Amitai Givertz's Blog – March 2009 Archive (16)

March 31, 2009

Above the Fold

Recruiting software that users want to use and gets...high productivity? No Web 1.0 blues. Is this crazy-talk?

Read Michael Johnson today...Why User Interface Matters

Tutorial Tuesday

You mean you can search for stuff on something other than Google. Mo' crazy talk?

Read Glen Cathey...… Continue

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March 30, 2009

Above the Fold

When it comes to managing the message one wonders if the tail isn't wagging the dog, or something like that.

Read Rich Becker on the front page...Be careful what you believe about Social Media

Mendoza's Monday Member Showcase

And on the subject of dogs, where are have all the smart recruiters gone?

Read...… Continue

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March 20, 2009

TGIS [Thank Goodness, It's Sumser!]

John continues to beat the drum, drumming in common sense. Harder, louder! Life is deaf!

Dig in...Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.11 Spam Police

Bonus Track

Kamchatka -- ATTACK!

Kamchatka, wah?...The Butterfly Effect: A Discovery… Continue

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March 18, 2009

Claudia's Wednesday Wisdom

Today Claudia counsels "Jobless" about paying it forward and paying the bills to get back in the groove as a recruiter.

Sad but true...When the Recruiter Becomes the Candidate

Bonus Track

Rayanne breaks it down into a five-step "get real" thingie.

Get real...… Continue

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March 17, 2009

Tutorial Tuesday with Kelly Dingee

Kelly suggests diversity in recruiting for diversity. makes sense to me.

Read...Taking your Diversity Sourcing further...don't just post a job...

Bonus Track

Do you listen to what you know you want and then get it [or is it the other way round?]

Pay attention class...… Continue

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March 16, 2009

Mendoza's Monday Member Showcase

Here's a guy who demonstrates you need to know very little to get hired as a recruiter and how it helps if you want to stay as one.

Read...Meet Scott Wilde, Sourcing & Diversity Specialist at American Family Insurance

Bonus Track

Today Rayanne reflects on the virtues of keeping a secular sabbath, or was that… Continue

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March 13, 2009

TGIS [Thank Goodness, It's Sumser!]

Having been stirring the pot for two weeks, today John goes for shaking it up.

Sorry, no Nun jokes...Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.10: Sourcing Dead, Horse Lives

Bonus Track

Rayanne in reflective mode? Ah, if only...

Enjoy...… Continue

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March 12, 2009

Third Party Thursday with Mark E. Berger

Mark reminds us that after all these years [1999..2009] people still recruit Java dudes.

Get Mark's entry here...Number Range Searches in Google (aka Numrange)

Bonus Track

Rayanne causes a chuckle quoting Joel Cheesman: "The phone is bigger than any other medium."

Check your Inbox Joel, you're sure… Continue

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March 11, 2009

Claudia's Wednesday Wisdom

"Struggling" asks about success and Claudia let's them off the hook, waxing philosophical.

Read it here...Wednesday Wisdom: The Quest

Bonus Track

Rayanne goes classical, waxing philosophical herself by quoting:"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Sock it to me, Ray-Ray...… Continue

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March 10, 2009

Tutorial Tuesday: The Unkown Cybersleuth

Somewhere between the recursive nature of Google and "Who Killed Cock-Robin" I had an idea for a custom search engine.

Hmmm...What was I thinking?

Bonus Track

In conversation with Steve Levy, Rayanne reminds us that "one is the loneliest number."

Read today's post here...… Continue

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March 9, 2009

Mendoza's Monday Member Showcase

This week a particularly delightful portrait of a particularly delightful human being.

So you think you know Claudia, huh? Meet Claudia Faust, "Pearls of Wisdom Delivered Not Only on Wednesdays"

Bonus Track

Rayanne concedes that managing data is easier than managing dolts, dimwits, divas and… Continue

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March 6, 2009

TGIS [Thank Goodness It's Sumser!]

Contrasting last week's polemic on the death of sourcing, this week John reflects on "the conversation."

Something to say? Say it...Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.09

Bonus Track

Rayanne asks: "What would you do if your boss came back with a counter offer?"

Recruitomatic asks: "Why wouldn't they?"

Read today's… Continue

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March 5, 2009

Third Party Thursday

A great video from Mike Gionta. Worth watching twice...Recruiters: Big Biller Secrets to How and When to Quote Fee

Bonus Track

Is Rayanne making a play for the Monday Member Showcase slot?

You decide...Headspace: Cultivating relationships through tough… Continue

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March 4, 2009

Claudia's Wednesday Wisdom

This week Claudia addresses a Metrics Schemtrics issue with a little chicken soup of her own.

Sip slowly, darling -- it's hot...Measurement and the Art of Recruiting

Bonus… Continue

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March 3, 2009

Tutorial Tuesday with Heather Bussing

Whoever in the dickens said "the law is an ass" can kiss their turn of phrase goodbye.

Heather puckers up...Recruiting Law: Copyright and Fair Use

Bonus Track

Hmmm...John Sumser on relationships, friendship, business, client control and things that happen every million years.

Read Rayanne's post...… Continue

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March 2, 2009

Mendoza's Monday Member Showcase

This week Dave profiles a recruiter with a lot a trcak record in recruiting and on the pavement too.

Meet Marcus Zack Ronaldi: Corporate Sourcer, Marathon Runner & Community Do-Gooder

Bonus Track

Week three and picking up the pace, singularly focused.

Get the lesson here...… Continue

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