Archive for March, 2008
How to source resumes from Google Base
Its been awhile since I’ve played (or even looked at) Google Base. Its been in beta a loong time. From my best recollection, Google Base lets you post classifieds (Housing, Products, Recipes, et cetera) en masse. Users can then search through the various ads and buy your stuff. For example, below is the homepage for [...]
JimStroud.com is now… TheRecruitersLounge.com
Just in case you are reading this in a RSS feed or in email, I just redirected my domain and every blog post to TheRecruitersLounge.com. (Please check it out.) The decision to move everything here was something I have been going back in forth in my mind for some time now, but I believe it [...]
The Week In Recruiting (Reading the blogs, so you don’t have to)
My Fab 15 for the week…
This would make networking at Conferences a whole lot quieter
1. “The Great One” shows you how its done 2. Recruiters do it all the time, so why shouldn’t the cops? 3. Its translated, “Shake your booty” 4. Things are looking good in Singapore 5. Top 10 Countries by Number of [...]
Wal-Mart Sues Ex-employee for $470,000.00
A brain-damaged former employee of Walmart is ordered to pay $470,000.00 to their former employer. (WTF?!) Is this fair? Check out the video below and decide for yourself.
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This is how you layoff your employees
I stumbled across a most EXCELLENT ad on Craig’s List and had to share it. Oh, if only more companies were this benevolent when swinging their downsizing axes.
Yesterday I had to do one of the more difficult things — lay off three of my good friends, all of whom are talented and professional developers.
I’m posting [...]
