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So check your print copies! Autographs to follow along with a book and movie deal as well.

Go check it out – Your email just punched me in the eye

I know for one am guilty of this from time to time. Crafting good e-mails is a skill that’s not learned overnight that’s for sure!

Other than that, thanks for dropping by. See you on the webz!

I’m utilizing WP 2.8.2, a free theme, and a couple plug-ins (twitter, akismet, etc.). I also have Google Analytics installed to see how traffic goes. So far I’ve had 1 developer send me a code to try out their game (Flipn’ Monsters!) and so I reviewed it for them.

More to come as I have a # of games to review yet. Spread the word!

More to come…

Will agencies be around for a while? I firmly believe so, there is a value that we add that in-house or corporate recruiters can’t do:

• Speed of finding the right candidates for a client. We have a pretty deep pool of candidates and many times can fill a position quite rapidly. A corporate recruiter is typically spread thin and can’t necessarily focus that much or have a strong network
• Niche skill sets. Since we focus solely on IT related skill sets we have a strong network of those people. Again, corporate recruiters don’t typicalyl have that deep a pool as they are busy filling everything.
• Confidential searches. Need to replace someone confidentially? I highly doubt an in-house recruiter will have that ability or skill to do that. This is something we excel at.
• Contract/Temporary staffing. Most corporate recruiters focus on direct-hires. We focus on contract staffing (and some direct-hire) and the advantages of utilizing an agency for these positions is excellent since there is no HR burden on the company.

Agencies will come and go. The ‘net will not kill off agencies. We will have to adapt, change, and improve our process in order to compete effectively. Being small and privately owned it’s something we are doing and will do successfully.

Is this the future? Not really sure, it’s a low-cost alternative to find people that’s for sure. Some might call it a fad, but then again, we’ve seen a lot of things on the ‘net that were fads and have become mainstream staples of our browsing history and usage.

I will say that (at least in our area) there are not a lot of agencies/recruiters utilizing a lot of SM to find people, post jobs, etc. This industry is interesting because a lot of people here are kinda old school in that they don’t realize the power of using SM or something else to recruit.  When I came to FGP last year I was about the only one that started to heavily use LinkedIn for my personal network. Now a good number of us use it. I’m still about the only one using Twitter, but that’s changing and I’m excited to see more people here using that platform.

Glad to hear that others are utilizing it as well. It’s a great resource…if handled properly.

Check out the article on ERE.

So check out my post on “What’s Hot in IT Jobs” and let me know what you think!

Although my blogging here has pretty much died down, I still Twitter occassionally and update the family blog when I get a chance. Hopefully I can put out more tech/business related posts and articles as I get time.

Well, after a couple of long nights and little sleep finally got our new site up – www.clearcreekcandles.com. Go check it out and join our mailing list.

This is just a small business that has spun off a hobby my wife and I have been doing for a while. Figured why not tell others about it and sell a few candles while at it? We’re big candle fans and have always enjoyed burning candles and a while back we decided to start making them ourselves to help cut costs and to do something fun together. Well, it’s been a blast making the candles and it’s been fun giving them to friends and family.

As far as cutting costs…uh..not really sure. hehe