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I sent out a request for a recommendation/referral to my LinkedIn contacts this morning for a senior web app dev for Edvisors, knowing full well that there are some recruiters in the list, even though we explicitly state in the job ad that we don’t use recruiters or agencies. More than a few folks sent back pointless commercial pitches or argued about the necessity of their trade, but one guy stood out as someone doing it the right way.

Charles Jo wrote:

Christopher,

Thanks for sending. I forwarded to my network and requested that they contact you directly.

Please do keep me in mind as you start expanding your recruiting/sourcing efforts and when you start using consultants as well.

Best,

Charles

Charles gets it. He put in some upfront effort with no expectation of commercial gain, and for that, if I do need to retain a recruiter or agency in the future, guess whose card I’m going to pull first? Charles.

None of what we do in social media is all that complicated. None of it requires a degree in rocket science. Some of it is just this simple.

You can see what else Charles has available at his Scribd list. Thanks, Charles, for doing it right.

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7 responses to “Charles Jo gets it”

  1. Stuartfoster Avatar
    Stuartfoster

    I just enjoyed the honesty and forthrightness of the letter. I even tweeted about it :).

    Reply
  2. marksteffenson Avatar
    marksteffenson

    Chris,
    I got your message on LinkedIn this morning about this position and then saw your comments on Twitter.

    Thank you for bringing this to peoples attention. Unfortunately this type of mindset is extremely rare in the staffing industry. I just left the staffing business and that is a big part of the reason. At a large agency I was once with we would be fired for sending a message like that.

    Also you mention you had a lot of message from people justifying their job. It sems pretty clear that if you have to spend a lot of time justifying yourself then that is a clear signal you are not delivering value.

    Time to make a change. Unfortunately I think the current state of the staffing industry does a lot to prevent people from being hired.

    Thanks again and be sure to refer a lot of business to Charles Jo.

    Mark Steffenson
    Account Manager/ Business Development seeking new opportunity.
    [email protected]
    http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&ke…

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  3. Stuart Foster Avatar
    Stuart Foster

    I just enjoyed the honesty and forthrightness of the letter. I even tweeted about it :).

    Reply
  4. marksteffenson Avatar
    marksteffenson

    Chris,
    I got your message on LinkedIn this morning about this position and then saw your comments on Twitter.

    Thank you for bringing this to peoples attention. Unfortunately this type of mindset is extremely rare in the staffing industry. I just left the staffing business and that is a big part of the reason. At a large agency I was once with we would be fired for sending a message like that.

    Also you mention you had a lot of message from people justifying their job. It sems pretty clear that if you have to spend a lot of time justifying yourself then that is a clear signal you are not delivering value.

    Time to make a change. Unfortunately I think the current state of the staffing industry does a lot to prevent people from being hired.

    Thanks again and be sure to refer a lot of business to Charles Jo.

    Mark Steffenson
    Account Manager/ Business Development seeking new opportunity.
    [email protected]
    http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&ke…

    Reply
  5. jlbraaten Avatar
    jlbraaten

    It's one thing to answer a question with what will help you…. it's another thing to answer a question in a way that benefits the asker. Charles gave you what you asked for and in return you'll remember him in the future. Simple, right?

    Reply
  6. jlbraaten Avatar
    jlbraaten

    It's one thing to answer a question with what will help you…. it's another thing to answer a question in a way that benefits the asker. Charles gave you what you asked for and in return you'll remember him in the future. Simple, right?

    Reply
  7. jlbraaten Avatar
    jlbraaten

    It's one thing to answer a question with what will help you…. it's another thing to answer a question in a way that benefits the asker. Charles gave you what you asked for and in return you'll remember him in the future. Simple, right?

    Reply

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