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What does the Recruiter community think of the Taleo product?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Monica Olson Feb 1, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Is it a helpful tool or an impediment to the job seeker when applying for an opportunity with corporate America? I'm hearing more negatives than positives, and that their support org is weak.Continue
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Dick Smith commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Enough of this global talent pool talk already!'"On point Mr. Murray. Good for you, expressing the obvious."
Monica Olson replied to Dick Smith's discussion 'What does the Recruiter community think of the Taleo product?'"I'd actually have to agree. You would think as many people that use Taleo, it would have a place to store a Master resume/account that would apply to anyone who uses Taleo instead of going through a 2 hour process every single time. …"
Jonas replied to Dick Smith's discussion 'What does the Recruiter community think of the Taleo product?'"Well, Taleo has its issues and weaknesses. But I find it is one of the better and relatively user friendly systems there are on the market. Anyway it depends on the company using Taleo exactly how annoying they make the application process to…"
"Honestly, I found it an impediment, it was very cumbersome and not user friendly and I remember being shocked when I discovered that the internal recruiters at this huge company were using outlook instead of taleo until they absolutely had to…"
Dick Smith posted a discussionWhat does the Recriter community think of the Taleo product?
Is it a helpful tool or an impediment to the job seeker when applying for an opportunity with corporate America? I'm hearing more negatives than positives, and that their support org is weak.See More
Dick Smith replied to Sandra McCartt's discussion 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvM-I0j5emA'"Say it isn't so..."
Dick Smith left a comment for Kevin Vaughn"Kevin,
It's obvious I don't spend a lot of time on this website since I'm responding to a September posting. Send me an email message if you would at dickle45@att.net and let's see if we can find some common ground."
Dick Smith posted a blog postRecruiters Looking For Splits - Thumbs Down
My worse fear was no response, when all I asked for when I referred a candidate was a simple yes or no - at RecruitersLookingForSplits.Splits for Enterprise Software Sales positionsPosted by Chris on November 19, 2010 at 3:06pm in Recruiters Looking For SplitsIf you cannot get a response to a simple question, then what's the point of saying you are interested in doing splits.Nobody is that busy, that they cannot respond to a peer, especially when they asked for help.Dick Smith919-247-5505…See More
Dick Smith replied to Chris's discussion 'Splits for Enterprise Software Sales positions' in the group Recruiters Looking For Splits"Chris,
I sent you a candidate from my Outlook email.
Have a great day and be well...
Dick Smith
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Alan James Associates
"the convergence point for talent centric solutions"
919-247-5505…"
Dick Smith commented on Ragan Kellams's blog post 'Ok, I've Finally Had It'"Dave Normoyle is spot on. IT skill set needed aside, due dilligence in selecting resources is critical and his outline is profound. Sounds to me like you engaged a sketchy temp staffing outfit as opposed to a professional services firm, and did not…"
Dick Smith replied to Sandra McCartt's discussion 'MY MOUSETRAP WORKS JUST FINE!'"Kudos to you... Twitter may be good for Brittany, Justin and the E network community, but is doesn't fare well when you're looking for Oracle Projects Accounting specialists or other deep skilled teckie types."
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Recruiters Looking For Splits - Thumbs Down
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 2:26pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
My worse fear was no response, when all I asked for when I referred a candidate was a simple yes or no - at RecruitersLookingForSplits.
Splits for Enterprise Software Sales positionsPosted by Chris on November 19, 2010 at 3:06pm in Recruiters Looking For Splits
If you cannot get a response to a simple question, then what's the point of saying you are interested in doing splits.
Nobody is that busy, that they cannot respond to a peer, especially when they asked for…
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- At 1:24pm on September 7, 2010,
Kevin Vaughn said… - Hi, my name is Kevin and I am the operations manager for a healthcare recruiting firm in Los Angeles, CA. I’m reaching out to you because you indicated on your profile that you were in healthcare staffing and possibly open to doing some splits. We have a lot of open job orders and offer a 50/50 fee split. Would you be open to discussing ways we could collaborate from time to time?
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