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Articles by Diane Skullr

Diane Skullr is the Executive Director for California Staffing Professionals (CSP) She has over 20 years of successful staffing and recruiting experience having owned and managed a health care staffing and search firm in California until it sold in 2008. Phone: 800-799-9725 E-Mail: diane@cspnet.org

Get On A Roll

Published: Apr 18, 2014 2:08 AM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1710
Category: Certification, Education | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Placement, Sourcing, Staffing, Clients, Search, Sales

Every few years the California Staffing Professionals Association (CSP) holds the annual Staffing & Recruiting Conference outside of California to create and build a strong relationship, collaboration...

Be the BEST CHOICE Recruiter

Published: Aug 8, 2013 12:55 AM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 2442
Category: Expert Advice, Recruiting | Tags: Interviewing, Candidates, Recruiting, Staffing, Search

There has been a lot of drama in my life lately, including having to spend a lot of time focusing on the care for a very good friend in the critical care unit of a major Los Angeles hospital. She was ...

Too Tired or Lazy to Work Today? 4 Things you can do right now!

Published: Aug 6, 2013 12:53 AM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1600
Category: Expert Advice, Motivational | Tags: Marketing

Im sure that this happens to everyone from time to time, especially with all the distractions of the holidays. You just dont feel like working. Whatever it is that you need to do today simply does not...

Do you revise, re-write or reformat your candidate resumes?

Published: Jun 21, 2012 4:01 PM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1446
Category: Recruiting | Tags: Social Media, Candidates, LinkedIn, Clients, Hiring

I posted this question a couple of weeks ago to several groups on LinkedIn that are frequented by recruiters. The results were amazing. Historically, I had always trained my staff to review the resume...

Are You Quitting Now?

Published: Jun 21, 2012 4:02 PM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1677
Category: Motivational | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Job Orders, Placement, LinkedIn, Staffing, Clients, Jobs

I am going to veer off topic for this month. Normally, I write articles about prepping your candidates for interviews so that they have a greater probability of getting a job offer. After all, you h...

A Relationship Primer

Published: Dec 2, 2011 3:45 PM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1621
Category: Motivational | Tags: Talent Acquisition, Placement, Hiring

It is apparent that Recruiters/Talent Acquisition Professionals (you) and Client HR Professionals have difficulty working together as a cohesive team. You both have the same ultimate goal yet seem to...

Active Participation is the Key to Unlock Your Treasure!

Published: Mar 1, 2011 12:48 AM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1839
Category: Recruiting | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Placement, LinkedIn, Staffing, Clients

A little over a year ago, I wrote an article titled Are You Quitting Now? In it, I wrote about staffing and recruiting association memberships. Specifically, I addressed how your active membership wi...

The DOWN Side of LinkedIn

Published: Feb 1, 2011 11:56 PM
By Diane Skullr | Viewed: 1642
Category: Social Media | Tags: Business Development, Social Media, Candidates, Recruiting, LinkedIn, Clients

Speaking for myself, I have spent countless hours in webinars and tele-seminars and in experimentation with all the features of LinkedIn. They make changes to the features and Im there. Im sure that...

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