The Week in Recruiting (Reading the blogs, so you don’t have to…)

Posted by Jim Stroud
July 28, 2008

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My fab15 for the week…

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VIDEO: How to ask open and closed questions for recruiters (Click here and use the promo code “jstroud” to get a discount on Recruitment Juice products)

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1. Americans want to do it alone, Europeans prefer teams and Asians want it all day long 2. Recruiting tips according to Jolie et al 3. Its all about the tweakin‘ 4. Homeland Security vs SHRM 5. Metrics for Generalists

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VIDEO: How to market a candidate for recruiters (Click here and use the promo code “jstroud” to get a discount on Recruitment Juice products)

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6. Look, you need us and we want to help you. So what’s the problem? 7. Owch! Have you heard about the Google Day Care Controversy? 8. So, who’s next in line? (And should we keep it a secret?) 9. I thought the happiest place on earth was Disneyworld 10. 18 Employment Law cheat sheets

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VIDEO: Charlotte is rubbish at new business in recruitment (Click here and use the promo code “jstroud” to get a discount on Recruitment Juice products)

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11. And now… the new Millennials 12. 100 Best places to work in IT 13. What to do when Cupid comes by your cubicle 14. So like, being a platypus is a bad thing? 15. Grading the EEOC

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RECRUITING TWEETS OF THE WEEK

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jjbuss: Retweeting Recruiting, Social Media, and Friends. Twitter Rocks! http://tinyurl.com/5gzqds.

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RickDeare: Looking for a couple of world-class business partners in Minnesota and Maryland for recruiting related ventures.
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BarkingSfincter: Thanks Maize! http://www.sundaymorningqb.com/2008/1/21/1614/43228 Great link on recruiting. Follow up to Myth Busting post
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iposit: Lost at Comic-Con. Octagon Global Recruiting. Join the Dharma Initiative - http://youtube.com/watch?v=-yTf2Dpjf2s
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humanadverb: “A diverse army, is a strong army. Army strong.” Recruiting commercial based on sixty years of desegregated military service… wtf.
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michaeldorian: Just landed in Seattle to start at MS & the 1st email I get is from Google Recruiting for me to take a trip to the Googleplex. Too funny.
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bradleyjoyce: some interesting comments on this article about Gen-Y and recruiting.. check it out and leave your thoughts http://snurl.com/3518n
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FistfulOfTalent: On Fisful of Talent: Social Networking and Recruiting - Is Keeping People Out.. http://tinyurl.com/5afqwz
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Colleen84: Off to Comic Con so Jay & I can try to do the Dharma Recruiting at 9:30
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williamu: rewrote our corporate recruiting agreement (no auto renewal); gearing up for sourcing session on aud researcdh
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jmoriarty: Scientology Loony Recruiting Booth in Portland http://twitpic.com/5ajg
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garyperman: Here’s a cool conference on Recruiting, Risk Management, Regulations & Retention which you can attend in your pj’s www.r4conference.com
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vanina: Using seesmic for recruiting http://tinyurl.com/5ucr3t
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daveIxD: recruiting help via LinkedIn is flooding my inbox. It is starting to become annoying. It feels like spam. Unsolicited advertising for sure.
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fark: [Weird] In order to find new air traffic controllers, the FAA is recruiting teenagers. “Dude, you are SO gon.. http://tinyurl.com/594rxt
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Pixites: Recruiting? TwitHire http://twurl.nl/j4k6q6
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jletourneau: R4 Is Official Today - Recruiting, Retention, Risk Mgmt, & Regulations: http://tinyurl.com/5olb67
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Bobbi_Sanchez: I am still looking for a recruiting position and trying hard to stay motivated.
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HireCentrix: Post your HR/Recruiting/Talent Acquisition positions on HireCentrix http://is.gd/119x
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The_Front_Page: Border patrol does unconventional recruiting http://tinyurl.com/62d2xj
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newdemographic: Should recruiting be a dedicated position? Or something senior managers in newsrooms should be doing?
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jimstroud: Send an email to your future self and ask, “Are you still a recruiter?” http://www.emailfuture.com/
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