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Does it? I was having a conversation with this blogger the other day, and I left it with the impression that sometimes recruiters feel a degree of inadequacy if they source from one source versus another. That maybe a higher weight of value is put on the hard to find candidate. Is there shame in saying you found someone on …
The XXX Olympics (I snicker every time I type that. Should I use the number 30 instead?) has been running for the last week and there have been some high points and low points. The NBC coverage – both real-time and prime-time has been difficult to manage and some of the connectorati have voiced their outrage at how crappy some …
My boss was stunned recently because while we were reviewing candidates (online of course because that’s the perk of being virtual) he saw the number of messages I have in my LinkedIn mailbox. It was at 179. I told him to relax, it’d been at 254 when I started the day and I was weeding through them all…slowly but surely. …
So are your colleagues difficult to get a hold of? HR candidates MIA? Getting more emails with “out of office” on them than actual responses? Well, it’s conference time and I am on this party train! There are a lot of conferences and events to choose from. I’m partial to anything local to the DMV, we are fortunate to have …
Recruiting can be a dangerous place…judgments can abound. I’ve written before about past responsibilities I’ve had as a sourcer. During telecom’s peak in 2000, my company proactively searched job boards to retain staff that were testing the waters for new careers. That was a time when a candidate could post a resume and within 24 hours be interviewing or on …
There was a time when competence was a necessary evil for doing your job. I remember a day when my boss actually expected me to know how to write a proposal. He/She wanted me to understand the ins and outs of designing reward and recognition programs. I was actually held accountable for learning my craft and understanding how what I …
