Archive for June, 2008

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

My Fab 15 of the week (and then some…)
*Note: With Bill Gates retiring and all the speculation on who will be the heir apparent after Steve Jobs makes his eventual exodus, I thought the next 3 videos would be the right thing to share. I hope you enjoy them as well as all of my [...]


A quick meet, then back to tweets

I interrupt this special week of Tweeting, to post a note about an Online Recruitment Survey that I was supposed to mention prior to my “One Solid Week of Tweets” experiment. (Sorry). Well, this is the deal…

How relevant are Online Job Boards these days?
How many qualified candidates do you actually find on these Job [...]


One Solid Week of Tweets

If you are going to recruit using Social Media, I suggest that you add Twitter to your strategy. Why?
2 reasons:

Its popular and where people are, so are passive prospects.
See previous comment.

In case you are not aware of it, I Tweet. Maybe not as much as some, but I do my fair share. In [...]


Weblin is the Shiznit! Get yours now…

Due to the proliferation of social networks, there has been a lot of talk about data portability lately. In a nutshell, data portability means that I could have one account for several online webservices. For example, if I was logged into my Facebook account and decided to hop over to MySpace, I would not have [...]


Twitter Tweets about Sourcecon as of June 19, 2008

jlanghan: SCGN = SourceCon Grandmaster Network
2008-04-29 14:11:14 · Reply · View

SourcerKelly: Checking out SourceCon, surprised that all the Speakers are men! Where are all the fab women source guru’s?
2008-04-26 20:50:11 · Reply · View

jlanghan: SourceCon Grandmaster Network FTW.
2008-04-24 14:01:42 · Reply · View

andreamitchell: Trying to think of a way that I can get to [...]


Twitter Tweets about Recruiting as of June 19, 2008

natehuston: Reading an email from Octagon Global Recruiting
2008-06-19 13:26:16 · Reply · View

mikegee: Octagon Global Recruiting Email http://flickr.com/photos/mikegee/2592896138/
2008-06-19 13:18:17 · Reply · View

mvmarini: Anybody know any good candidates for a Product Manager position with a ladder company? I’m dying to be done with recruiting.
2008-06-19 13:18:16 · Reply · View

arthurgeek: Acabei de receber um e-mail da [...]


Twitter Tweets about social media recruiting as of June 19, 2008

smheadhunter: Bill Vick’s Video interview of the social media headhunter (me) at Extreme Recruiting TV - http://tinyurl.com/5l4grf
2008-05-22 19:03:33 · Reply · View

smheadhunter: @infosourcer - its for BlogWorldExpo -we’re pitching our recruiting experience as a draw for social media candidate to learn how to get jobs
2008-05-17 00:15:31 · Reply · View

smheadhunter: Call in now to share [...]


Twitter Tweets about recruiting as of June 19, 2008

alanzeyes: @eskimo_sparky I was recruiting for a sales position at the time. Out of 12, only 1 of them wore a suit & showered that day. He got the job
2008-06-20 03:12:54 · Reply · View

latesttechstory: Microsoft’s HR department asks, “How do I Facebook?” [Recruiting] - Facebook now allows advertisers to target u… -> http://g8l.us/bim
2008-06-19 [...]


Twitter Tweets about sourcecon as of June 19, 2008

shrinivas2g: Asking Dad to sponsor me for SourceCon 08… skint for the flight tickets
2008-05-12 13:16:16 · Reply · View

Infosourcer: VIDEO - Is this a SourceCon clue? /Jim Stroud 2.0/ - An anonymous source forwarded me the video below. There … http://tinyurl.com/4f6aar
2008-05-12 00:06:02 · Reply · View

SJDelaney: VIDEO - Is this a SourceCon clue? /Jim [...]


How To Get Your Business On Google, Yahoo and MSN Maps

I was looking for a Pizza joint nearest to my friend’s house and decided to use Google Maps to find it. Shortly after finding the information I wanted, I started to wonder how many resumes could I find on a local search. How many? Not so much…
I then began to wonder to myself, “Self, [...]