http://www.recruitment-views.com 20 years of Recruitment, I must have learned something! Mon, 12 May 2008 17:01:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I first started writing this blog I had a plan to be on the first page of Google for the term Recruitment Tips, as time went on I stopped checking, partly because my focus had changed and I had turned into a blogger, scary as it may sound. What has ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-tips/more_canidates_for_free/ I have been holding back for a while before I wrote this post, as I wanted to give the company in question time to respond! It seems not, so I will continue. I was partly inspired by a recent post from Gareth Osborne on "It's time for a change at the ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-views/name-and-shame/ Well I suppose I had to do it at some stage, but I have to admit playing around with any website can be a little dangerous and something I try to avoid. Unfortunately at the weekend Recruitment Views started to play up with its images, so as it was a ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-views/recruitment-views-face-lift/ On Recruitment Views I found the following comment from Ravel Lee from eGrabber, in regards to their new capture tool for candidates on Linkedin. Basicly it collects the details and populates an excell spreadsheet which you can upload onto your database. As we are all interested in Linkedin as recruitment consultants, ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-views/grab-those-contacts-from-linkedin/ Well Andy after seeing your noticeable blogging output for some time and your recent article "Blogs are here to stay", for one moment I thought this reporter below was at your office!! I hope you enjoy the video below Andy and have a good weekend. http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-views/the-death-of-a-recruitment-blogger/ Now I am assuming anyone who reads my blog also reads Louise's so this post I suppose is for everyone else ;) Something I have talked about a lot is the generation of new business, probably because it was something I have gained a reputation for. You can read some of ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-tips/getting-past-the-gate-keeper/ Recently I have been receiving more and more requests for links to recruitment companies from their SEO's, as it helps improve their rankings. This is fine but the most recent I thought was the most cheeky. The company in question wanted me to include a link for Hewitt Associates, whoops ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-views/the-best-client-recruitment-website-for-2008-well-sofar/ I am not going to go into too much detail when it comes to the counter offer, but what I will say is the more you know about the candidate and the opportunity the better chance you have in turning it around. These days many consultants do not take as ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-views/the-counter-offer/ On Friday I had a press release from "The Recruitment Agency Network", with their launch of RAN Jobs a new Job Board specifically for its members. Although this is a very tough market I wish them the best of luck, as their aim isn't so much as competing ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/recruitment-news/scotish-recruitment-agencies-working-together/ One blog I do enjoy is Fortify your Oasis, partly because it is so well written by Ronan and it has an excellent mix of posts. What caught my eye in particular was a recent post on "Work Life Balance". It made a good read and certainly questioned my own ... http://www.recruitment-views.com/index.php/funnies/work-life-balance/