I went to the inaugural meeting of the DC Chapter of the Social Media Club last night, hosted at the local offices of Fleishman Hillard. Those of you who have been following for a while already know about my frustration with going to these events which purport to discuss the impact of social media […]

I have returned from a couple of days off due to a nasty cold. I know there are people out there who are thinking, “Pfah! A cold? Get up and go to work anyway, you sissy twit!” In fact, I used to be one of those people. But then […]

Late this afternoon, nearly at closing time, we got a call from a professional contact of a recently-departed manager. It’s a manager at one of our competitors, calling to ask an awkward question and hoping we could help her out.
A client that she has been working with, a client who also works with us, […]

I keep hearing all my recruitosphere buddies falling all over themselves to talk about how great ZoomInfo is and how much easier it make it for them to network and find candidates, and how if you say something on the Internet that you regret, ZoomInfo will surely find it.
Meh. So I go to check […]

Congratulations to the RecruitingBloggers.com crew on their launch yesterday.
It’s a bunch of recruiters blogging together, bandying nonsensical nicknames and ridiculous inside jokes around, and… hey, come to think of it, it’s rather like the old Recruiting.com, but with different faces!
Not that I’m complaining, mind you. Nature abhors a vacuum, after all, and […]

When I was a kid, the agent who handled my parents’ (and my grandparents’, and my neighbors’) life insurance policies was the type of agent who still came around once every couple of months to pick up the premium payments from his customers. I remember one visit very distinctly, when he pulled out a […]

Via Recruiting.com I found this article about Best Buy’s radical approach to work/life balance. Go read it. Seriously. Now. I’ll wait.
There’s a lot of talk about whether the Results-Oriented Work Environment approach will translate to every company, Best Buy’s culture is very young but what about companies where the management is […]

Would you hire this person to write your resume?
I sure hope not…

One of my coworkers has a client who expressed irritation that a long-term freelancer he was working with had demonstrated the audacity to - gasp! - bring in a small framed photo to put on her desk.
“Freelancers are like guests in my home,” he pontificated. “They shouldn’t act like it’s their home.”
First of all, I […]

Some of you may remember the talent from a few weeks ago who was offered a job at an insultingly low salary by a company who dodged my calls, circumvented me, and told the talent that they were having trouble making payroll. I did eventually find him another assignment, but yesterday…
I got a call […]