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MaureenSharib @animal Whatever - can you do it? I sent you the transcript

  

Recruiting Animal @MaureenSharib Sorry, that should be gofer #schat



Recruiting Animal @MaureenSharib what am I your gopher? Yes #schat



Recruit4U Steven G. Davis

@afluhrer i.e: a DOS security clearance is not the same as DOJ clearance, and DOD is different. #Schat



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#SCHAT August 23, 2011



MaureenSharib

Hi everyone. I have a student with a problem.

(Full story - http://t.co/ZPTMHHy)



He can get gatekeepers to peruse their directories for him but their companies aren't using the same titles he is and they can't figure out the title he wants from his description of the role.



I told him to visit the company’s website to look at their job descriptions and…

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MaureenSharib

Hey dudes, welcome to #schat on Aug 16, 2011. Some Receptionists (Gatekeepers) will "spill" the info that you seek w/ very little prompting. We call that a Loose Lucy.

Jason Lee Overbey

Just had one in a mining company. I played dumb. She "dug" deep for the names! Thanked her for being so smart. I had a not-as-loose lucy last week. Finally, I just threw the "h" word in. I said who in your whole org can help me then if you cant.…

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Maureen Sharib interviews a recruiter who was laid off after ten years with a large third-party recruiting firm. Now on his own, he is having trouble getting his bearings. Professor Sharib is assisted by Eric Haber, a recruiter from Florida.

Miles Jennings from Talentbar says:



1. Linkedin, Facebook, mySpace, JigSaw, Zoominfo are making people easier to find.



2. That changes the recruiter's function from sourcing to selling candidates on jobs and assessing them for the client



3. To perform these tasks well, a recruiter has to understand the business she is working… Continue

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Last week, I criticized a young, corporate recruiter for slandering salesmen on his blog. Well, he got in touch with me because he didn't like hearing me say his philosophy is well suited to cult members and cream puffs but not strong women and real men.



And you know what that means? That even after listening this little punk still didn't get it. So I'm going to have to teach him another lesson, today.… Continue