Recruiting Blogs (24,031)

How is the oil/gas situation affecting your ability to recruit?

just curious because, if you watch the news, you are hearing how this is affecting people in their daily lives. there is nothing more daily the getting in your car, turning on the radio (hopefully satellite radio) and driving to work. with gas nearing (or over) $4.00 per gallon, this has to affect the way we recruit. i have seen a drop off in my recruitment with respect to how long people are willing to commut to work. it's not so much a time factor, rather its how much is it going to cost me… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on May 22, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Posting by Jerimiah Owyang on his personal blog on staying organized

Jerimiah Owyang, Sr. Anyalyst at Forester Research: Social Computing writes about staying organized in his blog. The link and article follow but you'll need to visit his site to see the many ideas on staying on top of things.

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/05/16/career-tips-how-i-stay-organized/

Jerimiah writes:

I've got a pretty… Continue

Added by Bill Vick on May 22, 2008 at 8:54am — 1 Comment

Hard-nosed Receptionists

Interesting early '07 ERE string about Gatekeepers here.

I sense (and don’t get me wrong on this) irritation on YOUR part when you say things like “I know this is the operator, can you tell me your name please?” At this point you’ve already lost the… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on May 22, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

May 22, 2008

Bill Vick's XtremeRecruiting.tv

Featuring Dave Staats, Headhunter, Flamethrower, Judge and Jury...

The XtremeRecruiting.tv group continues be the fastest growing group on the site! Bearing in mind that members can answer our weekly question and win Bill Vick's e-book Big Biller loaded on an iPod, you should invite your friends to join too.

Last Week's Winner!

Congratulations to John… Continue

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

Who is Sick and Tired of VMS Systems - What is anyone doing to combat this?

My name is Robin Borough, I am EVP for Omnikron Systems, Inc., in Woodland Hills California. We are a technology staffing firm, 95% of our business is contract and contract to hire; 5% is perm.

Over the years, we've lost many major accounts due to VMS Systems. Starting with Universal and Chimes, Nestle and Chimes, Toyota and 3 different VMS Systems; Kaiser, WellPoint and now our largest client has selected BarTech using Fieldglass as their new VMS partner.

We've gone from… Continue

Added by Robin Borough on May 22, 2008 at 2:54am — 1 Comment

I just got spammed on RecruitingBlogs.com

Wow - I was thinking that of all the places I was safe, it was here... on RecruitingBlogs.com

I love the networking. I love the ability to quickly reach to peers in the industry. I love the quick "touch" resources and ability to 'touch' those close to me with this somewhat new tool...

But I just got spammed on the RecruitingBlogs.com site.... again.

I'll spare the spammer and won't name him - but the unsolicited assistance in the form of a 450 word… Continue

Added by RecruiterGuy on May 21, 2008 at 9:25pm — 7 Comments

On May 22 from 6:30PM in Kendall Germaine Suarez-Bolaños is hosting an informal networking event for local recruiters!!

Subject: From Miami to West Palm Beach, something for everyone in recruiting

Hello, everyone:

Just a couple of items to take a note of, set some time aside for:

1. South Florida Metro Recruiters

On May 22 from 6:30PM in Kendall Germaine Suarez-Bolaños is hosting an

informal networking event for local recruiters who want to connect over

coffee in comfy chairs. Details and RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/6zk8wk

Or… Continue

Added by Germaine on May 21, 2008 at 5:37pm — No Comments

List of Social Networking Sites and resources for social networkers

Other Social Networking Sites

43 People : social meeting people online
Asoboo : social networking with events/places (japanese)
Blogtronix : social business networking ; blogging
Blue Dot : social networking site
Bolt : video/photo/music…

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Added by Jeff Weidner on May 21, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Twitter Best Practices: Cool Info For Us To Leverage Today!

Thought I'd pass on:

SUMMARY: Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that costs nothing for users to access and little effort to keep in touch with busy friends. It can also help you build your brand or brand you as an expert.

Here’s a guide to help you get started “tweeting.” Includes 10 strategies to market your company and 5 to market yourself, plus lots of useful links.

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that can be… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on May 21, 2008 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Follow up to Building a Linkedin Network.

Originally posted in April 2008 to my personal blog on

http://htcresearch.blogspot.com

I was asked a few questions so here is the follow up.

1) When is it big enough? Dunno haven't found out yet, I certainly do not see any downside from have a huge network. We find tons of candidates off Linked in every day. As HTC is a research firm it has become extremely valuable to us. I can't/won't day exactly how many candidates per week… Continue

Added by Jeff Weidner on May 21, 2008 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Tips on adding contacts by resending invites.

Real quick wanted to add another tip on how to get more connections on Linkedin. And FYI I'm over 5100 now so these techniques work. That's about 1000 connections in the last month and I've only sent 250 invites out. And another 100+- resends.

Old Invites can be a Gold Mine.

Yea I know you already sent them one invite but somehow it either got ignored or lost or forgotten.

I started going through my old invites and resending the invites to people and they started… Continue

Added by Jeff Weidner on May 21, 2008 at 2:19pm — No Comments

How I built my Linkedin network

I originally wrote this in April 2008 and posted it to my personal blog on http://htcresearch.blogspot.comOK I've been getting a ton of people asking me how I built my network on Linkedin up to 4200+. I thought I would share some of my secrets on how I'm getting so many (which is relative) invites (about 100-150 per week). Though I didn't realize they were secrets.

So here's my basic routine.

FIRST

I started a group on… Continue

Added by Jeff Weidner on May 21, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Cheezhead Defects to Monster

Even Cheezhead got scooped this morning by his buddies at… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on May 21, 2008 at 10:48am — 2 Comments

Animal Show Wed NOON New York Time

GUEST: Rayanne Trumbo, TOPIC: Recruiting for Start Ups. Call and Listen info: Recruiting Show.com

Added by Recruiting Animal on May 21, 2008 at 10:03am — No Comments

May 21, 2008

Claudia’s Wednesday Wisdom

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

Claudia has a question that causes her to tread carefully this week, or tip-toe through the tulips at least:

How do you handle an interview when the candidate is preoccupied with a personal issue? I had a candidate this week who insisted she didn’t want to reschedule, even though she was obviously speaking from the bathroom and flushed the toilet many…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on May 21, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Diversity Recruiter - going Independent

Hello All,

My name is Teisha. I have been a member of this group for about a year I believe and I have watched and read the email convos that come through and while some are quite entertaining others are very informative. It appears as though there quite a few, highly knowledgeable people in this group and I would like their advice.

I have been recruiting for about 11 1/2 years and am ready to venture out on my own with a focus in Diversity recruiting. I have worked for… Continue

Added by Teisha Overton on May 21, 2008 at 1:01am — 2 Comments

Wednesday Wisdom: How do you spell RELIEF?

Dear Claudia,

How do you handle an interview when the candidate is preoccupied with a personal issue? I had a candidate this week who insisted she didn’t want to reschedule, even though she was obviously speaking from the bathroom and flushed the toilet many times during the call. It was obvious she was suffering, and it was really awkward for me to continue. Should I have just cut it off for her relief?

Kind-but-uncomfortable

Hi… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on May 21, 2008 at 12:00am — 20 Comments

Personal information in the 21st century

We’ve all heard the horror stories of people getting their identity stolen and having piles of bills to pay, but after reading a privacy quiz on darkreading.com discussing how your personal information can be bought and sold by just about anyone who has it I felt a little uncomfortable. Sure most of the answers I would have gotten correct, and of course I don’t provide such information unless I absolutely have to, but as someone who likes their privacy that was certainly a depressing… Continue

Added by bill martineau on May 20, 2008 at 6:18pm — 1 Comment

CV Screening Services to assist Staffing Companies in USA and UK

We (HRpo Worldwide) provide CV Screening Facility to the Staffing Companies in USA ad UK.

We can really make the difference as the Recruiters in India can do the sourcing of profiles and while you come down to your desk, you are ready with the profiles to be called. Imagine a fine day when you have all the targeted profiles on your email. Recruiters in INDIA are very cheap and it can really save upon your cost.

From initial consultation and throughout the working… Continue

Added by Rishabh on May 20, 2008 at 2:25pm — No Comments

The Advocates - Partner (Lawyer) Search: Senior Corporate Securities Partner

Never used a blog - but here it goes: We are searching for a senior securities partner for an AMLAW 200 firm. This is an exclusive search, and the client is not looking to simply add a book of business. The opportunity exists for the right person to step into some significant client relationships over time. This position is in the West. Please email or call if you represent any law firm partners looking to make a move.

1) The right person:

Corporate Partner, specifically… Continue

Added by Marcus Ollig on May 20, 2008 at 11:55am — No Comments