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The terms “network” and “networking” have a rather nebulous definition, depending on who you ask; of course, for so many in our spam infested, hypersocial and intrinsically interconnected world, “networking”… Read more

This product sucks. Really. Yes, I found a product that drives me crazy and wasted my time. It’s Connect6. I get teased a lot because I always seem to like… Read more

Turns out there’s good news, there’s bad news, and there’s LinkedIn Customer Service. At least, this was the discovery I made after an excruciating 25 minute long phone call with a… Read more

In this series, we will focus on sharpening your skills so that you can become a better technical recruiter. It was going to be a 4 part. but we are… Read more

The recruiting world can be ugly. Too many recruiters are just looking to make a quick buck instead of really trying to make good hires. Having been in the recruiting… Read more

I don’t think it’s unfair to call spam “the fossil fuel of recruiting” – it’s cheap, it’s easy and it gets the job done. On the other hand, though, it’s… Read more

If you work in recruiting, there’s probably a good chance that while you’ve felt the effects of public relations (which is almost always collateral damage), you don’t have any real… Read more

Recruiters are hunters of information. Contact information, profile pages and resumes are our reward and tools that help us find them are obviously our favorites. The challenge, of course, is that… Read more

First off, let me just say that I am pretty much the world’s biggest Donald Trump fan, and in fact, 100% agree with everything The Donald has ever said or… Read more

There’s a very good reason vendor is a four letter word in recruiting and HR. That’s because almost everyone in the business of business development for any product or service in our… Read more

In this series, we will focus on sharpening your skills so that you can become a better technical recruiter. You’ll learn tactics and strategies to apply before, during and post search… Read more

Wasting time trying to source chrome extensions or sourcing tools? You’re not alone. It’s not uncommon to hear sourcers practically interrogating each other on their chrome extensions. These digital hacks are their… Read more

There are literally millions of extensions in the Chrome store for everything from blogging to sourcing tools but knowing which one is trash or a treasure isn’t as simple as… Read more

For years now in the world of social recruiting, there’s been a litany of subjective stories, anecdotal evidence and “thought leadership” (or lack thereof) about how “one simple trick” or… Read more

Look, let’s get one thing straight about social recruiting. Social recruiting is one approach, not a strategy in itself. It’s a tool. Think of it like the paper-clip and toothpick approach to… Read more