Context is King! Long Live The King!

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:45:46 +0100

I've been saying it within smaller personal and professional circles for just over a year. I even brought it into a very deep conversation in the wee hours of the morning with some peers and colleagues while on the road recently. But I haven't really said much about it here. So I will.

I'm ofRead More...

Where On Earth Is RecruiterGuy?

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:24:55 +0100

Recently I've fielded quite a few emails and questions about where I'll be speaking again or which events I'd recommend. While I do not profess to be the worlds best speaker or the best judge of what events someone should or should not attend, I thought it would be easier to add a quick calendar to the site that will incRead More...

What I learned (and taught) at Camp...

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:46:27 +0100

So I'm back from the Social Recruiting Summit that was held on the Google campus in Mt. View, CA. And while I had a great time presenting to the attendees on the subject of mobile marketing for recruitment, I found that I had an even better time interacting with the people I've known online for over a year now - but had yet to meet in person.

Mobile Recruiting IS Social

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:54:42 +0100

Anyone keeping up with social recruiting should have found it hard to miss the buzz surrounding the upcoming event next week taking place on the Google campus. Several terrific folks will be found speaking at the Social Recruiting Summit event on 6/15, each touching on various points of interest within theRead More...

Did Someone Tweet They Needed A Job?

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:59:07 +0100

I find Twitter fascinating. I see it as many different things ranging from a search engine to an instant messaging device to a blogging platform to a time suck. And while these are just a few of the things that I myself have used it for - I love them all.

One of the first things recruiters have been struggling Read More...

Recruiting Evolution

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:38:08 +0100

So there's a bit of a fuss online with recruiters that took offense to Peter Weddle's recent article that social media within the realm of recruiting is just a scam. Some said he was wrong and others outrRead More...

Fancy Recruiting - With the Basics in Mind...

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:50:54 +0100

I'm passionate about a few things... My family, my work, and not being bored. So it's important to me that I try to do everything I can to keep things fresh and exciting... to really push every aspect of the things I like so that they're always at their best - or most productive. One of the things that I think are impRead More...

Crazy Sexy Cool (Recruiting/Sourcing) Part II

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Well, you've done it. You created a tab on iGoogle and dug around through the literally hundreds of widgets and add-ons and have created an interesting place to search for job seekers. Maybe you even got a little crazy and did some searching for complete custom tabs like the Twitter tab or even a tab dedicated to news or your fRead More...

Removing Some Suck from Twitter on #FollowFriday!

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0100

I have an idea. Let's see what we can do to suck the value out of Twitter. C'mon... I have some great ideas and you know you want to help out, right?

Ideas that Suck for Twitter Let's create an auto-follow service so that you can immediately follow anyone that follows you first.

This way your twitterstream is full of dialogue from anyone that simply decides to follow you - regardless of what you decide that you're using Twitter for. Messages about Read More...

Yeah, But We're Only Paying Him $4/hr...

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Alright - pay attention. Because this one is one of those interesting ideas that at a glance would seem to be either falling flat or just not getting noticed. Granted, it's no CraigsList killer or E-bay Eliminator - but it's certainly an interesting take on how to conduct a job search... or recruit.

Anyone that knows me knows that I'm no fan of the &quRead More...

Paperless Recruiting. Paperless Job Hunting.

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Year to date I'm paperless. That's right - I haven't personally created even a shadow of a paper footprint so far this year. Some days are obviously easier than others but for the most part it's been a pretty satisfying journey.

In staff meetings I typically have my laptop fRead More...

Crazy Sexy Cool (Recruiting/Sourcing) Part I

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0100

It was almost a year ago when I was digging through various search strings running in an uncountable number of tabs within my browser that it struck me how powerful the browser could really be for recruiters willing to take advantage of it. Of course at that point I was only thinking about bookmarks and Firefox plugins, so of course the little mRead More...

Social Network Impact...

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Not a week goes by that a Social Network Evangelist gets asked how to measure the power of their network. And hey, why not? If I were a naysayer and on the fence about a process that, at a glance, takes up a significant amount of time but is a challenge to measure - I'd probably ask too.

Recruiting Change...

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Last week I was working at my desk when my oldest daughter came up behind me and asked if I had time to review some homework she'd been working on for her history class. She said she'd already typed it up on her computer and just needed me to take a quick look.

"Sure sweetie," IRead More...

Bowl for Kids' Sake 2009

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I'm a sucker for a good charity and even more so when helping that charity comes with a good time. On Saturday March 7th I'll be taking part in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids' Sake 2009 event in Dallas, TX.

Bowl For Kids' Sake is the largest annual fundraising event for Big Brothers Big Sisters, providing funds to offer positive mentoring Read More...

Don't Talk 'AT' Them...

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In my line of work I get to talk with countless boards and vendors that believe that they only need 10 minutes to tell me how they're going to change the way recruiting is done. Over the last few months I've spent some considerable time with a few that nearly anyone on the planet would recognize and one or two thRead More...

Conversational Recruiting... via Twitter?

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Let's talk a moment about Twitter - the infectious micro-blogging service that has taken the internet by storm. If you've managed to get this far and be completely in the dark as to what exactly Twitter is I'll simply point you here, here and here.&nRead More...

Historic Day - Presidential Inauguration (live stream)

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In the event you're not watching on your iPhone (shame on you)... the following live stream via Ustream.

REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Inaugural Address
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Washington, D.C.

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrificeRead More...

Chrome Gets Fed – and Stumble(d)Upon

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Even as a huge fan of Google's Chrome browser I'm always looking for great ways to customize my experience and use the browser to it's fullest potential - at least for what I do. My real goal is to find quick and easy ways to streamline my job and the job of my team by maximizing the power of various web based tools, appRead More...

Your Internet (Recruiting) Dashboard

recruiterguy@gmail.com — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I was talking with a friend of mine over the weekend and she mentioned how she was enjoying a few of the tips that I had showed her in regards to managing bookmarks and her Google Reader. I noticed that as we were talking it was obvious that she had several tabs open - some for very quRead More...

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