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Anne Taylor commented on Geoff Peterson's blog post 'Finding the Next Outlet for Recruiting Talent (Tips to Stay Ahead of Other Recruiters)'

Great resource. thanks.

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Finding the Next Outlet for Recruiting Talent (Tips to Stay Ahead of Other Recruiters)

Want to find the next outlet for recruiting talent? For starters, stay clear of recruiting communities, HR sites and your recruiting industry peers. Step "outside of the box" and your comfort zone with those in recruiting and HR, and get a completely new perspective. I was an early adopter of popular recruiting destinations today including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Currently I'm working with newly emerging…See More

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Geoff Peterson commented on Geoff Peterson's blog post 'Finding the Next Outlet for Recruiting Talent (Tips to Stay Ahead of Other Recruiters)'

Thanks Brian. Appreciate the feedback.

May 3, 2010

Brian Meeks commented on Geoff Peterson's blog post 'Finding the Next Outlet for Recruiting Talent (Tips to Stay Ahead of Other Recruiters)'

Nicely done on the suggestions. There are a few in there that I haven't given much time to. I think I will have to check them out.

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Finding the Next Outlet for Recruiting Talent (Tips to Stay Ahead of Other Recruiters)

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Geoff Peterson commented on Tim Collins's blog post 'Guy Kawasaki's 1-2-3 Rule of Resumes'

I like Guy's work - I read his blog and have his books, but disagree with anyone that says a resume has to be 1 page, no more. I actually get skeptical if you only have 1 page, thinking you either don't have enough experience or you have…

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Name: Geoff Peterson

Job Title: Recruiting Leader, Sourcing Consultant

Company: General Lead

Which best describes your profession?: Corporate

How many years have you been in the business?: 10 - 14 years

Which industries do you work in now?: Consumer Goods, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Services, Technology

Are you interested in split placements?: no

Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?: ERE, SourceCon

What kind of networking are you open to?: Open networking, Referrals between friends

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?: Recruiting and Sourcing Leader, Social Media Consultant, Speaker and Trainer. Advanced Internet Sourcing Specialist/Talent Acquisition. Founder of General Lead (www.generallead.com) and RecruitChute (www.recruitchute.com).

Name someone you most admire: Geoff Peterson

Which blogs would you recommend people read?: GeoffPeterson.com (www.geoffpeterson.com)

What recruiting tools can you not live without?: Facebook, LinkedIn, Jigsaw, Twitter, Broadlook, Google

What do you like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...: Networking, Tutorial Tuesdays

...and what would you change and why?: Ning needs to allow profiles to move from one group to another.

Website: http://www.generallead.com

Blog: http://www.geoffpeterson.com

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FREE LinkedIn Webinar for Recruiters and Sourcers

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Geoff Peterson, Managing Principal of General Lead (www.generallead.com) and Editor of StaffBytes (www.staffbytes.com), will conduct a fast-paced 60 minute detailed webinar on LinkedIn for Recruiters and Sourcers. This webinar will be a live demonstration via GoToWebinar.

*A FREE handout will given to each attendee going over the major points of the webinar presentation and will allow solid knowledge transfer on your own. Screenshots, website links and more will be included. A must… Continue

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At 11:19am on January 27, 2009, Shannon DeYoung said…: Thank you.
Shannon

At 5:26pm on January 22, 2009, Shannon DeYoung said…: Hi Geoff,
You mentioned in your webinar last week a few free software tools that you can use to update your status on the majority of the social networking sites. I think I misplaced some of my notes:( can you send these to me?

Thanks again,
Shannon

At 3:52pm on January 19, 2009, Shannon DeYoung said…: Hi Geoff,
My team attende your Twitter Webinar last week. Good stuff.
Thanks,
Shannon

At 11:27am on November 21, 2008, Tina Huckabay said…: Just sent you a facebook invite! Happy Friday :) .

At 2:40pm on November 20, 2008, Keith said…: Sir how are you?
We have jave, .net, DBA's, SAP, QA Analyst, DBA Developer, DATA Moduler, UNIX Admin, Tivoli, peoplesoft, oracle functional.

So, please let me know for any of these profile you have,
Thank you.
And Add me with
keith.tscti@yahoo.com

At 9:39pm on November 19, 2008, Geoff Peterson said…: No...I just checked...it's still up. Great to see you on here...

At 2:59pm on November 15, 2008, Kristi M said…: Geoff, did you take down your facebook video? I saw the comments below and would like to see it.

Kristi

At 8:15pm on August 27, 2008, Erica Jayne Walsh said…: Geoff:

Are you still attending SourceCon? If so, any interest in networking offline?

- Erica

At 3:31pm on August 3, 2008, Paul DeBettignies said…: I am the “Admin” for the Recruiters On LinkedIn group. You have recently joined and this is a "welcome" to the group and "here is how it works".

Over the past year I have been experimenting how best to facilitate members being able to connect with each other. Some want to connect with everyone and some are looking for a few meaningful connections.

1-2 times per week I send a group introduction message with 10-15 new members and reintroducing others.

What this means for you is simple, do you wish to be introduced to the group?

You have 4 options from which to choose:

(A) “Open Networker” with name, email address, and LinkedIn URL as you want to connect with anyone and everyone.

(B) “General Introduction” with name and LinkedIn URL as you are specific about who you want to connect with.

(C) “Lurker” no announcement will be made as you want to be on the sidelines connecting with people as you wish.

(D) “Super Open Networker” which is (A) plus having your contact information on the group page.

A caution on the “Open Networker”, you may be inundated with invitations to connect. For some this is exactly what they are hoping for and others this could be a pain.

I do ask, if you receive invitations from members you do not want to connect with that you “Archive” the message versus “I don’t know” so the sender is not penalized by LinkedIn although how you handle this is up to you.

Again your options are (A), (B), (C), (D).

Please include your LinkedIn URL and email address you prefer to receive invitations and send to paul@mnheadhunter.com

Thank you for your time.

P.