February 2008 Blog Posts (152)

Just Another Recruiter...Not!

Oh, boy! Another day, another site, another blog, another post, another recruiter.

Nope, not JUST another recruiter! This member, Member #1651, aka Maya Walker, is on sabbatical from the 9-5, or the 8-6, or the 24-7. For as everyone here knows only way too well, the work of recruiting never ends.

Here, you can relate to…

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Added by Maya Walker on February 9, 2008 at 3:11pm — 4 Comments

Jump & Jive Talent - Strive to Be In Awe

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

(720) 733-2022

Watching this level of talent made me celebrate life today. There is always someone bigger, better, more talented than you - I know that in my own day to day, the question is what are you going to do about it to

Excel? My ham strings however cede excellence to the gentleman crew…

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Added by Dave Mendoza on February 8, 2008 at 7:15pm — No Comments

Heather's Twittering...

I just discovered this cool site called Twitter.

I'm not sure if I should write "I'm Twittering... I Twitter... I am a Twit" or what. About a Month ago, a friend invited me to follow them on www.twitter.com. At first glance, it seemed fun, but I had no idea how to get started or what value it could offer me as a busy recruiter.

Then, it hit me and I signed up too.

A couple of my friends are…

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Added by Heather Gardner on February 8, 2008 at 1:36pm — 17 Comments

Webinar On Using Social Media To Improve Employee Referrals

The Human Capital Institute is having me host a webinar on February 19th to cover the topic of social networking in improving employee and recruiting referrals.

One of the topics I'll be covering is Ning Social Networks, and of course I'll be talking about Recruitingblogs.com.

If you're curious, the link is here - It's Tuesday the 19th at 12:00 p.m. CST.

Added by Jim Durbin on February 8, 2008 at 12:02pm — 1 Comment

Do You Want to Change The Recruiting Industry For the Better? How?

Jason Davis put this new question into your profile and I encourage all of you to answer it! This is a GREAT QUESTION, Jason!

Sourcers! Don't be left out. Get listed in 2008 Book of Sourcers!

http://tinyurl.com/3yuoju

Do something today you don't think you can do.

Maureen Sharib

Telephone Name Sourcer/MagicMethod Trainer

513 899 9628

TechTrak.com, Inc.

maureen at namesourcer.com

http://www.techtrak.com

NameSourcer blog:… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 8, 2008 at 11:33am — 4 Comments

Fast Growth at RecruitingBlogs.com and Happy Birthday Dave Mendoza

The last few days at RecruitingBlogs.com central have been a lot of fun. Essentially it’s just me in my red office with a phone a computer and some nice art work on the walls.

This week 4 companies agreed to be a sponsor for a networking event that RecruitingBlogs.com is putting on at the MGM February 28^th. Dave…

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Added by Slouch on February 8, 2008 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Namaste, Cisco!

On the Radar: Friday, February 8th, 2008

Off the WRAL Local Tech Wire:

Cisco Looks to Train 360,000 Engineers

Cisco’s visionary John Chambers foresees global demand for high-speed networking, video conferencing and other net technologies exploding over the next few years. And the networking giant’s chairman/CEO is ramping up training efforts to meet expected need for engineers to install, maintain and run…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on February 8, 2008 at 7:55am — No Comments

Cooperation With Recruiters

I have been working in a sales capacity throughout Asia for over 25 years. I have a vast amount of connections at every level within the Semiconductor Industry. If there any recruiters out there who would like to collaborate or receive my assistance in any way I would welcome their contact. During my career I have been an expat in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore and Spain. I have worked in all the Asian regions that have a semiconductor base including China, Japan, Thailand. My…

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Added by Jimmy Riddle on February 8, 2008 at 3:56am — No Comments

Social networks see Web traffic declines

On the Radar: Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Interesting read in the Minnesota Daily:

The bubble of social networks is starting to burst.

Research released from Internet research firm ComScore Jan. 23 confirmed that the top two social networks, Facebook and MySpace, both saw their traffic decline by double-digit percents.

The research, conducted in November and December, surveyed browsing habits of more…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on February 7, 2008 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Meet Tiffany Peery, Senior Technical Recruiter at Intel, Part 2

y Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

(720) 733-2022

Tiffany’s Email

Linkedin Profile

Connect with Tiffany

(C) 602-430-2737…

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Added by Dave Mendoza on February 7, 2008 at 8:50pm — No Comments

Standout Jobs is Happy to Sponsor RecruitingBlogs.com Networking Event in Vegas

Just wanted to extend my thanks to Jason - RecruitingBlogs.com is a great resource and he's been a big supporter of Standout Jobs. And I'm very happy to be sponsoring the Networking Event in Vegas. I think it's a good way for people in the space to connect at a grassroots level - and that includes the Recruiting Roadshow.

I hope to be there. And here's our brief announcement on our small participation:…

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Added by Ben Yoskovitz on February 7, 2008 at 4:11pm — 1 Comment

The Politics of Sales Professionals (Yes, Recruiters Too!)

February may give birth to “Super Tuesday” each year, but there’s another political process that takes place 365 days a year in corporations across the globe that is equally interesting to me.

Of course, I’m referring to the politics of Sales Professionals (and…

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Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on February 7, 2008 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Coming Aboard!

I joined this site because of an invitation by someone from SixDegrees at LinkedIn.com.

You can see my company here:

http://trantor.ca

You can see my (rather ancient) personal site here:

http://truebob.com

I exist in a number of other places on the Internet, have written articles,

etc. It is easy to find me with "Google" and find out what is going

on with me.

I am very much hoping to get myself…

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Added by Bob Trower on February 7, 2008 at 11:15am — 1 Comment

2008 Book of Sourcers

Lately I've been getting lots and lots and lots of requests to refer sourcers to recruiters and companies looking for sourcers/researchers. I've decided to publish a book - it's going to be called "The Book of Sourcers" and if you'd like to be listed in it as a sourcing provider for 2008 send me the following:

Name

Company Name

Website

Title

Telephone

Fax

Street Address

City/State/Zip

E-mail Address

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Added by Maureen Sharib on February 7, 2008 at 9:01am — 1 Comment

Not many people love (or even like!) their jobs?

There was a discussion over on LinkedIn a couple weeks ago where Doug H asked,

“Why do people write angry emails at work?” There were several answers posted but this one, by Ray H, caught my attention:

“Not many people love their jobs...most dislike their job, feel unappreciated and underpaid. Although they may be good at their job, they don't like doing it. Others like their job, but aren't that good at it…”

Do you agree with this assessment? If so, what do you see as… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 7, 2008 at 8:01am — No Comments

What blogs do you follow?

What blogs do you follow, I mean, REALLY follow, that consistently bring you information that you can use in your practice? Or do you follow any at all? Who are the leading-edge thinkers in this business?
******
Do something today you don't think you can do.

Maureen Sharib
Telephone Name Sourcer/MagicMethod Trainer
513 899 9628
http://www.techtrak.com
My NameSourcer blog: http://tinyurl.com/33qezt

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 7, 2008 at 7:58am — No Comments

What three things do you most want in your life?

Are any of them in conflict with each other? If so, how do you see this resolving?

******
Sourcers! Don't be left out. Get listed in 2008 Book of Sourcers!
Do something today you don't think you can do.

Maureen Sharib
Telephone Name Sourcer/MagicMethod Trainer
513 899 9628
TechTrak.com, Inc.
maureen at namesourcer.com
http://www.techtrak.com

NameSourcer blog: http://tinyurl.com/33qezt

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 7, 2008 at 7:56am — No Comments

Outsourcing research of Passive Candidates

Outsourcing is the real mantra of today's market. Recruitment process outsourcing is billion dollar industry. The wise way to outsource is to outsource some non core functions to India. Virtual Cyber Technology is one of the leading recruitment process outsourcing firm based in India. Outsourcing Passive search, data entry, job postings, email management, job board search to Virtual Cyber Technology could save you 50%-60% of the total cost per hiring.

Added by Vikas on February 7, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

Online Job Advertising Up In January (Just)

Recruitment advertising in the UK crept up in January, according to the born Job Advertising Index, but only just. The index experienced only a one point rise, up to 90 points from 89 points in December. Surprised? I was.

I’d expected to see a far more significant…

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Added by Julian Stopps on February 7, 2008 at 3:55am — No Comments

Oh Brother, Big Brother lacking in intelligence?

On the Radar: Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

From InformationWeek:

In keeping with its mandate to gather intelligence, the CIA is watching YouTube.

U.S. spies, now under the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), are looking increasingly online for intelligence; they have become major consumers of social media.

"We're looking at YouTube, which carries some unique and honest-to-goodness intelligence," said Doug…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on February 6, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments