Recruiting Animal

Will The Internet Expose Our Flaws?

My introduction to The Recruiting Animal Show of November 19, 2014. It's about 5 minutes long.

Our Transparent World

 

PETER THIEL ON INTERVIEWS

References are more important than interviews.

Interviews are just a chemistry check after the references.

The Aura Test looks for your gut reaction during the first 30 seconds of the interview. This doesn't give the candidate a chance to schmooze you into liking him.

"Tell me something that's true that no one agrees with you on?"
This tests for original thinking and courage.

"Most people think originality is easy but I think it's really hard and when you find it it is very valuable."

Interesting short video conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK03Wsg8GLI

Some People Just Don't Like You

normblog makes a good point.

Islamic Extremists have just suicide bombed a hotel in Pakistan. But don't expect anyone to march in the street about it. They only march against certain people.

The same principle is true in everyday life. If you're looking for positive feedback or even simply fair feedback, don't go looking in the wrong places. They aren't going to be happy till you crash and burn.

So Much For References

There's been a gun problem in Toronto since the 1980s and it's only getting worse. Every time a young guy gets shot, his family tells everyone what a fantastic guy he was. Often, it seems, he had plans to be a doctor and even a leader in his community. The fact that he had already dropped out of school is of little concern.

This is the case again today when a 23 year old Gen Y guy was shot in what the police call "a drug deal gone bad".

The portrait of a young man dead in a drug deal stood in stark contrast to the picture of an eager student without enemies painted by his grieving family. ... "He was a good boy, a good boy," Dhinsa's uncle, Inderjit Heer, said yesterday..

"He was always laughing, always happy," said Manjinder Bains, engaged to Dhinsa's older sister. "He was really a good guy." It was a sentiment repeated over and over at the family home. "If kids are bad, you can always see the symptoms," Heer said. "But not with him. He was a good guy. ...

The uncle said Dhinsa had dropped out of high school, but entered Humber last fall. "He wanted to get a business diploma to open his own business," Heer said. "It was his dream."

Reference: The Toronto Star.

Posting Kooky Pictures of Yourself

Young hockey player embarrassed.

In this hyper-cyber era, young people are all the time posting images online, a bit exhibitionistic but mostly harmless.

Tlusty, it's been reported, had originally sent the cellphone camera snaps to his girlfriend last year and, allegedly, uploaded them as well onto a Facebook account.

Thence, they migrated – via a mischievous intermediary – to the Canadian gossip website, isthishappening.com. -- Rosie Dimanno, Toronto Star

Should that be, "young people are posting images online all the time". Strange sentence construction but it might be a trend.

Reference Check Worries

Science proves malicious gossip can hurt you.

Students were less generous toward people who were said to be "nasty misers" or "scrooges" and nicer to those described as "generous players" or "social players".

Source: Toronto Star

Wardrobe Malfunctions

Could they ruin your career?

Beyonce’s shimmering gold dress barely contained her top; immediately after she picked up her trophy, she asked an assistant backstage to help fix her dress, apparently to prevent a wardrobe malfunction.

If you wear summer clothes without a bra, or a bikiini, you're quite likely to have a wardrobe malfunction. And, often, with cell phone cameras being everywhere, pictures will be taken.

And, sometimes, they will be uploaded to the internet as "downblouse" photos. (Search "downblouse" on Google and you'll see what I mean).

As long as your malfunction is not posted on your own website, however, your prospective employer will be unlikely to see it.

Reference: The Toronto Star

The Facebook Effect

"Until a little while ago if I dared talk about anything computer or internet related in a social setting people made fun of me. Now, social media has allowed every man, woman and dog to get connected, online.

"My brother is looking for a job. I asked if he was on Facebook yet, to which he replied that he heard at a seminar that employers will search for you, on Facebook and Myspace, to either learn more or see what you’re really like."

Miss604 (slightly edited)

evaluh8me evalu8me

The latest in social media for business.

How does it work?
1. You register here
2. Then you invite your colleagues to evaluate you online.

My Rating

"He is like so lame, I can't stand him." Jason Davis
"I've known The Recruiting Animal for a long time, longer than anybody and trust me, you don't want to know him"
- Anthony J Meaney
"Anthony, you are like so right" -- Ami G
"Lazy, disorganized, lazy" - Disgruntled Client
"I've never seen anything worthwhile on his blog" -- anonymous
"Not a thought-leader. Not a serious professional."
-- Martin The Beadle Snyder

And those are just my friends!

No, seriously, folks, those are from a different 360 rating. In evalu8me you can invite people you know don't hate you (assuming they exist).

So, why don't you give it a try. You'll make someone I know very happy. Who? The project manager, Veronique. You see, they sent me an email signed with a sexy name to lure me in. And it worked. Now you.

Read all the blogs in the Recruitosphere here.

Reference Checks of the Future

Any bozo can take a video of you and post it on his site.

What are the repercussions job-wise? They could be influential if, as we read, employers and recruiters use information they find about you online as a form of reference.

In this example some twerp harrasses lovely Cindy Crawford as she waits for a parking valet to fetch her car.

Recruiting.com. Talkdigger, Slashdot, Digg, Delicious.