Hanging Out at OnRec2007 Jim Stroud hangs out at OnRec2007 and chats it up with various HR Technology vendors. The Recruiters Lounge – Hanging Out at OnRec2007 (Part 2) from Jim Stroud on Vimeo.   ABOUT OUR SPONSOR Online Recruitment Magazine – The magazine for recruitment and HR professionals involved in the and US recruitment industry.   ADDITIONAL CREDITS The [...]

The Day In Recruiting presents… Career Daze Not once did anyone say, “When I grow up, I want to be a recruiter!” Jim Stroud discusses his “Career Day” experience with Doug Beabout. Jim wonders if children will ever aspire to become Recruiters, or will it continue to be a profession that people stumble into? Tune in to hear the debate [...]

Hanging Out at OnRec2007 Jim Stroud hangs out at OnRec2007 to meet thoughtleaders, network with his peers and to hunt down the best swag. The Recruiters Lounge – Hanging Out at OnRec2007 (Part 1 of 2) from Jim Stroud on Vimeo.   ABOUT OUR SPONSOR Online Recruitment Magazine – The magazine for recruitment and HR professionals involved in the and [...]

Here is another great article from Howard Adamsky! Enjoy… ** The Care and Feeding of Candidates A Primer on Making a Good First Impression Treating candidates well when they come to interview is very important. The candidate must feel welcomed by everyone with whom they come in contact from the person at the front door to the CEO. Bad behavior [...]

Umm… uh oh! WASHINGTON—The topic was education and the talk was not optimistic at the Institute for a Competitive Workforce’s Sept. 25 workshop. A part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ICW drew several hundred participants to its event, held with the goal of promoting effective and sustainable business and education/work force partnerships. “Our continued leadership is not inevitable and [...]

With all of the hype around SourceCon2007, I forgot to mention that I was speaking at the Online Recruiting Expo in San Francisco. Good times there as well, as evident by the video below. (Smile) In case you don’t know, in the car with me were legends from the blogosphere and the recruiting world: Gerry Crispin, Kevin Wheeler (MC Kevin [...]

The Day In Recruiting presents… Monster, Recessions and Alcohol-free Interviews Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss employment videos, video resumes and the OFCCP with Jim Buttimer of CareerTV. Special thanks to my friends over at FreeIQ! Get the Flash Player to see this player. Click here to download this episode of The Recruiters Lounge Listen to The Recruiters Lounge on [...]

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Wow! What an interesting theory! Let me know your thoughts? SEATTLE — For more than a decade, academics and technology executives have been frowning at the widening gender gap in computer science. Everyone has a theory, but no one has managed to attract many more women. Now, some computer science researchers say one solution may lie in the design of [...]

My fab 15 for the week… 1. Much respect to Deloitte for cooking this one up!!! 2. An EXCEL-lent way to email the masses 3. What is it about my yelling that you do not understand? 4. You have 5 seconds to wow me 5. Who cares if you are creative? 6. Is sourcing taking away from your recruiting brand? [...]

Thank you Rich for bringing to my attention this worthy cause! -Jim ** “Sept. 27. will be the first time in history that social network members will collectively promote a single social awareness issue on hundreds of blogs all over the world on the same day,” said Antony Berkman, president of BlogCatalog.com. “They chose the topic and it’s a call [...]

Wow! Did anybody happen to see the Dateline story about this con man who with the help of “perfect resumes” conned his way into multiple jobs. Check it out… ** Say hello to Fred Brito, a smiling cherubic liar. One day he was known as Father Fred, while on another, he was a high-profile fundraiser, getting chummy with Hollywood stars. [...]

I received an interesting press release in email the other day. Here is the highlight… DanSchawbel.com is the first website of its kind with a 360 degree representation of a Personal Brand. It breaks down Dan Schawbel’s Personal Brand into the four distinct elements of Personal Branding: personality, appearance, competencies and differentiation. The site also features a television series, magazine, [...]

I was at the OnRec2007 Conference last week and made some new friends. Among them Robert (Bob) Neelbauer of Jobmatchbox. So, okay, we traded emails before in the past, but never met face to face. It was a pleasure chatting with him and getting his perspective on social networks. Actually, Bob was kind enough to grant me permission to post [...]

Wow! Look what I got in my email the other day… We recently published “Top 100 HR Bloggers.” I figured I’d bring it to your attention in case you think your readers would find it useful. I am happy to let you know that you have been included in this list. SWEET!!! Yay! Whoo-hooo… Go Jim!!! (Okay, I’m done – [...]