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Paul DeBettignies

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Paul DeBettignies is a Minnesota IT Recruiter, the Recruiting FP at HireCast Consulting, author of the Minnesota Headhunter blog, and co-founder and coordinator of Minnesota Recruiters. He is a frequent local and national speaker and article contributor on recruiter, HR, career, networking, and social media topics. He is also involved in the Minneapolis and St. Paul technology, marketing, and social media community as a sponsor, volunteer, and mentor.

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You Are Part Of The Top “X” On LinkedIn. So What?

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Paul DeBettignies
Feb 19, 2013, 5:12 am ET

Minnesota Headhunter Appearances in SearchLike you, I started seeing the posts and pics last week on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (yes, Instagram) from friends who were receiving the “You have one of the top X% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012” email from LinkedIn.

First it was 10% then 5% and later in the week 1%.

And I started thinking, “am I really not that cool to have ranked in the top 1%? How can that be?” keep reading…

Where Have All the Recruiters Gone?

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Paul DeBettignies
Apr 9, 2012, 1:24 pm ET

This past Saturday an event was held at Best Buy headquarters in Minneapolis called MinneBar. No, not that kind of bar, although there was some of that after it was over.

This is a BarCamp style event with 1,000+ Minneapolis and St Paul tech folks gathered for a day-long structured unconference to talk about techie, geeky, and nerdy things.

The event is free, including parking, lunch, and post-event beer.

Number of recruiters or HR folk in attendance: less than 10.

WHAT??? keep reading…