9:09pm EST
Milton, Georgia
Hey kids!
Hope y’all are relatively sane after being stuck at home for the last two weeks. Honestly, I’ve lost track of the time.
Aside from writing a posting last week for this home-based ecommerce job, I’ve had an opportunity to do some long-overdue work on the content side of EcommerceRecruiter’s business. More enjoyably, I’ve had a chance to spend mucho tiempo on Linkedin. Man! There are SO many talented people on Linkedin — and some of their updates are incredible.
While Allan Seibert and I are sorting through whats-what on the recruiting side of our business, I thought I’d start a weekly roundup of my network’s most interesting Linkedin updates — starting today with a handful of my own from the last 12 months.
Let’s call this Issue 01.
I’ll curate 3 or 4 issues to see if this concept has legs. I’m envisioning something like Moz’ Top 10 or Josh Greene’s newsletter — but with Linkedin updates only.
Later this week I’ll probably start a NEW email list for this project at LinkedinRoundup.com — so please don’t unsubscribe from this jobs list!
Stay tuned and STAY SAFE!
— Harry
EcommerceJobs.com
cell: (404) 281-2025
1/ “THIS YEAR’S CRISIS: FRIEND OR FOE?” Today I interviewed a candidate for an Etail Account Management position. Towards the end of the call, I asked him “If I were in an elevator with Jeff Bezos and asked him, ‘This year’s crisis: friend or foe?’ What do you think he would say?” [ To my surprise, the candidate responded … ]
2/ ABOUT THOSE “TOP JOBS” RANKINGS: Quick! Who makes more: Podiatrists or Petroleum Engineers? Who cares! You want to be known as someone who can drive a RESULT, not just do a job. [ Here’s why …]
3/ REJECTED! “On paper, your candidate was amazing, but during the on-site interview …” [ Are you kidding me? ]
4/ “GUNSLINGERS DON’T GET PAID BY THE BULLET.” I’ve got a client who takes 72 hours to answer every email and his responses always look like they came from a Magic 8 Ball. [ What’s up with that? ]
5/ “SELL ME THIS PENCIL.” I’m tempted to start asking all merchandising candidates “Pick a SKU in your inventory, any SKU. But here’s my cruel twist on this question …
6/ TWO HOURS, BUT WORTH IT: This 43-page tear down of Amazon’s strategy is a fantastic one-stop-shop on Amazon’s strengths (many!), weaknesses (few!), opportunities (more than I imagined), and threats (fewer than I guessed). [ See if you can tell right away what’s noteworthy about this article. ]
7/ “ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT.” Great approach to managing a home-based team in an uncertain time … [Sage advice. ]
8/ SMASH AND GRAB … All weekend long, I sat around asking myself: “What do you have that people can use RIGHT NOW?” [ Click now to join the discussion … ]
