April 2008 Blog Posts (243)

Why My Signature Is So Long

Many people ask me about business development techniques for sourcing. I tell them most BD techniques are pretty much the same - effective IF YOU USE THEM! This is one of the best ones you can employ - starting and cultivating discussions around subjects you know. This is one way to become recognized in our business and it's a good way to grow your business.

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Added by Maureen Sharib on April 11, 2008 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Digging Into Recruitingblogs.com

I've been exploring the Electronic Recruiting Industry for nearly fifteen years. These days, I do it mostly through my pet project, the Recruiting Roadshow™. For those of you who don't know, Recruitingblogs.com is the official online network of the Recruiting Roadshow™… Continue

Added by John Sumser on April 11, 2008 at 6:00am — 7 Comments

Is this your day for Fishing?

I found this floating around....I hope you catch a Big One!

Is this your day for Fishing?

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One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf. He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun and the prospect of catching a fish.

About that time, a businessman came walking down the beach, trying to… Continue

Added by Sally Raade on April 11, 2008 at 3:36am — No Comments

employee engagement......

anyone that knows me knows that i am in love with wikipedia. if you watch the office, michael scott says that wikipedia is the best thing ever. now, while i do not share his viewpoint, i do agree that it is a great resource.

in having a conversation with a coworker regarding employee engagement, i went to google and did a search for "… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on April 10, 2008 at 2:15pm — No Comments

What Will Provoke The Next Job Board Innovation? SearchMe!

The way that job boards display search results hasn’t changed much over the years. Traditionally vacancies have been listed in a rather flat textual manner, but that might be about to change.

The reason: we are beginning to see some new innovation [continue reading]

Added by Julian Stopps on April 10, 2008 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Salary and relocation don't mix

We recently commented on how information, through the various media outlets, can be reused and unfortunately create more misinformation in the process. However, I wanted to step back into the guts of that article to discuss one of the key points on relocation and compensation.

On many levels the article is spot on about making sure that the actual costs of the move are covered including not only the movement of household goods, but all of the other aspects that go along with turning… Continue

Added by bill martineau on April 10, 2008 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Bush Declares National Disaster in Texas ... or does he?

Added by Dennis Smith on April 10, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

April 10, 2008

The Recruiting Animal’s Morning After Show

On Wednesdays he barks, on Thursday he bites!

Following last week's show with special guest Papa John Sumser, Atlanta-based Josh Letourneau posted comments, sent me emails and we even spoke on the phone!

Rather than spoil the fun by giving you my impression… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on April 10, 2008 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Recruiters have been known to stretch the truth.....once or twice!!

After sharing with everyone some of the crap that comes out of candidates during the interview process, I thought I should even it up with some b******s from the recruiters angle!! Of course this is all hearsay (!!), as I just can't believe we have been known to use any of these, can you??!! Go on, how many have you heard us utter?

Research shows = I’ve made this up
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Added by Andy Headworth on April 10, 2008 at 7:25am — No Comments

Candidates talking b******s - surely not??

Anyone who has been involved in recruitment, agency or client side will have heard most if not all of these in their time. They are of course statements from candidates to recruiters that are of course blatant b******s!! So you fellow recruiter, how many of these can you say you have heard?

I need to speak with my wife = It's a no
I'm perfect for the role = You can't afford me
Can you call me back in ten minutes..... so I have time to…

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Added by Andy Headworth on April 10, 2008 at 5:35am — 1 Comment

Looking for a Director, of Staffing

The Director of Recruitment and Staffing reports to the Vice President, Talent Management and Leadership Development and oversees the enterprise’s employment, recruiting, and retention functions and is accountable for their operational excellence. In partnership with the Vice Presidents of Organization Effectiveness and their OE team members, this position develops and manages programs that are aligned with companies goals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes an… Continue

Added by Jerry Medley on April 9, 2008 at 5:01pm — 3 Comments

Recession?

I read a blog today that threw out the "BIG R" word - it posed the question "so, are we in a recession". So what do I think? Q1 certainly didn't set the world on fire for us. We're a contingency IT services firm in the midwest. We service a variety of industries but two of them are "early adoptors" of a recession (marketing agency & print/publishing). Both are struggling to hit numbers.

So, are we in a recession or not? I'll tell you at the end of Q2.

Added by Dave Templeman on April 9, 2008 at 4:28pm — 3 Comments

productivity at work......

listening to a certain satellite radio program this morning, one of the key players, who notoriosly sleeps through shows, fell asleep today. the show personalities made particular fun of him today and it was quite entertaining......now, my blog is not about the show, but it does bring up a great question, What to do with employees who clearly show up for work physically but not mentally?

I would rather see a manager send a person home who has not made the committment to be at work… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on April 9, 2008 at 12:06pm — 1 Comment

SourceCon2008 Event Registration Open and Agenda‏.

We have an exciting and impressive lineup of Speakers that will be covering some very relevant and interesting topics for Sourcers and Researchers at all levels of their career.

We are pleased to announce that event registration for SourceCon2008 is now open. Given the overwhelming positive feedback from the SourceCon2007 attendees, we are elevating the conference to an even higher level of… Continue

Added by SourceCon Dude on April 9, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Hump Day Humor 4/9

Today’s cartoon comes to us from Grantland. For over 20 years, they’ve been creating buiness cartoons (specifically for the workplace) as a unique way to reach large audiences and their work has been used by thousands of organizations with great results.

With 2,900+ cartoons in their archives give them a call today to get their permission to use their materials if you need help spicing up your presentation, newsletter, or… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on April 9, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

The Recruiting Animal Show Today at Noon EST

TODAY at noon est

Animal Says:

The Recruiting Animal Show is the most efficient effective, results-oriented recruiting call-in radio show in the world today. It's supposed to be informative and fun and... Oh yeah? You tell me where it's boring. I want to know! Listen to the latest show here.

Call To… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on April 9, 2008 at 9:39am — No Comments

April 9, 2008

Claudia’s Wednesday Wisdom

Claudia Faust advises on tricky situations, answers members' questions...

Today, 'Feeling Cheap in St. Louis' asks:

"What do you do when a candidate simply disappears? It’s happened to me twice this month: I screen them up front, they’re all excited about the opportunity, they go to the interview…and then nothing. No returned calls, no emails about taking another job, nothing. It's hard enough to find good candidates at…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on April 9, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Wednesday Wisdom: The Amazing Houdini Candidate

Dear Claudia,

What do you do when a candidate simply disappears? It’s happened to me twice this month: I screen them up front, they’re all excited about the opportunity, they go to the interview…and then nothing. No returned calls, no emails about taking another job, nothing. It's hard enough to find good candidates at all these days, what can I do to keep this from happening again?

Feeling Cheap in St. Louis

Dear Feeling Cheap,

It sucks to… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on April 9, 2008 at 7:30am — 4 Comments

Diversity Recruiters: Interesting Article about College Attendance

From my University of Chicago Alumni Magazine comes the following research article about four-year-college enrollment amongst diversity candidates. The lessons can be applied, as well, to recruiting.

When Dreams Aren't Enough: What Keeps High-Schoolers from College

Only 59 percent of Chicago high-schoolers who aspire to a four-year college actually apply--and fewer still enroll. In a three-year study released in March, SSA professor Melissa Roderick reports that many… Continue

Added by Tom Beck on April 8, 2008 at 10:54pm — No Comments

Greetings fellow recruiters

It seems as though so many want a piece of us all these days and we have to carefully pick and choose where we commit our time. Today I finally acted on Dave Mendoza's strong urging to join recruiting.blogs.com. Actually it was more like threat-o-gram, but very effective even without the possibility of getting hurt and knowing Dave isn't a menacing type guy. But no way would I want him to give up on me and throw me out like week-old trash, like his last message eluded. Up until now, it was a… Continue

Added by Paul Brown on April 8, 2008 at 8:19pm — No Comments