Archives for: April 2009
The Recruiters Lounge was cited among the Top 50 HR Blogs to Watch in 2009

In the category of, “Wow. How nice. Thank you,” The Recruiters Lounge was cited among the Top 50 HR Blogs to watch in 2009 by Evan Carmichael. EvanCarmichael.com is the Internet’s #1 resource for small business motivation and strategies. With over 385,000 monthly visitors, 3,750 contributing authors, and 60,000 pages of content no website shares more profiles of famous entrepreneurs [...]

By Jim Stroud with 2 comments
How to track the Unemployment Rate of US Cities with Google

Google just launched a very useful feature that you should add to your bag of tricks. Here is a quote from their blog: We just launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data. So for example, when comparing Santa Clara county data to the national unemployment rate, it becomes clear not only that [...]

By Jim Stroud with 0 comments
How to track people who leave malicious comments on your blog

I like to think of myself as a nice guy, but of course, I can not please all the people all of the time. Case in point, someone committed identity fraud on my blog earlier today. Here is a picture of the infraction: Umm… I have made the expletive invisible since I like to keep my content at a certain [...]

By Jim Stroud with 11 comments
Why Invest in Training During an Economic Downturn?

Let me start by saying that it’s a tough question. Many businesses over the past six months have closed their doors whilst many others are trying their very best to weather the current downturn. It seems organisations are doing this in many ways, mass redundancies and slashing budgets left right and centre. The top of the list of budget cuts [...]

By Jim Stroud with 1 comment
These are the highest and lowest paying states (for Construction Laborers)

I was going through some stats over at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and came across these numbers, so I thought I would share. Below is a list of States who pay the most (on average) for various Construction Laborers. ——————————————————————————————- Construction Laborers ——————————————————————————————- Alaska $21.48 South Dakota $10.95 New York $ 21.28 New Mexico $ 10.83 Hawaii $ 21.28 [...]

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These are the highest and lowest paying states (for Financial Jobs)

I was going through some stats over at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and came across these numbers, so I thought I would share.  Below is a list of States who pay the most (on average) for various Financial jobs. ——————————————————————————————- Financial managers ——————————————————————————————- New York :  $66.20 Oklahoma   $35.62 New Jersey  $59.82 Mississippi $ 34.60 Delaware $ 56.21 [...]

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For Employers – Low-Priced Craigslist Job Postings Can Contain a Hidden Cost

Craigslist has built a reputation as a great resource of free and low-cost classifieds online, especially among company recruiters operating with limited budgets. But as the years pass, it’s become clear that relying on Craigslist to fill local job openings may require more time and money than its reputation suggests. In fact, in many cases, using a traditional job board [...]

By Jim Stroud with 1 comment
10 No-Cost Ways to Recognize Employees

Turn on any nightly newscast and you will hear the doom-and-gloom predictions of an economic recession just around the corner. Reactions inside organizations run the gamut from “Things are great. Go Team Go!” to “Stop all spending now!” based on manager leadership styles and their comfort level with potential high-risk changes. One of the first places you will be asked [...]

By Jim Stroud with 3 comments
PODCAST – Karen Mattonen Fights Back

Karen Mattonen Fights Back Karen Mattonen sounds off about her critics, while Jim retorts with sage advice. (In a nutshell, stop making them money. Duh!) Plus, did you know that doing a background search on a candidate makes you (sort of) a Credit Reporting Agency? And as a result, you have to be wary of a few things. Plus, guess [...]

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Global Economic Recession, Lay-offs and Its Impact on You – Survival of the Fittest

Introduction Most of the countries all over the world are going through this phase of economic recession. Many old and big companies have already been brought down on their knees to bite the dust. Many companies as well as countries have become bankrupt or are on the verge of it. Millions and millions of people have lost their jobs. Many [...]

By Jim Stroud with 2 comments