I see people like this so rarely anymore that I tend to forget they exist. It used to be fun to ‘punish’ them for their stupidity but now I realize their attitude does that for them. I sent him this response to see whether he’ll choose ‘angry’ or ‘Oh, I see what you mean’. They [...]
Another fun email exchange with a ‘candidate’
March 21st, 2008
LinkedIn’s move was no surprise to me…
March 19th, 2008
Interesting…the other comments in a Pinnacle Forum also seemed to interpret that I ‘didn’t see this coming”. I may have to both re-read and re-write that when I have time. This did not surprise me in the least and I remember distinctly thinking ‘yeah right’ the first time I heard someone (and later many more) suggest [...]
LinkedIn just reminded me of a term from my younger days!
March 14th, 2008
But since I am not Jane Fonda or Diane Keaton I will only write it as “sneak-f***ed” and let your imagination figure it out. I am applying this term to the news release this week about LinkedIn Recruiter
Split over Splits
March 7th, 2008
With what feels like a sudden crop of tadpole recruiting boards added to the long-established split networks it seemed like a good time to mention something prompted by a discussion in the Pinnacle Society forum. One end of the ’split stick’ has people who do nothing but splits and the other has the people who [...]
To the Legion of Fans Who Await My Every Utterance
February 29th, 2008
Hi Mom: I moved my blog to The Fordyce Letter. I was SO excited to see the site up and running with content.
Maybe my new sigfile for emails
February 19th, 2008
The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the entity or person to whom it is addressed (and the other 6 million people who think Bill Gates talks to Walt Disney) and may contain confidential and/or privileged material (but is probably only an old joke or a picture of a guy with a [...]
Short post for an obvious reason…
January 11th, 2008
Maybe it’s just me…It sure seems like everyone came back from the holiday vacation and found a memo that said “Ok, go spend your budget money”. I know things are heating up when I find myself not even having time to finish my sandwich at my desk in mid-afternoon. It’s almost like Y2K all over [...]
All for nought…
December 13th, 2007
As I suspected, the previous blog and controversy was valuable only as a philosophical exercise. The guy didn’t get the offer. We were in a good position if he had received and accepted one but I am left with a distinct urge to go work on a better deal. The whole thing reminded me of [...]
I’d love some comments on this situation…
November 6th, 2007
Here is what I understand the situation to be and a review of what I offered in case you need it for your records. I am sending it because it appears to me that Ken Tarmac is an excellent candidate and there could be a good fit with CodeBlowers if the right position is identified/designed.1) Time [...]
Where are the women?
October 17th, 2007
Totally miscellaneous response….you tell me J Ever since Martin Marietta offered me a bonus for women and African Americans back in ‘86 my response then and ever since has been I will refer all qualified candidates without regard (and sometimes without even knowing) whether they fit any particular groups. I have not seen the ratio of [...]
Do you want to move to Nashville?
October 10th, 2007
SearchPartner http://www.searchpartnerllc.com/ needs someone accustomed to making lots of out-going phone calls to both new contacts and a database with thousands of prior contacts. This job will also involve research and identification of candidates for retained searches. You’ll need to be comfortable talking with MS and PHD level computer scientists to set up meetings,conference calls [...]
Pinnacle Society in New Orleans
October 10th, 2007
Wow! We just had a fantastic meeting at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans. The French Quarter seems good as ever but I didn’t have any prior experience of the place before my Fordyce Forum trip in June. Our Pinnacle speakers included Jason Davis from right here at ERE.net to talk about the Fordyce Letter, [...]
Maybe it is a seasonal disorder…
September 17th, 2007
I usually can’t keep my mouth shut or my fingers still but for a couple months now I have been less than excited when my blog reminder comes up. Half the time my entries are to complain about something and I can’t even find stuff to complain about. I know there must be hundreds of [...]
Jott.com is an incredible new FREE tool
August 13th, 2007
I try to balance all my complaining with praise for good things. This is one of them… Look at Jott.com. It is a free service. Once you are set up you call the toll free number and say what you want. It is almost immediately transcribed as an email. When I heard that I kinda’ though [...]
Is Inebremail a good name for the Drunk-Dial equivalent?
August 2nd, 2007
Dave, I know you have been trying to contact us about setting up a recruiting relationship but I must decline. It has been brought to my attention by several of my employees that have been contacted by your agency as potential candidates to other companies. I understand this is a usual practice for recruiting companies, but [...]
Not sure I want to interview. I’m loyal to my company.
July 27th, 2007
That’s not the “recruiter ploy” it easily could be if I didn’t support it a bit further. There’s even a bit of this my clients might not like as much as I do but it’s what I believe….Here’s a scenario….Rhetticent looks internally while at the same time talking with 2 of our clients. Both clients AND [...]
I used to hire everyone, I must be getting old.
July 19th, 2007
Psychiatrists have to go through a complete course of therapy before they can practice because they have to know themselves before they can treat others. There is a bit of that in the way we do business as well. (I’ll stop for a minute and say that you can get into this business every day [...]
Figure out what I saw in Penelope Trunk’s column
July 11th, 2007
Penelope, I can’t wait to meet you in October. It’ll be huge fun. Commenter Aaron, “marks’ is an ugly word. If I saw people as marks I would not have 2 people I have placed 3 times,3 people I have placed twice,1 guy placed at the same company twice ,both times for a fee, a [...]
Tired of the red software nag
July 10th, 2007
Gosh… I love writing in the blog when there’s something to say…and I also love the discipline of doing this but since the last post on the Fordyce Forum I just have not had any of those enlightening,maddening or funny incidents that usually get my fingers cursing. So here’s something for my legion fans just [...]
Fantastic Fordyce Forum
June 18th, 2007
Wow! My last entry was right before the Forum got going. My expectations were high for this thing but I could have set them higher and still been wowed.I have read Tony Beshara stories for many years and wondered how a guy could be that organized/dedicated/regimented/committed etc. Listening to him made it obvious. I am [...]
FirstFordyceForum
June 12th, 2007
Ok… I have missed,delayed or deleted my last few blog reminders because we have been so blessed busy that I have not had time to think a bout things that usually spur me to write here. So…My Dell deal got even worse but Vonage made them seem like Nordstroms. Enough off-topic stuff…. I am SO [...]
Firing Clients?!
May 21st, 2007
1) You know these people are worth the negotiated rate or you’d not have negotiated it. Your claim of 10k and 20% is where you started years ago. 2) This agreement is our modified agreement. It is not yours and it does not have an expiration date. Be advised that since you are not interested in [...]
DellSmells
May 14th, 2007
For God’s sake…. My revenue/time ratio is about $450 this year. I spent several HOURS on the phone with Dell. They have gotten SO big no one knows what anyone is doing. This may be my last purchase with them. I am sitting on hold again and just using the time to complete my oblogation.
Bird Dogs
April 27th, 2007
Million Dollar Producers
April 23rd, 2007
This needs to be quick because I just got back from my 11th Pinnacle Society meeting in a row. When I get back from these I have a mountain of things that piled up while I was gone and another mountain of things to process that I learned during the meetings. Without picking on ANYONE in [...]
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