Here you can find some valuable resources on the subjects posted on this blog site. Contact me should have other suggestions.

1. On interviewing, landing a job, interviewing, and landing the job

Nick Corcodilos, author of Ask The Headhunter, has his blog where he posts real gems. They all follow the philosophy he outlined in the book. Nick debunks some myths surrounding resume's, resume writing services, job boards, and most importantly, he puts the job interview in the context it deserves. I learned a great deal about interviewing out of this book. Do yourself a favor, and get yourself a subscription to his newsletter. An excerpt of one of his postings where he comments on "the" interview question, "what's your greatest weakness:

What’s your greatest weakness?

In the annals of interviewing, we know a wag once offered the best answer ever heard — “Chocolate.” — and that’s when it was time to retire that corn-pone question from the canon. But it lingers.

The question itself reveals what is perhaps an employer’s greatest weakness — stupid interview questions.”My greatest weakness is intolerance for psycho-babble that passes for a job interview. Do you wantme to show you how I’ll do this job, or shall we move on to what animal I’d be if I could be any animal?”

The Career Journal addresses this interview hurdle thus: “The key? Thorough preparation.” Preparation for what? To come up with yet another clever answer that the interviewer hasn’t yet read in some interview book? I suppose one could prepare diligently by reading the hundreds of books that offer clever answers.

2. Headhunter + Consultant = Executive Search Consulting

Any consultant, not just search consultants should read few of the books of Alan Weiss. I read his Million Dollar Consulting and Value Based Fees, two books who should not be missing on the shelf of any self respecting consultant. I got this pearl on consulting from his blog contrarian consulting.

Remember the “ski instructor principle,” which I write about in my books and columns. You want that instructor who is just a few yards ahead of you on the slope, demonstrating what you should do, giving you expert help in the midst of the action, and commenting on what was done immediately after. You don’t want the instructor who talks a good game over brandy in the chalet, takes your money, and sends you up the hill by yourself, waiting to hear how it went. A great many people today are offering advice and coaching—certificates, initials, equipment, and all—who have never gone up the hill. Caveat emptor.

You can find Alan's blog here. Alan Weiss is someone incredibly customer oriented, he has a lasersharp focus on providing advice that will produce tangible results until long after you read his stuff.

3. On research in the internet age

The Boolean Black Belt Blog of Glen Cathey gives expert advise on data-mining the web 2.0. Some of his posts are worth gold: any self respecting researcher should comb through this site.

You want access to whole inventory of Linkedin for free ? read this, or you might want to learn how to datamine facebook for candidates ? Go here. Glen shows why researchers and recruiters with access to same free information, don't or can't find candidates, and demonstrates, explains and teaches the power of Google to comb through job billboards, social networks and any other possible source to find the right candidate.