Oh, fly-fishing one, you neglected to embolden A – “Balance the flow of information by adding in a feedback loop which helps individuals active within these networks.” The part here that truly impacts the technical organization is when the recrtuiter, upon sourcing and/or interviewing people from “within the industry” may identify technology progress or new technology movements and/or advances that most definitely will aid the company’s technical strategy and community. It’s the rectruiter being part of the technical strategic planning team. It’s more than keeping up on, say, patent activity. Often during sourcing games, loose lips prevail.

And I believe just as important is learning how to network. Employees need to know what to say, how to say it, when to say, etc. They need to learn how to listen to phone conversations in airport, read upside down in Starbucks or introduce themselves to other techies at conferences. These aren’t learned in their Senior year in college or by having a page at MySpace.

It is part of the recruiter’s mantra to teach their customers something everyday.

If you know of a company that is doing most of these things well, please connect me. I’m sure we have some people who’d love to benchmark with them!