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If You See a Faded Sign by the Side of the Road that Says 15 Miles to...

If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says 15 miles to…. Radio Shack! They have a great online store for gamers.

I have a real serious problem with companies that don’t have some type of employee referral bonus program. It’s like being asked over for dinner and having to bring the food.

So if you are one of the unfortunate recruiters stuck without an employee referral bonus program, here… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 30, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

I Want Sharks with Frickin Laser Beams Attached to their Heads.

IBM owns everything except your soul, and that will change once we are replaced by Replicants (see BladeRunner). But in the meantime, you want a job there. Bro, you don’t care if it entails wiping down urinals; you want a job recruiting for IBM.

Big Blue earned 4,185 patents in 2008. That’s more than Google, Apple, Microsoft, HP and Oracle combined. That like… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 28, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Apple Destroyed Google Voice. Armageddon. The End of Days.

I have some indelible memories, like when my daughter was born and the day I got Google Voice. The Sun broke through dark clouds and I was totally like thank you Jesus! Finally, I can make free VOIP calls anywhere in the U.S with free SMS messaging!

Queue the Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver” and slip away from away from all this high unemployment shouting, “I have Google Voice! I have Google Voice!”

GV opens up a whole new world for… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

We Built This City

What’s the worse thing you can utter to Nerd? I mean what is the most terrifying, horrific, moment in a Nerds’s life? Jar Jar Binks.

I’d rather dance naked to “We Built This City” in a crowded mall than see Jar Jar Binks in another Star Wars movie.

So, what’s… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 27, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Greatest Guitarist Evuh!

Who is (or was) the greatest guitarist ever? I asked that question on recruitingblogs.com two years ago. It was a serious question. Someone recently replied Dolly Parton.

Think about it for a second. If you had to come up with a list of ten bands that really kicked ass where would you start?

Look, everyone has got an opinion here. But,… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 16, 2009 at 3:30pm — 12 Comments

Get in the Loopt

I’ve been playing Golf for seven years and I am bad. I’ve dropped cash on Ping Irons, Big Bertha Drivers, Dry-fit golf shirts, and even a Mack Daddy golf bag that I take family canoe trips in. No matter how good the equipment, I just suck palsy bad.

Most of the clubhouses around Atlanta have my picture posted on their bulletin boards. They warn their members via loudspeaker whenever I tee it up. My friends even started to wear a cup. “Dude, just throw the golf ball,” a friend once… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 10, 2009 at 7:56am — No Comments

Save your Job! Show your Boss your worth, demo this right here…

It’s summer time already in the South, 90 degrees outside and humid as Vietnam 1969. The layoffs are still hot too. Not a whole lot of jobs reqs either.

Your Boss is pacing the office like a half crazed Nazi commander waiting for orders to drop kick more recruiters out. Everyone is doing their best to look busy, marching down the halls as they peck away on their blackberry and even giving Social Media Recruiting presentations.

Even a… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on June 5, 2009 at 12:05pm — 3 Comments

Let the Games Begin! A whole new Recruiting world awaits....

Let me explain something here to the guys. When you get married, Game Over.

I was playing a video game. It was 2 AM. I was using my Plantronics headset with mic shouting at my team of online gamers (mostly college kids) when all of a sudden my wife pulls the electrical plug.

We were on the last level to slay the Dragon monster and she drops the power strip in my lap. Friggin’ unplugged and offline, my team lost hours worth of… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 21, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

10 Steps to Being a Geeky IT Recruiter

This is my story. What I’m about to tell you are graphic details of my early days as an IT recruiter. If you can’t stomach this, then stop and read John Sumser's Recruiting 101 (actually, he blogs relevant stuff).

I was part of corporate experimental recruiting program in the late 90’s.

My job? Infiltrate a ring of IT user groups. Know them. Study them. Learn their habits and even live with them. I did just that for years. But then, something went terribly… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 17, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Animal, The Recruiter, The Recruiting Animal

Who the Hell is the Recruiting Animal?

Is he a beast? A predator? A caged animal pissed off with Gen Y whiners and the recruiting world?

He is a grown-ass man that spends a lot of time on Twitter, and Recruiting blogs. Nobody knows if he is married, has kids, or even has an income for that matter, but he is one of the most influential names in the… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 8, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Keeping it Real like Willy

Willy dips Skoal, hunts, drives a tractor and is missing a finger. But he has a great personality and extreme likeability factor too.

When he is not outdoors killing defenseless animals he is updating his Facebook account. We are like his livestock and he is constantly feeding us daily tidbits and photos.

The single most incredible fact about Willy is that women love him. On his wall posts women leave flirty posts and even going so far to ask him out. That’s unheard of in… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 8, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Boom! Youre in a Database!

Three things in life are certain. Death, Taxes and you will be in a Database. As soon as the Doc slaps your fanny and your mom cries your name – Boom in you’re in a Database.

Get a loan, a credit card, buy a house or a car – Boom in you’re in Database.

About the only thing you can do to escape being entered in a database is to be raised by wolves in the wilderness. But then you risk some scruffy environmental scientist discovering you, shooting you with a tranquilizer and… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 8, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Free Stuff for the Thrifty Recruiter

Remember back in college when you weighed all of 96 pounds and half of it was hair? You were lean and mean back then. You ate cereal for lunch and dinner, everything was paid in cash. Rent was like $75 that you were always paid late.

Yeah, those were the good days. Life was easy and the only gizmo you had was a math calculator your parents bought for your birthday freshmen year. Hey don’t laugh. I still have it and it… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 4, 2009 at 10:03am — 1 Comment

GOOD JOB DESCRIPTIONS

COLLECTIONS and ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Our family business has been around for years and we’re looking for a diverse individual – preferably strong male, Italian (Sicilian descent), 200 pounds and good at dealing with tough people. A real “go getter”. We need someone who has experience with collections and is not afraid of a little blood, sweat and tears. At times this person will need to hit the ground running and other times working on… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on April 10, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The Best Linkedin Invites Ever Written - For Recruiters

I was on the sofa picking my nose and watching MTV, when my Dad shouts, “Get a job!” I reminded Pops that I needed a car to get to a job. He reminded me (again) of my dusty moped. Again, I pleaded how hard it was to maintain a studly image riding a Moped.

“Get a job or find another home!” He ordered.

16 years of building my image – A collection of the finest samples of cologne, Polo collar turned up and advanced technology in Acne medication – all for naught.

It… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on March 13, 2009 at 8:00am — 5 Comments

Recruiting Survival Kit

I wasn't thinking and ordered onions on a sandwich the other day. A couple of hours later, I could smell my own putrid breath. I almost had to work out of the bathroom to cover up my halitosis. To make matters worse, I had some meetings and a candidate was on the way. Something had to be done.

I reached for my survival kit. Actually, it’s a desk drawer stocked full of stuff. Here is what I keep and you should to: A toothbrush, toothpaste (d-uh), pressed shirt, deodorant, cologne,… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on March 11, 2009 at 10:24am — No Comments

Aquaman Cast Away and Shag Carpet

Saturday mornings in the 70’s I’d watch the Superfriends. As soon as American Bandstand came on, I sprang outside and fled away on my Huffy bike. Back then the air was crisp, sky was blue, streets were safe, rock music was played and you didn’t have to wear bike helmets. Life was good.

Then a recession hit. Bam! Gas prices were high. Iran was the enemy. Jobs were lost, and the Carter administration was taking all the heat.

Things went from bad to worse. So bad, they… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on March 9, 2009 at 4:48pm — 6 Comments

I'm Abe Froman!!

I know what a friggin’ Recruiting Pipeline is. It’s simple! You bundle up some resumes and email them on a regular basis to a hiring manager. Done! Pipeline! Bam!

However, this fresh-out-of-school, Jonas Brothers listening, scruffy Nerf herder Recruiter was telling ME that I didn’t know what a Recruiting Pipeline was. He said I had it all wrong. Me?! Wrong!?! Wha..wha…I’m Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Recruiting!!!

I took a deep breath. I had to calm… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on February 23, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Frupervisor Fires Frolleague

Urban Dictionary: A Froleague is a co-worker and part of your Facebook network. A Frupervisor is your Supervisor at work and on your Facebook.

Here is a story. The names have been changed to protect the innocent….and guilty.

It was Monday morning when Bob got the call. “He lost his teeth and his arm was broken” said his girlfriend. Her boyfriend, Larry, was in a horrific auto accident.

Bob tried to send flowers to Larry at the hospital but they didn’t have a… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on February 19, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Recruiting Hair Styles - The Mullet and The Bald

Not many teenagers in the 80’s chose to have a Caucasoid afro. I certainly didn’t want one either, but I had thick bushy hair that could house a community of squirrels. I was the goofball kid dressed in tennis shorts, a Polo shirt, and boat shoes. I may have been a teenage Dork with a capital D but I had my own style.

Sometimes Recruiting is like hair. It can be bushy and thick. It can be thin and straight. It can be long, curly, and even bald. Sometimes you just don’t have a choice… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on February 8, 2009 at 10:30pm — 4 Comments