Want to hear this blog instead of just reading it? Click here for details on The Jim Stroud 2.0 Podcast, The Recruiters Lounge and other content available from Jim Stroud 2.0. Jim Durbin, Director of Corporate Communications for Durbin Media Group, discusses his HR experiences and the future of Contract Recruiting. Click here to listen to “The Recruiters Lounge” podcast [...]

Finding a great candidate is truly half the battle of recruiting, the other half is getting their attention and closing them. Well, closing a candidate is too long a post to discuss today. (Hmm… maybe later?) Well, one thing you may want to consider is instead of calling and emailing only, you might want to send a text mssage to [...]

Want to hear this blog instead of just reading it? Click here for details on The Jim Stroud 2.0 Podcast and other content available from Jim Stroud 2.0. Say what you like, but Google gets a lot of traffic and many people swear by Google when it comes to online search. Of coure, many is not everyone as evident by [...]

Sometimes a simple suggestion can go a long way, as evident by the link on Case-notes from the Artsy Asylum. Thank you Susan… Related PostsNURSE SPENDS 37 YEARS IN THE SAME JOB – Wow!How Networking Got Me a New JobList of women CEOs for FORTUNE 500 companiesTweeting for Jobs in Just 15 Minutes a DayThe “real” reason why women are [...]

Want to hear this blog instead of just reading it? Click here for details on The Jim Stroud 2.0 Podcast and other content available from Jim Stroud 2.0. Like I always say, the path to coolness leads to Microsoft. The media is abuzz over one of our new products codenamed – Origami. And rightfully so, from what I hear this [...]

Want to hear this blog instead of just reading it? Click here for details on The Jim Stroud 2.0 Podcast and other content available from Jim Stroud 2.0. Here is an interesting chart that all Sourcers should have on their wall and check regularly for the most up-to-date info. Its called “The Search Engine Relationship Chart” and it is diagram [...]

Want to hear this blog instead of just reading it? Click here for details on The Jim Stroud 2.0 Podcast and other content available from Jim Stroud 2.0. The hardest part of fishing is knowing where the fish are. If you have the right location, even a novice can get lucky enough to snag a big one. Well, if you [...]

Just as the title of this post suggests, I want to clear up any/all questions people may have about the content found on my blog. I recently discovered a VERY cool service the other day called “Feed2Podcast.” In a nutshell, what it does is scrapes the last 10 posts off of my blog, feeds it to… an android (for lack [...]

Just a quick shout-out to everyone who has given me feedback on my podcast. I have been repeating myself on certain topics, so I decided to just post a FAQS page and head-off any more of the same. Q. How can I hear your earlier podcasts? All I hear (or see) is the most current one. Help! A. Sure, that’s [...]

I wrote about Chatsum and got a lot of feedback when I said I liked the direction it was going in, but was not 100% wooed because it did not do everything I wanted it to do. (At least, not yet.) Well being the avid researcher that I am, I wondered if there were any alternatives out there that come [...]

So many buzzwords and so little time. If you come across a buzzword in conversation, log item or podcast and you have no idea what it is. Fret not, simply check out the good people at BuzzWhack and they will give you a clue. Here are a few of the terms you will find there. plog: A project log. Usually [...]

Today marks the fourth in an ongoing series of popular podcasts about the recruiting industry. I call it “The Recruiters Lounge“ and it will feature news, interviews and commentary on the recruiting industry. Enjoy and tell a friend… Click here to listen to “The Recruiters Lounge” podcast featuring Shally Steckerl Click here to listen to “The Recruiters Lounge” archive of [...]

If you are looking to find resumes and recruit people from a specific geographic region, say… Australia (G’day mate!), then I have the perfect solution for you. Just pop-over to the newly designed MSN Search. (Nice makeover by the way – smile). Once you get there you want to hit the “Help” link. (As shown in the arrow below.) The [...]

What perks do you offer new hires? Here is a heads-up on what the big boys are giving away. MICROSOFT Redmond, Washington Size: 355 acres Employees on campus: 28,000 Signature benefit: Paid time off for volunteering Perks: Foosball, Ping-Pong, Xbox consoles stashed in alcoves, 2,800 original works of art, free beverages, whale-watching excursions, 25 cafeterias, Starbucks stands, private lake, baseball [...]

Today marks the third in an ongoing-series of popular podcasts about the recruiting industry. I call it “The Recruiters Lounge“ and it will feature news, interviews and commentary on the recruiting industry. (If you are reading this on my blog, then it is playing now – smile.) Enjoy and tell a friend…     Chad Sowash, VP of Business Development [...]