Yesterday I listened to the Animal show and he had two guests.  The first one was Bill Vick. Bill has been in the industry a long time and is very well respected in the recruiting industry.  I learned a lot from listening to him and appreciated his insight. Recruiters who have been in the game a long time, and new recruiters all took away something positive from what he said.  It is rare day when Animal and his audience are silenced and hanging on to the next word that comes out of the…

What gets you up out of bed every morning? What makes today different than yesterday? What drives you to succeed in life? What are you looking for out of life?



You could take these series of questions and answer them in a number of different ways. Your answer could be based upon your career, your family, or they could be taken into talking about your spiritual beliefs.



For the purpose of this blog, lets talk about your career. Specifically, lets talk about recruiting.…

On Wednesday, March 21st I did it.  I went on The Recruiting Animal Show.  If you listened to it, then you know both Animal and I had some pretty rough reviews and our scores had us both failing. Let me say this, listening back to it, I thought it was better than the reviews.  But hey- it is what it is.  Right? I went way out of my comfort zone to do something I had…

Today I went to the Apple outlet store in Austin. Apple has created something that is so different than anyone else. They are the pioneers. Sales people aren't paid a commission, and people are randomly walking through the store. If you need help, you ask for it. If you don't and just want to browse the store, they will gladly answer your question. There is no pressure to…

"Stand up when you talk!  Talk loudly into the phone!  Act excited when you are talking to a candidate!  I could care less what you did last night!  It is 7:00 a.m. and it is go time!  We have reqs to fill!"

Can anybody relate?  Can anyone remember?  Voice mail- forget about it.  "WILL- PICK UP ON 55, JASON- CALL ON 57, SCOTT- Jim Lewis is on…