http://www.nbpjobs.org Your Job & Career Tips and More Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:51:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.nbpjobs.org/2006/05/recruiter-slang/ http://www.nbpjobs.org/2006/05/recruiter-slang/#comments Tue, 16 May 2006 20:07:35 +0000 admin http://www.nbpjobs.org/?p=18 Just in case you didn’t know, here are some common recruiter slang:

1. “Ruse” – get to a potential job prospect at a competitor’s office by calling their switchboard and playing dumb as you probe the receptionist to get him/her to transfer you to the potential job prospect.
2. “Peel” – Peel through the layers of a company’s website as you attempt to find a staff roster or other detailed listing of some sort .. in order to identify potential targets.
3. “Poach” – the use of aggressive/questionable tactics to lure a rival’s talent.
4. “Lift Out” – recruit the entire team of a particular team within a unit. For e.g. hire all four of the competitor’s actuarial staff.

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