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You know what’s weird? I don’t directly recruit anymore. It’s no longer part of my job. I don’t have a req load assigned to me. I don’t need to do any sourcing. I don’t have a hiring manager to appease. I don’t have offers to close. I don’t have a salary budget to manage. I’m no longer doing any day …
Throughout my career I’ve recruited and interviewed for many positions. There are a few fundamental candidate traits I have always looked for and believed in: Good attitude (attitude trumps skill in a duel). Tenacity (proven ability to push through obstacles). Ability to continually improve (usually through education or volunteerism). So, why do I always pause when I receive resumes with …
It’s funny… sometimes it’s the smallest things that make you pause and rethink a bit about how you do your job. I’ve been working on a search which, now checking our ATS, has been open since early/mid April. Yes. I know. We’re at about six and a half weeks that this job has been sitting open. Ugh. The clock is …
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away, I worked for a management consulting firm that often encouraged its clients to “cut out the cancer” when suggesting an uncooperative manager be promoted to junior vice president of pencil sharpening. Although I found their manner of communication, in general, to be a little too “In the Company of Men” …
True story. The other week, I was hanging out with some third-party recruiter types when I heard one say that she was probably going to turn down a search assignment because in her words, “Their CEO? He’s a total a$#. I don’t think I could ever recruit someone to work for him in good conscience.” Nice. Real nice. And it got …
