11:42: Ran into Kellie Buckley and Tim Dittrich of H3.com in the ERE Exhibition Hall. H3.com is being hailed as the latest and greatest in employee referral and network building tools. They use the term “hidden headhunter” – but are not really happy with it – to describe the application; considering the fact that the NCAA is actively eliminating pejorative nicknames in sports, they may want to consider a new tagline…
The tool really is a cool way to connect to the passive recruiters in one’s networks, you know, the opinion leaders who can spread goodwill – and good words – about a company.