I’ve lived and worked all over the US: Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Phoenix, Chicago, Oregon, and the east coast. I chose to make my homebase in middle Tennessee, just south of Nashville. Tennesseans have many passions: football, music (all kinds) and fishing are at the top. I fit right in. I love football; I came here for the music; and the fishing is fantastic.<\/p>\n
Since football season is over and the daffodils are popping up everywhere, it’s only natural to think about fishing. As I fantasized about fishing, I realized how similar recruiting is to fishing<\/a>. Recruiters have distinct styles that correlate to 4 types of fishers: Noodlers, Opportunists, Net fishers, and Fly fishers. What type best describes your recruiting style?<\/p>\n The Noodlers (Catfish)<\/strong><\/p>\n Noodlers<\/a> wade right into the mud. They get down and dirty. Using their hands as bait<\/a>, they go after the biggest catfish they can find and wrestle them out of the lake and onto the shore. This sport is not for the faint of heart. And, while you might think this sport is only for men, there are women who are formidably fearless in their pursuit of big game cats (catfish<\/em>, that is!).<\/p>\n Recruiters who seek out the most impressive LinkedIn profiles<\/a>, who lure those people with enticing bits of company information, and who stop at nothing to get them onboard, remind me of noodlers.
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