Recruiting.com picked a winner for their ’06 Best Blog Awards and it (rightfully) went to Cheezhead. Check out his acceptance speech here! Although I did not win (maybe next year), I am honored to be nominated and even more so, to be counted in the top 10 of all the recruiting blogs nominated. So, to my fellow top ten bloggers [...]

  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of my readers! I wanted to send a special holiday greeting to everyone and I figured that this would be the way to go. I hope you enjoy it.   By the way, this will be (most likely) my last post until after Christmas. (Believe it or not, I do have [...]

My Fab 15 for the week… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPd2U7GlqgY[/youtube] 1. Let the voting begin. 2. Quick, vote for your favorite recruiting blog. 3. Go ahead, get your vote on. 4. Quite a few people want it, but who will win? 5. Will it be an encore presentation? 6. Or, some new kid on the block? 7. Maybe it all comes down to [...]

Much has been written about how and why employers should use podcasting as a recruiting tool. In fact, well over one million web pages refer to it. (Link) Yet few employers have embraced it. Why? There are likely as many reasons as there are employers, but one of the key reasons is that podcasting is new media and it takes [...]

The ruse call or Networking.. which is more efficient? by: Karen Mattonen C.A.C, C.S.P ©2006, All rights reserved. Recently on a few other forums that I am a member of, I have been noticing a promotion of the ruse call. When I read these posts, I am profoundly curious as I don’t understand the purpose or need of the ruse [...]

    In this podcast: “Jason Alba chats up JibberJobber (and its a wonderful thing)”   How often do you look for work? Or better yet, how often do you take straegic steps to manage your career? Jason Alba has a great tool and a catchy name that I believe will catch on like wildfire once it hits the masses. [...]

I was nominated for an award! Please vote for my blog. Quicker than a 90-minute webinar and (hopefully) more memorable. Here is today’s sticky note of sourcing wisdom. Do it now! Click here to subscribe to JimStroud 2.0. Related PostsSticky note of sourcing wisdomI diigo. Do you diigo?COMIC – The Recruiting Life – The Wisdom of FerretsSOURCING TIP: And Diigo [...]

Yay! Yippee! Yahoo! And golly, gee, wow! My blog was nominated for a Best Blog Award by the good folks over at Recruiting.com. SWEET! Can I count on your vote? Its quick, easy and makes a nice present for the holidays. Just click the image below, find my name – “Jim Stroud,” check it, submit your vote and just like [...]

My apologies to my readers who (no doubt) have noticed that my blog has been down for the past few days. Long story short, the bugs have been fixed and blogging will resume as normal. HOWEVER, I would ask that you subscribe to my blog now as major changes and updates are on the way. Do it now! Click here [...]

Why write a dissertation when a quick sticky note will do? All this week, expect more of the same. Do it now! Click here to subscribe to JimStroud 2.0. Related PostsSticky note of sourcing wisdom #2I diigo. Do you diigo?COMIC – The Recruiting Life – The Wisdom of FerretsSOURCING TIP: And Diigo was its name-OVIDEO – TOP SECRET Sourcing Tool [...]

My fab 15 for the week… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcfaKCWflL4[/youtube] 1. Hmmm… I never knew peanut butter could be so dangerous. 2. I agree. I don’t think this video works either. 3. If you can’t get a hire, blame the job description. 4. Hey, no pressure. We’re just talking. 5. Gawd spammit! 6. Not making your numbers? Bring sexy back. 7. Ummm… then [...]

In this podcast: “Is there (really) a war for talent?” Is there (really) a war for talent? If so, what should your company be doing now (and later) to prepare for shortages in your workforce? Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss this with Paige Mazzoni of Workforce Logic and Mark Nelson of Nelson Family of Companies. Here are the highlights: [...]

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Has this ever happenned to you? You find a passive candidate and have them (somewhat) interested in your opportunity. They agreed to send you a resume, but have yet to get to it. The hiring manager you are dealing with is really pressing you for a resume and you do not want to lose his interest. So what do you [...]

A website that I used a looong time ago (1999) has been resurrected – Searchbots. I just got an email on it and will be playing with it a bit over the next few days. It was pretty good back in the day, so I am very curious as to how it goes these days. For the uninitiated, here is [...]