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Big Biller Video: Barb Bruno's Wisdom!

Barbara Bruno - Good As Gold Training CEO

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Implanting the DNA for Success

Our success is linked to the success of our clients. More specifically, our success is linked to the success of the managers we serve at the client’s organization. This link is based on the fact that nothing else has real value if the newly placed employee does not properly perform the essential functions of the position [...]

eMarketer: Online Ad Revenues Keep Climbing

Despite the wobbly economic market, Google’s online ad revenues will increase by 27.4% in the United States this year. According to a new eMarketer.com report, the top four Web portals in the United States still account for more than one-half of all online advertising revenues. In 2009, 10% of all U.S. ad dollars will go [...]

Improve the Processes, Improve the Results

Depending on the survey or study, somewhere between 70% to 90% of managers’ success is determined by the processes used to hire their staff. However, as important as these processes may be, they generally tend to be less than 50% effective when measured against six critical variables. However, through partnering with a skilled recruiter, a hiring manager should be [...]

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Winds of change

I ran across an article that was written a while ago but it caught my attention nonetheless. The article was titled “The Dirty Dozen Dangerous Online Job Search Assumptions” and it can be found on job-hunt.org. It is riddled with comments about the job boards’ inability to ensure that the companies that advertise thru them are real or that the job positions for that matter are real. The article went on to recommend the use of an identity suppressed or cyber-safe resume. As I was reflecting on t… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 21st, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment (Add)

Talent Acquisition versus Job Requisition

Ding! Ding! In the old school corner we have the notorious Job Requisition weighing in at an impressive amount too popular to measure ANNnnd in this corner, the master of strategy, the much admired, underrated, yet Champion of hiring...Talent Acquisition! I have been speaking with many people lately on a major concept that we promote at Rosetta, which we classify as Talent Acquisition. I have had a lot of candidates ask if I could provide them with a job description to which I wonder if a JD ev… Continue

Posted by Darrin Grella on August 20th, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments (Add)

How Do YOU Tell A Client Their Relo/Onboarding Process is Garbage?

I have a client whose relo program and coinciding early onboarding process is an absolute comedy of errors. When I try to let them know, I get the age old reponse that "this is how we've always done things around here." The more I speak about how important the candidate experience is, the more defensive some get. "We've done it this way thousands of times." Yet the same company has trouble retaining > 24 months . . . . . . . Meaning they come back a lot, which is the irony: Their ret… Continue

Posted by Joshua Letourneau on August 20th, 2008 at 8:40am — No Comments (Add)

How To Get The Truth From Liars

Reference: Paul Hebert on Fist Full of Talent. No one is honest when there is a punishment for honesty. Ask an employee if the incentive program drives her performance and she'll say no. Why? Because she doesn't want to admit (or believe) that she is influenced by a small reward. Then, ask she ever checks her score against her colleagues. Of course she does. They all do. The lesson? Often, you can't ask… Continue

Posted by Recruiting Animal on August 19th, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment (Add)

What are the Best Cities for Relocating Families?

According to a recent Employee Relocation Council survey the cities that families love most are changing. The rankings are based on more than 50 factors including quality of life issues, commute times, taxes, teacher/pupil ratios, utility providers’ customer service ratings, per-capi… Continue

Posted by Mickey Matteson on August 18th, 2008 at 1:58pm — No Comments (Add)

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Started by Bill Vick Aug 18.

"It's not WHAT you say so much as HOW you say it..."

A year or so ago I had a call from a gentleman inquiring about the MagicMethod course - the telephone names sourcing course. He wanted to buy it for a couple of people he had "in-house" that were c...

Tagged: listening-to-advice, being-nice, tact, diplomacy

Started by Maureen Sharib Aug 18.

Change Follows Fear Confrontation

"Fear and not willing to make good choices has stopped people dead in their tracks from accomplishing great things in their life." ~Don L. Price Excellent article here. ******

Tagged: don't-be-a'feared

Started by Maureen Sharib Aug 18.

10 niche career sites with a focus on community acquired

a public company based in LA just announced that it acquired 10 career websites with a focus on community and social networking! I already know a good handful of recruiters that have started job bo...

Started by Eric Shannon Aug 15.

Implementing smart technology for recruiters. What should we do? 2 Replies

Im currently looking after 22 recruitment franchisees in the mid-senior market place, all fully trained in search (headhunting) methodology. They are not volume recruiters and cover a wide range of...

Tagged: application, software

Started by Gavin Chase. Last reply by Gavin Chase Aug 15.

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The Fordyce Letter Network Manifesto

OUR MISSION We've brought together long-time Fordyce fans, new third-party recruiters, and other brilliant minds who are at the top of their game. Our community shares tips, provides feedback, offe... Continue

Created by Elaine Rigoli Jul 28, 2008 at 10:29am. Last updated by Elaine Rigoli Jul 28.

About The Fordyce Letter Network

The goal of the Fordyce Letter Network is to bring together long-time Fordyce fans and new third-party recruiters who are serious about being at the top of their game. We provide a real community o... Continue

Created by Elaine Rigoli Jul 8, 2008 at 5:21pm. Last updated by Elaine Rigoli Jul 28.

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Bill Interviews Mark

Mark Demaree wisdom...

Scott Love: How to Deal with HR!

Listen to this audio clip by Scott Love and learn his tricks for the best ways to really win the game!

HR: Friend or Foe?

Are they "mouth- breathing morons" or not?

How have you handled HR in your experience? What were the ways you either went around them or developed a partnership?

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From The Fordyce Letter...

Implanting the DNA for Success

eMarketer: Online Ad Revenues Keep Climbing

Improve the Processes, Improve the Results

Mark Demaree - President Top Echelon Network

Adecco, Michael Page Talks Stall

Quick Refresher for Finding Top-Level Executives

HR Responsiveness

ExecuNet: Overall Growth Outlook Tumbles

TalentHook, SmartSearch Partner for All-In-One Service

JobTarget’s Bloomfield Buzzes About Internet Marketing

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Aristotle Says...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.

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Mark Demaree - President Top Echelon Network

Mark Demaree is the dynamic President of the Top Echelon Network, founded in 1988 and created to help executive recruiters fill their clients’ needs with qualified candidates. With close to 600 firms across the country as Preferred Members, Top Echelon offers a tremendous opportunity for recruiters to make split placements with one another. [...]

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