. Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, one of the earliest computer programmmers and widow of ENIAC and UNIVAC co-inventor John Mauchly recently died at age 85. She and other women mathmeticians were recruited to work on the secret ENIAC computer during WW2. Since then Antonelli contributed to the understanding of early computer history through speeches and articles. Follow this link to [...]

This is an old post, but still relevant I think. I would never condone using this technology for sourcing candidates or competitive intelligence, but if I were Jack Bauer… Check out this snippet… Watching the news these past few weeks, you would think that hackers have taken over our cellphones. From the Paris Hilton phone hack (which was not Bluetooth-based), [...]

The United States government is planning to spend roughly $13M USD on computers from Lenovo. The company, famous for buying up IBM’s PC manufacturing arm, is working on a deal with the US government to produce roughly 16,000 computers. Just recently, the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission (USCC) has requested that Lenovo be probed for any concerns about possible spying, [...]

Ummm… uhhh…. comments? A D.C. district court has allowed a “transgenderâ€? federal employee to sue for sex discrimination under Title VII. The court ruled there were issues requiring factual development, and therefore denied a motion to dismiss. This ruling does not ensure an ultimate victory for the plaintiff, but merely allows litigation to proceed. The basic facts raised in the [...]

Okay, this was too funny, not to share… Hob Gadling says: “If you’ve visited India, you’ll know that driving is akin to a martial art. (They don’t give black belts yet, but they should!) Here’s a video I found on ‘It Rocks Everything’ showing a small intersection in India. Things to look out for: * The pedestrian momentarily trapped between [...]

I have over 9 years of recruitment research and yet, I am still learning new tricks. Check out this cool trick I picked up from “The Australian Wonder” – Rob McIntosh. . Imagine finding the resume of the perfect candidate only to find out that they were not swayed by your pitch and are quite happy where they are. But [...]

I was recently a guest on Bill Vick’s XtremeRecruiting Podcast. I had a blast! Bill you are a class act. Click the screenshot below to check out my 15 minutes of cyberfame. Technorati Tags: recruiting, hr, podcast Related PostsPODCAST – Bill Vick interviews Jim StroudPodcast – Bill Vick – Happy About Linked In For RecruitingCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – [...]

This post marks my 300th post! Yay! That’s it… Nothing else to say. Related PostsWhy? Just because I can… Why aren’t you?JimStroud.com is now… TheRecruitersLounge.comA great example of recruiting with Social MediaRecruiting.com made my day!Why would you pay to post jobs in this economy?Send article as PDF to

I was recently a guest on Bill Vick’s XtremeRecruiting Podcast. I had a blast! Bill you are a class act. Click the screenshot below to check out my 15 minutes of cyberfame. Related PostsPODCAST – Bill Vick interviews Jim StroudPodcast – Bill Vick – Happy About Linked In For RecruitingCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – 100th episode and counting…A quick [...]

Big shout-out to my buddy Gretchen Ledgard (and former moongal – Zoe) on their new online venture – Job Syntax. Here is a sneak peek to what these two Wonder Women have going on. The tech boom is back. The battle for top jobs and top talent is heating up, and you need experts on your side. JobSyntax bridges the [...]