Katie Tierney's Blog – September 2007 Archive (4)

I Need Some Help...

Okay, this is more a call for help than a real blog post. If you’ve got input, please feel free to comment….

I am in the process of looking for an expert in C++ performance tuning. The person I need must understand high-volume, real-time transaction processing systems, and must have experience in tuning

those systems in the past. I’m not going to be using third parties for

this search, so I’m working to find the…

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Added by Katie Tierney on September 28, 2007 at 8:56pm — No Comments

No Shows and Not Theres

About two months ago, we had two people not bother to show up for

interviews at our New York office. I had set up the interviews, the

interviewers had made an effort to be available, and I had confirmed

with the candidates two days earlier that the interviews were still

scheduled. And yet, they didn’t bother to show up, nor did the bother

to call and let us know that they would not be there.

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Added by Katie Tierney on September 26, 2007 at 10:16pm — No Comments

Resume Typos & English as a Second Language

When I was just getting started in the Recruiting business, a very

successful recruiter told me that one of his red flags was a

typographical or grammatical error in a resume. His point was that a

resume is the most important document a person uses to "sell" his/her

skills, and he/she should make darn sure that there are no errors.

My mentor told me that a lack of… Continue

Added by Katie Tierney on September 17, 2007 at 11:03pm — No Comments

Ever have one of those days?

Today was a good day. Today was one of those days that energizes
someone like me. Today was a day full of really good candidates, a
glowing reference for someone we’d really like to hire, and an overall
renewal of my faith in Generation Y.

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Added by Katie Tierney on September 12, 2007 at 9:39pm — 1 Comment