Mitch Sullivan, Recruiter

Place: Recruiting Animal Show

Original Air Date: Wed Oct 03, 2012

My intro went on a little too long. Too many examples of integrity. Then Mitch resisted my questions until we started talking about Preferred Vendor Lists (also called Preferred Service Lists: PSL).

Jerry complained after the show that I put Mitch off by asking him jejeune questions. Yeah, I guess so. Asking a recruiter how he would cold call a potential client or get a referral -- totally irrelevant. But that's the team God gave me. They call in every week but don't like the show.

We had a surprise visit from Alan Whitebread (aka Alan Whitford). He left his mic open while he was taking a business call on another line. We could hear every word but, hey, who cares - it's just The Recruiting Animal Show!

Here are some tweets about the show: Jerry - Mitch - Stefalo

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Comment by Recruiting Animal on October 5, 2012 at 8:50am: Mitch keeps complaining on Twitter that I didn't prepare well and I didn't tell him what to expect but, hey Mitch, it wasn't that bad. And if you want to show everyone how charming and smart you are you can come back any time. I've got two dates free in October. Just let me know.

Comment by Recruiting Animal on October 5, 2012 at 9:37am: Mitch's complaints inspired me to write a more detailed guide for my guests. Find it here.

Comment by Alasdair Murray on October 5, 2012 at 10:24am: When Animal said you had nothing to say I was reminded of the late great Oliver Hardy, whereas Mitch was probably thinking this to himself http://www.hark.com/clips/flhzhcllch-sonsofdes

Comment by Recruiting Animal on October 5, 2012 at 10:39am: Thanks for sending us to an infected site Alcindma or whatever your name is. Its so good I cant remember even tho I've known you for 2 or 3 years.

Comment by Alasdair Murray on October 5, 2012 at 10:46am: Is it? I've been there loads of times. Just audio soundbites from movies and stuff.

Comment by Alasdair Murray on October 5, 2012 at 10:52am: In fact, "Hark is the world's largest platform for sound bites, where anyone can discover, play and share their favorite moments anywhere on any device" So maybe your machine has the virus. Sorry, can;t remember your name either. Shouty? Ranty? Loudman? Something like that ;)

Comment by Recruiting Animal on October 5, 2012 at 10:57am: Well yes then it must be me. When I went to the site you suggested avast warned me that it had blocked a Trojan so my anti-virus software must be wrong.

Comment by Alasdair Murray on October 5, 2012 at 10:59am: No Trojans here. Mind you, I had a wooden horse once. Those were the days. It rocked!

Comment by Mitch Sullivan on October 9, 2012 at 4:17am: Bill, how do you measure culture fit?

What types of questions do you ask to ascertain if someone has it?

Comment by Mitch Sullivan on October 9, 2012 at 4:29am: Animal, one of the limitations of the show is an unwillingness to go into anything is any real depth.

There's too many requests for stories about real-life interactions - many of which are fairly mundane events. Like who ever remembers a specific conversation where they've asked for a referral? If you really want those types of questions answered seriously, then you need to get a few trainees on the show.

I understand the need for the show to be entertaining, but I think it sometimes falls between two stools - with the other one being the need to be informative.

Maybe its novelty value has worn off and needs to evolve into being something a bit more serious? Or make it more adversarial whereby you court more controversial guests and basically have an hour long argument.