pods. Chris is widely respected for pushing the online recruiting envelope. He uses common sense tactics and strategies, social… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 15, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

ACSESS May 7 -9/2008

Is anyone going to be attending the ACSESS 10th Anniversary Conference in Toronto? May 7 - 9/08? I am going to be there, so I look forward to meeting any that may be attending!

Added by Alisha Smith on April 15, 2008 at 12:40am — 6 Comments

Why shy people make great networkers

Article Title: Why shy people make great networkers

Author Byline: Lindsey Pollak is a college campus speaker and author of "Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World" (HarperCollins, 2007)

Author Website: http://www.lindseypollak.com/blog

Shy people often ask me, "How can I overcome my shyness to become a better networker?"

There are definitely some good strategies for overcoming shyness--join… Continue

Added by Holli Maestas on April 14, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Podcast 53: Ups And Downs Of Online Recruitment

The latest born digitial recruiting podcast is out.

On the show this week: online advertising in the UK rockets, Forrester reports career sites are failing job seekers and HayMarket announces two new job boards.

Why not subscribe to the weekly show -…

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Added by Julian Stopps on April 14, 2008 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Talent Technology Webinar - Sponsored Post

Sometimes Monday morning my brain does not work right and what i think is correct is not.

I sent an email to the network this morning with the wrong link to a great webinar that TalentTechnology is putting on. I then relized I inserted a bad link. I resent an email to everyone and then realized I put 10 pm instead of 10 am EST.

Here is the correct correct link to visit to sign up for the… Continue

Added by Slouch on April 14, 2008 at 1:48pm — 1 Comment

Webinar 4/15: How Video Innovation Solves Hiring Challenges

HireVue is excited to take part in the 2nd webinar of the Checkster Innovation Series. Click here to sign up. We'll be discussing how innovations in video technology solve the most pressing challenges that recruiters and hiring managers face, such as:

Competing in a global talent market
Recruiting specialized talent
Combating rising time-to-hire and…

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Added by Bill Allred on April 14, 2008 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Social Networking

Call me old fashioned, but I don't have a MySpace page. I started one several years ago to blog on, but closed it because I just didn't find any value in a professionally focused MySpace page. That also was about the time I ran into LinkedIn which to me was a more valueable professional networking tool. So I'm just scratching the surface of the Web 2.0 scene outside LinkedIn - a rookie if you will. That's why I'm going to get involved in more blogging and reading this site, ERE.net,… Continue

Added by Dave Templeman on April 14, 2008 at 12:42pm — No Comments

<b>How long does it take to find a new role and how do you stay sane in the interim?</b>

Coming soon:
How long does it take to find a new role and how do you stay sane in the interim?

Added by Margot@avondalesearch.com on April 14, 2008 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Recruitment and Social Media

My interview with Bill Vick on ExtremeRecruiting.TV. Bill's developing a great series of videos on the recruitment space and the role of technology.…

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Added by Susan Burns on April 14, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

How effective is it to keep in touch with recruiters who only work on a retained basis?

Excellent question posed by another senior exec in my network: During an active job search, how effective is it to keep in touch with recruiters who only work on a retained basis? The key part to this question is “an active job search” as opposed to “keeping in touch”

This has nothing to do with you (!) by the way. As I’m sure you know, though, active job seekers frustrate easily and, on the other hand, retained recruiters are trying to fill positions at the same time they’re… Continue

Added by Margot@avondalesearch.com on April 14, 2008 at 9:12am — No Comments

social networking at its finest.....

i am fascinated how ibm always seems to find a way to re-invent themselves over the years. many people do not even know that they are not manufacturing machines anymore (for the most part). the company is primarily a consulting company thanks to louis gerstner who transformed the company through a very trying period in the 90s.

while watching the masters this weekend,… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on April 14, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

April 14, 2008

Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase

Dave Mendoza talks with one of our members...

For those of you who are not Mendoza groupies the fact that he is in Australia presenting at the AustralAsian Talent Conference may have passed you by. Somewhere across multiple time zones your Editor has misplaced this morning's post. Oops, sorry.

If nothing else I am resourceful! So, from the… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 14, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

BountyJobs.com New 'STATS' - Any Thoughts???

Anyone who knows me is pretty well aware that I'm not a huge fan of online VMS (Vendor Mgmt System) solutions because of the inefficiencies they create. I'm sure you know what I mean -- most organizations allocate their most low-level recruiters, HR admins, or worse, Contract Recruiters, to managing this channel. But I'll be honest that I was sold on BountyJobs claim to fix what was broken with the other "usual suspect" VMS players when I was asked by a founder if "I was a Recruiter" at the… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 13, 2008 at 6:48pm — 1 Comment

Selecting an ATS

I've seen a lot of questions recently about selecting an ATS and thought I would share an article I wrote a few years ago (2003, I believe) since much is still relevant - and what's not is good for a nostalgic chuckle. Unfortunately, it may also reveal how little has changed with ATS technology. The focus was on employment branding but I always saw this as being intricately linked to the ATS - selection and deployment. When this was written I was heading up employment initiatives and college… Continue

Added by Susan Burns on April 13, 2008 at 4:58pm — 3 Comments

do you post jobs to craigslist?

what's your experience using craigslist for recruiting? i'm trying to figure out what the rise of free classifieds means for job boards.

my own experience with craigslist has been very mixed. but then so have results from various job boards i've used....

Added by Eric Shannon on April 13, 2008 at 4:19pm — 1 Comment