When the lights come on.

There was an interesting comment last night over on RecruitingBloggers. It states:

I've been involved in recruiting since the mid 1980's. The new crop of recruiters are strictly for the most part, internet resume hunters. Rarely do they engage in headhunting. The paradox is that while onsite I would get resumes purloined off the web from multiple sources.

I prefer networking in a technical community in an effort to find candidates beyond the job board universe. They do exist, but it takes brain power. I spent many years in pursuit of developing interpersonal skills while all my time during the day was spent meeting and greeting people on the phone. After weeks of doing this on a search all the lights would come on and I would naturally arrive at the right person. It happened all the time. It takes a thinking person who can chew gum at the same time.

What say you, recruiting folk?
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