Nice infographic from a Linkedin study in 2011.  Linkedin is a great source of passive candidates and while it has many active job seekers for recruiters, the "not really looking" crowd does seem to be very engaged.....I found this to have some good info, while some of it is very obvious and well known...please comment!

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April 19, 2012

The following post is from Zenhabits.net an excellent and highly ranked blog that is filled with suggestions on successful, simple living.  I found the following post/guest post to be a familiar topic that I would share with my recruiting teams.  I wish I had this post then!  I have been noticing more and more negative feedback on fellow bloggers and thought of…

I did not tell my parents when I was 5 that someday I was going to be a recruiter. After high school I didn’t try to find Recruiting 101 classes. And when I graduated college I wasn’t applying for work at every local recruiting firm I could find. I fell into it. Just like a lot of us. I didn’t want to really sell anything I told myself. Yet every job has a selling side…

If you are a fan of the reality show “Survivor” you are more than aware of who Boston Rob is and what happened this week.  In short, the recent show “Survivor: Redemption Island” featured Rob Mariano, another veteran, and a cast of new players.  Rob is arguably the best to ever play…

Well that went by rather quick no? One month already down for 2011. With January now officially in the books it is a good time for us to take a quick look at a few of the trends beginning to emerge this new year.

- Temp Staffing

Take a quick look at our…

When I first began my recruiting career I had an old school manager that explained to me how the job is really sales and that it is best to view your commodity as being people. I took it for what it was and went

on my way to begin building my desk. Sure there were a number of sales

techniques that I learned along the way. Some that worked, and others

that I need not mention again, but I never lost sight of that people

aspect. In fact I would often tell people that my…

What is the last good movie that you saw?…

Recruiters have a number of things to juggle day in and day out in order to run a successful desk, but it is always important to not lose sight of the little things in the bigger picture. Here are just two quick examples of…