My Fab 15 for the week… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJmF6f0JdQ[/youtube] 1. The Israelis are blogging. 2. How many people are online? Not as many as you think. 3. Blogs are sooo Resume 2.0 or are they? 4. 10 keys to being a good recruiter 5. India’s best companies to work for 6. Too much of a good thing? 7. Scratch the company’s back [...]
I have been using the LIVE search engine to do resume searches, but have been running into a lot of issues. I would do a search on “inurl:resume C++” and get nothing but a blank screen. Yet, when I perform a search on just “C++” I get results just fine. Grrr… So, I try again with other advanced search queries [...]
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Here is a (partial) list of the biggest spenders of R & D according to Baseline Magazine. Techonology’s Top R&D SPENDING IN 2006 (millions) #1. MICROSOFT - $6,584 2 IBM - $6,1073 INTEL CORP - $5,873 4 HEWLETT PACKARD - $3,591 5 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC – $2,195 6 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC - $2,046 7 ORACLE CORP - $1,872 8 SAP - $1,781 9 GOOGLE INC - $1,228 [...]
At Odds With The Chess Master Jim Stroud matches wits with HR Celebrity – Rob McIntosh over the future of recruiting and in particular – Sourcing. Will Jim’s thought provoking questions distract Rob long enough for Jim to checkmate him? Tune in and find out. This video edition of The Recruiters Lounge is courtesy of the following sponsors: * [...]
Here is a heads-up on a company that was featured in The Recruiters Lounge last year. Featured above: Armando Ruffini & David Shieldhouse Co-founders of Zubka Zubka.com, the world’s first online platform that enables individuals to be remunerated for successfully matching people with job opportunities, has announced that it has hit $1 million in available rewards after just eight months. The figure [...]
  Google, Spam and Employee Liabilities – Oh my! Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss the pending brain drain at Google, Recruiters spamming candidates and the liabilities an employee represents to a company. And oh, Jim Stroud tries to sing again. (Please make him stop) 0:30 - A word from our sponsor – Bountyjobs 1:40 – And now a word from a new sponsor – [...]
When publicly traded companies report financial results, executives typically also provide future guidance, such as the number of new customers they expect for the coming year, or expectations for revenues.Two of India’s leading IT outsourcing firms have added another category to future performance guidance: the size of the salary raises they expect to give. Faced with the constant threat of [...]
If you are a recruiter who is about to start your own business and debt is already an issue for you, this video (while funny) is the best advice I can give you. Enjoy… Related PostsFree call-in job advice from December 26-29A VIDEO CLASSiC – ManamanahBEAUTY is in the eye of the employerNeed a job? Let’s talk about it…Ethical Behavior [...]
Discovered an interesting resource the other day and thought I would share. From the website… Anyone who has had to navigate the maze of an IVR system with it’s “Press 1 for blah, 2 for blah blah and 3 for blah blahâ€? instructions will share our frustration and yearning for the good old days when phones were answered by humans [...]




