PODCAST - The Recruiters Lounge - Monster, Recessions and Alcohol-free interviews
The Day In Recruiting presents…
Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss the hack attack at Monster.com, the pending (?) recession and what it means for Recruiters and Alcohol-free Interviews!
00:26 - This episode brought to you by WorkGiant
02:55 - Amybeth is a sweetheart
07:05 - Insourcing, many companies are comaing back home
10:10 - fouth straight weekly loss
13:28 - they don’t realize that sometimes a recession is a good thing to have
15:25 - its really a market readjustment back to normal levels
19:33 - that was kind of soft compared to the 1990’s
22:52 - the scariest thing about Greenspan is that he is not elected
26:54 - a quick break from our sponsor - BountyJobs
30:15 - Monster was hacked and it made the national news
33:00 - their PR group is sleeping at the wheel
37:39 - I have to hear and feel that Monster cares
42:10 - here is the ebig question, “Will Monster go away?”
45:11 - Who would buy Monster if Monster was on the block?
48:12 - They don’t want recruiters serving alcohol?
50:56 - some companies are not serving alcohol at Christmas parties
52:15 - See you at SourceCon!
Special thanks to my friends over at FreeIQ!
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ABOUT THE HOSTS
Karen Mattonen
As a recruiter, entrepreneur, and public speaker, Karen Mattonen is a voice of reason and sensibility in today’s recruiting community. Her doing-well-by- doing-right philosophy is shaking up the status quo in an industry that needs to be shaken. She does this with conviction, leadership, and a distinctive voice that cries out for change. Karen has a new and future oriented vision of what recruiting can and should become: a profession we can be proud of for its ethical standing, professional conduct and ability to build great organizations.
Karen participates very actively in recruiting discussions relating to ethics, legal issues, and industry self-regulation. Her passionate and tireless advocacy has led her to create Recruiting Standards Solutions, LLC, a company dedicated to providing training to the recruiting and staffing industries, with a special focus on the ethical and legal dimensions. She lives on the west coast with her husband, her swimming pool and her passion to fix what is broken.
Jim Stroud
Jim Stroud is a “Searchologist” with an expertise in the full life-cycle placement of Executive and Technical personnel, Recruitment Research and Competitive Intelligence. He has consulted for such companies as Google, Siemens, MCI and a host of start-up companies. He presently serves Microsoft as a Technical Sourcing Consultant and is a regular contributor to Microsoft’s Technical Careers Blog.
Jim Stroud was nominated (and a top 10 finalist) for a “Best Blog Award” for his blog – Jim Stroud 2.0, by Recruiting.com in 2006 and cited in Bullhorn’s Research Report: Tools of The Trade 2007 as being among the best blogs on the recruiting industry (50,000 staffing and recruiting professionals were surveyed). His podcast series – “The Recruiters Lounge” recently aired its 50th episode. His comicstrip series – “The Recruiting Life” has also celebrated its 100th edition and was nominated for “Best Ongoing Comic Series” and “Best Newcomer of 2006” by Gnomz, a community of Comic creators. Jim Stroud also trains recruiters on how to source the internet for passive candidates and has trained recruiting organizations worldwide. His experience in using the internet to find hidden talent spans a decade. Jim Stroud can reached via his website: www.jimstroud.com
Jim Stroud can reached via his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimstroud
ARTICLES REFERENCED IN THIS PODCAST
- Indian outsourcers start to feel subprime fallout
- Lehman closes mortgage subsidiary
- Job losses spike as US mortgage firms feel downturn
- Businesses may keep their wallets closed
- US subprime crisis hits Indian outsourcing companies handling mortgage processing
- Temp hiring falls for 6th straight month
- This is what Monster should have done after they were hacked
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Comments
OMG,
Thanks for responding to the podcast. Nice to know that you are out there listening and taking notes.
Am I an expert on the economy? Obviously not, but I enjoy speculating about it. Be that as it may, Greenspan still has a lot of influence and still makes headlines regardless of his employment position, yes?
I hope others that are listening and reading this post take time to chime in as well. Conversations are what the podcasting is all about. Whether you agree, disagree or shake your head in disbelief, I am grateful that you listened and thought enough to comment.
Cheers,
Jim Stroud
Two “experts” on how the economy will effect recruiters who don’t even know that Alan Greenspan is no longer the Fed Chairman, and has not been for over a year and a half.
Makes it hard to take anything that you two say seriously.