Take a look at the contributors. Over 10% of our members have participated in blogging or discussions. There's nothing like this anywhere else in the business.

It's really interesting that the two "sides" of the Recruiting Industry (3rd parties and HR) are well represented and interacting gracefully. The conventional wisdom is that the two grips mix like oil and water.

Here are some of the best postings from this past week:

• How to not win friends and influence people...Dave Templeman takes an adventurous step. Do grumpy headers on Resume spell trouble for candidates? "Recruiters, If you contact me, you will be reported to The Federal Trade Commission"
  
• SHALLY’s SOURCING SUMMIT, Las Vegas May 16th - Biggest Sourcing Eve... ... Our-hometown-kid-made-good is calling. Friends of Dave Mendoza receive Huge discount off the Full-Pass registration - Kennedy Conference and Expo Admission*: (May 14 -15, 2008)
  
• Candidate Interview Story: How My Children Were Conceived ... Part of the fun of community is hearing stories like this one from Bill Branstetter
  
• Candidate Segment Knowledge - Are You 'Synthesizing' It? "What do you know about how this particular Pivotal Talent Pool thinks and feels?" asks Joshua Letourneau (He's prolific...here's another gem.)
  
• Why "Networking Doesn't Work" ..."Effective networking is helping others…first. Because a pile of business cards won’t help you much. Personal fans will." Phil Rosenberg is another ..Recrutingblogs.com content monster

Somewhere, somebody (was it Ami?) mentioned Geoff Peterson's wonderful StaffBytes. It's an ongoing review of tools and techniques. Very helpful if you want to try to stay abreast of the avalanche of new stuff.

Oh, and by the way, the Recruiting Roadshow arrives in Cleveland next Tuesday, April 29th. Join us if you are in the neighborhood. You can register here.

Until next week.