Inc. Magazine Reveals New List of America’s 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies NEW YORK/ATLANTA, GA, August 20th, 2008 – Inc. magazine today ranked Search Wizards No. 89 on its 27th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The list is the most comprehensive look at America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. In addition to being ranked No. 89 on [...]

Yesterday I wrote a post about how to monitor your online identity using Google Alerts. After I wrote it, I remembered a pilot for a video show I produced earlier this year. It was called “How To UnGoogle Yourself” and I thought I would post it here. Let me know what you think of it? I Live Online – How [...]

Searches don’t happen real-time; they take place in databases, within search engines and under a host of algorithms. Some search engines are free of human intervention while others are a selection of hand picked links. Within search engines, some searches are guided by keywords, some are natural language driven, and yet others are advance intelligence systems. Search engines, directories, and [...]

Hey guys, its that time of year again. No, not Thanksgiving or Christmas (although that is just around the corner. Wow! Time flies…), but its time for another Reader Survey. If you are like me, you don’t like filling out surveys or feedback requests or generally any type of form. I hear you, I do… But I need this data [...]

Earlier this year, I started a blog called – the Job Search Strategist which (as you might have guessed) gave job hunting advice and tutorials to job seekers. It was written by myself and a few of my friends, but gradually began to fade into obscurity. Well, I did not want that to happen, especially at a time when so [...]

When you are looking for work and/or interviewing for a job, the last thing you want is a recruiter finding that risque picture of you dancing naked in the Cayman Islands. (That sort of thing is frowned upon by some employers.) Well, you could do a search on Google now to see what comes up, but what if something new [...]

California Courts recently upheld a well known law here in our wonderful State – they upheld that Non Compete agreements are Not Legal and cannot be defended in a Californian court of law.. Well of course that is, unless it was due to a Sale of a business, between partners, or between members with a Limited Liability co-operation. Wonder why [...]

VIDEOS: This week – YouTube Videos from Hell 1. Up yours, you young whippersnappers 2. Goofy or Moofy? (I’m definitely moofy.) 3. Its like the Karate Kid, but with HR 4. Execs in Asia should hang out in China. 5. VIDEO – Have You Ever Interviewed The Wrong Person? (Doh!) 6. This is what happens when you show them the [...]

I was ranked #1 in The Talent Management Blog Power Rankings! WOW!!! Check out the competition I had and you may be just as surprised as I was. Ranking/Blog Name (Power Rating, Last Poll Ranking) 1. The Recruiter’s Lounge (Power Index – 89) (1st Place Votes – 3) 2. ERE.net (Power Index – 69) 3. All Things Workplace (Power Index [...]

SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents… The Colleen Gildea Interview The recruiting world has lots of unsung heroes. Today Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen spend quality time with one of them – Colleen Gildea. Find out about her involvement with Interbiznet, Electronic Recruiting News and other publications that have been informing HR professionals for over a decade. Plus, a little bit [...]

I stumbled across a new searchengine that I thought I would share with you guys. Its brand spanking new, so everything is not working with it. Still, what I saw was good enough to bring to your attention (so I did). The searchengine is called PDF Geni. From what I can tell, its designed as a means to find ebooks [...]

SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents… All you wanted to know about THE R4 Conference (but was afraid to ask!) In this episode: Jim Stroud, Karen Mattonen and Earl Mann discuss everything you wanted to know about the R4 Conference, but were afraid to ask. (www.r4conference.com) Who Should Attend Recruiters, Hiring Directors, General Council, C-level Executives. Companies that are: downsizing, expanding [...]

Okay, still with me? Good. Here is part 3 of the series. Once you have your resume pages in line to be indexed by the major searchengines, you want to create a budget for advertising in Google. You will be amazed at how well this could work for you! For example, in this screenshot (above) I am looking for an [...]

As the title points out, I am continuing in my series of job hunting tips for Recruiters (and/or anyone else looking for work). Enjoy… When posting your resume online, increase your chances of being found by having your resume posted in multiple formats, on different websites and with unique titles. Why? So searchengines catalog each one as a different search [...]

I recently gave a webinar on job hunting for Recruiters that were unemployed, under-employed or unhappily-employed. It seems to me that there is a need for this type of information, especially in these “interesting” times. That being the case, I have decided to post the slides and notes from my webinar here for all to use. Please pass on these [...]