Let The Revolution Begin!

It's been almost three years since this devil went down to Georgia! Not sure Georgia was ready for me after 17 years in California (or Californication, as they call it in the Bible belt). It's been a great move and luckily Hire.com has me traveling back to the "land of fruits and nuts" often for Talent 10s and other cool stuff. (You just passed the "Talent 10" exit that will soon drive some great content for this blog. Continuing on the road below will only give you more of my meaningless "blah, blah, blah").

I vaguely remember taking the "red pill" from Morpheus (John Chambers) when I joined Cisco staffing in 1999. Cisco grew from 14,000 to over 30,000 in just a few short years. Cisco staffing also grew during that time from 100 people to 700+ worldwide (as Archie Bunker sang, "those were the days"). And then the bubble burst.

Switching from corporate recruiting to the vendor side in 2002 has been extremely interesting. I don't miss the weekly floggings (a ritual Staffing Directors face when they try to report metrics...Randall, my friend, I shared your pain!). I do miss the adrenaline rush of finding and hiring Big Kahunas. I have great admiration for all you recruiters on the front lines every day. You are the lifeblood of your organizations! Namaste.

Okay, to the point of this blog. It's a forum for: Talent 10 participants to share their learning, Talenteers to help recruiters out of the resumess, road warrior stories from "the vendor files" and other staffing wisdom to help us move this wacky profession up the food chain!