Happy Summer!

Stuff and Things for Jobseekers and Talent Acquisition Professionals

Jun 24, 2024

Happy Summer!

It has been a few weeks since I sent a full newsletter. Thank you to everyone who read my last few about testimonials and training services.

I have some cool projects that I have been working on that I will be announcing soon. Some surrounding Jobuscar and others are just creative avenues I am going down.

I can’t believe June is almost over. I hope you are all enjoying the warmer weather, longer nights, and have a vacation planned.

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Testimonials

If I have ever helped you with a job search or we have worked together in recruiting, and you feel that I brought good value, you can submit a short testimonial here!

They might be used in my books and other projects.

Training Services

To learn more about me, my background, and my training services, check out the following:

Let’s Talk About It

One of the articles below talks about how HR leaders are turning recruiters into strategic talent partners. I know that over these last few years a lot of us sourcers have wanted to make a career change, but it can feel out of reach. People suggest sales as a good transition, but a lot of TA people don’t want to move into sales. Anyway.

Relatable Content

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So true.

A Boolean String

Here is a string to find someone with a lean background:

(lean OR "six sigma" OR kaizen OR 5s OR "value streaming" OR "process improvement" OR "process improvements" OR "continuous improvement" OR "continuous improvements" OR "black belt" OR "green belt" OR "quality improvement" OR "quality improvements" OR "performance improvement" OR "performance improvements" OR "change management" OR "performance specialist" OR "process optimization" OR "process optimizations" OR "operational excellence" OR "process excellence" OR "cost reduction" OR "cost reductions")

Talent Acquisition Job Seeker Spotlight

Antonio Pesce

Antonio is a previous of colleague of mine from my Indeed days and he is looking for something new!

Antonio is a Corporate Senior Recruiter, with an agency background, with over 8+ years recruiting and sourcing for a variety of roles including sales, CS, HR, strategy, marketing, tech, and even healthcare. He also has a background of over 13 years in healthcare administration. Having spent his last eight years with Indeed, he is accustomed to high volume recruiting, understands a startup environment, and has recruiting for highly impactful roles in a high growth environment.

He is open to Recruiter roles that are on-site or hybrid in the New Rochelle, NY area. He is also open to remote. He is looking for full-time work.

Connect with Antonio here!

TA News

To find these articles, I just type in words like: “talent acquisition” or recruiting or recruitment onto Google News. I don’t really use Boolean, I type them in separately. The best thing to type in is “talent acquisition,” because anything about recruiting usually brings you to sports news or army news.

I will continue adding these to the Google Drive!

Articles for Those in Talent Acquisition.

I am now at 2,111 articles.

I have added the 30 articles from the section above that is recent TA news and 142 articles from my emails.

As usual, please feel free to bookmark this, share it with your colleagues, and keep checking back for new content.

The collection can be found here!

And you can learn more about it and access it here!

Tips and Tricks for Talent Acquisition Folks and Job Seekers

Tip #452: If you are looking for new opportunities, double-check that you are open to messages from recruiters on here! I came across a few people just last week that were Open to new opportunities, but I couldn't send messages to.

Top #453: When looking someone up online, try different variations of their name in a Boolean string. For example, (“mikey weil” OR “mike Weil” OR “‘michael weil”).

Tip #454: Check your LinkedIn Projects for people who are now Open to work! This also shows up in your notifications on Recruiter.

Tip #455: Reading fine print before signing up for something can be daunting. You want to make sure you read everything, but we don’t have that time. You can use ChatGPT, along with other AI platforms, to read it for you and point out the important parts!

Tip #456: If you can't view a news article because the website wants you to pay, you can sometimes still view it by saving the page as a PDF!

All 456 tips and tricks can be found at the following links:

Talent Acquisition Positions

If you aren’t following me on LinkedIn, hit that follow button as I often share the TA job postings that others share. These postings that I share come from Martin Ngo, David Marr, Swati Soni, Haley O’Neil, Alexandru Gotoi, Tawfiq Abu-Khajil, Alan Gomes, Amy Packard Checketts, David Valencia, Caitlin Cooke, Ebony Taylor, Steve Jacobs, Shirley Schaff, Martel Howard.

As a reminder, none of these people are responsible for the jobs, they are just sharing roles they have come across. So, make sure to hit that apply button but remember they can’t help you much past that point. Oh, and make sure to not just use Easy Apply, you must also apply on the company website.

Don’t forget to follow these awesome people on LinkedIn, so you can keep up with their posts. And hit that Share button, so you can help others like you!

Here are some of their posts from the past few weeks:

Job Application Tracker

If you are looking for a new role, feel free to use my Google Sheet tracker to keep track of everything. I did see that someone recently filled in the document for their own job search. Just make sure to save it as a new document.

Happy Summer!

Stuff and Things for Jobseekers and Talent Acquisition Professionals

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