Peer Regression Analysis

Where have the stars been?

Recruiting.com has a long article by Shally & Robbie McIntosh of Microsoft. It has two parts.

1. What is Peer Regression Analysis.
2. How to build a candidate pipeline.

Here's a short take on PRA

1. Pick someone you'd like to hire
(even if you think you'll never get her).

2. Find out where she's working now -- and where she's been.
Those are probably good sources for people like her.

3. Research Tools: search engines, online databases, social networking sites

Example
Sometimes you'll find a professor and, like, ten students in her class became very influential in their industry. She's gotta be a good source.

Warning
PRA is time consuming and there are no guaranteed results. A lot like life.

Now You Try
Here's Shally's resume. According to the theory, it should help you track down people like him.

Read Part 2 here.

Join Shally's mailing list. (click on the red splotch in the middle of this page).

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Canadian Headhunter

Comments

[Rob Not Robbie]

RA - Talk about waving a red flag at a bull......Only my ex girlfriend in another life called me "Robbie".......and I never really liked her anyway. Unless you want to be my new girlfriend, please call me 'Rob'

:-)

[Rob McIntosh]

RA - Re "Here's Shally's resume. According to the theory, it should help you track down people like him".......

How do you think I hired/created the team that I did ;-)

[Canadian Headhunter]

Ach, Robbie. With a surname like McIntosh you've got the nerve to nay-say the name borne by Scotland's literary hero, Robbie Burns?

You must know that we have a strong Scottish tradition here in southern Ontario? So, are you trying to insult us? Shame on you!

Look how popular that name is and, please, think twice about what you said.

Robbie Burns Cut Price Liquor
http://www.robbieburns.co.nz/default.aspx

Robbie Burns Night Party For Sick Children in Montreal
http://www.robbieburnsnight.com/

University of Toronto Robbie Burns Supper
http://www.beamccowan.com/robbie.htm

Robbie Burns Celebrations North of Toronto
http://www.400eleven.com/2005/01/ontario-robbie-burns-celebrations.html

[Rob 'Hagus' McIntosh]

RA - I might be a Scot but you don't see me changing my name to Hagus or Luag!

If you are personally after a new Scottish name adoption.....

http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/