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Recruiting hovers near the top of the list. You could very easily see this as just another variation on running an ad in the paper, or holding a recruiting event. Indeed, that was the logic of Luminant, which competes with Scient, Razorfish and other e-business consulting companies. This is a way to let people get to know the company and what we're all about. But it's not always just the host companies that are trolling the parties for fresh talent.