Category Archives: Recruiter

Q&A with the Recruiting Animal

For the recruiter interview series, I had a conversation with the Recruiting Animal: JR: How long have you been in the recruiting field? RA: Over ten years. JR: Do you have any specialties? RA: I’m a generalist but I have … Continue reading

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How Do You Know if a Recruiter is Trustworthy?

Matt Buckland had some great comments about my post Why You Should Make Friends with Recruiters. In his post, Why you should make friends with Recruiters, Matt rebutted a couple of points (which is just fine!). He made a great … Continue reading

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Why You Should Make Friends with Recruiters

In response to my first recruiter interview, a colleague wrote in with the reasons he stays in touch with recruiters: Some of the best jobs / candidates are rarely advertised If you refer people to your friend the recruiter, there … Continue reading

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Q&A With Dave Freireich

I decided to start a new series, interviewing recruiters. It’s not clear to me that either my hiring manager colleagues or candidate colleagues are using recruiters as well as they could be. Here’s the first interview with Dave Freireich, one … Continue reading

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What Do You Want to Learn from Recruiters?

I have a lot of recruiter contacts, especially through recruitingblogs.com. I’m planning a Q&A series with recruiters, and would like to know from you: what do you want to learn from recruiters? Email me or leave your questions in the … Continue reading

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Recruiting Trends Column About Writing and Speaking, Part 2 Posted

My column at Recruitingtrends.com has evidently been up for a while, but I missed the email telling me. Gotta clean out that inbox. The column is: Using Writing and Speaking to Recruit Candidates, Part 2 You can’t leave comments there, … Continue reading

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Recruiting Trends Column About Writing and Speaking Posted

I have a new column up at Recruiting Trends. See Using Writing and Speaking to Recruit Candidates, Part 1. You can’t leave comments there, so please do so here.

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Flipping the Bozo Bit on Recruiters

Recruiters are people, too. But when they do something not-so-bright, candidates tend to flip the bozo bit–not just on the recruiter, but on the company also. A colleague is looking for a job. His resume clearly states 5 years at … Continue reading

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Recruiting Trends Columns About Culture Posted

My most recent Recruiting Trends column about culture is here.

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Recruiting “Failed” Candidates Posted

  See my article on Recruitingtrends.com, Recruiting “Failed” Candidates. You can’t leave comments there, so leave them here.

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