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Posted by Maureen Sharib
This was from March, 2006 and was one of the discussions over on ERE.

Super-Recruiter, Dave Staats says candidates who initiate a contact with a headhunter are useless.

Over 90% of the people who have approached him do not produce placements. In the past 5 years an approach by a candidate resulted in one deal. He makes his money by accessing candidates who aren't actively looking for a job.

By Richard Becker

As social media adoption takes hold, some companies are starting to wonder: if employees need to step out of the shadows, to serve as transparent client advocates in a community relations role, where will it leave the company brand? Held hostage by individual employees with no loyalty to the company beyond an individual connection?

Before the advent of department stores, small retailers used their front windows in a straightforward manner to put their goods on display. The big department store windows were different. They were used to put on a display meant to charm and amaze.

Posted by Maureen Sharib
I've been getting alot of questions lately as to what do I do when the Gatekeeper pushes back. Here is one lesson from Module VI of the MagicMethod telephone names sourcing course and I thought those of you who are interested in the subject might enjoy it.

I was calling today looking for Web Analysts in media companies and I called a company in New York and a very nice young woman named Donna answered the phone but as they sometimes do, she did not identify herself. Instead, she stated the name of the company she works for and, “May I help you?”

Topic: The primaries from a recruiter's point of view.

Guests: Jim Durbin, Colin Kingsbury

Call in and Listen Only info here: recruitingshow.com

Posted by Maureen Sharib
This was something I wrote back in April of '05 but it's just as relevant today, three years later. It was first set into a discussion in the ASK Maureen group over on ERE. I've been long meaning to set it into MagicMethod as one of the lessons but have not - as of yet!

Browsing through Mark Twain’s personal narrative of variegated vagabondizing “Roughing It”, I came across a term in reference to gold mining I’d never seen before, “pocket hunting”. Twain describes it, “In that one little corner of California is found a species of mining which is seldom or never mentioned in print. It is called "pocket mining" and I am not aware that any of it is done outside of that little corner. The gold is not evenly distributed through the surface dirt, as in ordinary placer mines, but is collected in little spots, and they are very wide apart and exceedingly hard to find, but when you do find one you reap a rich and sudden harvest.

And, once starved for intellectual stimulation, she is now refreshed by her regular contact with stimulating people.

Posted by Maureen Sharib

Soon, Facebook will allow you to send highly targeted recruiting ads to its members.

Every year there is a hot new technology that promises to deliver passive candidates to your doorstep.

Posted by Maureen Sharib

Posted by Maureen Sharib
A soucer is usually someone who is dedicated to producing names and list generation for a particular job opening or search assignment. A sourcer may very well work directly for a recruiter. A recruiter on the other hand will usually have full life cycle responsibility. This of course can include sourcing as well as candidate development, salary negotiation and managing client expectations. Breaking down respsonsiblities simply by titles relative to your specific question, a recruiter could also be a sourcer, but it would be unusual for a sourcer to be a recruiter.

You don't see any reward in action.
You don't see how you can get your task done on time so you do nothing.
It really might be too late to finish the task on time if you start now.
But that's a reason to go into action. Why?

Posted by Maureen Sharib
Seminal reading for phone sourcers!
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After battle over personal branding.

Today I joined the Recruiting Animal as his radio show guest for a high-energy debate about personal branding. You can listen to my defense, err, the debate here.

Posted by Maureen Sharib
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The second MagicMethod Classroom Chat on Tuesday, April 29th honed in some more on “Handling the Gatekeeper” and there were about thirty-five people in attendance. Several participated, asking some very good questions.

TOPIC: Personal Branding

BASE jumping: you parachute from a high place wearing a wingsuit which allows you to fly. The suit gives you webbing between your arms and legs similar to that of a flying squirrel. It is also called a birdman suit.

Posted by Maureen Sharib
HEADHUNTERS are at large in the public sector, trying to nab the best people. Bad news, you might think, unless you are one of those being hunted. Those who have made it to the top are generally prompt to return headhunters’ calls.