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Hoovers (TechTrak Group) Pro-Plus Yearly Subscription

There are four seats left on our Hoovers* Group subscription for any of you TechTrak affiliates for the year just starting...

Bob sent out renewal notices (a couple of them) earlier this year and most of you re-subscribed but a few did not so we have FOUR open seats if anyone is interested!

This is ONE GREAT DEAL for the ProPlus subscription!

If you need additional information email Bob at bob at techtrak.com or call him at 513 899 9628.

*Hoover's is… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 20, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Be the Deliberate Creator of Your Life

1. Commit to building a "prosperity" mindset

2. Adopt the beliefs of success

3. Be clear on what you want

4. Clear away any opposing beliefs

5. Take inspired action not frantic action

When you are proactive, you don't focus on what the economy or the market is doing, you are coming from an internal state of prosperity consciousness. You don't look to outer conditions to determine your state of mind, you determine your own… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 19, 2008 at 9:10am — No Comments

Recruiting (Sourcing?) Ads That Get Attention

"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success." Not much of a sell job is it? Nevertheless, when this ad was run by the polar explorer, Ernest Shackelton, men started walking across England to get to him. More than 5,000 applied.

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Need telephone names sourcing to fill your hard-to-fill positions? Call the… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 19, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

FREE Sourcing Cheat Sheet and FREE Food - Beat that!

Dan Harris of NetApps is presenting at the Silicon Valley Roadshow and he'll be giving away his sourcing cheat sheet. Don't miss Dan - this is a guy you can't help but like!

It's FREE and they're giving away FREE food as well!

All you have to do is show up. You can do that, can't you?

Here are the information… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 17, 2008 at 10:10am — No Comments

Questions You Should Ask a Sourcer

On Tuesday's MagicMethod Class chat we got to talking about what questions one should ask a sourcer that one was contemplating hiring. Following are the suggestions:

Paul Davenport Cyber Sourcing is getting less and less expensive to companies because many are off shoring or… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 16, 2008 at 9:09am — 1 Comment

New Products Sourcers Might Consider Offering

12:15pm Maureen Sharib I asked this morning about new products we sourcers might offer in this downturn...

12:16pm Todd Burkhardt sales leads

12:16pm Maureen Sharib as you can all see - I used Dan's idea from last week and created a new TechTrak product - FindOut! out of it...already I've had ONE inquiry! It’s a product that updates a customer’s database.

12:16pm Todd Burkhardt organizational benchmarking

12:16pm Paul Davenport… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 16, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Are you a namby-pamby sourcer?

When I first started sourcing a dozen or so years ago I remember the namby-pambiness of my sourcing. Afraid to rock the boat, I shied away from asking too many questions of my information sources, afraid I’d hear something that I didn’t want to hear. If I was on a trail I didn’t want that trail to end in a dead-end or even be broken. In the early days, I heard what I wanted to hear!

Soon I came to realize this wasn’t going to cut the… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 15, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Today is Phone Sourcing Class

Today is the MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat over on the MagicMethod network at noon (EST). This week's topic is related to the last few business development discussions - we'll be searching for new products sourcers can offer to help their customers in these changing and challenging times. Please come here at noon (EST).

Did you know MagicMethod phone sourcing class has been in session since… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 14, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Persistence

“I took your course but to tell you the truth, I just don’t have the TIME to do what you do,” the caller explained, almost apologetically, before asking if I had time to take on some more work. She then went on to describe her long background in recruiting, admitting in the tale that it has always been the front-end part of the job, the sourcing, that she has never really been comfortable with. Not only did she find it awkward, she explained, she also… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 11, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

American History Lessons

Interesting American History series here.

The Great Depression

"Now let's be frank. You and I know that immediate relief of the unemployed is the immediate need of the hour." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (referring to… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 11, 2008 at 9:24am — No Comments

Today is Phone Sourcing Class!

Today is the MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat over on the MagicMethod network at noon (EST). This week's topic is a continuation of the last few classes - chasing ideas on how to develop sourcing business in these troubled times.

Developing business really isn't that much different from developing a "names list" - first we have to find who the decision maker is for this activity within organizations and then the more challenging… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 9, 2008 at 7:23am — No Comments

Today is Phone Sourcing Class

Today is the MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat over on the MagicMethod network at noon (EST). This week's topic is a continuation of last week's - ideas on how to develop sourcing business in these troubled times.

Developing business really isn't that much different from developing a "names list" - first we have to find who the decision maker is for this activity within organizations and then the more challenging part comes (for us shy… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 7, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Log Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008

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Best Remark of the Day "The Sourcer assesses whether the Prospect should be INTERVIEWED for the role. The Recruiter and interview team determines whether the Candidate should be HIRED for the role." ~ Paul Davenport

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11:56am Recruiting Animal Hi Tami. Maureen just sent me an email to wake up but she's not here

12:00am Maureen Sharib Welcome to MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Class!

12:01am Recruiting… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 26, 2008 at 4:22pm — No Comments

MidnightMagic Chat

Tomorrow night, Saturday Sept 26, we're going to be having another Midnight Chat here on the RecruitingBlogs network and I hope you'll attend! We'll be talking about things you can do in the middle of the night with a telephone and you're sure to be amused! Join us at midnight (EST) on the main page of RecruitingBlogs for some fun!

Maureen

"I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 26, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives

Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control.

Between posting photos on Flickr, updating my status on Facebook, blogging and commenting on and perusing various other sites, I'm having trouble keeping all my activities straight. And keeping track of what my friends are up to on the Web gets even harder.

But there is a way to keep… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 25, 2008 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

Sourcing Groups

You’re invited to join the MagicMethod Telephone Names Sourcing group here on RecruitingBlogs to learn more about telephone sourcing.

Also, you might consider joining a couple Yahoo sourcing groups that some of you might enjoy – they are:

Sourcers Guild Established 2007

Sourcers… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 23, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Phone Sourcing Class is Today!

As many of you heard I was out of power/out of touch all last week - I wrote something about the interesting experience here.

We're back in business and today will see the regularly scheduled Tuesday MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat over on the MagicMethod network at noon (EST) here. See you in class!

Maureen Sharib

Telephone Names Sourcer/MagicMethod… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 23, 2008 at 8:24am — No Comments

What would you do if the Internet went away?

Think it can’t happen to you? Ha! I live in Ohio and on Sunday, September 14 at about 1 p.m. an ill wind started to blow in from the southwest. I was pulling weeds in my garden when the angry, dark and low-lying ominous clouds began to pass quickly overhead. Straightening, I watched as the 100-plus year old maple trees in my front yard began to sway crazily, dropping debris from… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 22, 2008 at 1:13pm — No Comments

MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Today

MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Today at noon EST on the MagicMethod network here.
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Interesting WSJ article about rusing here.

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 9, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

MidnightMagic Chat tonight!

The increasingly popular MagicMethod Midnight Moves Sourcing Class here on RecruitingBlogs continues - in it we talk about things you can do with the telephone in the middle of the night!

The MidnightMagic ensorcellings tonight (Saturday, Sept 6) will continue last week's discussion on how to "do" telephone banks. Don't miss it! Come to the main page Chat Room at… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on September 6, 2008 at 8:20am — No Comments