Someone asked me how I do what I do, well the answer is simple… I am one with The Matrix (as shown in the picture below). Sure, the technology is not on par with what Neo and Morpheus use, but give me time. (I understand that Shally, Glenn and Brett all use similar hardware to enhance their performance as well.) [...]

Here is a head’s up on a new tool but, is it cool? Peep the hype from their website. What is Jookster? Jookster is a powerful search engine that ranks results based on sites you and your network finds of value. With Jookster, you are able to search the web and find relevant results based on jooked sites by you [...]

Here are a couple of snippets from a very interesting White Paper I came across called, “Do Libraries Still Matter?” Check out these snippets… … The library’s information provider crown is slipping. Justifiably or not, today libraries are increasingly viewed as outdated, with modern, Internet-based services, such as Amazon and Google, looking set to inherit the throne. Even so, at [...]

Vacation’s over. You’ve had a grand time: intriguing locales, fun events, delicious food, memorable moments. You’re relaxed, your batteries recharged. Life is good. You get home and fire up your laptop to see how things have been going at work while you were gone. That’s when you’re accosted by grim reality: hundreds upon hundreds of e-mails, each demanding your attention, [...]

Happy (fill-in-the-blank) Holiday and have a Merry New Year! (or something like that.) Plus, a big congrats to my fellow bloggers who walked away with the prestigious Best Blog Awards from Recruiting.com. (I am just happy to have been nominated.) Special Kudos to Shally and my co-bloggers: Gretchen, Jenna and Julie. See you all at Starbucks! Related PostsA special thank-you [...]

It is sometimes a comedy of errors to observe the (sometimes) disconnect from reality between recruiters and well-meaning hiring managers. A recent article in VOIP Magazine discussed how a certain HR manager of a certain cable broadband provider contacted a certain expert for assistance in finding experienced IP communications people. It seems that this certain company had made a decision [...]

Okay, so this idea is not all that original but what can I say? I am a softy for the classics (just so long as they work – wink). For you young whippersnappers, let me walk you through. One How much does lunch for say… 2 people cost? I am going to say twenty bucks with a bit of change [...]

The Best Blog Awards sponsored by Recruiting.com are in full effect and your vote is required. When I looked at the competition for the “Best Recruiting Research Blog” (Cybersleuthing, Advanced Online Recruiting Techniques and others) I felt honored just to be mentioned. In a lot of ways, its like watching a race of champions speeding to the finish line. Sort [...]

In case you are sourcing for international candidates in a particular salary range, here is a cool tool for you. XE.com‘s Universal Currency Converter ®This free Web-based service is the world’s most popular currency tool! (At least, accoring to them.) It enables you to quickly and easily calculate how much any amount of one currency is worth in another currency. [...]

Sometimes when sourcing talent you have to use unconventional methods to get the attention of your target audience. A certain dog lover told me of a time when they posted jobs on a billboard across the street from a major competitor. The result? Competition complained (to no effect) and quite a few hires were made by said dog lover. Nice! [...]

Here is a cool tool alert – Furl. And by the way, Furl holds no relation to the TV show – “My name is Earl.” (From Furl’s website…) “Furl is a free service that saves a personal copy of any page you find on the Web, and lets you find it again instantly by searching your archive of pages. It’s [...]

Hmmm… I wonder what kinds of new search technology, online gadgets and web advances will come out of this? The possibilities are staggering, yes? Read below… Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. are setting aside their bitter animosity to back a new Internet research laboratory aimed at helping entrepreneurs introduce more groundbreaking ideas to a mass audience. Sun Microsystems Inc. also [...]

Here is an interesting snippet from an article I read today… “An unusual metasearch service named Gada.be launched its public beta on the Web in October. By November, its novel approach to search got it banned from Google’s listings.” Read: Gada.be Illustrates Search Engine Ups and Downs So, what is Gada.be? (pronounced “gotta-be”) Gada.be is a metasearch engine for RSS [...]

When I was young, I had always loved libraries, even before I could walk. As I got older, I liked to go to libraries and ask to look at their library cards. Later, in June of 1999, I was given my first library card by the Anacortes Public Library in Anacortes, Washington. This library card sent off a amazing journey [...]

I have been nominated in 3 categories for a blog award by Recruiting.com. (YAY!!!!) If you would, please, please, please vote (and vote often) for me in these categories. Best Recruiting Research Blog Jim Stroud’s The Digability Blog Best Job Seeker Blog Jim Stroud’s The Jobseeker’s Revenge Best Group Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog (aka JobsBlog) You can vote here, and read more [...]