Is it too late for Cyber-Monday or Black Friday? Not sure, but either way I want to make available my sourcing training guides at a discounted rate. For $100.00 you can own all of my sourcing training guides (see descriptions below). This includes free shipping on the Google training CD. To take advantage of this offer, simply send me an [...]
Scott A. Dockter knew things were bad when he found himself e-mailing his assistant seated a few feet away. But it was more than his own e-mail habit that prompted the CEO of PBD Worldwide Fulfillment Services in Alpharetta, Ga., to launch “no e-mail Fridays.” He suspected that overdependence on e-mail at PBD, which offers services such as call-center management [...]
One thing I have been ranting about (online and offline) is the need for a tool that will allow researchers to seemlessly share their intelligence. Imagine (as I often have) the time that would be saved if I were to discover a resume online and then see a note left by one of my co-workers that reads, “Been here, done [...]
Have time for a quickie? I just want to know you better via a short survey. Related PostsCOMIC – The CEO visits the staffing departmentThe Recruiting Life Comic Returns!COMIC: The Recruiting Life #2COMIC: The Recruiting Life #3COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Waiters and Sourcers Send article as PDF
Still working on my puzzle? Well today, another winner joins the lineup. Kudos to… Alia Hassan (Recruiter) for fnding my dog (on 11.27.06) in 25 minutes! Wow! *** And these are the others: Jeremy Langhans (Sourcer) on 11.1.06 (First one!) Vadim Tsarik (Software Engineer) on 11.2.06 Alex Bonjour (Software Developer) on 11.8.06 Dragos-Daniel Boia (Programmer) on 11.15.06 Rithesh Nair on [...]
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Tray Allen has heard from the Texas Longhorns, but it hasn’t been around town or at games. It’s been on his MySpace page. “There’s not been any coaches, but a lot of fans,” said the senior offensive lineman from South Grand Prairie, who has committed to Texas. “People contact me asking stuff like, `How do you weigh this much? How [...]
Want to see something really scary? Check out the homepage of Ucloo. Gee it looks like Google doesn’t it? And in case you have not noticed it, the site is in Chinese. Ucloo is a “people search engine” ala LinkedIn and (coming soon) Spock.com. Check out an english-translation of one of the profiles. Okay, so you’re not impressed. Let me [...]
I am conducting an online survey so I can get to know my readers a bit better. If you would, answer 3 quick questions for me? I will use the answers to make my blog even better for you. Cool? Thanks… -Jim Related PostsCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – An old joke, but still funnyHow would you handle not getting any?Have [...]
Kudos to HR.com!!! Good stuff… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfbcUr0rTbw[/youtube] (213) 514-5341 Related PostsVIDEO: Recruiting SingaporeHow do you staff a start-up?GEEK: Cubicle War 2006 – VIDEO (Funny)VIDEO – Funny recruiting videoVIDEO: VERY FUNNY! Stop calling India for support! Go there instead… Send article as PDF
My Fab 15 for the week [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b60DJBmVs54[/youtube] 1. Invisibility or ESP? Jet pack or amphibious sports car? 2. Death as a recruitment tool. 3. “When I grow up, I want to be hiring manager so that I can hire A Players…on a B budget.” 4. Smile, you’re on candid camera 5. In or out? 6. From Russia, with love. 7. [...]
I was reading my FAVORITE business magazine – Business 2.0 and in the middle of an article called “The Missing Link.� I discovered the following quotes… “…but members like Glenn Gutmacher are the ones who make LinkedIn profitable. Gutmacher works for Microsoft, identifying the right people to fill jobs at the software giant.� “…Gutmacher says. “For the niche that I [...]
For me, weekend is a time to think and we creative. So, this weekend, I got the idea of linking “Employee Retention Process” with “Successful Marriage”. First I thought that people will laugh and may give nasty comments, but I don’t think that there is any harm in sharing the idea. Let me ask two questions to you: 1) It [...]
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Who says that a recruitment video has to be slick, expensive and in your face? Not ME! When I saw the political ad below, I immediately began to think of how this same simple strategy could be applied to an advert for a recruitment video. I would take simple creativity over high-gloss big-budgets anyday if they could deliver the impact [...]
