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

Posted by Jim Stroud

October 5, 2008

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My Fab 15 for the week

video: Full-Time Dreams (Hat Tip to Matt Martone)

1. Employee Halloween Party Tips 2. Take this job and shove it (might not be the best method) 3. Matt Martone reveals a (potential) Facebook Recruiting App 4. Sites to post free job postings 5. What happenned after he said, “Show me the money!” 6. The Worst Managers On The Planet 7. Hahahahaha… (Evil Genius) Bankrobber recruited Craigslist decoys to confuse police 8. After reading this, maybe “Don’t worry be happy” should be the new theme song of the workplace. Why not? Its working for the employees of “Nature’s Sunshine.” (see the video below)
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9. Only 38% of the disabled have jobs? (Wow) 10. Salary Budget Growth To Slow Globally in 2009 11. Its not the game, its the player (well said) 12. Congrats on blog post #500. I see that you have learned a lot. 13. 10 Things HR Needs to Do in an Economic Downturn 14. Introducing… www.internetrecruiting.us 15. Umm… this gives a new meaning to “Stay in School” (OWCH!)

TWEETS OF THE WEEK

*Are Recruiters feelin’ the love on Twitter? Let’s take a quick peek and find out. (Smile)

dunk: I love dealing with recruiters. It’s so much fun to shout at them when they call you @ work..

thejiu: lol gotta love it when recruiters leave voicemails in your work number.

tonychimento: i love it when job ads are actually recruiters trying to get you to pay them to groom you for new jobs. i love the honest approach

Adam_Buchen: Time to start sending out copies of the resume again. I hope more clueless recruiters question my abilities again. I love that.

schwa: I love recruiters that send you random job listed based on the most tenuous of keyword matches. Love ‘em.

JonBurg: kudos to the many recruiters utilizing Twitter correctly. I love you guys.

subwindow: I love recruiters that not only spam you, but put you in the TO field along with 415 others. Great way to never, ever get a lead.

TaylorBarr: Oh I love when recruiters call me…since I used to be one, I can see past all of their games.

chrismetcalf: I just got contacted about a job at LinkedIn… via LinkedIn. Their recruiters must love it. The worlds largest resume pool and no fees.

Adam_Buchen: @defunkt Yes, I love getting called by recruiters who don’t even know what the hell Ajax is or why Javascript knowledge is relevant to that.