MagicMethod Tuesday Phone Sourcing Class subject: Failure

[Maureen Sharib]

One of the students ruminated last night over on the Yahoo student group for "The Magic In the Method":
Are there any people who took Maureen's course and are just trying to make a living as a name sourcer? If so, when was the last time you received a paycheck or are you just failing? I took Maureen's course about 5 months ago. It turned me on to the world of research. Yes, I have made about $20,000 in the last several months, but things seem to be slowing down. Anyone have any stories about how they are doing or how they are turning things around?

I answered:
I know you know that things have slowed everywhere - the trick in times like these is to stay focused and on your mark for when things pick back up and they will PICK BACK UP! Use this time to develop your networks, tune your mailing lists and message, read, study, learn, write, continue to grow. These are OPPORTUNITY TIMES -many will become discouraged and fall away and you will be left. Keep yourself intact - don't fall to pieces like so many will. Believe.

Harry Griendling writes a good article today over on ERE:
Why Aren’t Search Firms Out of Business?
He says:
Given that:
Corporate recruiters have access to tens of thousands of active candidates via job boards and specialized career sites.
Corporate recruiters have access to information about tens of thousands of inactive candidates via a variety of Web tools ranging from Google to ZoomInfo to LinkedIn.
Thousands of corporate recruiters have been certified in advanced sourcing techniques from firms like AIRS and the Adler Group.
ATS and hiring management systems not only house customized resume databases, but they also enable recruitment processes to be streamlined so that recruiters are able to spend less time on operational details and more time delivering value-added services to hiring managers.
Once the sole resource of search firms, research, and sourcing firms provide rapid candidate generation services to corporate recruiters at affordable prices.
…Why aren’t search firms out of business?
His answer:
Out of Business? Search is Thriving! In the face of all of this, the executive search Industry is not only nowhere near close to going under, it’s thriving. (The current economic downturn will temporarily halt this, but overall growth in the search industry has been explosive over the last 10 years.)
Read the whole thing here.

This (failure) will be today's topic in the MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat here at noon EST. You don't want to miss this one!

“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill