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DC area corporate & agency recruiters

DC area recruiters, please note the following: If you are qualified, available, interested; planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have an interest, please post your credentials here. If you are a recruiter serving the IT space in and around DC, than post your openings here. Primarily, I have DC area positions listed, but the recruiters on this list have extensive contacts nationally. The FREE list is used to post open positions (encouraging referrals) and to post available can… Continue

Added by DCTechRecruiter 202-596-5411 on November 9, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Current gigs around DC 4 IT

IT Sales and Staffing Business Developer- Reston, VA 1) Solid understanding of IT terminology 2) FLC sales and account management experience 3) High activity based calling and meeting coordination 4) Ability to transition cold market into warm referral based business Click here to directly invite me to connect on LinkedIn Continue

Added by DCTechRecruiter 202-596-5411 on November 9, 2009 at 1:00pm — 40 Comments

How do you get past the "gatekeeper" when trying to get into a company to find a person?

An "old" LinkedIn question with 70 answers - worth revisiting! Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 8, 2009 at 5:50am — No Comments

What is the best phone system for a small business under 20-30 phones?

LinkedIn Answers here. What kind of phone are you using for phone sourcing and what do you like about… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 8, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Today's Recruiter Tools

A current LinkedIn discussion about tools recruiters are using TODAY. Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 8, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Your Coming "Sixth Sense"

A way to access mega info, seamlessly. Watch the demo here. It's fascinating. Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 8, 2009 at 3:00am — 1 Comment

cell phone marketing

As I have been researching cell phone plans, the markets have been interesting. It seems each company is proficient at Multivariate Testing. Many of the companies are also Satellite Internet Service Providers, giving the customer more to think about. What companies do you guys find successful in terms of mark… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on November 6, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Google is hiring 200 recruiters and sourcers for a one-year gig...by next week?

John Zappe over on ERE is "guessing that the positions on the Nelson job board for recruiter and sourcer in Mountain View (Google’s HQ) are the same ones referred to in the email. If so, the pay scale appears to be in the $40-$45 per hour range for sourcers and $60-$70 for recruiters." Read more… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 6, 2009 at 6:33am — No Comments

Sourcers on Twitter

Irina Shamaeva was so kind as to give us this! Here's the next question - who's a Phone Sourcer and who's an Internet Sourcer? Add your specialty in comments! a25n AaronMitchelson abhazard aboeckmann aixiab alainarivas alana_buckner alanfo AmfamLisa amsrescomms anshumancg Asian_GeeQue atenta barrygeiman beach… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 3, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Never dial the 809, 284 or 876 area code without knowing...

You're going outside the U.S. More here. Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 3, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

The "Dark" Side Of Sourcing

David DeAngelo, that guru of dating who puts out the fabulous stuff on how to captivate women (that is read more and more by women for tips on how to combat gamesmanship) recently put out a piece (The Dark Side of Dating) where he bemo… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 3, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Jobseekers learn to get past gatekeepers

Bob Maher will speak to Hudson Job Search Nov. 2 at Christ Church Episcopal, 21 Aurora St., on "Getting through the Gatekeepers (or around them)." More… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 2, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Why You Should Publish Your Own Books

1. A book will give you unbelievable credibility which increases the respect you will receive from customers and business associates. 2. The typical business person might run into roadblocks when seeking media recognition and publicity for their product or service because the media tend to see this kind of… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on November 2, 2009 at 2:14am — No Comments

4 Real-Time Web Trends

1. Real-Time Collaboration is Ripening 2. Real-Time Analytics Will Be Hot 3. Real-Time Search is Looking Up 4. Real-Time Ecommerce is Coming More here. Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 30, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Scarifying Sourcing Stories

“What is it you’re trying to accomplish?” the dreaded Gatekeeper question came. “What had I done wrong?” I silently wondered to myself, sitting up straighter in my chair, feeling the tension gather in my shoulders, my body girding for the rare onslaught. She sounded to be in her forties, no-nonsensei… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 30, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

How Shy People Should Approach Gatekeepers

Question: How does someone who is basically shy extract information from those formidable Gatekeepers? Dear Shy, Here are a few ideas for you. First of all, you must realize that your body language is every bit as important as the words you use when you’re talking to that Gatekeeper. It’s critically impo… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 30, 2009 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

Recruiting in the year 2059

Predicted events for the year 2059: January – A METI message, called the Teen Age Message, sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destinations, HD 126053 star and HD 193664 star. Futurist Simon Hopkins predicts the collapse of… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 30, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web address nod

The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive. "This represents one small step for ICANN, but one big step for half of mankind who use non-L… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 30, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

THE 7 COMMANDMENTS OF TWITTER

Kohlben Vodden, Marketing4recruiters, gives us the law on succeeding w/Twitter: 1. Thou shalt not SPAM. 2. Thou shalt use real words instead of SMS style language. 3. Thou shalt not use all capital letters in their Tweets. 4. Thou shalt only use universally recognised symbols in Tweets. 5. Thou shalt give credi… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 29, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Is Social Media really worth all the brou-ha-ha these days?

I asked this question over on ERE in the Recruiting Leadership group. I hope you'll comment! Is Social Media really worth all the brou-ha-ha these days? Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on October 28, 2009 at 7:52am — No Comments

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Can a Recruiter be a great Sourcer?

I have a question…I had an interview last week for a Contract Recruiting role and the interviewer made a comment to me that you cannot be a good sourcer and recruiter at the same time and I explained that being in the business for 20 years and rid...

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