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SourceCon2007 - 90% say "I will be back"

I just finished reading the conference attendee comments and 90% of you said you would definitely attend SourceCon2008 with many of you also saying you will be looking to bring along colleagues next year.

From the moment that our MC, Mr Jim Stroud, walked…

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Added by SourceCon Dude on September 14, 2007 at 5:06pm — 12 Comments

SourceCon1: "Wow"

I wanted to thank everyone here who met me at sourcecon1. More blog posts to come.

Added by James Guske on September 14, 2007 at 4:55pm — 1 Comment

The Atlanta Recruiting RoadShow is Sold Out

Congrats to Amitai Givertz and John Sumser for generating enough buzz to sell out the Atlanta RoadShow. That is great news and it validates that there is a need for this.

The Fordyce Letter is… Continue

Added by Slouch on September 14, 2007 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Are Recruiting Fees Going Down?

I remember about 2 years ago I had my first conversation with Harry Joiner. Since then we have always enjoyed our weekly calls about domain names and recruiting. This week we each bought a new one but that is another post.

Getting back to our first conversation, Harry told me that he was convinced that agency fees were going to go down because he could not see how… Continue

Added by Slouch on September 14, 2007 at 12:17pm — 7 Comments

Looking for feedback on ''Electronic Recruiting 101" 2007 edition.

Has anyone purchased or read 'Electronic Recruiting 101
(2007 Edition)
by Shally Steckerl
published by The Fordyce Letter

I came across it on www.ere.net and was wondering if it was a worthwhile purchase?

Any comments\feedback on this is welcomed. =)

Finn

Added by Finny Varghese on September 14, 2007 at 11:50am — 3 Comments

SourceCon Grandmaster Challenge

What was the challenge and who won?

Added by Charles Bretz on September 13, 2007 at 3:21pm — 3 Comments

Bad candidate clichés

In my twenty years of recruiting I’ve heard many clichés about the hiring process concerning candidates’ fears, but over that time most have either been dispelled or just fallen out of favor. However, two of the oldie but goodies were repeated to me the other day and I was simply amazed at the logic of the candidate.

The classics were “You have to get it (money) coming in or you’ll never get it” and “You can’t get a promotion for two years”. Now as we all know of…

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Added by bill martineau on September 13, 2007 at 10:07am — 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.

Read more...

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

Poor Employment Site Usability – What’s it Costing You?

The goal of a corporate career website is to attract qualified candidates as well as encourage them to submit their resume to a job of interest. Unfortunately today’s corporate career websites and their applicant tracking systems lack website usability elements that make it difficult to achieve this goal.…

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Added by Nicole St.Martin on September 12, 2007 at 4:12pm — No Comments

RecruitingBlogs.com - A little layout change for a while

I am messing around with the layout of RecruitingBlogs.com

Ning has now limited the amount of things you can now have on the main

page. I have no issue with it. At first I did but now it seems I need

to take another look at what is on the main page and make some

decisions. Right now, I can't really add any more boxes so things are

going to change a little.

In the meantime, there are lots of pixels you can get for free and they

will last for 3 days. It's… Continue

Added by Slouch on September 12, 2007 at 1:46am — No Comments

Remembering Work, Life, Love Balance

I want apologize for being slow to post the past few weeks, my father had back surgery today. No matter how much I love to share my passion for my chosen career, it doesn’t compare to the love I have for my family and they will always come first, no matter what.

Not only was this the first time in my 36 years that I had to see…

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Added by Recruitnik on September 11, 2007 at 9:22pm — 1 Comment

Where's the Science in HR?

Yesterday, I read an article from Workforce Management on the correlation, or lack there of, between HR and the popular television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation around failures and successes within various organizations. All this talk of forensic science reminded me of a speaking engagement I attended with Jim Stroud last year on Resume Forensics. The audience was quite taken aback with Jim's insight…

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Added by Catherine Horgan on September 11, 2007 at 9:17pm — No Comments

RSS for Beginners

This post is dedicated to all of the people still “surfing” for information on the web. Common Craft does a great job of explaining how Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and RSS readers can save…

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 11, 2007 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment

The Million Dollar Wiki - Was Only a Matter Of Time

It's The Million Dollar Wiki and yes you can also buy a blogger. I learned about this from a real good domain name blog called the Conceptualist. He says you should avoid the hype but he figures the guy has made 50k or so.

I think this is something that we will see more and more of in the next year or so. There is absolutely… Continue

Added by Slouch on September 11, 2007 at 12:27pm — No Comments

HotJobs makes a Move

They're now number 2. The details.

Added by Chris Russell on September 11, 2007 at 9:03am — No Comments

Global Staffing Perspectives: Part 2 with Brian Janecek, Brno, Czech Republic

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth,

Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

International Staffing Perspectives: Brian Janecek, Brno, Czech Republic, Part 2 of First In A Series

Brian Janecek is a US national, born and raised in Oregon and a technical recruiter developing talent on behalf of corporate and highly-technical positions

at…

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Added by Dave Mendoza on September 11, 2007 at 12:14am — No Comments

The Pinnacle Society

On Oct 4th, The Pinnacle Society will be having their next conference. I'll be going because the Fordyce Letter is one of two sponsors.

From the Pinnacle Society website:

"The Pinnacle Society is the nation's premier consortium of top recruiters within the permanent placement and search industry. For

nearly 20 years, the Pinnacle Society has provided the nation's top

recruiters a… Continue

Added by Slouch on September 10, 2007 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Oh no! Another 'animal'

Looks like our own Recruiting Animal isn't the only animal in town. Ans the new one is also Canadian.

Added by Chris Russell on September 10, 2007 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Career Hub is looking to expand

First it was Cheezhead and how Career Hub is at it. Career Hub is looking to expand their stable of writers and offerings. If you are interested, click on over and contact them.

Added by Slouch on September 10, 2007 at 11:22am — No Comments

Latest Activity Function On RecruitingBlogs.com

Over the weekend, Ning launched a few other functions for the networks they power. One of these new functions is a "latest activity" feed. You can see everything that is going on now on RecruitingBlogs.com quickly. I have put this on the right hand side of the site and it will also appear on every profile page above the Live Recruiting Blogosphere Feeds. If it dives you crazy, let me know

Added by Slouch on September 10, 2007 at 10:30am — No Comments