Comments - My rules of business so far from my short career: - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T13:19:13Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1703357&xn_auth=noI would agree with everything…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-23:502551:Comment:17052482013-05-23T15:27:57.892ZRochelle Kaplanhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/RochelleKaplan
<p>I would agree with everything but the use of the word "inertia" when addressing hard work.</p>
<p>I would agree with everything but the use of the word "inertia" when addressing hard work.</p> LOL. It's a McCarttism. I h…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-22:502551:Comment:17048922013-05-22T22:27:12.105ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
<p>LOL. It's a McCarttism. I have little cards that i hand to a recruiter who just lost one or blew one. It says, "Shit happens, get over it, i hate whiners."</p>
<p>LOL. It's a McCarttism. I have little cards that i hand to a recruiter who just lost one or blew one. It says, "Shit happens, get over it, i hate whiners."</p> Amen to what Sandra said! :)…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-22:502551:Comment:17048762013-05-22T17:35:37.531ZAmy Ala Millerhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AmyAla
<p>Amen to what Sandra said! :) I'm going to print out that quote, Miss Sandra, and hang it up in my office :)</p>
<p>Amen to what Sandra said! :) I'm going to print out that quote, Miss Sandra, and hang it up in my office :)</p> Life in recruiting and life i…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-22:502551:Comment:17049492013-05-22T17:19:46.164ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
Life in recruiting and life in general is fun if we don't take ourselves too seriously.<br />
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I sort of think of myself as the Maxine of the recruiting world. It is possible to make money and have fun doing it if we get over our need to be "professional" and quit looking and talking like we just ate a lemon. Glad you got a giggle. Spend a day in my office and the world will look different through the lens of "everybody is full of crap, don't step in it or you will waste a lot of time getting it off…
Life in recruiting and life in general is fun if we don't take ourselves too seriously.<br />
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I sort of think of myself as the Maxine of the recruiting world. It is possible to make money and have fun doing it if we get over our need to be "professional" and quit looking and talking like we just ate a lemon. Glad you got a giggle. Spend a day in my office and the world will look different through the lens of "everybody is full of crap, don't step in it or you will waste a lot of time getting it off the bottom of your shoes".<br />
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Nobody cares how cool you think you are, they just want a qualified candidate in the salary range they can pay, go find it. Love this, Sandra!tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-21:502551:Comment:17043462013-05-21T20:23:04.839ZCindy Baxterhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/CindyBaxter
<p>Love this, Sandra!</p>
<p>Love this, Sandra!</p> Sandra,
This is awesome! Love…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-20:502551:Comment:17039442013-05-20T22:22:55.036Zpam claughtonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/pamclaughton
<p>Sandra,</p>
<p>This is awesome! Love it.</p>
<p>Sandra,</p>
<p>This is awesome! Love it.</p> Again, Sandra. You had me la…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-20:502551:Comment:17039412013-05-20T20:49:58.380ZWill Thomsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/WillThomson
<p>Again, Sandra. You had me laughing out loud. I love what you said about Metrics. </p>
<p>Again, Sandra. You had me laughing out loud. I love what you said about Metrics. </p> Love it.tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-20:502551:Comment:17039352013-05-20T19:58:11.815ZTJhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/TJ423
<p>Love it.</p>
<p>Love it.</p> My rules of business from a l…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-20:502551:Comment:17038712013-05-20T19:43:40.823ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
<p>My rules of business from a long career.</p>
<p>There are only two ways to do business, honest and dishonest. There is no gray area. Situation ethics are not ethics.</p>
<p>If you have a great idea, try it for a reasonable amount of time. If it doesn't work toss it and have another idea. Don't get invested in something just because you thought it was great idea.</p>
<p>Don't reinvent the wheel. Ask somebody who has a lot of experience if something has ever been done before (most things…</p>
<p>My rules of business from a long career.</p>
<p>There are only two ways to do business, honest and dishonest. There is no gray area. Situation ethics are not ethics.</p>
<p>If you have a great idea, try it for a reasonable amount of time. If it doesn't work toss it and have another idea. Don't get invested in something just because you thought it was great idea.</p>
<p>Don't reinvent the wheel. Ask somebody who has a lot of experience if something has ever been done before (most things have been tried) find out if it worked or didn't and why.</p>
<p>Anybody can handle the mountain tops. Handling the valleys is the test of long term success.</p>
<p>Doing the wrong thing longer and harder does not make it work. Hard work at the wrong thing is like keeping your nose to the grindstone rough and holding it down there long enough so that the only thing you end up with is you, your stone and your effin bloody nose.</p>
<p>Prior and proper preparation prevents piss poor performance. If you don't know what you are talking about, shut up.</p>
<p>Metrics are wonderful. They don't pay the bills. If you spend too much time counting shit you dont' have time to shovel it. </p>
<p>If business were easy everybody would own their own. When you first start you don't know squat but you think you do. Watch the guys who have been a success and try to improve on what they do that is working.</p>
<p>If you hit a brick wall, don't back up and keep running at it. Figure out a way to get around it. The wall doesn't have a brain, you do, use it.</p>
<p>Show up. No matter how talented you are, if you aren't there you will fail. If you give a party and nobody comes it's not a party it's a failed attempt at something. Dont' try to give a party if you already know nobody is going to come.</p>
<p>An unprofitable transaction can lead to the next one being profitable. Sometimes a loss leader item builds return business. Dont' give away the farm just for the pleasure of a transaction but don't labor under the misconception that everything you ever do is going to be profitable.</p>
<p>Trying to sell somebody an apple when they want an orange just convinces them that all you know about is apples, you don't like oranges or you are too damn stupid to know the difference. If you only have an apple eat it and go find an orange.</p>
<p>Check you ego at the door. Big egos are only appreciated after you get to be a big shot and then not very much, you just get to be known as a successful A$$hole.</p>
<p>Quit worrying about business rules. Go to work, watch, listen and learn, try it, if you fail, shake it off, learn from it and do something different the next time. Mental masturbation about how things should be instead of how they are has been the downfall of many.</p> Lots of great ideas in busine…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2013-05-20:502551:Comment:17040302013-05-20T19:33:33.254ZNoel Coccahttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/NoelCocca
<p>Lots of great ideas in business but great execution of those ideas is how money is made.</p>
<p>Lots of great ideas in business but great execution of those ideas is how money is made.</p>