Too bad. Connecting with the likes of these folks could change your career. Big time.
Not Going to The Fordyce Forum Next Week?
May 30th, 2008
Social Media in Plain English
May 30th, 2008
Watch this video (below) and you’ll get an excellent visual, and explanation, of “social media.” It provides the background for why I think so much is changing with regard to “job search.” I understand that referrals and networks make our world go ’round, however, the way many people find a new job - is changing. The places they [...]
Performance and Your Audience - Blogging Tips
May 28th, 2008
As a followup to Dave’s post, I thought I’d post a short article by Chris Brogan (written earlier this year), that provides a few solid tips for blogging. Whether you call it a forum, a blog, or a journal, it really doesn’t matter. Whether your target audience is the client or candidate makes no difference [...]
Six “Pink” Career Lessons
May 8th, 2008
Ok, I’m prepared to take some heat for this post. First of all, the videos are making some of you crazy. If that’s you, feel free to move on - no offense taken. Actually, this isn’t a video - it’s slides. But yes, the slides are full of what might be referred to as “shallow [...]
People Buy People First
May 6th, 2008
Two years ago I came across this crazy guy named Scott Ginsberg. He’s the Nametag Guy. That’s right. He wears a nametag 24×7. That’s his schtick. Well, I thought it was a schtick. And then I found out that he knows a thing or two about people: what it takes [...]
Bill Vick Makes Me Think…about the “Collision”
May 6th, 2008
Every time I talk to Bill Vick I come away with a few things that I can’t shake (translation: he makes me think about what I’m doing and why). A few weeks ago he was talking about the “collision” that’s going on right now between Recruiting, Technology, and the Demographic issues related to the Boomers, [...]
Doug Haslam just posted about this 30 minutes ago over on his blog (I found his post via Twitter where I follow him). Doug’s not a headhunter - he’s a technology PR guy. I follow him because he makes me think (I realize that stuns those of you who really know me). Anyway, I’m intrigued with [...]
Would you marry him after a 1 hour interview in a singles bar?
April 29th, 2008
That’s the question posed by Seth Godin some time back while contemplating this whole job-interview-thing. If you’re of sound mind, your answer is, “Absolutely NOT!” Well, at least for most of us. However, Seth’s take is that’s exactly what many of us do when it comes to the job interview process. Don’t get me wrong. I’m [...]
You’re Right
April 26th, 2008
This topic is ripe for diverse feedback as most everybody in our profession has a strong opinion about “customer” related issues. Is the customer always right? No. But Seth Godin believes that “you’re right” is the most productive response to critical feedback or a response from a customer. Do you agree? It will take you about [...]
Fordyce Forum 2008 (Las Vegas, June 4-6)
April 24th, 2008
Not going? You’d better think twice.
As a kid, I remember watching tv (yep, black and white) while staying up late on the weekends. I’d always get scared to death every time I saw the short commercial that came on and said: “It’s 10:00pm, do you know where your children are?” Anybody remember that? I thought the only reason they ran [...]
The Video Challenge
April 23rd, 2008
Staats called me “obsessed” as he commented on my post last night. Wow, in such a short time, he understands me better than most! Dave - here’s a video just for you, my friend! Since I’m spending way too much time these days obsessing over various recruiting-related things, I thought I’d go overboard on [...]
Long Live the Thank You
April 22nd, 2008
I’ve written (talked) a lot about “thank-you’s” lately…guess I just can’t shake this thank-you-thing from my mind. Our company has an internal position open that’s getting a lot of my attention these days. In fact, I’ve had five face-to-face interviews since last Thursday. Since we spend a lot of time interviewing on behalf [...]
A Web 1.0 Thank You
April 21st, 2008
Too often we revert to Web 2.0 tools to deepen our relationships with candidates, when a good, ol’ fashioned Web 1.0 Thank You is what they need.
Learning by Doing
April 15th, 2008
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, [...]
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