Don’t Be That Guy: Terrible Twitter Profiles
Posted on April 22, 2014 2 Comments
I’m pretty active Twitter user who manages more corporate accounts than I’d care to (and even one for an NPO, just because). And because I’m old school like dat, I monitor mentions and interactions on TweetDeck, which has been ubiquitous on my desktop since 2009, not to mention largely unchanged from its original instance in terms of UI/UX and features. This means that I get a little pop-up window containing a user’s picture and bio every time one of my accounts picks up a new follower – and it’s to those new followers that I’d like to address this post.
How To Become A Recruiting Thought Leader
Posted on April 4, 2014 4 Comments
One question that I get asked way more often than I’d like is, “how do I become a thought leader?” Well, here’s a tip: if you need advice on that particular topic, you’re probably out of your element here, Donnie. But the whole concept of thought leadership is, well, a little nauseating to me. What we call “thought leadership” is really just a moniker for the people who are the best at playing the game. And really, crap like Klout and scheduling Tweets to automatically go out at optimal times for generating impressions is just a game.
15 Offensive Posts I Wanted To Write But Couldn’t Get Away WIth
Posted on April 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
As much as I write (which, really, isn’t much considering this is what I do), I spend twice as much time starting stuff that never sees the light of day. My process is title first, then actual content.That almost never works.
Making completing an actual post instead of scrapping it a few hundred words in is that I realize I either have absolutely nothing to say on the subject or what I do is so offensive that publishing it would likely instigate some sort of intifada directed at me. Also why the featured image on this post is not an artist rendering of the Prophet Mohammed, by the way. Much of what I start never sees the light of day, as I do have a filter, contrary to public believe and an overwhelmingly contradictory cannon of evidence
In The Key of C: Top 5 Characteristics of Great Recruiters
Posted on April 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
Update/Sidenote: I wrote this post because I intentionally wanted to put together the most banal, cliched post possible to demonstrate/validate the inverse correlation between traffic/shares and quality of the actual content. I am delighted that I was wrong. This piece of garbage, from this site to RecruitingBlogs to LinkedIn Publisher, has gotten no love at all, and quite deservedly so. Thank you all for teaching me an important lesson and not letting this experiment succeed.
Recruiting has no barriers for entry, unlike almost any other profession, which at least requires a related degree. Even in the absence of recruitment as an actual academic discipline, success in recruiting largely can’t be learned. As so many employers know, teaching it through practical application only creates incremental improvements in recruiting efficacy, but almost never does a recruiter go from “good” to “great” broader than a very niche functional or industry expertise.
That’s Not Talent.
Posted on March 27, 2014 3 Comments
I got into recruiting by accident, replying to a job posting for a talent scout while looking for a steadier job than my part time gig working the talent desk at Comedy Central, which entailed mostly phones and photocopies. I sometimes got to go get Starbucks for the Reno 911! producers or find a sassy black supporting type for a two liner out of a room full of headshot files (my first sourcing gig).
Snark Attack 