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Manish asks: Are you a star recruiter?? What makes you feel that you are a star recruiter in the industry? Is the number of placements the only determining factor in your recruiting career history?

I feel I am a star recruiter for a few reasons but not for volume. (Although we have placed hundreds and hundreds of people over a 12 year period.)

1. I am only as good as my trusted network who have truly become friends and I thank them first and foremost!! (You know who you are :-)

2. I take the time to really understand my client's business before I accept a retained search assignment, and only if I believe I am the best recruiter for the job. After 12 years in… Continue

Added by Margot@avondalesearch.com on April 22, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

April 22, 2008

Tutorial Tuesday

Teach something, learn something...

It is not often that someone comes on the scene and immediately adds value to the conversation. Geoff Peterson is one of those people.

Geoff is the Managing Principal for General Lead and edits StaffBytes, a news site dedicated to recruiting industry tips, techniques and instructional videos. I started pointing to Geoff and his work last… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 22, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

CoolWorks... is cool.

Snippet from today's blogging...

What I found interesting about this site was much more than just its goal to help people find jobs in some of these awesome (another great word!) places - but its focus on the community of job seekers that have developed during the hunt. It's a special person that enjoys working in Yosemite during the winter... that… Continue

Added by RecruiterGuy on April 21, 2008 at 10:15pm — 2 Comments

Signs Your Job May be in Danger

So unless you been living under a rock for the past 6 months you must have heard of somebody somewhere talking about a recession or a downturn in our country. Whether you are directly affected because you work in real estate or financial sector, or you are indirectly affected because you work for an advertising-driven consumer software company, truth is you have to pay attention to what all of this means to you and your career.

We will be writing a series of pieces about how this… Continue

Added by BINC Search on April 21, 2008 at 7:46pm — No Comments

cheezhead bowing to monster pressure???

earlier today cheezhead had a blog posting regarding a monster.com internal training regarding vision and values for the coming year at the giant recruiting site. after reading the memo (which had me rolling on the floor) the posting was curiously removed from the site. i wonder if cheezhead has bowed to the pressure from either his contact or from monster directly.

for those who know joel you know he typically stands up against that sort of… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on April 21, 2008 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

What is a 'friend' anymore?

What is a 'friend' anymore? That's the question that many facebook users are starting to ask at any rate, according to an excellent article on social networking in yesterday's Washington Post. The article discusses in great detail how the term 'friend' has changed in the social networking world, or what they described as 'Friends Next'. In particular, the article highlights how those who were very… Continue

Added by Ben Gotkin on April 21, 2008 at 9:09am — 3 Comments

China on the Rise - A Visual Take

From a hiring perspective you could just as easily be watching the rise of salaries in China, but if you want a visual illustration as to why the War for Talent in China is so difficult to win, this video comparison of exports in Asia over the past 14 years is just the ticket.

You can actually see China rising up like a Goliath, and dwarfing the other countries in the region.

This export increase is mirrored by the rise in… Continue

Added by Frank Mulligan on April 21, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Sourcing 1.0 (Sourcing As Name Generation) Has Begun To Show Its Cracks

Sourcing 1.0 (Sourcing as Name Generation) has begun to show its cracks . . . much like the notion of CRM ("the right message to the right customer at the right time") did in the early 2000s. Frankly, most organizations we speak with that are using a Sourcing 1.0 process are just not seeing desired results. Yeah, they may be a very marginal improvement in COH numbers, but there is a coinciding cost as well. Because… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on April 21, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

April 21, 2008

Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase

Dave Mendoza talks with one of our members...

What better way to start the day than with a good serving of Brekka? Dave introduces us to Anna Brekka who is the Senior Director Talent Management Services for Kennedy Information.

Anna says:

I have evolved into a “speaker recruiter.” I have an incredible job which allows me the opportunity to offer…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on April 21, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

The One Thing That Will Never Change

We live, work, and recruit with a fickle bunch. What they want changes from one day to the next - their likes, dislikes; their job-descriptions - products - home addresses.

Even the way we interact with them changes: Facebook, Plaxo, LinkedIn.

When it comes… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on April 21, 2008 at 7:25am — No Comments

Meet Anna Brekka, "The Most Powerful Woman In the Staffing Industry Builds Community"

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cyberslueth, Affiliate Partner, Job Machine, Inc.

Author of SixDegreesfromDave.com

Anna Brekka is unique for several key reasons, not least of which she is by far the tallest woman in the industry, if not, she may well have the most infectious laugh within it - but I would dare argue, that she is also the most powerful woman in our industry. I can think of only few who has shown… Continue

Added by Dave Mendoza on April 21, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

Cool: Ning is now H3.com customer and offers a $15,000 referral reward for VP of Applications job!

Click the link below and follow the 3 easy steps to Share with Your Network. One last thing: to be eligible for the reward, do not reply or forward this e-mail.

https://www.h3.com/?mr=wv6u-JjzHZ_5J3F44qwuu8_l3lA (link from Hans Gieskes)

If the link above is not active, copy and paste it to the address bar of your web browser.

Added by hans gieskes on April 20, 2008 at 7:13pm — No Comments

That was the week that was...week ending April 18, 2008

Ami G's round-up from the recruiting industry’s group blogs, portals and individual archives...

RecruitingBlogs.com: The Daily Column...

Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase: Microsoft's Kevin Stakelum

Tutorial Tuesday: Chris Russell: Job Board… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 20, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

How to use Twitter for sourcing and recruiting as explained by Geoff Peterson of StaffBytes

Great video on the usage of Twitter for recruiting and sourcing purposes. Thanks Geoff, much obliged!

Find more videos like this on… Continue

Added by Suzy Tonini on April 20, 2008 at 12:21pm — 1 Comment

Oracle Positions

Anyone specialize in filling Oracle slots? I have a friend that is a hot shot Oracle stud.

Added by Kevin Halemartin on April 18, 2008 at 3:14pm — 1 Comment

Recruiting Via New Media

Most people recognize that we are in the middle of a new media revolution, so why aren’t we seeing more recruitment advertising within online broadcasts?

Ok, from a media consumption perspective I’ll admit my household is a little extreme. 99% of all news, video and audio is delivered via the net [continue…

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Added by Julian Stopps on April 18, 2008 at 1:15pm — No Comments

3 Common Interview Errors (made by the Interviewer): Lou Adler

Added by Dennis Smith on April 18, 2008 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Which offer?

You just got an offer for the services of your consultant from two clients - now what? Well first off this is a good problem to have - it shows that you're doing a good job assessing talent. But this situation does need to be handled delicately from many aspects, especially when there are multiple salespeople & clients involved.

From the client perspective we've got a "first right of refusal policy" that basically says first company to interview gets 24 hours to offer before… Continue

Added by Dave Templeman on April 18, 2008 at 10:48am — No Comments

Looking for Ad Sales & Marketing Professionals in the Media Industry

Where should you look or where should you post Ad Sales & Marketing positions on the internet?

Added by Nancy Ogurek on April 18, 2008 at 9:21am — No Comments

April 18, 2008

TGIS (Thank Goodness, Its Sumser!)

'Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com'

Some of us had the pleasure of John's company in Ft. Lauderdale yesterday. We spent time together at the BROWN BAG RECRUITER training in the morning and then had lunch together. We rounded out the day networking with 12 disciples breaking bread at the South Florida Metro Recruiters inaugural shindig which was hosted in absentia by Jason Davis [aka Slouch] and… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 18, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments