Advanced Keyword Strategies for Recruiters (C) 2006: Jim Stroud Part 3 of 3 In my last post, I showed you how to find additional job titles relevant to your search and how to deal with acronyms. 6. People often search multiple words or phrases that are associated with other words or phrase. For example, someone looking up information on cars [...]

Advanced Keyword Strategies (C) 2006: Jim Stroud Part 2 of 3 In my last post, I showed you how to find resumes with words common to most resumes and how to source resumes prepared by Resume Writers. 3. Shakespeare said, “A rose is a rose by any other name.” The same logic applies to job titles. Sure a Software Engineer [...]

Advanced Keyword Strategies for Recruiters (C) 2006: Jim Stroud Are you versed in keywordese? Keywordese is the ability to implement keywords in a search engine to find a desired result. It can apply to anything, but it is generally associated with finding resumes (at least since I started this blog class.) Now at first you may be thinking that you [...]

In this podcast: Steven speaks! Jim Stroud chats with Steven Rothberg, President and Founder of CollegeRecruiter.com. Listen in to hear how Steven took CollegeRecruiter.com to the big leagues with blogs, podcasting and sheer force of will. Click here to download this episode of “The Recruiters Lounge” podcast Click here to listen to “The Recruiters Lounge” archive of podcasts. Click here [...]

I read a lot, I blog a lot. Here are my fab 15 for the week of August 21, 2006. 1. It is with a tearful eye that I bid a fond farewell this week to the great BlogSwap experiment sponsored by JobSyntax and Recruiting.com. When I think of all the comments made on these posts, I laugh, I cry [...]

Wow! I never thought that I would do this strip for this long, but its so much fun and you guys are so supportive that I can’t stop. Thanks to everyone for sending in your kudos, comments and ideas. Now, let’s see how the next 50 will turn out. – Jim Related PostsCOMIC – I knew the recession was serious [...]

Hmm… If Barney Pell has his way, keyword searching for resumes may be a thing of the past. I’m watching this guy. Check out a snippet from an article I just read… ..snip-snip… In the eyes of a search engine, the Web is essentially a body of words on billions of pages, along with the hyperlinks that connect the words. [...]

I wish I had an office set up like one of these spaces. That would be so cool… (You gotta love those wide screens.) Here is another one that would make my day. Can you imagine paying an XBOX on this set up? Check out these other geeky set ups. Nice… You’ll find marketing jobs in Canada at HigherBracket.ca. Related [...]

  The Recruiters Lounge features another “He Said, She said” segment! In this podcast:   “What are the liabilities in placing contractors on-site?”   Jim Stroud asks, “Do you know how much money recruiters are making these days?” (I heard it was a million dollars.) Karen Mattonen cites Staffing as a high-growth industry. But the big discussion was on the [...]

I was blogging in the shower when I cam across this. I thought it was interesting, but did not apply to me. (Wink) *** Taking your BlackBerry on vacation with you? Or to the kids’ soccer game? How about the business cell phone? Technology keeps workers connected 24/7. If that sounds like an employer’s dream come true, think again: according [...]