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Over at Talking Talent, Todd Nilson reminds how the simple courtesies in life make all the difference:

The friendships I have formed while engaged in formal recruiting work have always come about when I have taken the time to extend polite courtesies.  Caring about the time and efforts of others.  A kind greeting.  A kind observation about a candidate's strength.  A common interest.  I mean, I don't know about the rest of you, but I would hazard a guess that most recruiters who have true staying power in the industry find successes because they actually like to get to know others.  Sure, there's always an economic component, a self-interest which must be acknowledged.

Amazing how this works.  Simple, but very, very effective.