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Artices Tagged ‘networking’

Stalking the Future

by Elaine Rigoli June 25th, 2008

If you’re hoping to trim your cold-calling and candidate marketing, but you are looking for ways to supplement the ways you are meeting new executives, consider stalking them! Well, not by the Law&Order definition of stalking. But showing up in unexpected places where you know certain executives like to gather certainly can’t hurt, according to Frank [...]

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Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About

by Elaine Rigoli June 20th, 2008

Do business and pleasure mix? Or is it your style to separate your business life from your personal life? Are your clients your friends or your business contacts? What kind of relationship do you have with your clients, anyway? Are they really in your life, or do you keep them at an arm’s-length distance? It might [...]

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An Insider’s View Of Networking And The Benefits It Provides

by Frank McCarthy February 1st, 2005

The scene is Cal State Northridge; the week before the major earthquake in the late nineties; the occasion is a career conference sponsored by the diversity students. I was in the midst of a talk on job campaigning techniques and had just completed a segment on networking when one of the students shouted the question, [...]

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Indirect Recruiting - It?s All About Their Comfort Zone

by Terry Petra January 1st, 2005

Over the last month, I have been contacted by several Recruiters who are utilizing the indirect recruiting approach to gaining referrals. Each of them expressed frustration over the fact that many of the people they contacted were “uncomfortable” in providing referrals. On hearing this, my first question was “Why were they uncomfortable?” Surprisingly, most of [...]

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Brave New World - Making Placements - Past, Present, Futere

by Mike Ramer August 1st, 2004

Our industry’s top consultants, managers and trainers are great leaders. They are passionate about the business. They are innovators and risk-takers. They are skilled communicators who inspire others to greater heights. Great leaders are optimistic visionaries. They have the capacity to interpret trends and foresee the future. This “first [...]

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Sources And Resources

by Alan Oaks June 1st, 2003

Information is the lifeblood of a recruiter. Much of the information is obtained in a random manner as we wander through the marketplace talking to people and reading about our business. The more systematic the recruiter is in gathering and storing this information, the more effectively it can be used to impact business.Resources are the [...]

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