PODCAST - The Recruiters Lounge - Stagflation sucks

Posted by Jim Stroud

February 27, 2008

In case you did not know… Stagflation sucks!

Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss “Stagflation” and how it affects the recruiting industry (and life in general.) Also, be careful how you classify your workers because it just might cost you a billion dollars. (Yeah, that’s billion with a
“B.”) If you hire consultants, you CAN NOT miss this episode. Plus we react to your letters. (Keep ‘em comin’) All this and the usual bickering and bantering you’ve come to love here at - The Recruiters Lounge.

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01:34 - Name that tune
01:57 - Looking as lovely as she’ll ever be
03:35 - Will end up in a negative equity position, owing more than their house is worth
06:27 - We had a tremendous amount of pink slips out last year
10:20 - Millions of Americans have been displaced because of H-1B visas
14:33 - These guys are getting paid 30% less! And then Forbes said…
17:04 - Instead of staying here, it goes back to family in India
22:22 - If you are a Consultant, you can’t have a desk on a company site and sit there?
25:35 – I call that pimping.
28:49 - You hire a contractor to paint your house. Are you going to interview their employees?
33:10 - Whatever you do for one person, you do for everyone else as well.
36:04 - $319,000,000.00 (USD) tax bill from the IRS
36:35 - They said the Teamster thing is going to cost Fedex about a billion dollars
38:00 - We got an email I would like to address by the way
39:33 - I know for a fact that this company has done a lot to improve their…

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Karen Mattonen CAC, CSP

Karen Mattonen Karen is an experienced, successful recruiter who operates her own business and is actively involved in many industry organizations and activities. Her recruiting career began with Snelling Corporation. In 1998, after a successful tenure as a recruiter with Snelling, Karen struck out on her own, founding Advanced Career Solutions (ACS). ACS focuses on recruiting for the HVAC Industry. Karen has achieved accreditation as a California Accredited Consultant (CAC) through California Staffing Professionals. She has also gained her Certified Staffing Professional Certificate (CSP) through American Staffing Professionals. (www.americanstaffing.net)

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. 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 was a co-creator of the landmark webinar event – “EEOC Discrimination Debate.” This event featured senior members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and staffing industry experts discussing and debating difficult issues about discrimination in today’s workplace environment. Company executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and human resource professionals from across the United States were invited to participate in the free Webinar and live panel discussion. Karen also served as one of the panelists on the discussion team in the March, 2006 event.

As co-host of the popular podcast “The Recruiters Lounge,”Karen discusses her frank opinions on the recruitment industry with her co-host, Jim Stroud

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

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