Comments on: Will Recruiters Become Extinct? http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/ The (almost) daily trials and tribulations of being an executive restaurant recruiter.... running a restaurant executive search firm.... and how to survive. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:44:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Albert Morris http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-28742 Albert Morris Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:24:51 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-28742 Have you guys heard of: http://www.nomoreheadhunters.com ? Nice site, but I'm not sure if this concept will ever work. Al Have you guys heard of: http://www.nomoreheadhunters.com ?

Nice site, but I’m not sure if this concept will ever work.

Al

]]> By: Finding a Job and Hiring Employees Online http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-14873 Finding a Job and Hiring Employees Online Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:45:43 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-14873 <strong>Finding a Job Online is like Finding a Date Online...</strong> Our idea for roundpegs.com marries a lot of the ideas that work in the online dating model. In reality, finding a job and developing a career at a company is very similar to finding a date and a building a relationship with someone you meet on a dating... Finding a Job Online is like Finding a Date Online…

Our idea for roundpegs.com marries a lot of the ideas that work in the online dating model. In reality, finding a job and developing a career at a company is very similar to finding a date and a building a relationship with someone you meet on a dating…

]]> By: Jeff Tokarz http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Jeff Tokarz Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:50:59 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-213 Carl - Jason speaks very highly of you. I'm looking forward to sharing stories from the recruiting trenches, and exploring new, innovative ways to improve the staffing industry. Have a super weekend. Jeff Carl -

Jason speaks very highly of you. I’m looking forward to sharing stories from the recruiting trenches, and exploring new, innovative ways to improve the staffing industry.

Have a super weekend.

Jeff

]]> By: karen m http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-181 karen m Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:33:22 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-181 Great post, hang my head with shame as I was one of the bottom feeder travel agents who left the field when the market went south.. and we were losing commissions for local business travel. My focus had been business travel, not leisure, so the next logical step was recruiting.. (via a few other steps) Hmm, maybe that is why I have made it a focus to Never depend on the internet, but instead focus on old fashioned networking and recruiting, and managed to survive more than 2 recessions to date in the recruiting industry. Really liked this post.. okay -- this now makes 2 things we agree on. Wow! Karen M Great post,
hang my head with shame as I was one of the bottom feeder travel agents who left the field when the market went south.. and we were losing commissions for local business travel.
My focus had been business travel, not leisure, so the next logical step was recruiting.. (via a few other steps)

Hmm, maybe that is why I have made it a focus to Never depend on the internet, but instead focus on old fashioned networking and recruiting, and managed to survive more than 2 recessions to date in the recruiting industry.

Really liked this post.. okay — this now makes 2 things we agree on. Wow!
Karen M

]]> By: Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:44:50 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-177 Hi Zoe! I took a quick look over at <a href="http://jobsyntax.com/blogs/jobgals/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">the jobgals blog</a>. Congratulations on <a href="http://jobsyntax.com/blogs/jobgals/archive/2006/12/04/jobgals_to_welcome_new_partner.aspx" rel="nofollow">your impending new "partner!"<a/> Can't believe how many "Ex" MSFT-ers I meeting these days. Y'all are everywhere. ;-) Hi Zoe! I took a quick look over at the jobgals blog. Congratulations on your impending new “partner!” Can’t believe how many “Ex” MSFT-ers I meeting these days. Y’all are everywhere. ;-)

]]> By: Zoe Goldring http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Zoe Goldring Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:18:32 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-176 I've been commenting about job boards and job seeker interfaces with employers as long as I have been blogging and I actually think that Jason makes some really interesting points with the exception of #5 - to a certain extent. Recruiters serve an imensely important role in the hiring process - from gatekeepers to counselors, advisors to negotiators - good recruiters (corporate or 3rd party) are worth every penny. Some of the new tools being developed - if they deliver what they promise - could help in the sense that they "automate" some of the entry to mid-level placement functions allowing recruiters to focus their energy on senior level roles. I know many corporate recruiters that would welcome this type of "innovation". I’ve been commenting about job boards and job seeker interfaces with employers as long as I have been blogging and I actually think that Jason makes some really interesting points with the exception of #5 – to a certain extent. Recruiters serve an imensely important role in the hiring process – from gatekeepers to counselors, advisors to negotiators – good recruiters (corporate or 3rd party) are worth every penny.

Some of the new tools being developed – if they deliver what they promise – could help in the sense that they “automate” some of the entry to mid-level placement functions allowing recruiters to focus their energy on senior level roles. I know many corporate recruiters that would welcome this type of “innovation”.

]]> By: Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:11:20 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-175 Hi Jeff! Welcome aboard. Feel free to post comments any time. I visited your <a href="http://justposted.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>, and see that <a href="http://justposted.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/youre-not-a-professional-job-seeker-are-you/" rel="nofollow">you know my friend</a> <a href="http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/about" rel="nofollow">Jason Alba</a> of <a hred="http://www.jibberjobber.com" rel="nofollow">Jibber Jobber</a> fame. I'll spend some time on your <a href="http://www.just-posted.com/" rel="nofollow">job search engine</a> to see what's up. -Carl Hi Jeff! Welcome aboard. Feel free to post comments any time. I visited your blog, and see that you know my friend Jason Alba of Jibber Jobber fame. I’ll spend some time on your job search engine to see what’s up. -Carl

]]> By: Jeff Tokarz http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Jeff Tokarz Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:10:35 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-174 Great post. As a headerhunter, with a passion for vertical job search engine technology, your post resonates where others' posts fall flat. If I didn't know better I might have thought it was a post by Ami (Recruitomatic). Thank you for keeping 'em honest and your readers informed. Great post. As a headerhunter, with a passion for vertical job search engine technology, your post resonates where others’ posts fall flat. If I didn’t know better I might have thought it was a post by Ami (Recruitomatic). Thank you for keeping ‘em honest and your readers informed.

]]> By: Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:29:02 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-173 Yes I did, but I guess that would depend upon your definition of 'plenty.' A quick perusal through the local yellow pages for Atlanta yeilds 652 listings for 'travel agent.' I'd say 652 is a pretty large number. There aren't that many McDonalds in Atlanta. ;-) Paradigm shifts like the one that occurred in the <a href="http://www.travel-rants.com/2006/11/06/a-bloggers-view-of-travel-agents/trackback/" rel="nofollow">travel industry</a> (when airlines stopped paying commissions for agents to write tickets) often shake out the bottom feeders and leave the healthy companies with larger market share. There was a similar shake up in the recruiting industry after the Dot Bomb bust, when thousands of supposed IT recruiters left the recruiting business. Yes I did, but I guess that would depend upon your definition of ‘plenty.’ A quick perusal through the local yellow pages for Atlanta yeilds 652 listings for ‘travel agent.’ I’d say 652 is a pretty large number. There aren’t that many McDonalds in Atlanta. ;-)

Paradigm shifts like the one that occurred in the travel industry (when airlines stopped paying commissions for agents to write tickets) often shake out the bottom feeders and leave the healthy companies with larger market share.

There was a similar shake up in the recruiting industry after the Dot Bomb bust, when thousands of supposed IT recruiters left the recruiting business.

]]> By: WOw http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-171 WOw Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:38:51 +0000 http://cecsearch.com/WordPress/2006/12/03/will-recruiters-become-extinct/#comment-171 Did you just say there are still plenty of travel agents?? are you kidding me? Did you just say there are still plenty of travel agents??

are you kidding me?

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