A popular sport among the technical elite is Segway Polo. How long before corporate sponsors start setting up recruitment booths at these events? Check out the video below for details… Related PostsHALLOWEEN FUNNY – When a geek dies, this is how you bury them, in a Geek’s TombGEEK: Fight for your right to party!!!VIDEO: Scoble at 1st London Geek Dinner [...]

I recently discovered this tool and was instantly fascinated. It is designed for governmental use, but who’s to say recruiters could not use it for sourcing passive international candidates? Here is some info from the Basis Technology website. ..snip-snip.. The Rosette® Linguistics Platform helps your applications unlock the meaning of unstructured text in a variety of Asian, European and Middle [...]

The Recruiting Life by: Jim Stroud and Gnomz Have an idea for “The Recruiting Life?” Let me know! jimstroud @ jimstroud.com Related PostsCOMIC: The Recruiting Life #2COMIC: The Recruiting Life #3COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Waiters and SourcersCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – I don’t think they understand her roleCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – Retention is very important    Send [...]

How many times have you received stacks of paper that are (more or less) a waste of time, yet they somehow manage to land on your desk? What would help is a stamping system where you would mark papers with the appropriate message. You know along the lines of “Complete waste of time,” “Co-worker’s Work, get too it later,” to… [...]

A simulated suicide bombing will be filmed in downtown Los Angeles this weekend in a campaign by prominent Iraqis who want to dissuade the bombers who have wreaked a devastating toll on their country. The 60-second edited film, a simulation of a Baghdad marketplace bombing that will kill or injure 200 people, will air on Iraqi TV in six weeks. [...]

How to build the best paper airplane in the world! Click here for the rest of the story. Related PostsHALLOWEEN FUNNY – When a geek dies, this is how you bury them, in a Geek’s TombBored at work? Microsoft is here to rescue to you.GEEK: Fight for your right to party!!!GEEK: Polo is a popular geek sportVIDEO: Scoble at 1st [...]

The Recruiting Life by Jim Stroud and Gnomz Have an idea for “The Recruiting Life?” Let me know! jimstroud @ jimstroud.com Related PostsCOMIC: The Recruiting Life #2COMIC: The Recruiting Life #3COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Waiters and SourcersCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – I don’t think they understand her roleCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – Retention is very important    Send [...]

When I saw this, I wondered if this a pre-cursor to on-campus recruiting drives. Can you imagine a football field filled with students and these constructs? Just a thought… Check out this article… Today’s business market is all about portability, from hand held PDA’s to wireless networking. Office in a Bucket means serious business too. It is a portable, inflatable [...]

When I saw this, I wondered if this a pre-cursor to on-campus recruiting drives. Can you imagine a football field filled with students and these constructs? Just a thought… Check out this article… Today’s business market is all about portability, from hand held PDA’s to wireless networking. Office in a Bucket means serious business too. It is a portable, inflatable [...]

The makers of combat video games have unwittingly become part of a global propaganda campaign by Islamic militants to exhort Muslim youths to take up arms against the United States, officials said on Thursday. Tech-savvy militants from al Qaeda and other groups have modified video war games so that U.S. troops play the role of bad guys in running gunfights [...]

For the geek who has everything, but wants something more… Pimp My Laptop. Pimp My Laptop is is a service offering customized stickers designed to perfectly fit your Appleâ„¢ laptop’s cover. Related PostsHALLOWEEN FUNNY – When a geek dies, this is how you bury them, in a Geek’s TombGEEK: Fight for your right to party!!!GEEK: Polo is a popular geek [...]

Job candidates speak out at the University of Texas campus during a two day video market research effort conducted by RecruiTV in May 2006. The final analysis? Companies with video as a recruitment component have a distinct advantange in building a relationship with prospective candidates. Top companies such as Nordstroms, AOL and others have taken the lead. Video courtesy of: [...]

Chris Barrow, the founder of three business schools, is writing about the nine key factors to building a successful team for small business owners. *** “The 9 ‘ates of building a championship support team” by Chris Barrow Well over 50% of the calls and emails I receive from clients are on the subject of “team” or “personnel” issues, from “How [...]

If you have been recruiting for an extended period of time, no doubt you have experienced burnout. Well, keep in mind that it would always be worse. You could have this guy’s job. (Apologies for some of the language, although it is mostly distorted.)  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNB8KvKOKE[/youtube] Technorati Tags: HR, geek, recruiting Related PostsVIDEO: Recruiting SingaporeHow do you staff a start-up?GEEK: Cubicle [...]

The Recruiting Life by Jim Stroud and Gnomz Tags: recruiting, human resources, comics, webcomics, HR Related PostsCOMIC: The Recruiting Life #2COMIC: The Recruiting Life #3COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Waiters and SourcersCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – I don’t think they understand her roleCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – Retention is very important    Send article as PDF