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Hello!
June was a monumental month for HireAbility as we
launched our Premium offerings in partnership with
CareerBuilder, and new programs for Virtual
Recruiters and Corporate Recruiters. We have more
than 100 recruiters now on the HireAbility team!
Many thanks to all of you for your continued support
as we set the pace as the fastest growing network
of staffing firms, HR/corporate recruiting teams,
independent, and virtual recruiters.
Enjoy this issue of Recruiter News!
Craig
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Stimulate Referrals
and Fill More Jobs
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About the Author: Bill Radin is a top-
producing recruiter whose
innovative books, tapes and training seminars have
helped thousands of recruiting professionals and
search consultants achieve peak performance and
career satisfaction. Bill's best-selling books and audio
programs include The Recruiter's Almanac,
Recruiting
and the Art of Control and How to Market &
Sell Your Recruiting Services. Bill can be reached
at (800) 837-7224 or visited online at Books, Tapes
and Seminars for Recruiters by Bill Radin.
Sometimes recruiters obsess so much over the
science of recruiting-the "where to look"-that we
tend to ignore the true art of the business, the "how
to ask." These days, it seems we've all turned into
info-junkies, addicted to databases, directories and
Internet research.
Which is fine. Candidates don't fall out of the sky,
they have to be found. And given the Internet's
exotic allure of an unlimited supply of highly skilled
candidates, what recruiter wouldn't be tempted to
compile a list of 100 names before even having to
pick up the phone?
Unfortunately, the mountain of evidence approach to
recruiting threatens to become an end unto itself, as
we increasingly rely on raw data, rather than strong
relationships as the best source of qualified
candidates. Today's recruiter frequently squanders
resources already available by failing to leverage
relationships into referrals.
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Are You Good News?
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This month, we reprint one of Craig's more
memorable blogs from his gig as Career Coach on
iLifeCoach.com.
When people are out looking for work they can
sometimes get down on themselves. Being a positive
influence on others can help you to project a
presence that others want to be around. Give
yourself every opportunity to turn the relationships
you have and your network into your next career
move.
An enthusiastic person typically has some good
news, a warm greeting, a funny story, an optimistic
prediction. It's a joy to see them coming your way.
They are "good news!" They bring a smile to your
face.
Are you "good news?" Were you good news to the
last hiring manager you met or the person you
bumped into who was down on their luck? Are
you "good news" by your attitude, your speech, your
optimism, your life?
Someone you will meet today will need a little bit of
sunshine. Someone you meet today may not have
just closed that big deal they were expecting, or had
an interview they were counting on get canceled.
To be "good news" to someone is a privilege and a
responsibility. Be the person who takes an extra step
to be "good news" to somebody each day. What
goes around, comes around.
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Ask Miss J -- Fun & Advice
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Click on Miss J's photo to email your
recruitment questions and problems to her!
Dear Miss J:
You know what? This recruiting malarkey is not easy
is it? I thought I had it all worked out: I would make
my millions easily, sitting by the pool with my
state-of-the-art wireless lap top, sipping Cosmos
with top notch candidates calling me (when they can
actually get through - clients calling and all). I
would retire by 30, own a house on the beach and
just generally have a good time (and I would still be
fighting the clients off with a stick - a BIG stick).
Ka-thump !%$@# Hear that? That was I,
coming
down to earth. Not a good looking landing either!
Flat on my "chair warmer" with legs akimbo, arms
flailing, mouth agape, and eyes wide open and wild
looking.
This all brings to mind that phrase "Mother told me
there would be days like this". First, why didn't she
say there would be jobs like this, and second, why
did I not listen to "She Who Knows Everything
And When Proven Right, Rubs My Nose In It In
Public"?
I have so much to do! The business development,
the recruiting, the admin, and all the calls about
issues I need to solve. It just goes on and on and
on into infinity.
I feel so stressed I could go drink Cosmos right from
the bottle.
Miss J, I need help!
Dreamer from Pleasant Hope, MO
Dear Dreamer from Pleasant Hope, MO:
OK, take a deep breath. Now sit down
and take another deep breath. Feel a little bit better
already?
While you are taking those deep breaths, why don't
you try this great little breathing trick I learned in
yoga class...
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