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		<title>Thank You &#8211; Readership hits 1500 a week!</title>
		<link>http://jzaidi1.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/thank-you-readership-hits-1500-a-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends, I want to thank you for your continued support. Canadian Recruitment Insider is being read by 1500 professionals like you every single week. I hope to provide some more information in the weeks and months to come regarding the recruitment industry including Q&#38;As with high level executives, a detailed analysis on the best and worst recruitment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=298&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do When An Employer Says &#8220;NO&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, those who are currently unemployed and seeking employment are either no receiving responses to applications or ARE getting to the interview stage but not moving forward. Why? It&#8217;s simple.  You don&#8217;t fit the quote-un-quote role.  The reality is there is someone out there who has more experience, education and determination asking for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=282&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Take Aways&#8221; From A Bad Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is bound to have a bad interview at least once in their life.  I define &#8220;bad&#8221; as a meeting to which no one benefits from.  Yes, even recruitment professionals looking for a new gig are prone to the same challenges as everyone else. I recently met a VP at a national recruiting firm.  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=275&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attending a Job Fair?  Do It Right.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been a fan of the job fair.  I&#8217;ve only attended 4 in my lifetime (three of those representing a recruitment firm), however I have represented hundreds of people who have attended them. I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you what types of people caught my attention among the thousands  that passed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=263&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death of a Salesman &#8211; The Rise of Consultative Recruiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jzaidi1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Death of a Salesman &#8211; originally written by Aurther Miller in 1949, epitomizes the pain and struggle of a middle-aged salesman during a Post-War economy.  Sadly we can almost draw a straight line from that play&#8217;s era to what we are experiencing today as professional recruiters. Gone are the days of being able to just pick up a phone, talk to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=246&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Recruiting Metrics &#8211; What&#8217;s Important?</title>
		<link>http://jzaidi1.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/corporate-recruiting-metrics-whats-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jzaidi1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who do not know what metrics are.  Metrics are the directly-controlled, numerically-measured activity that leads to a placement.  Metrics are the logical side of the recruitment brain. I am often asked what I know about Corporate Recruiting?  Well, I&#8217;d have to say a lot!  Many agency (3rd party) recruitment pros become corporate recruiters because of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=231&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Employers REALLY Want?</title>
		<link>http://jzaidi1.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/what-do-employers-really-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jzaidi1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve found a job description that matches 90% or more of everything that you did in your last job.  You apply, you make a cold call into the hiring manager and you network through the minefield of connections to find an friend on the inside.   Hours, days and weeks pass by yet you have heard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=228&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Job Hunters &#8211; Add a Features/Benefits Dimension to Your Profile</title>
		<link>http://jzaidi1.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/job-hunters-add-a-featuresbenefits-dimension-to-your-profile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Challenge Your average recruiter/HR professional eyeballs about 7,000-10,000 resumes a year.  During the 7.5 years I&#8217;ve been in the recruitment industry I cannot recall any candidates ever pressing me with what they had to offer and why it was relevant to me.  It was always &#8221; I&#8217;m a good fit because I meet some of the Must [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=223&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What NOT to Say and Do During An Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve interviewed MANY people over the years.  Some were rising stars and some weren&#8217;t.  What differentiated the two really came down to attitude and response. The &#8220;star&#8221; candidates among us projected the right thoughts, articulation and mirroring body language.  They think before they speak and they displayed a remarkable ability to maintain calm during the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=213&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re (Re)Hired!!  The Advantages and Pitfalls of Going Back.</title>
		<link>http://jzaidi1.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/youre-rehired-the-advantages-and-pitfalls-of-going-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure the way things are going right now for many who are unemployed those words couldn&#8217;t be more of a godsend.  You&#8217;re Rehired! My buddy John worked as a software developer for 3 years with Nortel during the boom time &#8211; he had 100k worth of stock options and was the envy of many of his peers.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jzaidi1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6425500&amp;post=208&amp;subd=jzaidi1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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