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080703 Daily Links (July 03, 2008)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Thought For The Day: The biggest source of waste in the Recruiting process is an ill conceived job description.
Fellow Recruiters: Avoid the Twitter Trap: "Yes, we want to build a relationship, but that doesn’t mean we open our entire personal lives up to the candidate pool. In fact, this is what I call the Twitter Trap."
How Many Names Do I Need For One Immediate Hire? Maureen Sharib is everywhere. "C Levels 50 – 100 Note: depends on the C"
Thank You Dave Mendoza El Dave now owns a piece of RBC.
Craig Silverman Has Landed - Unlimited MedSearch Jason Davis describes a job search conducted by a pro recruiter.
From the guilty until proven innocent crowd: Credit checks for job applicants become more common Note the title and the complete lack of numerical data.."more common" really means "they might".

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080702 Daily Links (July 02, 2008)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Thought For The Day: Recruiting is the rite of passage into a tribe.
Study Refutes Niche Theory Spawned by Web Long Tail is dog theory. "Not only do hits and blockbusters remain every bit as important online, but the evidence suggests that the Web is actually causing their role to grow, not shrink."
Authenticity & Bullsh*t - Engaging and Recruiting Graduates and Generation Y In the emerging twitterese blog world, the title is longer than the post which simply points here. Speed dating for recruiting in the UK.
Nine Reasons Developers Think Their CIO is Clueless Control freak, tech dinosaur, vendor puppet, aloof… managing an IT team requires credibility as they see it.
Karl Marx - Your New Director of Recruiting… "Internal focus in hiring virtually ensures that the very best don’t get the job, only the very best within a specific organization."
Generational Welfare - EVERYBODY Loves the Trophies….

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080701 Daily Links (July 01, 2008)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Thought For The Day: The mind of the beginner always sees more possibility than the mind of the expert.
Most Corporate Blogs Are Unimaginative Failures Having a paintbrush won’t make you Van Gogh. "Most B2B bloggers publish irregularly, don’t stick to it for very long, and rarely inject personality into their posts. That’s a formula for failure."
You Say Goodbye; I Say Hello Translating Cross-generational greetings.
Web Publishers Aren’t Responsible for Crackpot Posters So, the lawyers who are responsible for the crummy content of most B2B blogs should back way off.
Taboo - The Gorilla in the Room Maureen Sharib should win this year’s prize for content production.
What’s an SEO? Does Google recommend working with companies that offer to make my site Google-friendly? FAQ from Google includes common scams and guidelines for hiring helpers.

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080630 Daily Links (June 30, 2008)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Thought For The Day: All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.
Andreessen Joins Facebook Board of Directors Netscape founder is cornering the social network market.
Shally Presents - ERE Webinar: “How Busy Recruiters Can Stay Informed & Productive”
Back To Microsoft Is the tide turning? He left MS to go to Google and is headed back to Seattle.
Company Culture - More Than A Custom T-Shirt and Flip-Flops… Love from the folks at Fistful
LinkedIn quietly launches Research Network and DirectAds…let the monetization begin. In a unique twist, ads will also include the advertisers name and a link to their LinkedIn profile in hopes of “increasing transparency and visibility into the advertiser.”

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080625 Daily Links (June 25, 2008)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Thought For The Day: Seek sources of delight
Does Ad Planner Get Its Data From Google Toolbar? "The unanswered question is whether Google is using its widely deployed toolbar to collect the traffic data that it now wants advertisers to use for targeting ads. Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineLand, who has a good review specifically asked Google if it was using toolbar data as well. Google responded saying it would “not disclose the elements of our secret sauce” even though it disclosed some of the other elements above (search data, Google Analytics data, panel data, etc.)."
What Happened to Free Niche Job Sites "But free niche boards don’t suck because free is free and that is good." And some people wonder why Recruiters get so little respect in the boardroom.
What LinkedIn Doubters Need to Know
Recruitment Community Europe - Launch The idea that community is the foundation of Recruiting is catching on in Europe.
The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete One of the consequences of being awash in data is that there is a widespread alternative to standard problem solving. Customarily, one begins with a thesis and tries to confirm it.with data. Today, the process might as easily begin with data in search of a good explanation.

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080624 Daily Links (June 24, 2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Thought For The Day: You get what you measure; you get what you expect.
Google Ad Planner Launches, Offers Site Demographic Profiles “Using the research filtering tool, advertisers can set demographic criteria they’re after, push a button, then get a list of sites.” Here’s a WSJ piece, same subject. Google is entering the hit counting business using data from web servers.
Your Best Employees Wubs wonders how to build a great employee.
Why is Ageism Alive and Well? The subtleties of discrimination cloud decision making. Includes a pointer to What’s a Year of Experience?.
The Portland Recruiting Roadshow was a huge success. Here’s Steve Fogarty’s presentation on Employment Brnading.
Talent Talk Cafe June 24th 3pm ET: Community - Moving to Action Part 1 That’s today. Susan Burns is really doing interesting things in her weekly chataqua on Recruitingblogs.com

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080623 Daily Recruiting Links (June 23, 2008)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Thought For The Day: In Recruiting, all you have is what you’ve learned.
Papers Facing Worst Year for Ad Revenue Be sure to watch the speaker’s list for the Minneapolis Roadshow. "Executives at the Hearst Corporation say that one of their biggest papers, The San Francisco Chronicle, is losing $1 million a week."
E Is For EDUCATE - Creating The Ultimate Candidate Experience Homula continues to plow fertile ground.
Modeling The Real Market Value Of Social Networks Arrington on Valuations "I believe an effective way to value a particular user is based on the average Internet advertising spend per person in the country they live in. The higher the spend, the more value the social network can get out of the user by serving them advertising and other products. That means that, for now, users in a handful of key countries are worth far more in terms of revenue potential than those in the rest of the world."
Shally Tips, “Sourcing Prospects from Local Events” How to do the local part of sourcing
Good directions drive traffic to your website "Google says it looks at more than 100 pieces of data to determine a site’s ranking. But links are where it’s at, once your search terms are clearly visible on your site and the title and description tags correctly marked."

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080619 Daily Recruiting Links (June 19, 2008)

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Thought For The Day: Regions in the United States are the same as countries elsewhere. (In Portland this morning)
Liquid Conversations Is it better to try to keep the community on your site or to let them go? Includes a funny and modestly shocking video.
Gen X On The Rampage Listen to the animal growl. This might be the best, snarliest piece ever from the Recruiting Animal.
Ten things Google has found to be true Now, this is employment branding….Google stands for something.
Database checks: A Lawsuit Waiting to Happen From the guilty until proven innocent crowd, another thing to fear.
Developers Bailing on Twitter From close up, the chaos is astonishing. Twitter’s growing pains suggest a real need for adult supervision. This apocalyptic post is over the top. But it indicates market vulnerability.

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080618 Daily Links (June 18, 2008)

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Thought For The Day: All wars have their propagandists. Including the talent war.
Is LinkedIn Worth $1 Billion? That’s a little more than $50/member compared to Facebook’s $125.
JibberJobber Jolts Gen Y Animal grinds his favorite axe.
Banging your head against the “We’ve always done it this way” wall "Don’t nickel and dime your prospects with slight of hand marketing or self-serving sales pitches. Give them something they can apply to their companies today to improve their bottom lines. Position your firm as a thought leader and a partner to them, no matter how long the sales cycle."
Flickr Co-founders Join Mass Exodus From Yahoo Retention is hard in Silicon Valley

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080616 Daily Links (June 16, 2008)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Thought For The Day: Recruiting Technologists Build Tools, Not Machines. Craftsmanship Matters
Welcome to the Web Refactory, AP The latest rumblings from the associated press reflect general discontent from content providers. Claims of naïveté surround the blatant misappropriation of content. AP over-reacts showing its big media roots. See Arrington
Is it time for a word of caution on this Millennial fad? The Fordyce Letter weighs in. “Maybe we should focus on the tools and not the people so much.”
Can Twitter Be Saved? Twitter doesn’t need repairs, it has to be entirely rebuilt.
Speed Interviewing: Lessons Learned From Speed Dating Sullivan says “HR traditionalists are probably wondering how anyone could gather enough information in a short burst of interaction to make a decision as complicated as whom to hire.”
Council bans ‘anti-teen’ gadget The gap between the generations is bigger than you think.

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