Jim Stroud and Eric Jaquith discuss RSS and OPML technologies and how they could benefit Recruiters. Plus, are you too busy to source resumes? Check this page out: www.snipurl.com/3wcvi Recruiters and RSS from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. Related PostsJeepers! I MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WALLSTREET JOURNALHow To Manage Your Appointment CalendarJeepers! I’m a heavy hitter…Onfolio – I love [...]

I want to thank everyone who has signed up in support of my online networking event for charity – First Thursday. As a reminder, this premiere event occurs on Thursday, October 2, 2008, which is just 2 days away. All you need is a telephone, an internet connection and 10 bucks. (All proceeds go to charity.) THE WORTHY CAUSE THIS [...]

There is not much time left! Fill out the 2008 Reader Survey and win a Recruitment Juice DVD! — Jason for the benefit of those that do not know you, please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your background. Or better yet, what is your standard bio? With more than 11 years business to business recruiting experience, Jason [...]

My fab 15 for the week: VIDEO: Accomplishing More By Doing Less 1. Umm… wait. Are you talking about me?  2. Merck makes lemonade from lemons  (I think)  3. Cheezhead grades Jigsaw an F- (owch)  4. In NY, jobs increase, but so does unemployment. Catch 22?  5. I agree Alexander, it is a GREAT Recruitment Ad 6. That’s why I’m [...]

I was featured in the article “It takes more than a résumé” that was released in today’s Sunday paper!! I was in the AJC Jobs Section along with a few of my friends; Michael Marlatt and Sherry Heyl. You can click the screenshot below to read the article for yourself, but here are few quotable quotes in the meantime. Michael [...]

SGA Executive Tracker Pro presents… Singing the Misclassification Blues Karen returns from her R4 Conference with confirmed insights about how Recruiters (and the companies that hire and misclassify them) can be sued. Very scary, but its needful knowledge if you run your own Staffing Firm. Tune in now to learn the score. 00:33 – A Word from our sponsor 01:35 [...]

In this episode, Jim takes a break on the wrong day! Why? Well, Guest Host – Marie Journey interviews Chandra Bodapati (CEO of eGrabber) and gets a sneak peek at a Sourcing Tool that will affect the industry in a BIG way. For the record, every Sourcer will want it, but will not want their clients to know that they [...]

For those who are unaware, I do have a 9-to-5, I am the Social Media Development Manager for EnglishCafe. I love my job so much that if it were a woman, I’d be french-kissing it. (Hope that image is not too disturbing for you.)  Well, in my regular gig, I explore a LOT of online tools in search of widgets [...]

Age Discrimination Regulations And Recruitment: 3 Steps To Avoiding The Pitfalls by: Ian Mann The Employment Equality Age Regulations 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006 requiring employers to revolutionise the way they advertise for jobs, interview applicants, and make final selection for employment. These Age Discrimination Regulations will require us to stop judging a person’s ability to do [...]

3 Steps to finding your perfect candidate By: Moises Lopez What recruiter doesn’t dream about the perfect candidate? Especially if you’ve worked long and hard at a difficult assignment for weeks, how does the cliché go? “Been there, done that, got the t-shirt,” you did all of what you set out to do, and run out of fresh leads. Frustrated, [...]

Cold Calling or Consulting: No Time for Both By: Toby Marshall Virtually all training provided to recruiters is about cold calling and transaction selling. It’s the focus of nearly every recruitment conference I’ve been to ” how to get your billings up’. This Rant will help outsiders understand how the industry got to its appalling state. With refreshing honesty, trainer [...]

The Recruiters Lounge is known for a lot of things, but not for supporting worthy causes. This year, I plan to change that. First Thursday from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. The Recruiters Lounge is teaming up with BlitzTime to conduct a series of online networking events to support worthy causes. To join this event, all you will need is a [...]

My fab 15 for the week This week featuring Military Recruiting Videos 1. Wages for IT talent go up, up, up! (in Singapore)  2. Can HR Staff Have Friends at Work?  3. Another One Bites the Dust? 4. Hmm… Does every job board do this? Or just Indeed?  5. Survey says…   6. Cheezhead has seen the future and its litigious 7. Are [...]

Can you name this company? This company has a “Talent Platform” which enables organizations to manage their entire talent lifecycle from applicant tracking through onboarding and beyond through a single web-based application. This company is a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of talent management platforms with over 600 clients.  This company was recently named to the 2008 Inc. 5000 list of [...]

Click here to fill out the 2008 Reader Survey (Thanks!) — Judging by the Tweets, Emails and casual conversations I receive, the economy still sucks, especially if you are an unemployed, under-employed or unhappily employed Recruiter. Not too long ago, I gave a few tips on how Recruiters can find hidden job opportunities during a recession. Well, here are a [...]