Author Archives | Graham Findlay
Graham Findlay - who has written 4 posts on Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion.
Graham Findlay has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years as both a permanent employee, consultant and contractor specialising in Enterprise Systems Management. Graham is the co-owner of knokknok.com; a website that allows people to promote their skills free of charge.
He currently lives with his family in North Yorkshire, UK.
lies, damned lies and recruitment agents
By Graham Findlay - It’s a sad fact of life, but most people with the word “Agent” in their job title aren’t too popular with the rest of us (with the possible exception of Travel Agents). Let's see ... there are Estate Agents, Publicity Agents, Insurance Agents and, my personal favorite, Recruitment Agents. Probably the most frequently asked question by people who haven’t dealt with recruitment agencies before is “Which agency do you normally deal with?” People mistakenly believe that there is a degree of loyalty between the prospective candidate and an agency. Let’s look at the reality of this ‘relationship’ ...
Continue reading...why we should stop advertising jobs
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
By Graham Findlay - A very common ruse used by recruitment agencies is to "phish" for resumes by advertising nonexistent jobs. People by the very secrecy of the process don't get to know the name of the company supposedly with a vacancy to fill. It's cheaper than paying job board rates for searching a resume database and a useful hook to attempt to get leads from unsuspecting people. This is an expensive, rather scattergun approach. You might hit the right target, but not with your eyes shut.
Continue reading...are we ready for a new recruitment era?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
By Graham Findlay - I spotted an article by Peter Weddle, CEO of Weddles.com, where he uses the much touted Googlized/O'Reilly term of "Cloud Computing" and attempts to put a different spin on traditional recruitment. Unfortunately, the vision he presents falls short of the mark in terms of a Utopian recruitment cloud. Let's re-visit where "Cloud Computing" comes from.
Continue reading...a real alternative to job boards
Monday, May 11, 2009
By Graham Findlay - Sometimes when something is popular and successful for a long time it becomes a defacto standard, or something that is just accepted, no questions asked. Over time, other people and organizations try to catch hold of the coat tails of this success by copying (sometimes with slight variations, often with none) the original idea. There comes a point when everyone is too busy admiring this "something" to notice that times have changed and the world has moved on. Such is the case of the ubiquitous job board.
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- theladders should stop bait-n-switch tactics
- monstirs sells english are reely good
- monster still really dumb, buys trovix
- 100 great interview questions
- the slice (8-25-09)
- jobfox interjects on your behalf
- careerbuilder wants you to work at the gap
- careerbuilder job app launches on iphones
- vault snags monster exec
- ax falling hard at careerbuilder? (212)
- theladders should stop bait-n-switch tactics (121)
- grey marketing team – job posting scam (93)
- monstirs sells english are reely good (65)
- a real alternative to job boards (63)
- more job cuts at jobfox (60)
- march: there will be blood (59)
- is jason goldberg killing jobster? (54)
- careerbuilder sales rep’s a real ‘twit’ (54)
- jobing acquires cheezhead (48)
- jobing acquires cheezhead
- jobvite raises $8.2 million
- not your father’s recruiting conference
- 10 reasons why niche sites will survive
- top 5 fastest growing companies in HR
- why niche job sites should band together
- monster’s back-to-school makeover
- the slice (8-25-09)
- a fleeing workforce
- the unconference movement
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