Maren pointed me at this over on RecruitingBlogs. I hope you enjoy it.

I received a note from a self-employed and very self-reliant 28 year veteran of the recruiting industry last week here on our MagicMethod network. He…

The number of business partnerships in the U.S. has been growing steadily by an annual rate of about 5.6 percent a year to more than 3 million in 2007, according to the most recent records reported by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The total net income for these partnerships has also been on the rise, increasing by 2.5 percent from 2006 to a total $683 billion for 2007, IRS figures show.

More…

I want all of you to go read this. Not so much what I wrote as Teresa Bustamante's answer to the question I asked. I am stunned and I think you will be too!

In phone sourcing there is the myth of “Rusing”, I believe the most really good phone sourcers never have to “ruse” to get information. All they have to do is be honest with the person on the other end of the line and use their voices in a way that helps that person want to give you the information you are looking for. ~Geoff Webb

Read his interesting piece…

Online information is somewhat reliable and certainly faster than calling multiple places in a day, sitting on hold and possibly getting the information you need. BUT, employees move around so quickly, not to mention mergers and acquisitions resulting in fast changes within organizations. At times, the only way to get real-time information on…

Slavishly identifying every task the post-holder will undertake and then using those tasks as a tick-list to compare to the candidates' experience without considering whether prior experience of all the tasks is absolutely necessary and, more importantly, failing to consider the potential of the various candidates and choose someone with the potential to take the role and the organisation forward. ~ Christine Baines

Read more…

He offered her a…

Does it exist?

"...my name is quite deceiving and by no stretch of…

Source and recruit entire teams?

Some say: Source…

"Brush-Up on Your Sourcing Skills" - HRCA Program



Date: Feb…

Actually, what she says is that Twitter can save your life. I’m not sure about that but I am here to tell you it can change your life. Penelope’s advice:…

*truly passive candidate = one who is not unemployed;…

Somebody got on their highhorses but, as with any criticism, there are lessons to be learned!…

Jim,



I began in this business in 1981, just when faxed resumes…

"Direct recruiting out of the competitors company." ~ Susan Karr Executive…

• Has LinkedIn become so prevalent (See OVER EXPOSED, OVER USED, ANNOYINGLY USED) a tool for recruiters that people are no longer displaying their names to avoid an ever increasing number of recruiters from calling them? Jim Constantine wants to know here.