I’m on my way to Florida tomorrow to present at ITT’s Future Workforce Solutions conference (which is a phenomenal collaboration between many of the world’s most influential tech companies to prepare our nation’s talent pipeline for the future… more on that later), and the discussion topic I’m leading is “social networking”. As I’m completing […]

I set out in 1997 to meet the leaders of the online recruiting industry. Calls were accepted and meetings set with K. Wheeler, J. Sullivan and J. Sumser. All listened (a little), shared opinions (a lot) and remain friends to this day. Establishing relationships like these is clearly one of the joys of the recruiting […]

Social networking sites have quickly become the latest tool in advertising, or like Maxim Healthcare Services, they are also being used to recruit potential employees.
Maxim Health Services is a leading provider of medical staffing, home healthcare, and wellness across the United States. They are one of the first to step out of the box, by […]

I have been waiting it for several years now, and FINALLY just saw it on television for the first time (while I’ve been glued to the TV set watching our Red Sox sweep the series!!!! But I digress…
There is finally a tv ad warning people (kids, in particular) about the risks […]

Anyone can be good at networking when the person in front of you is kind, scintillating and thinks you’re a rock star. The way you find out if you’re really good at networking is can you network with jerks.
The trick to being good at networking is to not be put off when someone does […]

Well, after some prodding and thinking I have finally agreed to blog. Joel was kind enough to ask, and I decided what the hell. So here I am on Cheezhead.
If you’re going to read my first blog post, there is something you should know, besides the fact that my post will likely suck.
Every […]

As blogging evolves - hell, they’re officially considered real media now - the desire for companies to tap into this readership grows. No shame in that. It’s the way a lot of communications departments do it that sucks.
I got an email today that started with “Dear Blogger.” This might work with the Associated Press, but […]

Its 3am and I’m in the family room of my overly pimped out seventies bi-level. How that came to pass is a long story, but a much *shorter* one would be how my three-month-old son came to be. He is wide-awake and ready to party right now, and his crooked smile is giving […]

I have spent some time pondering how I would write this historic post (historic being that Cheezhead is sharing his valuable real estate with others) and thought I would start at the beginning.
Cheese and I go back 10+ years in this business and have often shared long, philosophical discussions about the future of recruiting and […]