keep wasting your time on linkedIn.. it makes business a lot easier for me

This will be one of the few time I include some “industry ramblings.”   If your looking for instructions or statistics to help your recruiting business then you can skip this post.

The last couple days have been pretty busy for me.  Mid-way through writing a post the other day I realized I was actually giving away one of my competitive advantages.  While it isn’t the silver bullet of finding jobs and candidates, it is a facet of the industry that is surprisingly overlooked by both agencies and independent recruiters.

One reason it is ignored is because it’s a tedious task done behind the scenes.  It’s an area that only Managers and independent recruiter need to worry about, so it isn’t discussed much on the recruiter networks.  In fact, I’ve been lurking around recruiter forums for some time now and the subject has “NEVER” been touched on.  I guess whats even more amusing is that a popular nationwide agency only recently decided to make a push in this “area,” to boost business.  I’ve done research and it seems like the only people I’m competing against are the larger agencies. (which isn’t a bad thing, since there are hundreds of tremendously talented independent recruiters I don’t want to have to compete with)

I originally intended to share all of my methods and daily practices as a young independent recruiter, but I will hold out a bit longer in this “area” before I share it with you guys.  Again, I apologize for such a vague post.  I will however share at this point, what it doesn’t involve.  It has nothing to do with building a “huge” Linked-in network.  It has nothing to do with having a thousand followers on twitter.  I actually secretly hope that recruiters continue to waste their time with these things.  It makes life a whole lot easier for me.