http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic A Contrarian View of Life in the Recruitosphere Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rogue recruiter and sausage salesman David Perry was nice enough to include me as one of the co-authors in his recently published, run-away best-seller, Guerrilla Marketing for Job Seekers 2.0. Yowzer! If you're lucky enough you might still pick up a copy on Amazon.com. If you're really, really lucky you won't ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/11/30/material-damage-collateral-that-is/ Before realizing that Google's products and services can be configured to meet the needs of recruiters like me [see G-Recruiter.com] I spent a good bit of time tinkering with a few "free" applicant tracking systems. Not that there are that many to choose from, Zoho People impressed me the most, not ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/11/24/ho-ho-ho-for-zoho-recruit/ Recruitopian Footnotes [October 26, 2009] U.K. blogger Katharine Robinson [aka The Sourceress] posts Performing Sourcery at The Recruiting Unconference. Hmmm...Nothwithstanding timezones, recruiting unconferences are so yesterday, don't you know: Jeff Hunter's Talent Unconference [2007]; John Sumser's Recruiting Roadshow [2008]; Jason Davis's RecruitFest [2008/09]; Susan Burns' Talent Camp [2009] and some I've ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/10/26/dont-shoot-themessenger/ I recently upgraded my WordPress blogs.  Thinking it was time to pick up the loose threads of a fraying online experience I was conscious that not only had my writing suffered for not writing but my blog had suffered for not blogging too. To save you from my miserable experience farting ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/10/23/whytoday-is-a-good-day-to-die/ I was speaking the other day with Raghav Singh. Raghav knows about recruiting technology. We were catching up on his visit to HRTech in Chicago. He said one of the most impressive companies on show this year was Recruiting.com. My first reaction was, "Wha-wha?" I see John Sumser strikes a ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/10/20/recruiting-com-from-the-ashes-of-disaster/ Recruitopian Footnotes [September 22, 2009] One would hope that tutoring in the Stanislavski method could improve the chances of every job seeker...fake it 'til you make it, buddy! The firing will continue until morale improves...makes perfect sense to me. "Some are born to be waiters on Broadway and others have waiting in the ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/09/22/my-life-is-art/ Recruitopian Footnotes [September 21, 2009] Is it distracted driving, one too many potholes, or both? Putting it bluntly...your manager is a dope. You take the high road, I'll take the low road but remember...You Can't Have it Both Ways Tut-tut. Mr. Hunter throws poor Jim under the bus. Well, better than "threw the ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/09/21/fender-benders/ Recruitopian Footnotes [July 10, 2009] Who said: "A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart" - John Sullivan, John Sumser or Jonathan Swift? Such studious fellows all...Rub-a-Dub-Dub Erecting the new recruiting edifyce...Bob the Builder meets Smiling Bob "When we win, we all win." So, what happens when ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/07/10/when-we-win-we-all-win/ Recruitopian Footnotes [July 9, 2009] 30-seconds in blogging is all it takes, to post that is. Like the author says: "It's not what you say but how you present it." So true. What is the difference between an essay and a blog post? Well, it ain't thirty seconds, ducky! And I ... http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/07/09/what-is-the-difference/ Recruitopian Footnotes [July 8, 2009] John Sumser under the influence?...Shocking but true Has Glen Cathey gone native? OMG, we've lost him...Dancing with wolves This blogger gets the pink Caddie for raising the bar...Lisa Kaye, we salute you! To SEO or not to SEO? That is the question. http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2009/07/08/has-glen-cathey-gone-native/