Glennlist

Remember when you were single and the amount of time you took make yourself look good? It was all like the gym, a shower and some cold brews with the crew on the weekends. Your plans were simple then and you took time to keep yourself in shape.

Posting a good job description is lot a [...]

I recently witnessed several spit takes in one meeting when the boss delivered news of a hiring slowdown. IT Recruiters are so freaking frustrated right now, they could easily drop kick an innocent pimply face recruiting intern. Yeah, sure some jobs are being canceled and plenty of recruiters are mumbling what they are going to [...]

Recruiters, let me tell you something. We’ve lost the basics of recruiting. It’s been replaced with idealistic disillusioned recruitment methods. The problem with most Recruiters is that we get some social media knowledge. A little info or a nugget and we become experts overnight. The fact is, you don’t know what the hell you are [...]

When I got into IT recruiting 10 year ago nerds frustrated the hell out of me. I called them. They never call me back. I called again and again. No return calls. And, you know why? I never gave them a reason to call me back.
Candidates typically use their mobile number on resumes and they [...]

Selected, rejected and ejected. That’s the wash cycle Recruiters use on their candidates. But what I’m about to tell you is extremely important. So important, that it’s the very root cause why 99.99999% of all candidates despise Recruiters. It’s the very same reason you hate your Ex (all mine live in Texas), the same reason [...]

People want real time news, info and data these days and they are getting it from Twitter. Twitter gives real time data, not indexed data. Google search results are sometimes old and moldy info.
So, Google paid an estimated $15 million for the Twitter’s feed. As a result, Twitter saw a boost in its traffic.
Look at [...]

This video is awesome. I can’t tell you how many people that I work with that are NOT handwashers.

Craigslists job postings are popular because they don’t price gouge recruiters, unlike newspapers did years ago. A job posting on Craigslist in certain cities it’s about $25. For smaller cities, job postings are free.
When I first got into recruiting, it was expensive to place a job ad in the local paper. Along come the job [...]

Remember “Once in a Lifetime” from the Talking Heads?
“You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife. And, you may ask yourself: How did I get here!”
What you should be asking yourself, “Why didn’t I do some scenario planning?”
Scenario planning is [...]

The Nerdy IT Manager tried to order a life sized iron cast of Han Solo. The purchasing department caught it. It was rejected. An uprising occurred. Corporate HR surge was sent in to quell the unrest. You were caught in the middle. Now the Nerdy IT manager hates HR; therefore he hates you, the [...]

Right, I know, I hear you: Applicant Tracking Systems have become a necessity for Recruiters. I’m here to tell you that day is coming to an end. All Applicant Tracking Systems must die!

Here is why, Sparky.

I foresee new laws that coerce companies, or a business to PURGE all their records from their ATS.

Why? Privacy concerns.

Let’s [...]

The break room Microwave is crusty and infused with a multitude of odors. It never gets cleaned and it’s probably 10 years old. You stand close enough to a break room microwave, you can get a tan and curl your hair.
So that is why I’m moving away from traditional microwave methods. I am promoting the [...]

I must have this chair. I must, I must, I must! And, I shall own it in the summer of 2010. It’s only $130 pesos. So, I will be getting this chair and using it as my every day chair. It will be my chair and only I will sit in it. I don’t care [...]

If you had a job this year you weren’t so lucky after all. If you did NOT have a job you probably played tennis, golf and did a lot of blogging, tweeting and other fun social stuff.

So here is the deal. For those of us that had to work like 80 hours a week, were [...]

None of these cats were harmed but they were extremely annoyed.

I know, I know, I know this is mostly a Recruiting Blog, but I’m also a gamer and recruit for the gaming industry. Why? Because Sparky,  it’s a 10 billion dollar industry that needs good game developers - It needs Recruiters too.
So when I read  a recent blog posting of how the Unreal engine was running on the [...]

Nexus One is the Google Phone that you will be able to purchase directly from Google. Here is the backside of the phone.

Ever took your kid to work because it was “Take Your Kid to Work Day”?
I never understood this. It should be called half day because that is how much work you are going to get done.
 Here’s how it usually goes down on these special days.
The worker drags their kid(s) to the office. They sit at [...]

The South is about one thing and one thing only. College Football. You can keep your Yankees and Boston Red Sox, talk all you want about the Cowboys or Packers, the Lakers and Knicks or whatever. But in the South, no one cares unless it’s College Football.
As of recently, University of Tennessee is catching some heat [...]

When you land your first job out of college, your desk is the one that n-o-b-o-d-y wants. And it’s probably in a location that is drafty, smells and void of natural light. Those kind of working conditions leave mental scars that last a lifetime.
You can make a change.
Your employer can make a big difference.
The workstation doesn’t [...]