“We would like to set up a phone interview with Mr. Smith. Please find out his availability.”
“Mr. Smith is available today at 5:00 pm and also Wednesday between 3:00pm – 5:00 pm.”
“That will not work because the VP of Operations is out Wednesday and unavailable for today.”
“We called Mr. Smith again and he said [...]

Okay, this one’s gonna be kind of fun. Well, it’s gonna be fun for you. And, isn’t that really the whole point of my existence in the first place . . . making your life a little better? I believe it is!
Believe it or not (and I imagine that you won’t), [...]

One of my morning chores when I come into the office is interpreting my email. After seeing who is doing what, there is the laborious chore of going through my junk email/bulk email. If it is written in Mandarin, it can be deleted, but since our tz email can end up in junk, [...]

Dear (insert the name of any HR person in any agency),
I appreciate you getting back with me in regards to my [tag]candidate[/tag]. I know your schedule must be pretty busy as I’ve not been able to get in touch with you via phone, email, fax, smoke signal, messenger pigeon or Wells Fargo Wagon. [...]

As in any relationship, communication is the key. We here at Talent Zoo feel that the better we [tag]communicate[/tag] with our clients, the better they can make a hire. What one must first realize is why they hired someone like us to be their search partner.
[tag]Hiring[/tag] a [tag]search partner[/tag] is [...]

Often times as recruiters we are left hanging – either by the candidates or our clients. This can be a very stressful time for us. What you may not realize is that we are tracking your [tag]interview[/tag] process closer than you think. After the interview we are dying to hear how [...]

Recently I asked a Client to give me some selling points about their agency that we could use in a Candidate driven market. I asked them about their CD, Fridays off, pet friendly environments – anything to make them stand out. We also could not find the creative work they had done for [...]

After 9/11 I had the opportunity to be a substitute teacher for my mother’s kindergarten class. Learned a great deal about children and it even prepared me for becoming a parent. Some lessons learned:

If you don’t like the outfit you wore to school, just pee in it.
Boogers are a food group.
The parents actually need the [...]