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We find ourselves using certain web sites far more often in our work and play at SSI. Here are some of our most favored places for research and amusement. Click on the logo to visit a site.

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Useful Sites:

Ayn Rand, speaking through one of her characters, once said that corporate logotypes were the new world's coats of arms. We might take that with a tad more salt than Ayn did, but here are a few of our favorite coats.

The Electronic Recruiting Exchange is a great spot for practical advice and information on the recruiting trade. The online archive of articles includes several by Dr. John Sullivan, Head of the Human Resource Department at San Francisco State University. Dr. Sullivan is a strong proponent of Value-per-Hire recruiting, as are we. When we want to visit a URL that reaffirms our faith in our focus and methods, we point the browser here. If you want to learn more about why you should consider using us in your next sales recruiting effort, visit this site.

This is the web site of the Association for Internet Recruiting. You will find white papers and newsletters that offer advice on everything from writing Internet job ads to dealing with candidate counteroffers, plus lots of links. Caveat emptor, of course, but by and large a useful site.

The company formerly known as Intelligent Search, Inc. Mike Foster's Advanced Internet Recruiting Strategies is one of the first and best training companies specializing in Internet data mining for recruiters. Ross and George have both been through their AIRS I and II courses, and have used their techniques on several of our full-service engagements.

A virtual community of IT-skilled free-agents and enterprise hiring managers meet to contract for short-term projects. Skills Village adds value by maintaining a ready talent pool, streamlining the contractor acquisition process and providing useful tools and support services. If you need to staff a finite IT project in a hurry, this is a site you'll want to visit.

You say you're ready to start robostaff.com? You'll want to send garage.com a copy of your business plan. Garage.com is the brainchild of former Apple software evangelist Guy Kawasaki. Their mission is to introduce the founders of promising high-tech start-ups to sources of first-round capital. But before you quit your day job, know that their screening process for business plans is pretty strict, and few are chosen. Still, garage claims to have helped new companies obtain more than $80 million in funding last year.

Not ready to work 20 hours a day and sleep in your car yet? That's okay. Their site contains a lot of interesting information for and about IT start-ups, and of course, the "famous garages" page.

George's favorite business magazine, Fast Company is a recent start-up itself, and is devoted to finding the best practices in many businesses, including lots of information on recruiting. Check out the magazine's Consultant Debunking Unit for an irreverant monthly skewering of some management bromide. Join A Company of Friends in your area for new business contacts and socializing.

George discovered The Goal while still working for Logicon, and immediately became an Eli Goldratt zealot. Much of what we do at Selection Strategies is now influenced by the Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain methodology.

The gentleman behind all this is Dr. Eli Goldratt, an Israeli physicist who decided to bring the scientific method to manufacturing, and from there to marketing and project management. The Institute is located in Connecticut and is named after his father. Visit the site to learn a very unique approach to employing common sense in the workplace.

One of Ross' favorite methods for keeping track of our marketplace. This electronic counterpart to The Industry Standard magazine tracks the Internet economy, electronic media, e-commerce, mergers, acquisitions and more. Stop by and subscribe to the parent mag while you're there.

Another of Ross' picks. Named after the slang term for a pre-IPO's initial SEC filing, this is the place to go for serious insight into the financial aspects of high technology. Start-ups, IPOs, industry trends and more. Keep track of those companies in decline; they provide a fertile source of new recruits.

One of the original cyber-conglomerates, with the HotBot search engine and WebMonkey internet design e-zine to its credit. Wired may not make a profit, but it's the kind of resource which, if it announced it was going out of business, net-heads everywhere would hold fund-raisers to keep it afloat. Take a look. You'll find something in here you absolutely need to know.

Now that you're a recruiting genius, what will do with all that pesky money? Well, if you're a daytrader, you'll stay away from this site. But if you'd rather have a life, eat meals in a different room from your computer and still beat the Dow 30, start here. Take a stroll through Fool U. and see how you're doing or what you can improve. George's favorite site for investment advice.