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Enlightened Conversations
My husband and I drop our 17 month old son off to his own Sunday school so we can attend church. He has a new nursery teacher who reminds me a great deal of the alcoholic organ playing psychic on the movie Poltergeist. All she is missing is the hidden flask and the sound of [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under HR, Humor, Industry, Interviews, Miscellaneous.
Tags: clients, portfolio, Recruiting, resume
Comments: 2
Why Don’t You Love Me Anymore?
We’ve all been in one of those volatile relationships at some point in our lives. Whether it was with a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife… you fell completely head over heels for them almost instantaneously. Let’s say it was a boyfriend. He was cute. He was fun. He dressed well. He said and did all [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Agency Life, Industry, Miscellaneous, Recruiting.
Tags: agency, candidates, client, exceptional talent, Interviews
Comments: none
Time to Act!
Anyone who knows me can tell you that I absolutely love to shop. I’m a female. It kind of comes with the territory. I nearly foam at the mouth at the very thought of shopping for anything… shoes, jewelry, electronics, lottery tickets, fresh produce—you name it. Feel bad for my future husband? Me too. The [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2008 under Agency Life, Industry, Miscellaneous, Recruiting.
Tags: Advertising.Recruiters, candidate, Hiring managers
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No Place To Hide
I think some of us could use a reminder that we are all really OUT THERE in terms of our [tag]virtual footprint[/tag]. Each week, I post blogs on this site. I send emails to candidates and represent this company in many ways. Anyone who wanted to poke around a bit could find out any number [...]
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under Agency Life, HR, Industry, Miscellaneous, Recruiting, Talent Zoo.
Tags: agency, candidates, interviewing, virtual footprint, Web 2.0
Comments: none
Chew on this
We went to a swanky restaurant this weekend to celebrate my birthday. Watching and listening to the patrons can be as filling as the meal. To be able to stare and not get caught can be an art form – of which my better half fails miserably. He turns not just his head, [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Do's and Dont's, Industry, Lasting Impressions, Miscellaneous, Strategy.
Comments: 1
Three Kinds of Birds, an Indian Tribe and One of the Best QBs of All Time! Sounds Like a Ride at Disney World…
I’m an Atlanta Falcons fan. I will repeat that; I’m an Atlanta Falcons fan. No, I don’t know why! I’ve lived here my entire life and I’ve been a fan of all of them; the Braves, Hawks, Falcons and now the Thrashers. Yes, Atlanta sports have sucked pretty much my entire [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2008 under Industry, Miscellaneous, Recruiting.
Comments: 1
You Give Love a Bad Name
So we had a GCD go and interview for an ECD position. All seemed to go fairly well, considering the owner of the agency is as easy to wrangle down for an interview as rabies infested raccoon on a hot summer night. They actually spoke for over two hours – which is amazing [...]
Posted: January 10th, 2008 under Industry, Interviews, Miscellaneous, Recruiting.
Comments: 1
It’s Getting Hot in Herre (yes, that’s spelled correctly)
We have a policy here at Talent Zoo that protects our current clients from poaching. If we are currently working with you on a search, we will not call your people and pitch them a new job somewhere else. Of course, chances are, plenty of your employees have their resumes on job boards [...]
Posted: January 9th, 2008 under Agency Life, Industry, Miscellaneous, Recruiting.
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It’s The Final Countdown… Do Do Do Doo, Do Do Do Do Doo
Presenting the top 5 things I never want to hear again:
We just don’t use recruiters Lance…
Crap! You’re honestly telling me that you don’t want to see my super-star badass candidate just because you might have to pay a fee. I want you to think of a couple of things: 1) how much money [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under Do's and Dont's, Industry, Recruiting.
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I was Going to Make this a Short Title, But Ryan Really Likes These Longer Ones, So I Made it Longer. Oh, and This Blog is About Contingency Agreements…
Let’s say you’re a carpenter okay? OKAY? Wake up kiddies! Let’s say that I come to you in regards to your services for…say…a new deck for my lush backyard overlooking my huge pool that is surrounded by 10-12 supermodels! Hey, it could happen, dammit!
Now, imagine if I were to come to [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2007 under Industry, Recruiting.
Comments: 1

