The Recruiting Animal Show: Blowback Continued

Michael Specht, Blog (Jan 29, 2009)

Yesterday I was lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view) to be invited onto the Recruiting Animal Show.

I was on the show with Australian recruiters Dan Naroo, and Ross Clennett. There were others from across the pond but they don’t really count now do they :-).

Ross Clennett, Email (Jan 28, 2009)

Cheers, Michael, it was fun. I should have mentioned that the article on '8 Reasons For Your Client Not To Multi-list The Job' was also published in The Fordyce Letter (August 2007)

'Global reach and impact' is one of my business goals for 2009 so today was a step forward.

If you want to follow my opinions you can subscribe to my weekly newsletterfor recruiters, you can do so at my home page at www.rossclennett.com

Paul Jacobs, Twitter (Jan 27, 2009)

I couldn't understand the Canadian & Australian accents. BTW NZ is far superior to Australia FYI - get your facts rights eh

Thomas Shaw, Twitter (Jan 27, 2009

@jobadder lol. would you like to know what i am wearing right now... mmm... hot.

Brett Iredale, Twitter (Jan 27, 2009)

@thomasshaw Don't make me send the recruiting animal over there !

Chris Cox, Twitter (Feb 04, 2009)

crizzcoxx: @VirtualRecruit: heard you on the animal. First time I've really listened to the show. Kind of crazy. Did you enjoy it?

Jenny DeVaughn 89-99 - Recruiting Animal Show

Jenny DeVaughn, Twitter (Feb 08, 2009)

VirtualRecruit: I survived the recruiting @animal show, here's the blog post and audio highlights. http://poprl.com/H94 (It was surprisingly fun!)

Dan Nuroo, Twitter (Feb 18, 2009)

Dannuroo: listening to @animal... so much for peace and quiet :)

Julia Stone, you are an idiot (March 20, 2009)

I was hoping that Animal would perhaps realize today that he is wrong, that his methods are inflammatory and personal and are designed to kill open communication....

I am loud, opinionated, and while I like to think I am funny, I realize I can be offensive in the process. So that makes it even harder for me to say this. ...

You say you are not a thought leader, you are right. You are an idiot. ... I realize some may think this is a fairly harsh discussion. Given the obtuse nature of Recruiting Animal, I felt it was important to not mince words or they might get lost in the subtlety. My apologies if I have offended you.

Sandra McCartt, you are an idiot (March 20, 2009)

I think "Animal" is an idiot too, but i think he's a fun idiot who stirs up some crazy, fun stuff.

Heather Bussing, you are an idiot (March 20, 2009)

When Animal acts like an idiot, it's usually for fun and mischief. He likes to test the bounds of the social networking experiment. What I find much worse are sanctimonious, verbose, righteous, misguided idiots who have no idea how idiotic they are.

Martin H.Snyder, you are an idiot (March 20, 2009)

I'm just pissed because nobody calls me an idiot. Animal gets all the attention around here, but I'm just as stupid and offensive !

Of course, none of us can compare to the absolute god of provocation; need I even type his name ?

He said if I spammed I would get the negative attention I used to enjoy in high school, but so far, no good.....

Karla Porter, Twitter (March 21, 2009)

@Animal did I call you an idiot at all? If I did it was a good idiot.

Maren Hogan, The Comment Club (March 18, 2009)

I DID NOT EVEN SAY GEN Y ONCE IN THAT POST. YOU ARE SO FREAKIN FULL OF IT!

Karen Mattonen, Recruitingblogs.com (March 27, 2009)

What was the point of this post? To bash Becky, or to demonstrate more of your boorish behavior? [...]

what gives with the bashing of people on the Recruiting Networks? Who made you the Voice of the Recruiting world? Where do you come off as being the All Knowing and All Experienced of what we do..

talk about being duplicitous.. [...] YOU speak of Transparency and You go by the Name ANIMAL.. - hey.. before YOU speak of someone's transparency, and honesty.. maybe you should take a Look in the damn mirror..

[...] I don't hide behind a little pseudonym or try to avoid being seen and anonymous. Does that give you more power "Animal" to attack. I call that type of behavior as cowardly and bullying..

I too have been a target of yours, as has several others, and I am sure you won't end with us.. As it is a trend of yours.. what do you gain from it? A Napoleon Complex comes to mind. My new name for you is Bitterman..

I totally dislike coming up here and stating what I am saying, .. but, seriously, this really has become pretty disgusting and sad.. the problem is, a lot of people are getting pissed off, but more of them don't have the guts to come up and say something, because they are scared that they would just be next in line on your target list..

Who wants to deal with that.... Not to mention, that it really does NOT LOOK GOOD to our industry!

Pam Claughton, Giveaway of the Year (April 1, 2009)

Animal, This was a great show! Really interesting discussion of Twitter use. Thanks for the heads up on it. ~Pam

Sherry Junker, Giveaway of the Year (April 2, 2009)

This was so informative. Up until now, I could not figure out what the big deal about recruiting on Twitter was. Thanks for sharing this!

Glen Cathey, Twitter (April 1, 2009)

BooleanBlackBlt: I am STILL learning, laughing, listening to @Animal show at 75% speed. Educational, informative, AND hilarious!

Kari Quaas, Twitter (April 1, 2009)

Absolutely, great info. It's always entertaining to listen to the @animal

Mark Sullivan, Twitter (April 1, 2009)

sullivanmarkd: just finished listening to @animal show - great stuff about twitter searches for recruiters

John McCormack, Twitter DM (April 3, 2009)

msft_recruiter: I just listened to your show on twitter. Very interesting and I dig your style.

Papa John Sumser, Bill Vick Interviews The Recruiting Animal (April 16, 2009)

Yesterday, it was the watercooler talk for the recruiterati. Our neighborhood version of the Susan Boyle thing. Except, the Animal does operatic rants and it’s not nearly as inspirational.

Don Hughes, xtremerecruiting.tv (April 16, 2009)

Does this guy just yell and shout? This “animal” has been in the Extreme Cold Weather and Winter far too long. He needs to take a long vacation in Texas and visit a good shrink.

Craig Fisher,Twitter (April 15, 2009)

fishdogs: @Animal Gr8 interview on XtremeRecruiting.tv ! You killed it! LMAO

Ryan Leary, Twitter (April 15, 2009)

ryanleary: @Animal I agree with @Fishdogs - Simply Hilarious http://www.XtremeRecruiting.tv

Traci Deveau, Twitter (April 15, 2009)

Devoted2HR: RT @Fishdogs: @Animal Gr8 interview on XtremeRecruiting.tv ! You killed it! LMAO => Ditto that!

Shawna Armstrong, Twitter (April 15, 2009)

shawnaarmstrong: Rt @billvick Video interview of The Recruiting Animal - at http://www.XtremeRecruiting.tv - quite entertaining as expected!

Kelly Kozik, LinkedIn (April 2009)

OMG - the craziest interview I've ever seen! Don't watch if you have a full bladder!

Karla Porter, Twitter (April 15, 2009)

karla_porter: Recruiter vid interview of the year - award can't b far behind 4 @BillVick & @Animal http://snurl.com/fxwtj - U can't miss this.

Steve Levy, Recruitingblogs.com (April 17, 2009)

do I really need to hear Michael yelling - again?

Jeff Lipschultz, Twitter (April 15, 2009)

jlipschultz: @CincyRecruiter @BillVick I'm warming up to @Animal; it's an acquired taste.

Ronnie Bratcher, Elite Recruiting Corner (March 11, 2009)

is listening to the Recruiting Animal Blog Talk Radio show.

John McKinnon, Twitter (April 16, 2009)

karla_porter: @RedNNW Here is the link to the Recruiting Animal How to recruit on Twitter http://snurl.com/g1yke just bear w/ the 1st few min. of @Animal

@RedNNW: @karla_porter Thanks for the link! Will take it in this eve

RedNNW: Listening to recruiting Animal on how to recruit on Twitter.

Bill Boorman, Twitter (May 6, 2009)

BillBoorman: @IndigoAccount you can catch my views on Recruitment Animal in about 2 mins. log in!

indigoaccount: @BillBoorman - I have no idea what the Recruitment Animal is!

Deb Dib, CollegeRecruiter.com, (Oct 13, 2008)

In a recent post "Do You Still Need a Resume?" I opined that the resume, although still useful, is fading in importance in the new world of on-line tools that provide companies and recruiters an array of information about potential candidates. ...

Push-back came from "Recruiting Animal" (known for his strong views and cool recruiting radio show)...

Jake Stupak, ERE (May 7, 2009)

Several weeks ago I was contacted by Bill Vick from XtremeRecruiting.tv to do an interview covering the latest in applicant tracking system (ATS). It was a very nice surprise and compliment, yet I did get a bit nervous.

To help ease my nerves, my wife told me to just have fun like Recruiting Animal did in his interview. While I didn't really take the Animal's approach, I still had a great time.

Craig Fisher, Fishdogs vs The Animal (April 3, 2009)

This week I had the dubious honor of being the featured guest on the Recruiting Animal Show on Blog Talk Radio. The Recruiting Animal is sort of a Jim Rome type of interviewer. His shtick is to be bombastic, throw curve balls, cut people off if they don't answer quickly or interestingly enough. But he is smart and thoroughly researches his subjects who he enjoys picking apart. So it was, with not so slight trepidation, that I joined him on his show on possibly the worst day for doing so, April Fools Day!

Ian McAllister, Twitter (May 8, 2009)

#followfriday if you wanted an easy job, you wouldn't work in #recruitment. But if you want to learn and have some fun, follow @Animal

JT O'Donnell, Careerealism.com (April 12, 2008)

Thanks for stopping by Recruiting Animal. I'm a fan of your show!

Eric Haber, Twitter, (April 29, 2009)

ericlf: @Animal good show today, was on my cell (561) in the car and could not speak up. @JTODonnell was good, get her on again.

Michael Reyes, Twitter (April 29, 2009)

The recruitment animal is so obnoxious. Must be a New Yorker.

Lisa Rokusek, Twitter (April 3, 2009)

@Animal When we spoke you were a disagreeable ass, but I expect that from you. :) Heck, I've grown to love it.

Corey J Feldman, Twitter (April 3, 2009)

@Animal I heard you ate recruiters for a living?

Martin Burns, TWitter (May 22, 2009)

RecruiterMoe: #followfriday - great, interesting as hell recruiters @therecruiterguy @animal -that's right: he scored "animal" because that's what he does

Robin Eads, Twitter (May 22, 2009)

imjustagoyle: If you are a recruiter - you NEED to be following @animal @karla_porter @booleanblackblt @noddleplace @fishdogs #followfriday

August Cohen,Twitter (Sept 30, 2009)

@Resume_Writer: I had so much fun on the @animal show with the Resume Chicks I am treating myself to a pizza @Brixx. And I am going to eat the whole thing.

Chris Johnson, Twitter (August 8, 2009)

@ChrisJohnson207: #FF @Animal because he keeps it real and is entertaining,

Cindy Kraft, Twitter (Oct 2, 2009)

@CFOCoach: @ExecJobCoach Thanks Janet. The @animal show was quite a memorable experience!

Dawn Bugni, Twitter (Oct 2, 2009)

@dawnbugni: @ExecJobCoach Thanks Janice! The @Animal Show really was a lot of fun

Fran Holm Hogan, Twitter (Oct 2, 2009)

@fholmhogan: #ff @animal Recruiting radio's Don Imus (but never offensive)

Jacqueline Conrad, Twitter (Oct 1, 2009)

@jhadleyconrad: Thanks @Animal Wow! I have arrived.....A RT from Animal! I'M SOMEBODY!!!

Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Twitter (Sept 30, 2009)

@ValueIntoWords: Phew! @Animal, You really made me THINK! Thanks again for the opportunity!

Janet Cranford, Twitter (Sept 30, 2009)

@janetcranford: @dawnbugni Thanks Dawn! Listening to The Resume Chicks now (@animal intro hilarious so far).

Margo Rose, Twitter (Oct 16,, 2009)

@HR_Margo: I just keep taking his advice blindly tweeps @animal comes w/ good references from @cincyrecruiter #jobsearch #ff

Tiffany Jennings, Twitter (Oct 15, 2009)

@AQUENT_Tiffany: Listening to @animal. Love it! Great ideas and lots of laughs!

Marianthe Verver, Twitter (Oct 14, 2009)

@mverver: Guys can we mute the laughing? I am laughing also but we can't hear the people speaking ;-)

T.J. Jaeckle, Twitter (Oct 14, 2009)

@tj_jaeckle: @Animal 1st time to tune in... kind of controlled chaos!

James Smith, Twitter (Oct 14, 2009)

@ja_smith: @Animal Is that a normal show?

Laura Vezer, Twitter (Sept 2, 2009)

@LauraVezer: Great show @jtodonnell, got to get back to work - thanks @animal for having her on - great conversation.

Jannis Tsalikis,Twitter (Aug 14, 2009)

@adindustryvoice: this is recruiting knowledge ... http://bit.ly/2v2YOx THE RECUITING ANIMAL: http://bit.ly/O7EER - just awesome!

Chris Hoyt, Twitter (July 29, 2009)

@TheRecruiterGuy: I'm *definitely a fan* of @animal but I'd be a much larger fan if I felt like it wasn't shock/interrupt radio. Just sayin'. #tnl

Philly Russell, Twitter (July 27, 2009)

@phillyrussell: @Animal Listening to your Bill Vick video interview My 13 yr old daughter overheard and says "Mom..what the HECK are you listening to?!!"

David McQueen, Twitter (July 16, 2007)

@DavidMcQueen: Dave Recommends @Animal. Irreverent but tasty opines on recruitment. Love it.

Victoria Sheehy, Twitter (July 8, 2009)

@vsheehy: Recruiting Animal -This guy kills me- I'm listening to his show and laughing my tail off. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/animal

Belinda Rowell, Twitter (July 15, 2009)

@brainbroker: Just listened to the Recruiting Animal Show with @Animal - good group and good info! also enjoyed the laughs http://bit.ly/gS3l3

Janice Worthington, Twitter (July 3, 2009)

@ExecJobCoach: @Animal - What a show! Never had so much fun! I am such a fan! I'm in this biz since 1973.where ya been? http://twurl.nl/vv8iiv

Neil Shaffer, Twitter (June 26, 2009)

@NealSchaffer: @DavidGraziano That @Animal is hilarious! I am not in the recruiting field but I had a blast listening! I should call in to his show

Sheri Dresser, Twitter (June 25, 2009)

@SheriDresser: Actually, it's funny...just hard 2 hear guest sometimes. I enjoy UR show!

Amy Lewis, Twitter (June 19, 2009)

@amylewis: #FF @Animal: he's funny, @AWDawno: she's bright, @CincyRecruiter for great recruiting, & @jerry_albright & @marenhogan for keepin' it real

Martin Kaufmann, Twitter (June 17, 2009)

@top007: @Animal justed looked ad your video: well, well, ... to put it politely; wouldn't sell here

@BillBoorman: @top007 Not sure where "over here" is. @Animal has an increasing following in the UK.not to everyones taste, but has a place

Job Mom, Twitter (June 12, 2009)

@jobmom: A smart recruiter w/ a gr8 radio show @Animal - he certainly engages - but only follow him if u have VERY thick skin... #followfriday

Eric Haber, Twitter (June 8, 2009)

@Eric Haber: @Animal it's going to be a great show on Wed, looking forward to it. You told me to change my twitter name so I did, thx for the suggestion

Angela Keller, Twitter (June 8, 2008)

@abk22: @Animal Filling out my bio now! Just saw this message! http://twitter.com/Animal/status/1746685826

Christine DeVore, Twitter (June 8, 2009)

@Animal You are a hoot! I'm an avid reader of your updates...keep the tweets coming!

Erin Kennedy, RecruitingAnimal.com (June 01, 2009)

Am a newbie to your blog, but am enjoying it immensely.

HR World (May 22, 2008)

Hiring Technical People has a great interview with the Recruiting Animal. Read it here

Stephanie A Lloyd, Twitter (June 01, 2009)

listening to @animal and he just said "middle initials are garbage." LOL. I hate my name w/o my middle initial.

JT O'Donnell, Twitter (April 29, 2009)

Can I Get a "I Survived the Recruiting Animal Show" t-shirt? Thanks @Animal - the hour went by too fast! http://is.gd/vpmU

Jon Mahoney, Twitter, (May 8, 2009)

RT @ianrmcallister #followfriday if u wanted easy job u wouldn't work in #recruitment But if u want to learn & have some fun follow @Animal

Eric Nolan Brown, Twitter (Oct 18, 2009)

@Animal Found your podcast. Annoyed at first. :-) Now I love it (I even learn something). Great show! http://bit.ly/ps0u7

Gregg Dourgarian, Staffing Talk (Oct 15, 2009)

The Recruiting Animal: http://twitter.com/Animal. Animal also does a radio show each Wednesday. This is fast-track networking. If you’re easily offended, he advises not joining in. I agree.

Ryan Paugh, Twitter (Nov 4, 2009)

Listening to @PenelopeTrunk on the @Animal show right now - He ruthless, but I like him.

Jeremy Worthington, Twitter (Nov 5, 2009)

AHA - @Animal Just spoke with a client that says the more he listens to you the more he likes you. You are "growing on him like a fungus"

Ehren Seim, Twitter (Nov 3, 2009)

@Animal Add me to your animal/recruiter list......you're a pretty big deal in the recruitosphere, so I'd feel pretty cool if you would. :)

Debbie J Brown, Twitter (Nov 08, 2009)

@Animal you sir are provocative and entertaining to read!

John C Burzynski, Twitter (Nov 11, 2009)

cyBURsleuth: @Animal u were Brutal to that "guest" victim on your show yesterday, I wish more journalists would interview politicians like that!

Mixed Bunny, Twitter (Nov 11, 2009)

@Animal I luv ur bluntness