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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley">http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley</a> ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 July 2012 12:59<br><b>To:</b> London Ruby Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [LRUG] [NOTJOBS] mid-week recruiter bashing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 19 Jul 2012, at 12:48, Adrian Stainforth wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any recruitment agents they'd recommend?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Linkedin. Do not pass go, go straight to <a href="http://linkedin.com">linkedin.com</a>, spruce up your profile, and go to the advanced people search.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seriously, it's all recruiters are using these days anyway:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2008/10/15/how-recruiters-use-linkedin-to-find-candidates/">http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2008/10/15/how-recruiters-use-linkedin-to-find-candidates/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.adlerconcepts.com/resources/column/newsletter/10_great_tips_for_using_linked.php">http://www.adlerconcepts.com/resources/column/newsletter/10_great_tips_for_using_linked.php</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/a/recruit_linked.htm">http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/a/recruit_linked.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So you can save yourself 10%-20% of the first 12 months salary for just one day of focused scouring and the candidates you contact are going to get the warm and fuzzy about you rather than rolling their eyes and wondering why we haven't fixed this problem in the industry yet.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>