Comments on: I Love My Job…Especially When I Am Doing It

By: Dave Staats

Dave Staats — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:01:44 +0000

I can only speak for my own column. Some things get caught in a spam filter that I cannot access. Other than that, I have chosen to only leave comments posted when they are from a person. I understand and respect why some people do not want to post in the open but that doesn’t mean I have to debate them that way. The reasons they have should pose whatever cost,high or low, to them and not to me. Given I know who you are and we have discussed this…if we were debating, I’d ask why you put this here? I left it here because I think the answer needs to be out there.

By: disinterested third party

disinterested third party — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:48:03 +0000

Why are comments constantly censored?

By: Dave Staats

Dave Staats — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:19:55 +0000

Ahh, I was kind of expecting both of these points to come from somewhere… First, there is no ‘allegedly’. We have to show invoices to get in. Some of the attempts by people who couldn’t have been rather entertaining.

The ONLY point of a Pinnacle Panel is to share how we did it. There are NO freaks and while membership is limited to 75…our billings may represent as much as the top 10 to 30% of all experienced recruiters. My guess is there may be 1 or 2 thousand who COULD qualify.

Some do it by talking to the same people over and over and nurturing them. Other members do it by making 200 calls a day. One has an average fee of $2200 another does deals that are often 200k fees. We ALL started with basics and are trying to share what we did with those basics… The original complaint is just silly…

By: Jerry Albright

Jerry Albright — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:30:57 +0000

Dave – you’ve gotta admit though regarding the Pinnacle feedback – they do (sort of) have a point. Here you guys are being put up on the stage as the “freaks of nature” in our world. Oddities. Like the old traveling circus with the 2 headed pony and the 700lb man/child.

Let’s face it: To bill the kind of numbers you guys (allegedly) do it takes some special circumstances, doesn’t it? A one of a kind niche-oriented customer base? Candidates who have sworn their undying allegiance to The Secret Brotherhood of Guys Who Only Call Dave Staats….(The SBGWOCDS)……isn’t this the case?

I can see where some of the feedback might be genuine. But I would refer them to the NAPS Conference – or Petey Leffkowicz. That might be want your critics are searching for. The basics.

Your stuff is about the inner workings of people who REALLY DO make serious cash. (Allegedly……)