Jim Durbin Hits The Secret Sauce
From The Social Media Headhunter on Recruitingblogs.com
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Sean Kingston
You're way too beautiful girl
That's why it will never work
You'll have me suicidal, suicidal
When you say it's over
Mark Demaree on Xtreme Fordyce
Bill Vick interviews a Seth Godin impersonator on xtreme Fordyce.
It's short and watchable.
Guest: Mark Demaree, the President of Top Echelon Network.
Splits Network
He started a splits network 20 years ago.
It's like the Multiple Listings Service for real estate.
600 firms participate.
ATS
18 years ago he started the Big Biller Applicant Tracking System.
Now it's an online application with 3000 users.
Websites
Top Echelon also develops websites for recruiters.
They can be integrated with the Big Biller ATS.
They currently host 350 sites
Training
They also have two conferences a year for Top Echelon network members.
They have three webinar trainings a month that are open to everyone.
Hot Tip
Using the right tools helps you work faster and better.
Even small recruiting firms have access to them.
Social Networking
Mark believes strongly in social networking.
For him, Top Echelon has always been a social network.
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
The Animals
Cyndi Lauper
Kill Bill / Santa Esmerelda
Some Chick
Minnie Driver Sings
Who knew? Invisible Girl. Hat Tip: Ghost of a Flea On Ellen. (She seems to get better looking as she gets older. BS cover (listenable but not great)
Gwyneth Paltrow Sings
Cruisin' with Huey Lewis. I was amazed by this when I saw the movie. Thought she was suprisingly good.
I've never seen this before. I must have come in late: Bette Davis Eyes.
See also: Metacafe
Shally Elvis Steckerl on xtremerecruiting
Every year there is a hot new technology that promises to deliver passive candidates to your doorstep.
Monster is a proven resource. Linkedin makes people tons of money. But most recruiters don't know how to use any kind of database search engine well.
Shally doesn't recommend long search strings. He recommends a search that takes ten minutes or less.
Shally claims no contact manager is robust enough to handle the hundreds of thousands of contacts recruiters must have to do their jobs well.
Great Recruiter Interview
Dave Staats on xtremerecruiting.tv
Here are a few of the ideas presented:
He sounds a bit like a low key Bill Cosby, slightly slurring his words. He was taught to build relationships and after 22 years in business still has relationships with with people he met in the first two years.
He has two specialty areas and finds that recruiting helps him live in a happy world. The candidate and company are happy and he never has to talk to the company he recruits people from. (What about the candidates he rejects?)
Believes that if he focuses on a narrow niche he shouldnt have to go to far to find the right guy. He doesn't even want to have to call a hundred people. "Why dig a new hole if you've already got the tree planted and there is fruit on it."
Linkedin is good. Facebook and Myspace are useless because his candidates aren't there. Likes Deskflow as an ATS.
He has a simple mission and tells the same story to everyone he meets: He sells access to people they can't get
He doesn't negotiate fees. Charges the same to everyone and passes up those who won't pay it.
Find four or five things that make a big difference and do them every day.
Don't be afraid to ask tough questions right at the start of a relationship.
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