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Making one of his very rare broadcast appearances, industry icon and internet ol' timer John Sumser will be sitting down with the Recruiting Animal to talk about, well, its hush-hush so you'll have to tune in. Bearing in mind that Friday is John Sumser's regular slot we have decided to move the radio to show to tomorrow.

1. The Candidate did not adopt a committed, passionate, “failure is not an option” attitude about finding a job. Many job seekers think that just because they have a new degree, or military training, or some other advantage, that it’s going to be easy to find a job. They have absolutely no idea how many interviews and interview cycles are typically required to find a job. They have no idea of the massive number of cold calls it takes to get an interview. Surprised and unprepared to make that commitment, candidates will often quickly grow frustrated with initial rejections. Click the title to read more of the article.

Why is it that saying yes—even when it means changing our entire schedule, canceling other plans or doing something totally unpleasant—feels so much easier than just saying no? For me, saying yes was also a lifelong habit. I often said yes because I didn’t know how to say no. But over the past year I learned how, and the benefits have been amazing. Saying no to things you don’t want to do creates more room in your life for the things you do want. Plus, it is a major stress reducer. Click the title to read more of the article.

Today at 12 noon EST we'll be reading excerpts from several articles in the news recently about social media and recruiting. Topics will include recruitment blogs, social networks and other web 2.0 ways to recruit. Listen online or call in with questions.

The Information Age can be such a wonderful thing. Well, most of the time anyway. With information shared, referenced and linked so quickly via the internet, sometimes the effect can be less than desirable. Whether it’s a major media outlet or a small web site, things slip through the cracks. Other times, the errors are even bigger.

If you don’t know a great deal about Generation X it is because you are part of the other three, much larger generations that share the work force today.

I am not a fan of labels. To me they often have the look and the feel of a cattle brand because they tend to be on you no matter who you are and where you go. They can be dangerously bias. With that understood, I will now contradict myself by acknowledging and addressing that I am part of a Generation X and this is my clearly biased, amusing and condescending accurate slant: Click the title to read more of the article.

That’s right, no cost to post an engineering job to our website. Are we crazy? Other job boards are charging hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for the same privilege!