Archives for: March 2007
VIDEO-The Recruiters Lounge – Chatting with Gautam Ghosh

Jim Stroud was in India… Get the Flash Player to see this player. Video: The Recruiters Lounge – Gautam Ghosh discusses India Gautam Ghosh – A Renaissance Man in India In the second ever video webcast of The Recruiters Lounge, Jim Stroud chats with international blogger – Gautam Ghosh. Gautam is a HR, OD and Business Blogging Consultant based in Hyderabad, India. Learn about [...]

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100 photos of India

I just uploaded about 100 photos of my trip to India into my Flickr account for your viewing pleasure. (Actually, I added about 97 photos, but 100 photos of India sounded better in the title.) Click here to see the photos, or the screenshot below. Enjoy…   Related PostsI was in India!VIDEO – Bill Gates on IndiaSome of My Favorite [...]

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COMIC – The Recruiting Life – 100th episode and counting…

I was uploading a batch of comics for the next week when I discovered that I had surpassed the 100 mark with this entry. That’s right! This post marks the 100th episode of “The Recruiting Life,” (still) the only comic strip devoted to the recruiting industry. I am so VERY appreciative of the support of my readers and all of [...]

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VIDEO-The Recruiters Lounge – Recruiting in India

Jim Stroud was in India  Get the Flash Player to see this player. Video: The Recruiters Lounge AK KNOWS THE SCORE IN INDIA! In the first ever video webcast of The Recruiters Lounge, Jim Stroud chats with AK Menon of Options about recruiting in India, expatriates coming back home, life in Hyderabad and blogging in India. (Oh, we throw in [...]

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COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech does not discriminate

Related PostsCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – The Geektech Loyalty TestCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech JobfairCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech in IndiaCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – New Manager at GeektechCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Jim Stroud is now a manager at Geektech    Send article as PDF   

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COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech in India

Related PostsCOMIC: The Recruiting Life – The Geektech Loyalty TestCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech does not discriminateCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech JobfairCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – New Manager at GeektechCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Jim Stroud is now a manager at Geektech    Send article as PDF   

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For a good time in India, call Riz!

Mohd. “Riz” Rizwan was the best tour guide – Ever! He was a big reason why my tour of The Taj Mahal and other sites was so enjoyable. Articulate, professional and personable, Riz is someone you want in your rolodex. Whenever you visit India, you MUST give this guy a call and have him take care of you. (Tell him [...]

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I was in India!

Last week, I experienced one of the best assignments – EVER! Microsoft flew me to Hyderabad, India to train their recruiters on how to source passive candidates in India and around the world. To say that I had a blast would be an understatement. India is now more than a piece of geography to me, it is now a permanent [...]

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The Week In Recruiting (Reading the blogs, so you don’t have to…)

My Fab15 for the week… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944JRzYyjgg[/youtube] 1. Why don’t we have this for recruitment videos? (Check out one of the nominees above)  2. If we did have it, who would enter? 3. Who would win? 4. And who would use it as a forum for political debate? 5. Or should we only expect the typical standard corporate rah-rah? 6. Maybe a celebrity or two [...]

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The internet is not american, nor is it static.

The internet is not american, nor is it static. The way you recruit today will change in 15 minutes and then every second after that. Are you ready for it? Have you even thought of it? Check out this video and consider it a wake-up call to Recruiting 15 minutes into the future. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q[/youtube] Nervous yet? You should be… Related PostsHappy, happy, [...]

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PODCAST – Peekface knows what people are saying about your company

Peekface knows what people are saying about your company Jim Stroud chats with Moses Yoon about his website – Peekface and how it benefits jobseekers and companies alike. 0:30 – A word from our sponsor – Bountyjobs 1:40 – And now a word from another sponsor – WorkGiant. 3:55 – Listen to the show. *Want some free resumes? Check out my [...]

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Sourcing Training: On-demand videos

And now, something different… “The Recruiters Guide” is a series of training videos explaining how to use the internet to find resumes and passive leads. The first is on how to use Yahoo to find free resumes and passive candidates online! I have plans in the works to produce more (actually, lots more) of these types of videos in the [...]

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The Week In Recruiting (Reading the blogs so you won’t have to)

My Fab15 for the week… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4B1N6uYRX8[/youtube] 1. Sourcing defined. 2. Recruiters don’t deserve all the blame. They get to share. 3. A podcast on podcasts from a guy who umm… podcasts. 4. Got DSL? 5. Best of the best or, just BS? 6. Turn over, you’re snoring. 7. Yoo-hoo! I’m over here. No, over here. Hey! Over here!!! 8. So [...]

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KOREA – An end to the “Iron Rice Bowl?”

A career as a civil servant in South Korea has often been called an “iron rice bowl” because of its job security, but that may change soon as local governments are moving to weed out incompetent workers. In recent weeks, most of South Korea’s 16 major regional administrative bodies have one after another announced steps to pick out officials who [...]

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The H1B dinner bell is ringing. Come and get it!

Because you cannot submit an LCA earlier than six months prior to the beginning date of the period of intended employment (20 CFR § 655.730(b)), if you want your LCA in hand before April 1, then set your employment start date on the LCA for a date in September, and set the expiration date for a date no more than [...]

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