Archive for September, 2007

VIDEO - The Recruiters Lounge - Hanging Out at OnRec2007 (Part 2)

Hanging Out at OnRec2007

Jim Stroud hangs out at OnRec2007 and chats it up with various HR Technology vendors.

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PODCAST-The RECRUITERS LOUNGE - Career Daze

The Day In Recruiting presents…

Career Daze
Not once did anyone say, “When I grow up, I want to be a recruiter!” Jim Stroud discusses his “Career Day” experience with Doug Beabout. Jim wonders if children will ever aspire to become Recruiters, or will it continue to be a profession that people stumble into? Tune in to [...]


VIDEO - The Recruiters Lounge - Hanging Out at OnRec2007 (Part1)

Hanging Out at OnRec2007

Jim Stroud hangs out at OnRec2007 to meet thoughtleaders, network with his peers and to hunt down the best swag.

The Recruiters Lounge - Hanging Out at OnRec2007 (Part 1 of 2) from Jim Stroud on Vimeo.

 
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The Care and Feeding of Candidates

Here is another great article from Howard Adamsky! Enjoy…
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The Care and Feeding of Candidates
A Primer on Making a Good First Impression
Treating candidates well when they come to interview is very important. The candidate must feel welcomed by everyone with whom they come in contact from the person at the front door to the CEO. Bad [...]


America’s Tech future does not look good

Umm… uh oh!
WASHINGTON—The topic was education and the talk was not optimistic at the Institute for a Competitive Workforce’s Sept. 25 workshop. A part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ICW drew several hundred participants to its event, held with the goal of promoting effective and sustainable business and education/work force partnerships.
“Our continued leadership is [...]


MC Kevin Whee’ and The Cheezhead Crew

With all of the hype around SourceCon2007, I forgot to mention that I was speaking at the Online Recruiting Expo in San Francisco. Good times there as well, as evident by the video below. (Smile)
In case you don’t know, in the car with me were legends from the blogosphere and the recruiting world: Gerry Crispin, [...]


PODCAST - The Recruiters Lounge - CareerTV Interview

The Day In Recruiting presents…

Monster, Recessions and Alcohol-free Interviews
Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss employment videos, video resumes and the OFCCP with Jim Buttimer of CareerTV.
Special thanks to my friends over at FreeIQ!
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PODCAST-Careersite Innovations

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The “real” reason why women are not enrolling in computer science classes

Wow! What an interesting theory! Let me know your thoughts?
SEATTLE — For more than a decade, academics and technology executives have been frowning at the widening gender gap in computer science. Everyone has a theory, but no one has managed to attract many more women.
Now, some computer science researchers say one solution may lie in [...]


The Week In Recruiting (Reading the blogs, so you don’t have to…)

My fab 15 for the week…

1. Much respect to Deloitte for cooking this one up!!! 2. An EXCEL-lent way to email the masses 3. What is it about my yelling that you do not understand? 4. You have 5 seconds to wow me 5. Who cares if you are creative? 6. Is sourcing taking away [...]