Recruiting In 3D

The Pitfalls Of Proactive Recruiting

This post was originally published on RecruitingDaily on July 10, 2014

 

Corporate recruiters get solicitations all the time from external recruiters/agencies to help them with their open positions, with some building on existing business, and some trying to drum up new business. It’s all part of the recruiting “circle of life”.  And when you’ve established a relationship with an agency, and they proactively send you candidates that you might be interested in, this can be perceived as them really understanding your business. (Assuming the resume that is pitched is on target….) And presumably, if you’ve already worked out the arrangement this process with them, you’ll respect the relationship and not then recruit someone they have presented to you, or you’ll let them know if they are already in your records. But, then what about the proactive submission of a candidate from an agency you’ve never heard of/worked with and have no pre-existing relations with? What’s the decorum there?

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 Posted on July 24, 2014 by

 Agencies, Bizarre But True, Recruiting, Recruiting Life, Uncategorized

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Why Mentors Matter

Quite a mentor he was

I consider myself fortunate to have had some great bosses over the years. Even when I was 18 or 19 and working for a large telecom company during the summers, I had someone that I felt was looking out for me and would “show me the way”. But good bosses come in and out of your life, as do the not-so-good ones. And we’ve probably all had a few of both. A few years after college, I was considering a career change. But if I was going to jump into a new career, who would I learn from? As the saying goes, you meet someone when you least expect it. Read More

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 Posted on June 19, 2014 by

 Mentoring, Recruiting Life, Uncategorized

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Finding Your Career Path

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Remember that? I hated being asked that question. Granted, I disliked it most when I was in my teens, because well, what teen wants to think about that? And when I was a kid, I was sure I was going to hoist the Stanley Cup or hit a home run in Game 7, as kids are wont to think.

Truth is, I really wasn’t sure, even as I entered my last year of college. But fortunately, I had a job locked up before graduation. I had done alot of work with people with disabilities and took a job as the Assistant Director a group home. A year later, I found myself in Washington, DC working for a state facility with a similar population of people. But my role had morphed; I was now doing Public Relations and Volunteer Recruiting for the facility I worked for.

I really enjoyed that job. I interacted with community groups. It was a social role, a extrovert’s dream. And I was still helping out an underserved portion of the population that I cared a great deal about. But something was missing. I started to think about getting out of my field. That was the easy part. To do what, what a much better question. I was 24 and didn’t exactly have the means to just not work and “take some time” to figure out my next move. Read More

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 Posted on May 14, 2014 by

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Recruiting IS Sales – How I’ve Come To Accept It

I read the article by Kyle Lagunas about recruiting, and how it’s not like selling at all. And while I appreciate his thoughts, I think they are misguided, and frankly, I still think he’s speaking as an “expert” in an area where he doesn’t have any applicable experience. This is akin to me giving stock advice. Sure, I have a brokerage account, but I lack the Series 7 that would be critical for me to give the advice people could count on. So after cooling down for a night, I set out to yet again defend the profession I’ve taken up. Sure, I fell into it like the rest of us, but I’m a believer of jumping in 100% to your career. After all, if you are going to be a bear, be a grizzly.

Full Disclosure: Following the obscenely talented Amy Ala’s post on this is hard. So just bear with me……

So here’s how I see sales as a part of what I do at each phase. Again, I don’t take this lightly and many of my colleagues can attest to how long I was in denial about this. So I’m saying this after years of self-introspection and reflection. I’ve been on the agency and corporate sides, so I feel like I can speak intelligently to both sides. You know, because I DO it for a LIVING. Read More

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 Posted on April 9, 2014 by

 Can't Fix Stupid, Hiring Managers, Recruiting Life, The Hiring Process

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How Recruiters Can Pay It Forward

Ask a recruiter why they do what they do, and you’re likely to get a wide variety of answers. Among them may be:

  • “I sort of just fell into recruitment”
  • “I’m an extrovert, this was a good fit”
  • “I didn’t want to do sales”
  • “I like helping people”

The fact is, most of us got into this business because deep down we love helping people, just as much if not more than making money. Yes this is true. Fortunately, we’ve picked a profession that allows for both. Career choice FTW! Read More

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 Posted on March 1, 2014 by

 candidate relations, Job Hunting, networking, Recruiting, Recruiting Life

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