Comments on: Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company’s Telephone Tree http://www.ere.net/2009/04/24/luscious-fruit-the-competitive-intelligence-that-hangs-in-a-company%e2%80%99s-telephone-tree/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:41:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company?s Telephone Tree « BLACK SWAN PROJECT http://www.ere.net/2009/04/24/luscious-fruit-the-competitive-intelligence-that-hangs-in-a-company%e2%80%99s-telephone-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-15384 Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company?s Telephone Tree « BLACK SWAN PROJECT Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:43:45 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=7626#comment-15384 [...] Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company?s Telephone Tree Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company?s Telephone Tree [...] [...] Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company?s Telephone Tree Luscious Fruit: The Competitive Intelligence That Hangs in a Company?s Telephone Tree [...]

]]> By: Keith Halperin http://www.ere.net/2009/04/24/luscious-fruit-the-competitive-intelligence-that-hangs-in-a-company%e2%80%99s-telephone-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-11958 Keith Halperin Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:31:12 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=7626#comment-11958 Maureen, I think this type of intelligence-gathering is very valuable. Thanks, Keith Maureen,

I think this type of intelligence-gathering is very valuable.

Thanks,

Keith

]]> By: Maureen Sharib http://www.ere.net/2009/04/24/luscious-fruit-the-competitive-intelligence-that-hangs-in-a-company%e2%80%99s-telephone-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-11936 Maureen Sharib Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:36:05 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=7626#comment-11936 LOL Steve, I tol' you it was a dark space in my character. I think the words "cheating the system" were yours, not mine. Thanks for being interested! LOL Steve,
I tol’ you it was a dark space in my character.

I think the words “cheating the system” were yours, not mine. Thanks for being interested!

]]> By: Steve Crumley http://www.ere.net/2009/04/24/luscious-fruit-the-competitive-intelligence-that-hangs-in-a-company%e2%80%99s-telephone-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-11935 Steve Crumley Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:23:37 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=7626#comment-11935 Maureen, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think you make some really interesting points about what you can learn from the outgoing messages people leave on their answering systems. You are right about the wealth of information people make available about themselves. But, I also think you make some big leaps in your judgments of people. Assuming you meant May 11 to May 15, it is not a safe assumption that because the voice message is still there several days later, she skipped work due to a "vacation hangover". Could it be that she simply forgot to change the message back? I have seen this happen many times in my career, and I don't make the assumption that my coworker is "cheating the system". I assume it was an honest mistake. I would encourage that you not rush to judgment based on information that could so easily be misleading. That is, unless your rush is to assume that most people intend to do the right thing. Steve Maureen,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think you make some really interesting points about what you can learn from the outgoing messages people leave on their answering systems. You are right about the wealth of information people make available about themselves.

But, I also think you make some big leaps in your judgments of people. Assuming you meant May 11 to May 15, it is not a safe assumption that because the voice message is still there several days later, she skipped work due to a “vacation hangover”. Could it be that she simply forgot to change the message back? I have seen this happen many times in my career, and I don’t make the assumption that my coworker is “cheating the system”. I assume it was an honest mistake.

I would encourage that you not rush to judgment based on information that could so easily be misleading. That is, unless your rush is to assume that most people intend to do the right thing.

Steve

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