Comments on: The Final Countdown http://www.ere.net/2008/06/03/the-final-countdown/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:55:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim Sullivan http://www.ere.net/2008/06/03/the-final-countdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3815 Jim Sullivan Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/06/03/the-final-countdown/#comment-3815 Raghav, I believe you hit the nail on the head with just one paragraph: 'Now it becomes a game of being able to leverage that information. When there is no advantage to be gained from information, those who will succeed are the ones who can execute the best.' I believe that this is currently the case, many internal HR folks just don't have the time to access all the information at their disposal. It is our job as external recruiters to filter the information and ACT on it. I had a recruiter that worked for me at one time that was one of best sourcing people that I knew, he would get referrals from everyone he spoke with BUT never followed through. He failed because he could never act on the information he had in his hands. Raghav,
I believe you hit the nail on the head with just one paragraph:
‘Now it becomes a game of being able to leverage that information. When there is no advantage to be gained from information, those who will succeed are the ones who can execute the best.’

I believe that this is currently the case, many internal HR folks just don’t have the time to access all the information at their disposal. It is our job as external recruiters to filter the information and ACT on it.

I had a recruiter that worked for me at one time that was one of best sourcing people that I knew, he would get referrals from everyone he spoke with BUT never followed through. He failed because he could never act on the information he had in his hands.

]]> By: Wayne Wauters http://www.ere.net/2008/06/03/the-final-countdown/comment-page-1/#comment-3814 Wayne Wauters Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:16:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/06/03/the-final-countdown/#comment-3814 I agree with all that you say. It is becoming more obvious to me that most of the corporate recruiters I have met in my recent years have been unfamiliar with even Zoominfo, much less Boolean searching or any web based recruitment tools other than Career Builder or Monster and association websites. Even when they use association websites they usually fail to use the free searchable database. That being said, I did not get the Art part of 'science and art' mentioned in this article which is in my opinion is very important. For me, the art part is being able to form some sort of relationship with a candidate in five minutes. These five minutes could be on the phone or face to face. I usually ask them questions about themselves to get them talking and then go from there. Being courteous, friendly and having knowledge so I can at least somewhat relate to the candidate are the primary tools for successful recruitment. Using these tools to form that relationship is the art. I agree with all that you say. It is becoming more obvious to me that most of the corporate recruiters I have met in my recent years have been unfamiliar with even Zoominfo, much less Boolean searching or any web based recruitment tools other than Career Builder or Monster and association websites. Even when they use association websites they usually fail to use the free searchable database.

That being said, I did not get the Art part of ’science and art’ mentioned in this article which is in my opinion is very important. For me, the art part is being able to form some sort of relationship with a candidate in five minutes. These five minutes could be on the phone or face to face. I usually ask them questions about themselves to get them talking and then go from there. Being courteous, friendly and having knowledge so I can at least somewhat relate to the candidate are the primary tools for successful recruitment. Using these tools to form that relationship is the art.

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