About 4 years ago, I started a blog . I’d been hanging out for a year in the recruiting “blogging” community and finally decided to quit lurking and take the dive. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing (some would argue I still don’t - and they’re probably right). But, hey, that’s the beauty of blogging.
Aristotle said, “What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.”
And whether we’re talking about blogging or recruiting, Aristotle was certainly on to something. I’m no deep-thinker, but I’m smart enough to realize that when I “go beyond myself” and do something I’m not fully prepared to do (at least in my mind), at least two things are going to happen:
I succeed or fail.
I learn.
Now, fast forward - 335 B.C. (Aristotle) to 1996 (when I got my first agency recruiting gig). I’d already been in the workforce eight years, having survived my first...
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Post Date: 2008-03-31 06:21:13
So..saving the meat of the matter for another time, let’s say that a recruiter/manager person publicly leveled accusations so serious and specific as to have someone spreading it via email use the word “unbelievable” in the subject line of the email and report it to NAPS etc. Thinking it to be unbelievable in a more literal sense, I asked someone who knew the accused who had him explain the situation to me. After the semi-public response that now makes it appear the original a...
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Post Date: 2008-03-27 04:00:48
Is everyone getting ready to go back to school in Vegas this June? Pack those bags. Call your travel agent, tell whoever you need to tell that June 4-6, “I’m out of the office”
In all seriousness, you should look at your calendar, and go book your flights. The Fordyce Forum is just around the corner. June 4-6 at the Flamingo Hotel, there will be a ton of information flowing.
It seems to me that the barrier to entry to become a recruiter today with a fistful of candidates to call tha...
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Post Date: 2008-03-25 04:00:09
Guest Post By Jim McGrath, The EMAC Group
As the president of my recruiting firm, I see many human resources professionals needing to fill a vacant position spending hour after hour looking on sites like monster.com and careerbuilder.com, hunting and pecking for that elusive needle in a haystack.
While that can be rewarding and inexpensive, it certainly does require much more time and effort, as well as a good neck and back massage. More importantly it takes away from administering ...
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