Archive for March, 2006

Interview - Mike Buckner - Director of Recruiting for T-Mobile

I am super-duper busy this week with a string of presentations I am giving on Microsoft campus this week. Fortuately, I have a few pals willing to pinch hit on my blog for me.

On my blog today is John Vlastelica who (among other things) publishes a nifty newsletter called “The Recruiting Toolbox.” Besides being [...]


Why terrorists are (now) recruiting the handicapped… (sick)

While suicide bombers appear unstoppable and numerous, terrorist organizations actually have a difficult time recruiting them. This is especially the case when a lengthily campaign of suicide attacks does not appear to have accomplished anything. At that point, it no longer appears cool to be a suicide bomber. Since the most common recruits are young [...]


Diversity Recruiting - Know where to advertise your jobs

I get a lot of email! (But don’t let that stop you from writing me - wink.) Here is a heads up on what looks like an interesting resource for Diversity recruiting that someone sent me today.

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Since you are a thought leader in recruitment, and someone who has written on diversity staffing issues, I [...]


Onfolio - I love you so!

I am a little late to the party on this one. Some time ago Eric Jaquith of Recruiting Choices (one of the Godfathers of Atlanta’s Recruitment Mafia) hipped me to a cool tool called - Onfolio and raved about it. I promised I would kick the tires on it, but was swamped with work and [...]


The future is voice recruiting?

How do you hire for retail? (I have zero experience in that regard.) The way I understand it you go to career fairs, chat with walk-ins and hope your candidate shows up. (Am I right? I have no idea.) Well, if this is your area of expertise you may want to check out Job Flash.

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