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Talent Drive: Resume Madness

Mashups are easy.  If you've ever thought you had an idea for a commercial, or have  few photos you want to turn into a slideshow, this is the way to go.

Yes, both Flektor and TalentDrive are clients of mine, but the beauty of social media is we all work together to get bigger.

And for those hungry for SEO.  Flektor's internal pages, like those on Twitter and YouTube and a host of other social media sites, are great links for your website.  Search TalentDrive on Google and what do you see?  A reference to the video on the first page, from a third party source (the Flektor site).

If you're curious on how to do this for your company, your staffing firm, or you as a candidate - drop me a line, or just head on over to Flektor yourself.   It's easy.

Awareness Test

Awareness Test: I first saw this from a presentation by Kevin Wheeler, and it's now making the rounds in the online video realm. Sadly, I failed the test, again.

Advanced Video Recruiting From The Ukraine

You don't have to understand Ukranian to know what this video is about.  The video quality may not be the best, but the message is clear.  They want you to join the team.

What's said is that this video is a more advanced use of social media than 99% of the attempts to hire put out by US Corporations.  For more on the Ukranian Army recruiting strategy, head on over to Strategy Page.

hattip:  Instapundit

Beware The Boss Button

If you read ESPN, or any other number of sites, there's often "button" on the screen that you can press to take you to an innocuous spread sheet, or some other kind of random screen that won't show you fawning over the prospective Rams draft picks (or worse, if you're on CNNSI).

I was at CollegeHumor.com today, and saw a Boss Button from CareerBuilder.  It was an advertisement, but I'm always curious, so I clicked it.

OMG.  If you're playing the video, it doesn't stop the video.  It Instead overlays this onto your screen.

Crossbows and Mustaches: Episode 1

Half of what I currently do is focused on marketing, separate from recruiting.  So this post is about a new video series that's being launched at MySpace TV.  It's called Crossbows and Mustaches, and it's a parody of crime dramas. The content has language and adult situations, so it's not safe for the corporate workplace, but it's funnier than anything Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan ever did.

How's that for a recommendation?  The video is below the fold.

Scrath, Scratch, Scratch

I had a great time playing paintball on Sunday.

Now for the aftermath.  I'm going to go bathe in calamine.

In Which I Call For An Invasion Of Canada

I hoped it wouldn't have to come to this - but a rogue country, full of rogues, has weapons of mass destruction and it seems that they are having problems holding on to them.

Our only choice, is to invade them and take away their maple syrup and beer.  Jason, Anthony, Michael, I'm sorry to say this, but it's my duty as an American citizen to call for an invasion of Canada.

Rothberg and DeBettignies - the time to make your decision is now.  Are you with us, or with them, eh?  Dennis Smith I know is with me. There's oil in Canada, and as a Texan, he's bound by law to take it.  Harry Joiner is all in - he just increased the size of his family and needs more room to expand.

The question is where Cheesman and Sumser stand.  Sumser lives in California and is a vegetarian, so it's quite possible he's a pacifist.  Cheesman lives in Cleveland, which means he likes to fight, but I don't know what his thoughts are on Google Canada, and he won't make a move without first checking to see how it will affect his PageRank.

So whose with me?  Anyone up for a summer excursion up north to secure liberty, oil and WMD's? 

**The story is actually a frightening one, and I'm not making light of the seriousness of misplaced nuclear materials.  I've just always wanted to invade our neighbors to the north and sack their Tim Horton's.

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The Follies Of Leadership

A CEO takes over at a company, and decides that it's important he set a strong example from day one.  He casts about for a way to set expectations, and decides to head down to the main floor to get some quality time with the staff.

When he gets to the floor, he sees that people are working, but there doesn't seem to be much urgency.  There's even a guy leaning up against the wall, looking around like he has nothing to do. 

The CEO calls out to him.  "You There, Up Against The Wall!"  The noise in the room stops, and everyone looks over as the CEO strides up to the young man, disdainfully looking at his wrinkled clothing and generally sloppy appearance.

The CEO looks the young man in the eye.  "Son, how much money do you make?"

The young man, shuffles his feet, and says, "about $200 a week, sir."

The CEO reaches into his pocket, pulls out his wallet, and counts out $800 in cash.  He shoves it in the young man's hands, and says, "Here's four weeks pay.  Now get out of here."

The young man, thanks him, and quickly leaves.  The CEO looks around the room, and gladly notices that everyone is looking at him with an expression of awe on their face.

"Now," the CEO says, "Can any of you tell me what exactly that young man did around here that he felt he could just stand around in the middle of the day?"

No one spoke for a bit, then one lady in a cubicle raised her hand.  The CEO nodded to her, and she said, "I can't be sure, but I believe he was the pizza delivery boy."    

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

Haggar Suits does a bit on sexual harassment in the workplace.  It's funny, but a bit too clever with itself.  Still - it's employment material, and it's part of their Making Things Right video series.

hat-tip - MissouriPolitics.net

Why Are You Reading This?

It's Memorial Day.  No one is supposed to be at the office.

And we all know that people surf blogs at the office, so again I ask, why are you reading this?

It better be Tuesday morning.

My Street Credentials: AYBABTU

I was talking to a 20 year old co-op student last week, and he was talking about IRC chat.  That brought back memories of college, when we'd type in numbers on the internet to talk to people at other schools across the world.

It wasn't fancy like you kids today.

But we got to talking, and I asked him if he was familiar with All Your Base Are Belong To Us.  Eight years ago, in the dark time known as pre-blogger days, the only way to be cool was to say things like p0wned and w00t, and ROTF was still kind of hip - (before ROTFL and ROTFLMAO became popular).

Anyway, All Your Base Are Belong To Us would pop up in chat rooms and message threads, and I just wanted to let those of you who see it know what it means.

All Your Base - the Video (it's the original from Zero Wing.

This parody of Bush and Osama was pretty funny.

You have no chance to survive make your time...ha ha ha 

Christmas!

Check back next week - I have one more project to complete and then it's holiday!

Merry Christmas, everyone.   

A quick note - Salary.com has a new feature they've placed at StlToday.com (that's the local paper).  Check out your salary range.

StlRecruiting Wins!

One of the old school St Louis Bloggers is Kevin Murphy of Fun Murphy's. His annual awards are out, and StlRecruiting.com wins in the competitive  Best Recruiting Blog By Someone I've Networked With category.  Thanks Kevin! 

As for the 2006 Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards, you can expect to see this article in your local papers soon. Consider voting for me if you haven't already.
 

460 Degrees of Parody

Spinal Tap is one of the funniest parodies of all time.  The clip I have here shows a band member proudly displaying an amp that goes all the way up to 11, unlike the regular old amps that only go to 10.

This post actually belongs on brandstorming.com, but it's too snarky, so it goes here.

Lexus has a new campaign about design - which is great - we're pleased they are doing it, and it's remarkably well done, but it's based around 460 Degrees galleries in Los Angeles and New York. 

You see, all those other galleries only go up to a regular 360 degrees, but our gallery goes up an extra 100 degrees.

I just wonder if the other names first pitched were 361 degrees (not enough extra effort, what, you're just going to give one more degree), (400 degrees - sounds like we're cooking) - 720 degrees (twice as much performance).

Life imitates art in the most wonderful ways.

It's Voting Time!

It's Voting Time at the 2006 Recruiting Blog Awards.

And to make St Louis proud, I expect fully to be able to stuff the ballot box for several hours after the voting is completed.  And I will get a judge to enforce that, Mr. Davis.

If you like reading StlRecruiting.com, please go here to vote for me as one of the top 10 Recruiting Blogs.  If you vote and leave a comment, I'll get you a free link - sort of a running tally of those who are loyal and those who will be eliminated liek rabid dogs in the stree  really fine people.

Trackbacks will also be accepted.

Here is the link to vote.  Please select five blogs, and only vote once.

Dirty Little Secrets: Joel Cheesman

Joel Cheesman is the legendary search guru of the recruiting space.  We turn to him for answers on PageRank and Monster and how to use eBay to sell oneself like a common, uh, scratch that last one.

He's a great guy to know, an excellent speaker, and his business advice is top-notch.  But when it comes to voting for him in the Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards, well, there are some things you should know.

1) Joel is merely the front man for his wife's brilliance.  While this is true for most of us (me included), in this case, voting for Joel is patently unfair to his wife, as all he does is cash the checks and do the SEO work.  His wife is the one doing all the blogging.  So I'm not saying the blog isn't good, but leaks coming from the Executive Committee suggest Joel may be disqualified because readers won't know whether they are voting for him or his wife.  If you want your vote to count, you might think about throwing it in another direction, say to StlRecruiting.com.

2)  OASEO stands for Organization of Allied Search Engine Oligarchs.  I can't say any more for fear of My family's safety.

3) He can't even win in his hometown.  Al Gore lost the 2000 Presidency because he lost his home state of Tennessee. If the Recruiting Awards were decided by the Electoral College, Joel would lose his home state of Ohio because of all the NO votes coming out of Cleveland. 

Why is this the case?  Simple.  Joel's last name isn't Cheesman.  It used to be Joel Smith, but in February of 1997, the Smoking Gun report linked here shows that Joel changed his name to Cheesman and added the now famous logo we see on his site.

What could have happened in January of 1997 to create such a drastic change?  Oh, right. That explains why he can never win Cleveland, and why you should divert all of your votes to the Recruiting blog that has been known to give all of it's PPC revenue to orphans in Cleveland.

Update:  I'm not sure how - but it seems that Joel has deeper connections than I thought.  The evidence I presented from the Smoking Gun has somehow been removed.  But it was there earlier, honest Injuns it was.   

Dirty Little Secrets: Dave Mendoza

A lot has been said about the Recruiting Blog Awards that are just around the corner.  The Edge wrote a nice little holiday poem about them, but there's something you should know before you vote, and it has to do with Dave Mendoza.

See, there is no Dave Mendoza. 

It all started, four years ago, when certain unnamed agencies in the federal government (it's not that I won't name them - it's that they have been un-named!)  decided to create a website that could beat the Turing test.  These shady individuals, who were known to have connections with the P2 Masonic lodge scandal in Italy, knew that Website Awards were the key to victory in the battle over the forces of democracy.

If they could create a system that could fool the general public into voting for them for various web awards, the dark night of totalitarianistic, uh, darkness would fall over us like, dark, uh, night).

So DAVE was created  (DAVE stands for Dynamic Avatar for Voting Effectiveness), and given the last name Mendoza (get it - Men, Doza, as in tricking the brave men among us to take a nap and let his dark masters rule the night!).

The unsuspecting menace was first unleashed on an unsuspecting LinkedIn populace.  Today, everyone on LinkedIn is connected by at least two degrees to the DAVE machine. 

Blogs were next, as DAVE sought to repurpose the free-wheeling nature of the internet to inform you of important articles that were written by human beings locked away in the subterranean vaults underneath ERE headquartes in New York.

And now he (or shall we say it), wants your vote.  There's only one thing to do - if DAVE is nominated in the Third Party Recruiting category, you have to defeat his evil plans and vote for the true exemplar of Recruiting Honor - StlRecruiting.com.

If DAVE is in another category, it's probably best to appease him, and those categories aren't as cool, anyway.

Also - DAVE Mendoza is a puppy blender.

Best Third Party Recruiting Blog

The nominations are open, and the Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards 2006 is now officially underway.

Here's the thing.  I'm a judge for the Overall Best Blog (decided by a panel of judges), but the other categories are all based on reader vote totals. Last year, I took myself out of the running because of my close association with Recruiting.com.  As Recruiting.com is now community instead of editor-powered, I feel much better about tossing my hat in the ring and drumming up support.

It's like this.  I want to win for Best Third Party Recruiting Blog.  I'm going to shamelessly campaign for it and buy your votes in the only way I know how.  Links and publicity.

I don't even know if someone has nominated me yet (someone please send a note into jason@recruiting.com), but once it's official, I'll be sending out notes and e-mails and links and I am not afraid to beg and tell blatantly untrue lies about my competition.

Are you ready for the deal?

StlRecruiting.com to Donate PPC revenue to Cleveland Orphans

StlRecruiting is donating all of its PPC to orphans from Cleveland because it's the right thing to do, and also because Cleveland is a great time that definitely has a quality football team better than the Packers.

5 More Ways to Save Money If You're A Northwest Employee

In honor of Paul getting linked by NPR, I've written five more ways that Northwest Airlines Employees can save money when they lose their jobs.  As you may or may not remember, Northwest Airlines sent out a Budget-Saving letter to employees, incuding suggestions to not feel too proud to take things out of the trash.  Well, in that spirit, here are my contributions.

102.  Read new books at Borders.  Brew a pot of coffee and put it into your child's thermos.  Take the bus to the local Borders Bookstore and root around in the trash for a coffee cup.  Wash the coffee cup out inside the bathroom, then pour your coffee into the cup, being sure to use the free milk and sugar (mmm, calcium) to sweeten your beverage.  Now go to the shelves and pick out a new book (maybe one that discusses how to live on a budget).  With your shiny Borders cup and a book, no one will know that you didn't buy the coffee and aren't thinking about buying the book.  After two hours, put the book back, but keep note of the page number.  Leave the store and get back on the bus to head over to the nearest Barnes and Noble retailer.  Find the book, repeat the coffee process, and finish the book, with no one the wiser!

103.  Get free beer.  Having lost your job and having little money - consider drinking.  Don't be a sucker and pay for every beer.  Buy dark colored bottles, and when you're almost finished, go to the bathroom and fill the bottle with warm water.  Then leave the bathroom and stand by the bar.  Try to get another patron to bump you, and when the do, drop your *full* beer, and expect the bartender to buy you a new one.  Everyone wins!

104.  Collect bottles from the trash of well-off neighbors trash and recycle them.  Now that you're comfortable taking things out of the trash, learn to scave...I mean repurpose your neighbor's refuse for big bucks.  Getting the bottles is easy, but if you can, consider hitching a ride on an empty truck to take your bottles to Michigan, where I hear you get $.10 a bottle.

105. Eat Breakfast with Your Children.  Something you haven't thought of is your children will now qualify for a free hot breakfast at school.  You've always wanted to spend more quality time with your kids, and now here's your chance.  Walk your kids to school, and wait for them and their friends in the cafeteria.  Each day, pick one child who refuses to eat and convince them to give you their breakfast.  Children are very gullible, so if you make it a game, you should be able to eat three, four times a week.  Bon Appetit.

106.  Beg to get lunch money.  The American people are very generous, and if the beg is performed correctly, you can usually get a few dollars to spend on the dollar menu at McDonald's.  Try this.  Approach someone in a grocery store parking lot and say, "I'm not trying to beg, but I was just mugged, and the mugger stole my wallet.  There wasn't much in it, just a few dollars, but I was hoping to get some lunch before my big interview this afternoon.  Can I do something for you, maybe carry your groceries to your car for a dollar or two?"  The best part is you won't even have to carry the groceries - most people will just give you the money.

*Whatever you do, don't approach people near an ATM.  They only have $20 bills, and won't want to give you one.

There you go - Five Economical ways to save money during hard times!

The Great Escape from Cubicle Nation

I try to avoid cross-posting on Durbin Media Group blogs, but Franki has a great posting at Brandstorming that has the link to the new Hummer H3 commercial.

The commercial is tied to the theme song from the Great Escape, has Steve McQueen's son in it, and is hysterical if you've ever seen the movie or dreamed of escaping your cubicle for a day of fun.

Numa Numa Love

I have to admit, I just can't stop loving the Numa Numa craze.  Something about people dancing to a pop song in front of their webcam just fills me with glee.

My favorite is of course the original...

If I could figure out a player, I'd have it running for you, but it looks like you'll have to click the link.

A new one Franki found is a full-scale music video of several kids together with a plane. 

Hallo.  Salut.

BSG meets the Simpsons

Fans of Battlestar Galactica might wonder what would have happened if their favorite characters were Simpons characters.

Wonder no more!