Name

John Amodeo

Location

Minneapolis

Company

Mortenson

Which best describes your profession?

Corporate, Recruiter, Manager

How many years have you been in the business?

More than 15 years

Which industries do you work in now?

Government, Technology, Other

Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?

ERE

What kind of networking are you open to?

Open networking, Referrals between friends, Very targeted/niche

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?

"Hi, I'm John." Peers suggest I overuse the term "good day" and "eh" in voice messages, with candidates, and whenever caller ID indicates that someone I know is about to hear "good day."

(I am not originally from down under, eh.)

Name someone you most admire

Wess Stafford of Compassion International (www.compassion.com) Ted Koeppel of ABC News

Which blogs would you recommend people read?

Anything written or posted by Kevin Wheeler, Howard Adamsky, Chris Forman, and Allan Schweyer

What recruiting tools can you not live without?

A telephone
A cell phone
Google

What do you like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...

Best Practices
News
Extension of the Recruiting Network
Goodwill between recruiters

...and what would you change and why?

We are all in the life changing business. There's plenty of room in our fraternity for all to prosper. Sharing, like servant-leadership, is a best practice.

Website

http://www.mortenson.com

Blog

http://www.mntrn.org (Minnesota Technical Recruiter Network)

Online profile/Homepage

http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnamodeo