Marylene Delbourg-Delphis’ Circle of Talent

Hiring new employees can be a daunting task for all parties involved; the company in need, the recruiter, and the job seeker. How to distinguish oneself amongst the throng of identical, faceless resumes is just as monumental a task as sifting through each resume and determining which ones are applicable. But when it comes to filling new job positions, it is important for the human resources department to remember they are hiring people, not resumes.

“Hire People, Not Resumes” is the motto burgeoning start up, TalentCircles, believes in wholeheartedly, and the most efficient and beneficial way to get to know your candidates on a personal, as well as professional, level is to build relationships with them.

“We are now entering a new relationship-based hiring era,” says Marylene Delbourg-Delphis, co-founder and CEO of TalentCircles. “Building relationships is in the DNA of recruiters. The goal of TalentCircles is to allow recruiters to scale their relationship-building ability.”
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178th Roundtable Recording On June 13, 2013

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Catching Up On Readings: An 18th-Century Technology Bringing Internet to a 21st-Century World

Google’s Project Loon is using hot air balloons, one of the oldest aviation technologies, to broaden the reach of Internet access. For this week’s blog posts, click on the paragraph link. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: A Lasting Trend?

Following on our current Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing interview, this week’s reading from TechNewsWorld discusses Google-owned Motorola’s plans to assemble the Motorola X in the United States. How much impact are such moves having on the U.S. economy? For this week’s blog posts, click on the paragraph link. >>>

What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know (Part 3)

Startups are a Social Good

by Brian S. Cohen

[This is the third in a four-part series of excerpts from Brian S. Cohen and John Kador’s book, What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know, which is available on Amazon and at independent bookstores.]

I approach angel investing with a basic premise: startups are good for society and they need angel investors to help them get started and build a strong foundation. That’s why I wanted to write a guide to bring entrepreneurs and angels investors together for their mutual benefit and the benefit of all startup communities. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Tour the Large Hadron Collider Through Google Eyes

TechCrunch has posted a cool video of a Google glass tour of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Take a look! For this week’s blog posts, click on the paragraph link. >>>

Internet Advertising Pioneer: Kevin O’Connor, Founder of DoubleClick and FindTheBest (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

Kevin O’Connor is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of success. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in electrical engineering in 1983. He was the founder and VP of Research at ICC, which was acquired by DCA in 1992. He was then the founder and CEO of DoubleClick from 1995 to 2005. He also operated O’Connor Ventures from 2001 to 2009. He founded FindTheBest in 2009 and is currently the CEO.

Sramana: Kevin, let’s start with some of your early story. Where are you from? What circumstances did you grow up in?

Kevin O’Connor: I grew up outside of Detroit. I always knew I wanted to be an electrical engineer. When I was 12 and 13 years old I used to go around and pull electronics out of the trash, like old TVs, and make stuff with them. I figured that I would get a PhD and go to work for Bell Labs, hopefully picking up a Nobel Prize or two. I wanted to be an inventor. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Food in the 21st Century

This week’s Sunday New York Times article, “In Silicon Valley’s Kitchen,” examines the mix of high- and low-tech that characterizes the Valley’s involvement in food production and consumption. For this week’s blog posts, click on the paragraph link. >>>