Qualified Liberal Candidates Need Not apply The Justice Department, the Very department which is responsible for upholding the very laws of our land recently had an internal audit. The investigation which was performed by the department’s Inspector General and the ethics officer turned up systemic Hiring Practices was reminiscent of the Elementary School play ground. If You didn’t match their [...]

I was in San Francisco recently and was able to spend some quality time with Chandra Bodapati. He is known for his eGrabber products, but there is much more to this man than meets the eye. Below is the FIRST personal interview he has given since 1999. Wow! I feel privileged to be presenting it to you. (I have added [...]

Are You Prepared for the Coming Crisis? Who Should Attend Recruiters, Hiring Directors, General Council, C-level Executives. Companies that are: downsizing, expanding globally, becoming more diverse, experiencing or planning M&A activity, companies that employ both baby boomers and millennials. How Can the R4 Conference Help Me? R4 is designed to help businesses understand the integrated challenges of Risk Management, Regulations, [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! *** My fab15 for the week… . VIDEO: How to ask open and closed questions for recruiters (Click here and use the promo code “jstroud” to get a discount on Recruitment Juice products) . 1. Americans want [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! ### SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents… Recruiters (sometimes) do stupid things RateMyRecruiter.net lets job seekers narc on the incompetence of certain recruiters. They name names and list phone numbers; so, should you be concerned? Recruiting is not [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! ### SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents… Workplace Violence and Misclassification (Double ouch!) Jim starts off with shocking news about workplace violence, but is more shocked that its not uncommon. Karen rants about how easy it is to [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! ### SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents… Is Namesourcing really worth the cost? In this edition of The Recruiters Lounge Podcast, Jim and Karen are joined by Josh Letourneau in a free for all around the practice of [...]

My Fab 15 for the week (and then some…) ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! *** VIDEO: Hacking the Technical Interview 1. 4 Reasons why you should love being audited 2. How to deal with managers who give you the finger (literally) 3. [...]

The “Why are recruiters abandoning the pay-to-post model?” post generated a lot of comments and attention. (Wow!) In this post, Rafael Cosentino of RealMatch follows up with a post of his own. Feel free to chime in on this as well. (Thanks Rafael for your support.) *** Pay-to-post verses Pay-for-performance By Rafael Cosentino of Realmatch Over the last few days [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! … How many times have you found a resume without a phone number, but you needed to talk to that person sooner (rather than later)? Howzabout you lose someone’s number and all you have is their name? [...]

A pal of mine – Leslie O’Connor was recently featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as being among the Top 50 Fastest Growing Woman-owned Businesses in 2007. I am very proud of her and wanted to share some of her achievements with you guys via this online interview. Enjoy… *** . . Jim: So how are you? Leslie: I’m doing great thanks. [...]

Many thanks to Jennifer LeClaire for allowing me to post this article. Enjoy! *** Why are recruiters abandoning the pay-to-post model? By Jennifer LeClaire Monster.com and its pay-to-post pricing model once took the recruiting world by storm. Now, the storm may be calming as employers begin to second guess the pay-to-post model. According to Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel, the [...]

I just found a very cool service for recruiters. I believe this is the first time it has been announced anywhere. I talked with GL Hoffman, the Chairman of LINKUP, and he is making my readers a fantastic offer. Read the interview below to see the special offer. LinkUp is a recruiter’s search engine. Imagine knowing about openings and postings [...]

My Fab 15 for the week (and then some…) ANNOUNCEMENT: Confessions of a Job Search Strategist! Free Job Hunting Webinar for unemployed, underemployed and unhappily-employed Recruiters. Click here to sign up now! *** . VIDEO: TEDTalks: Tony Robbins motivates you in 20 minutes . 1. Should Recruiters Pass a Resume Around? 2. Chad and Cheez chew the fat 3. Everybody [...]

Do you hear that? Listen again. That is the sound of my dancing feet. I am overjoyed and doing virtual cartwheels because someone, somewhere, has finally… FINALLY… created something that I have been wanting for a very long time.  I wanted this when I was sourcing the globe for Google. I wanted it when I was sourcing the globe for [...]