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We strongly advise you not to have two Facebook profiles. When someone
searches for you by name they will have no way of knowing which profile of yours
to connect with, even if you name them “work” and “personal” because your
contact will just choose one and you have no control over which you choose. It
also creates bland blurr and confusion. If you are worried about people
hijacking your wall with their spam, you can prevent your connections from

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One of the secrets to getting a stranger to warm up to you on the phone is to be a good listener. It also helps if you match their conversational pace, tone, and voice pitch. Pay close attention to the language they use – if they say words like “feel” then you talk about feelings, if they give you the numbers or percentages then use facts and statistics in your conversation, etc. If they speak fast then you speed up a bit, or if they speak slow, calm yourself down and match their cadence.

Did you know that on average it takes about 140 cold calls to make one hire? Read more about this on Shally's ERE blog about Cold Calling

If you get a “no” at the beginning should you continue the call trying to convince them or go on to the next call?

The initial “no” can often be “I’m busy” or “I’m being watched” or something as simple as they are just in a bad mood. Therefore I usually try something like “I understand you’re probably very busy right now but this is important so would you prefer I call you back tomorrow morning or are evenings better?” I may also say “If you prefer I can contact you at a different, more private, phone number?”

The course provided great insight for levering Linked-in to the fullest. With his tools
and direct assistance I have been able to grow my network from 0 contacts to
just over 900 direct and 4.3 million people total in just 3 months. As an owner
of an Pharmaceutical Executive Search firm I will be extending what I've
learned to each of the recruiters in my organization.

I attended your Social Recruiting webinar and It was awesome.. I learned so much....I went on linked in after the webinar and was able to connect and direct recruit 6 candidates for 2
tough positions...Thank you so much!

Many agree the biggest problem with online recruiting today is too much information. Could semantic serch be the answer? Semantics is defined as the field of study that focuses on meaning as it is inherent in symbols, words, phrases, sentences, blocks of text. Why is the future of semantic search important to recruiters?

1) Speed of results

2) Increased scope (more results)

3) Ease of use