Dennis Smith's Blog (121)

5 People I Want to Meet for Coffee in 2008

I got to thinking the other day about people in the wireless industry that I'd like to share a table with at Starbucks and just gab.

No time constraints. Just hot coffee and conversation without clock-watching.

It took me a while to develop my list, but I think I've got it narrowed down. And here they are, listed in no particular order:…

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Added by Dennis Smith on January 31, 2008 at 12:12am — 3 Comments

Why I Won't Stop Blogging

The following is a real conversation I had last week with Jason Davis.

It is not a reenactment by paid actors:

JD: How many hires have you made at WorldLink that are directly related to WirelessJobs.com?…

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Added by Dennis Smith on January 27, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Recruiting Brothers Forever

I can't let this one go by....

Dedicated to the Recruiting Animal - our Recruiting Brother,… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on January 17, 2008 at 7:20am — No Comments

Tammy Cho (Dallas Recruiter) Seeks New Recruiting Gig!

My recruiting buddy, Tammy Cho, is looking for her next recruiting gig, so we're making her info available to the world!

Experience:

Tammy has over 4+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience with mid to

senior-level I.T., Retail, Marketing & Accounting/Finance

professionals for contract-to-perm and full-time opportunities. Tammy

also has extensive exposure to passive candidate sourcing… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on January 14, 2008 at 11:56pm — No Comments

the blog awards - best corporate blog

Muchas Gracias to the 179 crazies who managed to pull off a vote for my blog (WirelessJobs.com)!

In reality, I bet 178 of these voters are connected to Dave Mendoza (winner of the Overall Best Recruiting Blog). Dave must have spent some time stumpin' for me or it would have never happened.

I owe ya, Dave!

Seriously, thanks ya'll.… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on January 7, 2008 at 3:34pm — 2 Comments

New Year's Resolutions: Top 3 Tips

Added by Dennis Smith on January 2, 2008 at 10:39pm — 1 Comment

Wireless Cheer

Added by Dennis Smith on December 25, 2007 at 11:10am — 1 Comment

The Geeks Must-Have Christmas Gift: The Corn Hole Set

This is G-Rated...no reason to run in fear.

I can promise this - you will laugh if you watch this video.

Or, maybe it's just because I grew up in Oklahoma.

I'm just thinkin....why didn't I invent this thing?

The Corn Horn Set (and… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on December 17, 2007 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Application Developer (Wireless Company) - Madison, WI

A large wireless/telecom client

in Madison, WI is searching for an Application Developer to join their development.

Face it...the wireless business is cool. And growing like crazy. And they need top developers to keeping pushing the envelope and developing applications that make the wireless junkies go wild.

Hard to resist, eh?

If you want to be part of this wireless craziness, and you've got a year or two of development… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on December 15, 2007 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Facebook Group - WirelessJobs.com

Post your jobs on my new Facebook Group, "WirelessJobs.com."

Join the group, and I'll even post them on my WirelessJobs.com site - for free.

Dennis

Added by Dennis Smith on December 15, 2007 at 12:59pm — No Comments

WirelessJobs.com Group on Facebook (free resume and job posting)

Interested in posting your wireless jobs on the WirelessJobs.com site....for free?

Or, maybe posting your resume on the WirelessJobs.com site...for free?

All you have to do is join the Wire lessJobs.com Group on Faceb ook ....… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on December 12, 2007 at 1:48pm — No Comments

Dallas Recruiting Roadshow - Dec. 4th

If you've signed up to attend the Dallas Recruiting Roadshow on Dec., 4th, I'm looking forward to seeing you next week! It sounds like we've got a packed house (according to Ami's registration numbers).

If you need details about the when/where/why, email me at smithtx@gmail.com. Or, check out Ami's site and he can give you the… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on December 2, 2007 at 8:34am — No Comments

The Life of a Wireless Recruiter

Yesterday I said goodbye to my family at T-Mobile, as I stepped out in to the next chapter of my "recruiting life."

I am very grateful to T-Mo for giving me the opportunity to lead their

engineering / op's recruiting team, as I had the privilege to work with

some of the best recruiters in the country (thank you, Jen, Jodi,

Kristen, Mattea, Sherri, Ryan, Carrie, and Mattea!).

On Monday I join the ranks of another great team at… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on November 3, 2007 at 10:41am — 1 Comment

Kennedy Information Webinar: Uncommon Sourcing Techniques ...

Just heard from Jeanne Sturges at Kennedy Information that over 700 people have already registered for next Tuesday's webinar:

Uncommon Sourcing Techniques that Uncover High Value Talent

It should be a lot of fun and I'm sharing the time with a couple of people

that will make your time on the webinar worthwhile: Chris… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on November 1, 2007 at 6:05pm — No Comments

Recruiters ... how long is your checkout line?

What are people saying about you - your company - when they walk out of your door, post interview?

What can you do that will put your personal signature on your job?

I think Johnny hit it spot on...great service comes from the heart.

Check out Johnny's story here ... Simple Truths of… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on August 14, 2007 at 2:18pm — 1 Comment

Charlie's Angels or T-Mobile Recruiting?

I was in Chicago most of this week in training. Since a lot of the team was there we managed to get a picture on the last day (thanks Carrie for bringing your camera!).

After the picture, a guy yelled at me from across the parking lot, saying -

"Hey, it looks like you're making a Charlie's Angels…

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Added by Dennis Smith on July 27, 2007 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Top 3 Reasons Gen Y Will Avoid the Corporate Giants

Ryan Healy's a voice of being heard among the twenty-somethings and his blog is called Employee Evolution.

I've only read one post and I like this guy already.

I found him at …

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Added by Dennis Smith on June 20, 2007 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Recruitment by Attraction

Recruiting with a blog takes courage.

That's the first line in John Sumser's May 29th post titled, Humanizing.

When I added a blog to my recruiting ~~arsenal~~ toolkit back in 2004, I didn't necessarily think it took a great amount of courage. In fact, I felt like I was jumping on the blogging

bandwagon a bit late, assuming I would just be one of thousands of

recruiting-blogs…

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Added by Dennis Smith on June 4, 2007 at 11:48am — 2 Comments

Three Steps and a Breather

I don't think I've taken a four day break from blogging since I started this gig in '04.

However, being on the road last week put me three steps behind, so I've enjoyed taking a breather to catch up.

So, I got my three steps* back and I'm ready to roll.

More T-Mo jobs comin' next week - stay tuned.

*all that talk about "three steps" takes me back to the 8th grade and this… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on May 19, 2007 at 12:12pm — No Comments