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My first blog!...How to Win

Hey fellow recruiters, this is my first blog! Thank you for checking it out. Ok, let's cut to the chase.

Let's talk about how to win in the recruiting profession. First and foremost people have to like you. If you're a jerk and only in this for yourself, you may win a few battles, but you are destined to lose the war.

So, let's say that you're the nice guy and you don't want to finish last...well being nice doesn't guarantee that your prospects will like you. They have to… Continue

Added by David Sprinkle on February 28, 2008 at 12:18am — 4 Comments

Thoughts on picking a recruiting vertical; building a new desk

What is a good vertical market to recruit in? I get asked this question every week.

However, most often the question is more a question of what I “feel” would be a good market to start a new desk specialty in.

“Donato, what do you feel a good new desk specialty would be?”

I say. “I feel like a great market would be placing sales reps in software companies that do real time data mining of contact information.”

They respond, “but Donato,… Continue

Added by Donato Diorio on February 27, 2008 at 11:52pm — No Comments

If this is how Facebook might look in 30 years, what would LinkedIn look like?

Added by M A on February 27, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Working The Workhound

UK job aggregator Workhound have been busy of late. Not content with grabbing the headlines at the turn of the year by securing 100k in funding, they have pushed out two noteworthy news items this week.

First off, Workhound is the only [contiune… Continue

Added by Julian Stopps on February 27, 2008 at 2:59pm — No Comments

My Blog

A blend of recruiting and life as I go out on my own Go read, check out my past lives too!

Added by lisa rokusek on February 27, 2008 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Hump Day Humor 2/27

This is a good one from Work Joke! May we all consider this as it has both professional and eternal significance.

When a young salesman met his untimely end, he was informed that he had a choice about where he would spend his eternity: Heaven or Hell. He was allowed to visit both places, and then make his decision afterwards.

“I’ll see Heaven first,” said the salesman, and an angel led through the gates on a private… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on February 27, 2008 at 12:54pm — No Comments

The legitmacy of technical certifications

Just everyone knows upfront- I am a novice at blogging, however I felt like I should just throw something out there that bothers me. I am part of a technical usergroup that I won’t mention and I just got a posting that really bothers me. I just received a posting titled “Obtain VmWare Certification Without Tests(100% Passing Guarantee)” . This obviously caught my attention and so I started reading the posting. Come to find out, there are several certifications including VmWare that you can get… Continue

Added by Josh Neeble on February 27, 2008 at 12:43pm — 2 Comments

Recruiting the recruiter @ Broadlook Technologies

We've come to the point where we need to hire a full time recruiter at Broadlook. I'm looking for first hand advice on the best sources, methodology, anything to get the word out about our position. The position is in-house in Pewaukee, WI about 30 minutes outside of Milwaukee.

Anyone refers to me a candidate I hire, I will put up a full year of Broadlook tools as a thank you.

Cheers!

Donato

Added by Donato Diorio on February 27, 2008 at 9:34am — No Comments

Forgotten Fun

ERE Article Published 2/27/2008 by Maureen Sharib

I'd forgotten the fun of Internet search.

I had a job come in during January. The position was for a senior-level manager in the R&D software group of a major storage business. The customer told me in the specifications that the person we were looking for was "an uber-geek who has the capacity and the desire… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 27, 2008 at 6:28am — No Comments

Podcast 47: Stepping Into Norway

The latest born podcast is out.

Internet recruiting news this week: Another acquisition for Stepstone, The Network has a revamp and more newspaper partnerships.

All this news and more, this week on… Continue

Added by Julian Stopps on February 27, 2008 at 4:03am — No Comments

ANY THOUGHTS: WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS WHEN NEGOTIATING BILL RATE WITH THE NEW IT CLIENT?

ANY THOUGHTS: WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS WHEN NEGOTIATING BILL RATE WITH THE NEW IT CLIENT?
Thanks
Sonal

Added by Sonal D. on February 26, 2008 at 10:28pm — No Comments

Who hates automated email-gen recruiting software?!?!?

You.

Yes you, with the crappy automated-resume-searching-email-generating-software. You're a disgrace to this industry. You're the reason people sneer when they hear the word "recruiter" and we're sick of it. You're taking us down the tubes. If you keep this up, someday we'll have no more street cred than ambulance chasers, postal workers and school lunch ladies.... and we're not going to let that happen.

The gloves are coming off.

Whoever sold you… Continue

Added by Christian Fauchald on February 26, 2008 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

DivX Announces Plans to Shut Down Stage6.com

It's a sad day for all! Enough said....

Added by Michael Krug on February 26, 2008 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Standout Jobs is Looking for a Senior Business Development Guru

Standout Jobs is looking for a Senior Business Development Guru with recruiting industry experience and an interest in working at startups.

The full job description can be found here:

Senior Business Development Manager

If you're interested, please apply! Or pass it on to others that might be interested.

Thanks!

Ben… Continue

Added by Ben Yoskovitz on February 26, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Dating analogy valuable tool with client companies as well

We’ve all heard and understand how the process of dating equates nicely to the interview process. Hell, someone even wrote a book about it. As a recruiter I’ve used the dating process as an analogy for the interview and offer process with candidates for over twenty years. Mostly because it works so well to help candidates understand the emotions that they are going through and deal with them more effectively so they won’t interfere with their decision making process. However, in working with a… Continue

Added by bill martineau on February 26, 2008 at 9:18am — No Comments

Where will we find professional talent be in 3-5 years?

I have just been asked by a client to consider their future strategies aroung direct resourcing. I would be very interested to hear what your opinions are on where the professional talent will be found in 3-5 years time and what you think we are going to have to start doing now, to tap into those areas.

Thanks, I look forward to reading your ideas.

Added by Andy Headworth on February 26, 2008 at 8:50am — No Comments

IT Talent thats impossible to find.

I have been aggressively looking for a Senior Linux Administrator in Southern California for weeks now to no avail! The worst part is that the client seems to be expecting too much from a skills perspective for the money they are willing to pay. Does anyone have any non-traditional methods that I should be utilizing to find these guys?

Added by Bill Sullivan on February 25, 2008 at 8:47pm — 2 Comments

New Company Site

INTRODUCING MY NEW COMPANY WEBSITE!!!

http://www.mypsr.com

YAY!

Have a great day!

Heather Phillips
Professional Staffing Resources

Added by Heather Phillips C.A.C. CIR on February 25, 2008 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Could anyone please offer suggestions for good Sales Pitches for Account Managers wanting to generate new business in IT?

Hi All:

Could anyone please provide any ideas for the following 2 scenarios:

1. You meet the IT Hiring Manager of a company you are prospecting to in the elevator, you have already left voicemails for him and you now have a minute or so in the elevator with this Hiring Mgr. This Hiring Mgr knows your name already from your voicemails. How would you sell your services and perhaps arrange a meeting with this Hiring Mgr.

2. You are given a referral by a consultant… Continue

Added by Sonal D. on February 25, 2008 at 1:16pm — 4 Comments

Monday Morning

I wanted to send out a Monday note to everyone on RecruitingBlogs.com about some things.

We have two great events coming up. The first is in Las Vegas next week and the other is in Dallas March 6th.

What is interesting about Vegas event is that almost all of the sponsorship money was from members of RecruitingBlogs.com. I really appreciate the generosity from Ben Yoskovitz and standoutjobs.com, George Vasu from… Continue

Added by Slouch on February 25, 2008 at 11:00am — 11 Comments