PODCAST - The Recruiters Lounge - CareerTV Interview

Posted by Jim Stroud

September 25, 2007

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!

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Speaker

Click here to download this episode of The Recruiters Lounge

speaker Listen to The Recruiters Lounge on the phone: 213-514-5341

speakr - Jim Stroud Search my archive of podcasts with Podzinger

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

ADDITIONAL CREDITS