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Comment on Speaking in Tongues by Amitai Givertz

Amitai Givertz — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:04:25 +0000

Heather - “But the seeker is the most important part of any search– way more important than either the tools or what is sought,” so true, so true.

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by Heather Bussing

Heather Bussing — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:32:00 +0000

I’m old and I’m a geek. I was a philosophy major and boolean search is just symbolic logic. I learned boolean search 25 years ago in law school when Lexis and Westlaw were new and hot. I still think it’s the best method to get to where you want to go without a lot of other stuff. But sometimes the other stuff leads to intuitive leaps that are actually a better or more interesting path to somewhere you didn’t intend to go but is worth visiting. There are some wizards of search out there and it’s good stuff. But the seeker is the most important part of any search– way more important than either the tools or what is sought.

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by 081117 The Rise of the Recruiting Celebrities | johnsumser.com: Recruiting News and Views

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:50:04 +0000

[...] piece is a response to a deliciously funny article by my good friend Ami Givertz. In "Speaking In Tongues", Ami compares charismatic snake charmers and healers with the current crop of celebrities in [...]

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A Second Hand Conjecture » When the Future is Boring — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:00:05 +0000

[...] Second Life’s most conspicuous and surprising features. The oft-noted extremely high ratio of registrants to active users is a testament to this effect. It’s interesting therefore that while the technology was [...]

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by Amitai Givertz

Amitai Givertz — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:45:48 +0000

Simon, thanks for the comment. Here is a link to Jason Gorham’s post Choose Your Recruitment Idols Wisely.

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by Simon Meth

Simon Meth — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:28:17 +0000

Hmmm. Fascinating discussion! I read Jason Gorham’s original email 3 days ago and remember asking myself, “Who is he referring to?” Who are the people who have offended him so? Then I archived the message and moved on. This morning @researchgoddess twittered about Ami’s blog and I read his entertaining piece and the accompanying comments. Curiouser and curiouser. Do we listen to experts to get filled up with knowledge that we don’t already have? Do we value one expert over another by the amount of knowledge and experience they have that we don’t? Do we require an expert to be senior to ourselves to see them as valuable? Some do. I don’t. I think of recruitment as one large conversation. Inspiration comes from everywhere and sometimes from the most unlikely sources. I read what interests me and ignore the rest.

Oh! Earlier today I twittered this: Expert: someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know absolutely everything there is to know about nothing.

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by Amitai Givertz

Amitai Givertz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:01:46 +0000

Okay, for those who may be wondering about the elephant dung referenced in Claudia’s comment, in answering a recent “How’s business?” question offline I referenced an an earlier post of mine [and video]. Where’s the connection? Ah, foraging for business, but that’s a different story…

Josh, thanks for your comment and link to your related post. All good stuff!

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by Claudia Faust

Claudia Faust — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:57:00 +0000

You never cease to amuse and amaze me, dear Ami. I’m only disappointed that I couldn’t see a video version of getting water-from-elephant-dung (I admit shameless albeit disgusting curiosity) — and then I read your absolutely fabulous posting about Speaking in Tongues just now. Please, please, *please* don’t ever silence the font of creativity inside of you!!

Have a great Friday,

Claudia

Comment on Speaking in Tongues by joshua kahn

joshua kahn — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:54:00 +0000

Ami,

wow. One could spend all day looking through the links contained here. How long did it take to find those sites and hyperlink them all? It’s interesting just to roll over each link to see what you are referencing.

I posted something similar the other day, albeit much shorter, with less linky goodness. http://find-attract.com/caveat-lector

I’m sensing a theme in the recruit-o sphere. The “what makes one an expert vs. a poseur.” I’m not sure I can answer that myself. All I can do is look at the merit of what’s being said, regardless of who is saying it. Hopefully whatever is being “copied and pasted” is being attributed to the original source.

Otherwise, 2 principles are in play for me.
1. Caveat Lector - Reader Beware. Healthy, balanced cynicism at all times.
2. Make it your own. Any technique you apply but can’t modify yourself isn’t a technique you understand. Its mimicry, and only works if your situation has exactly the same set of conditions and factors as the original poster/creator. Since conditions and factors are rarely exactly the same, you still have to be your own teacher if you want to improve.

Nice post Ami.

Josh

Comment on Another One Bites the Dust? by Recruiting Animal

Recruiting Animal — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:32:10 +0000

Yeah, well, I’m just lazy. I have to put RecruitingBloggers in the same list as my other “Memberships” and I’ll cross post there like I do everywhere else. Thanks for the nudge, nudgnik.