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Commitment to Veterans with Blake Cannon

Feb 23, 2010 | Comments

Blake is a Veteran with a mission, to put other military veterans to work. He says commitment is not just a word when it comes to veterans. It is a way they have lived their lives and now they need you to commit to prioritizing part of your budget to putting them to work. You can’t just think that the other companies are going to do it, so why should you bother? It’s not happening – primarily because hundreds gather and talk about Twitter or Gen Y instead of what we all need to do to engage just one veteran and make it your purpose to find him/her a job today!…

Just Get Over It

Dec 18, 2009 | Comments

Did you ever make up your mind about a person before you even got to know them based on their name, their appearance or something else about them? Ever get that gut feeling you just weren't going to like someone, or they weren't intelligent or it just wouldn't work out? That's dangerous behavior in the candidate selection process.…

Realistic Expectations for Candidates

Nov 26, 2009 | Comments

I would love to wave a magic wand and grant all people social media job seeking skills to make a Recruiter's life easier. But, Recruiters using social media to recruit are a minority and Recruiters are a minority in the workforce. So, should everyone buck up and go to social media job seeking skills seminars? Is that realistic?…

The Future of Recruiting

Sep 25, 2009 | Comments

Nostradamus, Steve Miller and Michael J. Fox aren't the only ones who have a corner on the future. A recurrent theme at recruiting conferences this year is change. I attended Recruitfest09 this week here in lovely Toronto, Canada, where change was discussed at great length. You know what I say, "Get on board the change train and enjoy the ride".…

The Vulcan Recruiter

Sep 19, 2009 | Comments

Dorothy Beach, MBA CIR PHR got me thinking. She posted a question on the discussion board of the LinkedIn Social Media Recruiting Group asking for opinions on the effect of social media on recruiting in the far future, 5-20 years down the virtual highway. My mind immediately took a journey to Wish List Lane and Technology Square. If you repeat something enough times and really believe it that makes it reality, right?…

Get Out Your Value Proposition

Sep 14, 2009 | Comments

The scary story goes like this… Johnny, you’re our star Admin Assis­tant and as part of your “other duties as assigned” I’m giv­ing you a new project. I need to hire an Account Man­ager and we don’t have a bud­get to hire an agency to do it for us. You’re always on Face­book and Twit­ter, do some…

Cyber-Vetting Digital Natives

Aug 30, 2009 | Comments

Whenever something new comes out it's either ooh ooh I want to try it or no way that's not for me. Eventually these days, social media becomes involved and the twain shall meet. Job seekers are busy creating Visual CV's and online portfolios to be noticed since they caught on that Recruiters are hanging out online and using Facebook and LinkedIn as databases. It's like peek a boo...... do ya' look or not, or maybe with just one eye? …

The “New” Job Fair

Aug 25, 2009 | Comments

New technology, new ways of conducting business.. I'm all about it when it works. You've seen those hidden camera videos of people screaming at their computers and even throwing them. That never works. I speak nicely to mine an decorate it with colorful sticky notes to keep it happy. So, how come this Virtual Job Fair isn't working out for me?…

I’m Recruiting You!

Aug 23, 2009 | Comments

To what length would you go to achieve a goal? How willing are you to do whatever it takes to accomplish a mission? Today I met with about 100 Army National Guard and Reservists to discuss their benefits under the new GI Bill. You know what? I was impressed. Now I'm recruiting you to go out and hire one (or more) of them. Here's my pitch...…

Fancy Shmancy Recruiter Titles

Aug 21, 2009 | Comments

Talent Acquisitionist, People Pusher, Headhunter, what is your role really? Did you get to choose what you want to be called or did someone bestow your title on you? Do you have a famcy shmancy one or do you just go by the old tried and true Recruiter?…