Recognizing Richard Rabbit
I recently received a book from one of my Peter Weddle a/k/a Mr. Job Board. Peter's book, Recognizing Richard Rabbit: A Fable About Being True to Yourself, is a quick, easy read about recruiting. But that's not why you should buy a copy and read it for yourself. What delights me about Recognizing Richard Rabbit is the very unusual and effective way in which it delivers its content.
Rather than reading through a book chapter-by-chapter as you normally would, this book is set up with dozens of pairs of pages which face each other. Pages 54 and 55, for example, face each other and are paired with each other. The right side of each pair encourages the reader to use their creative side while the left side of each pair encourages the reader to use their reasoning and logical thinking abilities.
By the end of the book, both sides of the reader's brain (the creative right side and the reasoning, logical thinking left side) are on the same page: the best type of recruiting is not about the best technology. Rather, it is about the one-to-one relationships that form when we are honest and candid with ourselves and each other.
Peter is a man who has given many gifts to our industry. Recognizing Richard Rabbit is yet another and for that we should be very grateful.
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