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Blog Posts

Googlepedia?

Google unveils reference tool after 7-month test Google Inc. (GOOG) is taking the wraps off an Internet e… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 24th, 2008 at 6:27am — No Comments (Add)

Zimbra Desktop puts all your e-mail in order

Yahoo is expanding its popular e-mail service to the desktop in a bid to help consumers manage their e-mail accounts when… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 24th, 2008 at 6:25am — No Comments (Add)

Secret Salaries

Do you know the salary of every employee at your company? I think you should. I mean, who is being protected by secr… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 24th, 2008 at 6:24am — No Comments (Add)

What is Boolean Logic?

Boolean – the lost language Search engines are an important resource when looking for resumes, whether you’re se… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 23rd, 2008 at 12:28pm — No Comments (Add)

Not All Reqs Are Created Equal

Without Sourcing Makes One Weak by Shally Steckerl ERE post Jul 23, 2008, Borrowing from comedian Monty Walker… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 23rd, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments (Add)

"TalkSourcing" - Shally's July 22 Cybersleuthing Sourcing Classroom Chat

Best Remark of the Day “Tools do not a sourcer make.” ~ Shally Steckerl Maureen Sharib Thank you for attending today’s SourcersGuild Cybersleuthing Sourcing Classroom Chat featuring Sensational Sourcing Strategist, Shally Steckerl! Shally is most gracious to spend some time… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:05pm — No Comments (Add)

Value in Training?

How important is training for your job and how seriously does your organization take it? What do you perceive its value to be to your organization and your career? Chosen statements will be included in an upcoming white paper that will be widely distributed and your name, title and a… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 21st, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments (Add)

High-tech windshields aid vision

"I need to see the world," Seder said. "I'm enhancing the world. I'll take a feature that should be impo… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 19th, 2008 at 7:53am — No Comments (Add)

"It's me. Can you hear me?" The VoIP argument.

Re: For those using VoIP for your home and/or office lines: are you having issues lately? This is a really interesting subje… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 18th, 2008 at 7:34am — No Comments (Add)

"Most people are terrible at cold calling..."

Flyn Penoyer, The Inside Sales Guru asks, over on LinkedIn: I contend that cold calling works just about as well,… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 17th, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments (Add)

Hoover's renewal - TechTrak group

It’s that time of year again - Hoover’s* renewal time! If you’re one of the TechTrak subscribers and you’d like to renew - Bob sent the renewal notice out yesterday, Tuesday July 16 - check your InBoxes this is ONE GREAT DEAL for the ProPlus subscription! If you need additional informa… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 17th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

Talk Talent Cafe: Featuring The Minnesota Headhunter (July 15, 2008)

The Social Network For The Recruiting Industry Tuesday 3p.m. Chat Subject: Things recruiters can take to their desk and USE. Warm Up Chat Deleted Recruiting Animal Gee, that sounds really smart, whatever it was you said Sara On Facebook I was lookiing for high end IT guys… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 15th, 2008 at 4:44pm — No Comments (Add)

New Jersey Staffing Alliance MagicMethod Webinar July 15

“Telephone Sourcing for Today’s Qualified Candidates” Noon - 1:30 EST Telephone names sourc… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 9th, 2008 at 12:04pm — No Comments (Add)

MagicMethod Classroom Chat Log Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Best Student Remark of the Day "People lump recruiting and sourcing into the same category a lot of times and they are very different functions." ~ Ryan Haire ****** Denyse Diem Hi Ryan - happy to meet you - Hello Animal! Good to see you again Maureen Sharib Let's start… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 9th, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments (Add)

Mark your calendars! Shally Steckerl here on the SourcersGuild network on July 22!

Chief JobMachine CyberSleuth and founder Shally Steckerl will be on the SourcersGuild network to do a… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 8th, 2008 at 8:00am — 5 Comments (Add)

Notes From the Underbelly

The Downside of Sourcing I’ve seen several… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 5th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Log Thursday, July 3, 2008

Noon – 1p.m. (EST) Best Remark of the Day "Take a step back and look at the company as a whole and seek the low ground or holes to get in." ~ Shawn Draisey Maureen Sharib Kundan said most Gatekeepers in India are female and they don't know very much Recruiting Animal hi… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 5th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Classroom Chat Log Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Phone Fear MagicMethod Classroom Chat Best Remark of the Day "Remember it is the unconscious beliefs we have about the phone that make it hard." ~ Shawn Draisey Maureen Sharib Hi Shawn - thanks for the prompt for today's subject. Why do you think everyone wants to talk a… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on July 1st, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Tuesday Phone Sourcing Class Chat: Phone Fear

Good Morning Maureen, I know that you are in many places at once on the web and it is hard to keep track of you LOL. I am… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on June 30th, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments (Add)

MagicMethod Classroom Chat Log TH, June 26, 2008

Best Remark of the Day "It costs less (offshore Internet sourcing) but of course, you get what you pay for (usually)." ~ Jamie Schwartz Maureen Sharib Today's (TH, June 26) subject is about an exciting discussion that's breaking out in hives over on ERE: Are Internet Generated Names inherently worth Less than Phone generated names due to the ease of generating them. And if so why aren't Internet Name Generators lowering their prices to be more competitve with offshore options? J… Continue

Posted by Maureen Sharib on June 30th, 2008 at 8:50am — No Comments (Add)

Forum

Minimum wage going up

Little help as costs soar About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small bu...

Tagged: wages

Started by Maureen Sharib 7 hours ago.

Best Places to Live

CNNMoney has released their annual report entitled, "Best Places to Live." Looking to move? Maybe you can find your dream city on the list. Towns To Get Up And Go For Outside magazine's spin on th...

Tagged: attractive-places

Started by Maureen Sharib Jul 22.

Web site offers insiders' look at major employers

Ever wonder whether you'd be better off working some place else? A new Web site called Glassdoor.com is trying to make it easier to find out by compiling free snapshots of the current salaries pai...

Tagged: be-the-fly-on-the-wall

Started by Maureen Sharib Jun 12.

Heroes Among Us

When You Weren’t Looking, They Were Working by Ben Stein, lawyer, writer, actor and economist A few days ago, I came across a draft of a memoir my father was working on before he entered immortali...

Tagged: and-go-to-work, everyday, people-who-get-up

Started by Maureen Sharib Jun 9.

“Why am I afraid to tell you who I really am?”

Leadership and Sexual Orientation ...for a class at the Harvard Business School taught by Bill George, author of the book, “True North” and the former chief executive of Medtronic...this case study...

Tagged: finger-pointing, frankness, fear

Started by Maureen Sharib Jun 9.

“Why am I afraid to tell you who I really am?”

Leadership and Sexual Orientation ...for a class at the Harvard Business School taught by Bill George, author of the book, “True North” and the former chief executive of Medtronic...this case study...

Tagged: finger-pointing, frankness, fear

Started by Maureen Sharib Jun 9.

Vacations Are Good for You, Medically Speaking

A global study by Expedia.com found that about a third of employed Americans usually do not take all the vacation days that they are entitled to, leaving an average of three days on the table. Thi...

Tagged: take-a-break

Started by Maureen Sharib Jun 9.

Top Job Titles In Highest Demand

The Yoh quarterly report identifies the top job titles in highest demand. Based on conversations with more than 9,000 hiring managers in over 15 major metropolitan areas, Yoh says the following r...

Tagged: top-jobs

Started by Maureen Sharib May 28.

California Compete Covenants

California's ban on covenants not to compete gives departing workers substantial latitude to share critical ideas and knowledge with existing firms or spinoffs. Because this law predates the foundi...

Tagged: is-it-wrong?

Started by Maureen Sharib May 25.

"Montaigne's practical, ethical response to injustice in an uncertain world is to ruse with the law."

The interiority of the self is one of the great framing fictions of the Essais, a fiction that provides the space and the opportunity for Montaigne to carry out both the encounter and the dialogue ...

Tagged: contrarian

Started by Maureen Sharib May 25.

Running Straight and True

Bob and I went to see the third film in the Caribbean trilogy “Pirates of the Caribbean” shortly after it opened last year in May, 2007. Just recently I watched it again on a lazy Sunday afternoon ...

Tagged: deep-stuff, sourcing

Started by Maureen Sharib May 25.

What Do I Say NOW?

Many people don’t know what to say to the sourced names we provide. Because these names are many times the truly “passive” candidate some recruiters who’ve been reared on resume farming are “reluct...

Tagged: what-to-say, the-true-passive-candidate

Started by Maureen Sharib May 25.

Recruiting and Sourcing Literature

Adam Deane asked, a short while back, over on ERE: I was hoping for some advice. Is there a consensus regarding which books on recruiting and/or sourcing are most beneficial for the experienced re...

Tagged: stuff-to-read, where-to-find

Started by Maureen Sharib May 25.

Hard-nosed Receptionists

Interesting early '07 ERE string about Gatekeepers here. I sense (and don’t get me wrong on this) irritation on YOUR part when you say things like “I know this is the operator, can you tell me you...

Tagged: magic-method, holiday-phone-sourcing, advantage

Started by Maureen Sharib May 22.

Memorial Sourcing

Memorial Day approaches and we sourcers all know what that means – one of our better sourcing opportunities draws near! Customers “in the know” understand that getting their “holiday orders” in ear...

Tagged: magic-method, holiday-phone-sourcing, advantage

Started by Maureen Sharib May 22.

The Devil Is In the Details Part I

There was a question on the boards back in July last year over on ERE that asked a very perceptive question (and caused a firestorm (36 responses) of argument, some of it challenging my numbers): “...

Tagged: sourcing-metrics

Started by Maureen Sharib May 12.

All Things Fade

That smart Sam Medalie said, yesterday, over on ERE: Two months ago, I was searching for a great account executive on LinkedIn in Baltimore. I came across an office for a company that was well know...

Tagged: getting-dependent, linkedin, danger

Started by Maureen Sharib May 6.

Who Will Tell the People?

Thomas Friedman offers a sobering picture... We are not as powerful as we used to be because over the past three decades, the Asian values of our parents’ generation — work hard, study, save, inves...

Tagged: working-hard-to-fix-things

Started by Maureen Sharib May 5.

How to source candidates on Facebook

Chris Russell offered this over on ERE. Here's a free, step-by-step guide to sourcing candidates on Facebook. ****** Attend the MagicMethod Phone Sourcing classroom chats at noon (est) TODAY, TH Ma...

Tagged: sourcing, facebook

Started by Maureen Sharib May 1.

29 of 30 Passive Candidates Weren't On LinkedIn

Interesting post by Sam Medalie over on ERE. My company was recently retained by another company to source 30 sales engineers. The sales engineers had to be from the same suburban location in Virgi...

Tagged: sam-medalie, sourcing, linkedin

Started by Maureen Sharib May 1.

 
 

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