It’s happening all over: A woman is laid off while she’s pregnant and finds herself job-hunting as her due date approaches. Another woman’s organization tanks, and she finds herself out of work just as she realizes that that she’s expecting. A third finds her consulting business too slow to sustain her financially, so she starts a job search during her [...]

Doostang helps prestigious employers reach the best candidates for jobs that require an elite academic/employment pedigree. Employers can post their jobs through Doostang, and hiring managers can join the network directly to interact with our members.

ATTENTION: RECRUITERS – How to Recruit with YouTube. Click here to download the video. — Millennials in the Workplace In episode #126, Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss free speech and Millennials in the workplace with nationally recognized business and workplace author and speaker – Alexandra Levit. Be sure to follow Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen on Twitter. (Length: 42:21) [...]

Graduating from college can be a great experience. It can also be a scary one, as leaving the comforts of a college campus and community for the real world can be a big shock. Part of that transition is finding a job that will utilize your new skills and hopefully start you on a successful career path. Here are 100 [...]

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age. The ADEA’s protections apply to both employees and job applicants. Under the ADEA, it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because of his/her age with respect to any term, condition, or privilege of employment, [...]

I was invited to speak at the Technology Association of GA (and what a blast it was)! I met a lot of new people, shook hands with old friends and (somehow) managed to keep everyone awake discussing how I used YouTube as a Recruiting tool back in the days of when I was a Technical Sourcing Consultant for Microsoft. I [...]

The statistics of people loosing their jobs because of the economic recession in the last few months is unbelievable. Recession, which put the entire wheel of economic slowdown in motion, has affected not just the big countries such as U.S.A, but has had a ripple effect world over. Experts say that this is just the beginning of the global recession [...]

I was doing a quick vanity search on my name (yeah, I admit to doing that sometimes) and at first saw nothing that I had not seen before. (Go figure) But then I scroll down to the bottom of the page and see… Wow! I have known about Google Profiles for awhile now, although the press has only recently got [...]

Are you surprised when, either as an employee or as a candidate for employment you are not treated with courtesy and respect by Human Resources? Have you ever been the victim of poor communications, inadequate and / or careless responses to your queries, or even the reaction by HR personnel that you’re bothering busy and important people? Isn’t it sad that [...]

Never Work For Free In episode #125, Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen debate the shady (?) practice of companies who solicit free consultation from jobseekers too eager to please. How far should a jobseeker go to please a potential employer before saying “enough is enough?” How much longer will companies ask interviewees for solutions to present-day issues, not hire that [...]

Unemployment figures are at an all time high and companies continue on the course of downsizing. So should your company actual be hiring when most organizations are scaling back? If your organization wants to be one of the key players when the economy turns around, then the time to prepare for the turnaround is right now. Three important things to [...]

ResumeFinder is a passive candidate sourcing tool that searches for resumes from Internet communities, free resume sites, social networking sites and more using Google™, Yahoo®, Live®, Altavista™ and AlltheWeb. It includes an extensive library of search strings developed by search experts to locate desired profiles. All you need to do is type in simple keywords and results from multiple searches [...]

Jim Stroud chats with Michael Marlatt about SnapTell, a consumer product that can be leveraged for Recruiting. Click here to watch the video or click on the video below. Related PostsVIDEO – Michael Marlatt and Cloud RecruitingWow! I was featured in The Atlanta Journal and ConstitutionSourceCon – Michael Marlatt, a star is born…Does your company have a mobile recruiting strategy? [...]

By now most economists and armchair experts agree we’re in a recession. What both the educated and lay pundits find more difficult to agree upon are the answers to troubling questions like “How deep will the recession be?” and “How long will it last?” Estimates for recovery vary wildly from the blackly dismal to the rosily optimistic. It seems the [...]