Archive for June 25, 2010

Recruiting Ethics

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Interviewee and interviewer shaking handsIt must be hard to be a recruiter. I mean you might as well go into telemarketing since you spend 75% of your day scoping out potential recruits and cold calling/blind mailing people hoping that you can find the next superstar for your client. Just like telemarketing though, sometimes it’s just a bit out of control and silly. I’m not exactly sure how the process goes for finding candidates, but I wanted to point out something that really annoys me.

Please don’t try and recruit me at my job! I’m completely flattered that I was “confidentially referred” to you for an Account Executive position at some agency. Who wouldn’t want me? Read the rest of this entry »

Friday’s 5 • 25 June 2010

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Letter VI know I know I know – The 4th of July and a short week is almost here.  Until then, grab your iced frap, deal with the heat & enjoy our Top 5 posts from this week.

In case you missed them this week, below you’ll find our top 5 published stories (based on pageview and in alpha-order). Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »