Featured Blog Posts – August 2012 Archive (51)

Three Signs Your Job Order Sucks

A top rookie mistake is investing lots of time in a bad job order.  Does your office have an evaluation process to prevent you from this major time waster?

1) Is.There.Urgency?  If it's a "as soon as possible", or "we would always hire one of those", or "it's in the budget" are NOT urgency indicators.  If they can clearly articulate that there is serious trouble if this is not hired in the next 8 weeks, or client deliverables will NOT be met without this person, or we will NOT…

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Added by Lauren Byrne on August 9, 2012 at 11:18am — 4 Comments

My Job Search and How It Has Helped Me In Recruiting

So, I left my last company recently and there were many reasons why. Poor management, poor decision making on deals, awful database for sourcing, no "A" orders on the board, and horrible orders to work on. It was an unexpected departure, but at the same time it was literally a blessing. I have never been happier leaving a job, and to be quite honest, I have come out of the whole thing on top. Bigger base salary, increase in responsibility, better commission plan, better management, older…

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Added by Zachary Sines on August 9, 2012 at 9:15am — 4 Comments

Headhunters Need Evernote

 

Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. I personally have used Evernote for over 6 months. I use it as a Recruiters ongoing diary. Making your daily plan, tracking resumes, by clients and searches. Make notes on all my candidates, as I am talking to them. Completely searchable. All of your contacts at your fingertips. Web clipper is a great tool for clipping resumes on the fly…

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Added by Dan Rice CPC on August 8, 2012 at 9:15am — 12 Comments

1st is everything, 2nd is nothing.

“I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was.” These are the words of arguably the greatest of all time, Muhammad Ali.  He gave everything to be the best at what he did.

With Gold, Silver and Bronze up for grabs in London, is it ok to strive for less than the best?  In my opinion it’s not.  That’s the opinion of someone who is not a world class athlete that has not earned the right to be part of the greatest show on earth.  I absolutely respect each competitor who…

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Added by Lipton Fleming on August 8, 2012 at 6:12am — No Comments

Get Rid of JATS (Job Ads That Suck), Join the Movement!

By Dan Ridge, Senior Contributing Consultant, Q4B

I would like to think that our recruiting and management team at Q4B started something. A few months ago we decided to target a part of our recruiting process in an effort to improve the end results of the process. We noticed that this part of the process is a part of every recruiting organization’s process and that for years and years and years we have all been doing it the same way, with pretty much the same results.

The part…

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Added by Daniel F Ridge on August 7, 2012 at 5:00pm — 29 Comments

Using the right recruiting email to recruit

 

Using the right recruiting email to recruit. Customize the recruiting email each and every time!

The recruiting email!

There is the Direct Recruiting Email and A Networking…

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Added by sheila Greco on August 7, 2012 at 9:00am — 8 Comments

Really listening - It's a kind of magic

I can listen, I hear you say. But, can you?

Listening is a very developable skill. Listening is far harder than speaking. Really listening takes effort and skill. Really listening means ignoring the urge to speak and to leave questions waiting. It is a kind of magic.

Being able to actively listen can truly transform the way we interact and communicate, not only…

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Added by james nathan on August 7, 2012 at 6:07am — No Comments

Your fate as a recruiter: Nirvana, failure… or hell!

You are a recruiter. Doesn’t matter where you work, or what you do. If you recruit, especially in an agency, you will end up with a future that looks like one of these three.

1: You are superb at it. You learn the skills, you earn the relationships. You enjoy high self-esteem, respect from your customers, and reap fun and money. Your job is exhilarating, and it feels like a vocation and a hobby, not work at all, because you tackle it with…

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Added by Greg Savage on August 6, 2012 at 7:34pm — 3 Comments

Real Egg Crackdown - McDonald's pulls a Domino's

A friend of mine forwarded me this article from Yahoo on McDonald's. It's interesting because he said "check out this video from Micky D's. I guess we have to stop saying would you like fries with that and ask if they want an award for cracking eggs...."

Funny thing is that he is unemployed.... Even funnier the people in the video…

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Added by Ryan Leary on August 6, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Boolean strings and why they may not work magically for you

In the last 3 years I have become obsessively interested in social recruiting, and using social media for public relations, talent attraction and certainly passive talent sourcing.  I'm sure that any recruiter in Sydney by now has a 'cheat sheet' on their desk with a reliable and changeable search string right?  It's an unavoidable subject and I so love hearing from rookies to experienced…

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Added by Sarah Calverley on August 4, 2012 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

14 Leadership Traits

Everything I know about leadership I learned in the Marines.

I enlisted in the Marine Corps on my 19th birthday after a half-hearted attempt at college. I spent the next twelve years  learning to lead using the 14 Leadership Traits and 11 Leadership Principles. Nearing the end of my third enlistment my wife and I discovered that she was pregnant with our first child. So, I decided to hang up my guns.

Since then, four children have come and a dozen years have passed. I've read…

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Added by Brian Keith on August 2, 2012 at 12:39am — 13 Comments

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