Comments - Friend Requests--Social Networking Makes Me Feel Really Uncool - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T10:41:10Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A557680&xn_auth=noYes, thank God my company has…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-02-20:502551:Comment:5608472009-02-20T17:16:46.471ZSee_Jane_Recruithttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/See_Jane_Recruit
Yes, thank God my company has a kickass database with nine years worth of resumes in it! If you have a good database: use it! But make sure you read the profile notes so you don't wake the dead that shouldn't be disturbed (see my blog: Zombie Candidates.)
Yes, thank God my company has a kickass database with nine years worth of resumes in it! If you have a good database: use it! But make sure you read the profile notes so you don't wake the dead that shouldn't be disturbed (see my blog: Zombie Candidates.) Lisa Trench ruined my junior…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-02-20:502551:Comment:5603242009-02-20T02:58:45.280ZMike Giontahttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MikeGionta
Lisa Trench ruined my junior prom for me, so I swore off my senior... :-)<br />
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...still a little bitter over that!<br />
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In this economy you need to stay OFF the job boards... HR and internal recruiters are active on them now because they have time. I am coaching all my recruiter clients that To reaaaalllllyyyy add value, you need 80% direct recruits.<br />
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Mike Gionta<br />
www.TheRecruiterCampus.com
Lisa Trench ruined my junior prom for me, so I swore off my senior... :-)<br />
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...still a little bitter over that!<br />
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In this economy you need to stay OFF the job boards... HR and internal recruiters are active on them now because they have time. I am coaching all my recruiter clients that To reaaaalllllyyyy add value, you need 80% direct recruits.<br />
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Mike Gionta<br />
www.TheRecruiterCampus.com Jenn: it's funny how us "soci…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-02-19:502551:Comment:5592532009-02-19T19:44:53.563ZSee_Jane_Recruithttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/See_Jane_Recruit
Jenn: it's funny how us "socially conservative" people end up in the people business! Just because we don't talk doesn't mean that we aren't paying attention. Good luck at the reunion. I occassionally think about what my 10 year HS reunion would be like and have delusions of showing up in a Beamer and 10 lbs skinnier. Then I consider going for the opposite and showing up pregnant in an old pick-up truck with a kid on my hip and a lit cigarette just to show them all how much I don't care. But…
Jenn: it's funny how us "socially conservative" people end up in the people business! Just because we don't talk doesn't mean that we aren't paying attention. Good luck at the reunion. I occassionally think about what my 10 year HS reunion would be like and have delusions of showing up in a Beamer and 10 lbs skinnier. Then I consider going for the opposite and showing up pregnant in an old pick-up truck with a kid on my hip and a lit cigarette just to show them all how much I don't care. But then again I would have to get prego to make that happen so FORGET IT.<br />
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Tom: I am learning the power of groups. Joining them and then meeting people that way. It's so much easier to connect when people realize you already have something in common. Also, I never went to any proms. None of the dozens they have in 4 years of high school. I hung out at the mall with the mall rats and smoked cigarettes and scoffed at the kids going to prom (but secretly I wanted someone to ask me to go.) So I guess I suggest to be open to new contacts because...smoke cigarettes and make fun of prom kids together??? I don't know. I kind of lost my train of thought in that one. I really liked your posting t…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-02-19:502551:Comment:5588942009-02-19T18:26:55.519ZTom Sweeneyhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/TomSweeney
I really liked your posting today. I think you are bang on in speaking about candidates who subscribe to public sites and don't share any contact information or aren't open to communicating. It defeats the purpose of the network they are joining.<br />
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I would suggest however that networking via networks - while rejections can still happen - would be easier then any other form of networking for the simple reason that networking allows you to brand yourself as you want to be perceived. Online…
I really liked your posting today. I think you are bang on in speaking about candidates who subscribe to public sites and don't share any contact information or aren't open to communicating. It defeats the purpose of the network they are joining.<br />
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I would suggest however that networking via networks - while rejections can still happen - would be easier then any other form of networking for the simple reason that networking allows you to brand yourself as you want to be perceived. Online networking only allows people to judge you based on the profile you've created for yourself.<br />
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Any suggestions for those people who would skip out on the Prom?<br />
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Tom<br />
http://sweens.wordpress.com Wow...it was wierd to come ac…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-02-19:502551:Comment:5588552009-02-19T17:54:37.414ZJennhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/Jenn49
Wow...it was wierd to come across your post this morning. Just yesterday I was lamenting about the SAME thing. Shouldn't the very nature of connecting to others online make those old F2F networking challenges seem like distant memories?? Like you, I was brought back to school days hesitating to start up conversations or "sit with" the cool kids. Truthfully, even though I've been in people centered roles my entire career, I have had to play the "act as if" game in order to do the things…
Wow...it was wierd to come across your post this morning. Just yesterday I was lamenting about the SAME thing. Shouldn't the very nature of connecting to others online make those old F2F networking challenges seem like distant memories?? Like you, I was brought back to school days hesitating to start up conversations or "sit with" the cool kids. Truthfully, even though I've been in people centered roles my entire career, I have had to play the "act as if" game in order to do the things necessary to be successful. I don't like to mingle and events where I know I'll have to meet new people still evoke a natural reluctance. It's nice to know I'm not alone...it seems like I should have been able to overcome this after so many years, but I guess we are who we are. [and as a side note...my HS class is coming up on a big reunion year, and everyone is starting to connect on Facebook...still don't know how to talk to some of these people...it's like I'm 16 again...] Onward I go...