Jim Stroud’s The Recruiters Lounge

About

In March 2008, the HR blog “JimStroud.com” (aka JimStroud 2.0) rebranded itself as The Recruiters Lounge. At this writing, it is written by Jim Stroud (and friends) and explores the wacky world of employment with articles, podcasts, videos, comics and more.

Who is 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.  During his 3-year tenure with Microsoft, he served as a Technical Sourcing Consultant and was a regular contributor to Microsoft’s Technical Careers Blog. He is presently a Social Media Development Manager for a Silicon Valley Startup currently in stealth mode.

What follows are highlights of Jim Stroud’s blogging/professional career over the past few years.

[2008 in Review]

• Rebranded JimStroud.com to “The Recruiters Lounge”
• Launched the consumer technology blog - I Live Online
• Invited back to MC the global sourcing conference - SourceCon 2008
• Launched The Job Search Strategist - a blog of jobhunting tips and strategies

[2007 IN REVIEW]

• Nominated for a RecruitingBlogs.com’s Blogging Award
• Nominated for a HireAbility’s 2007 Recruiter of the Year Award
• MC for SourceCon2007 - global premier conference for the Sourcing Community
• Relaunched “The Day In Recruiting” which now tracks 300+ blogs, podcasts and news stories
• Redesigned my comic strip “The Recruiting Life”
• Cited by The HR Capitalist as a Top HR Blog
• Cited by JobMatchbox as a Top Recruiting Blog
• Cited by Alexa as being among the Top 25 Recruiting Blogs
• Launched a podcast - “The Big Idea” on Kennedy Information’s Recruiting Trends website
• Switched hosting companies due to the amount of traffic JimStroud.com was receiving.
• Released a series of training videos that explained how to reseach the internet for resumes, passive candidates and how to automate (some of) the sourcing process.
• Launched the video version of “The Recruters Lounge”
• Created multiple recruitment videos and podcasts to promote Microsoft opportunities
• Traveled to India to train recruiters how to source passive candidates from the internet
• Virtually trained multiple recruiting teams in Latin America and Asia Pacific countries on sourcing strategies and techniques
• My comic “The Recruiting Life” was nominated by Gnomz for “Best Ongoing Comic Series” and “Best Newcomer of 2006”
• Published my 100^th comic strip of The Recruiting Life
• Published my 50^th podcast episode of The Recruiters Lounge
• Launched the video edition of The Recruiters Lounge
• Produced multiple podcasts and videos for Microsoft’s “Technical Careers at Microsoft Jobs Blog”
• My blog was 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)
• Debuted the “2007 Resume Sourcing Survey,” a free industry whitepaper.
• My “other site” TheDayInRecruiting.com was cited by Workforce Magazine
• Presented at Microsoft’s Global Staffing Summit
• Launched video-on-demand training series - “The Recruiters Guide.”

[2006 IN REVIEW]

• My blog - “Jim Stroud 2.0″ was nominated for a “Best Blog Award” by Recruiting.com and was cited as being among the top 10 of all recruiting blogs.
• Launched - The Day In Recruiting, a one page guide to buzz in the recruitment industry.
• Received a best blog award from Chimby.
• My sourcing contest - “Can you find my doggy?” yields 13 winners and a LOT of buzz.
• ERE hosted oneof my podcasts
• Quoted in Red Herring Magazine and Fast Company
• My podcast, “The Recruiters Lounge” was syndicated by the Radio Talent Zoo network.
• Sold my first blog - “Jobseekers Revenge” to CollegeRecruiter.com.
• Created “The Recruiting Life,” the first comic strip dedicated to the recruiting industry.
• Interviewed and cited in the book “Happy About: Linked In For Recruiting.”

[2005 IN REVIEW]

• While at Google, staffing organization was ranked #18 out of a list of “Top 25 Companies in Recruiting and Talent” by the Electronic Recruiting Exchange (ERE).
• Left Google to Join Microsoft as a “Technical Sourcing Consultant.”
• Regular blogger on Microsoft’s Technical Careers Blog
• Launched “Digability,” a series of training guides and blog coaching recruiters on how to best leverage the internet.
• Cited multiple times by Electronic Recruiting Exchange and Online Recruiting Magazine.
• Cited in a frontpage article of The Wall Street Journal
• Nominated for multiple blog awards by Recruiting.com. Won “Best Job Seeker Blog” and “Best Group Blog” due to his contributions on Microsoft’s Technical Careers Blog

[SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS]

• Panel Member: “Insight into Online Recruitment - The Bloggers perspective” during the OnRec 2007 Global Summit For Online Recruitment
• MC for SourceCon2007 - global premier conference for the Sourcing Community
• Collective Intelligence, Collaboration and User-Generated Content Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum (2007)
• Current Tools & Trends in Internet Recruiting The Technology Association of Georgia - Recruiting Society (2007)
• How to Blog Your Way Into A Job (and make some money in the meantime!) Saint Catherine of Siena Career Ministry (2006)
• Trends in Blogging and Online Social Networking The Technology Association of Georgia (June 2005)
• How to Blog Your Way Into A Job Re:Focus On Careers (2005)
• The Future of You The WebChallenge 2005 KickOff Event (2005)
• All Sourcing, All the Time AIRS - Atlanta Sourcing Summit (2004)
• Wooing The Passive Candidate AutoTrader (2004)
• Your Career and The Global Economy Southern Center for International Studies (2004)
• Building Communities of Candidates Technlogy Association of GA (2004)
• Jobhunting Is A Team Sport CobbWorks! Career Assistance Network (2004)
• The Layoff Lounge (2004)
• Kettering Career Network (2004)
• Creating Your Jobsearch Strategy Saint Catherine of Siena Career Ministry (2004)
• How Do I Find A Job When The Economy Sucks? *Innovative jobsearch strategies for tough economic times. LEAP (2003) - Speaker Atlanta IT Alliance (2002) The Layoff Lounge (2002) GA Department Of Labor (2002)
• A Day In The Life Of Startups *The good, bad and the ugly of working for dot-com companies. University Of Ga (2001) Emory University (2001)

[IN THE NEWS]

• PR News Wire: CareerTV and CollegeRecruiter Sign a Partnership to Increase Services to College Students (October 2007)
• Globe and Mail: Musings That Matter: Blog To A Job (May 2007)
• Bullhorn’s “2007 Tools of The Trade” Study Becomes Buzz of The Blogs (May 2007)
• Are Hacking Contests Good or Evil? (May 2007)
• Red Herring: Pay Per Job Referral (Oct 2006)
• Fast Company: Use Online Networks to Find Your Star Employee (May 2006)
• CollegeRecruiter.com Acquires Jobseekers Revenge from Microsoft Recruiter, Jim Stroud (May 2006)
• WSJ: Talent Search: Google’s Growth Helps Ignite Silicon Valley Hiring Frenzy (Nov 2005)
• A Great Idea That Will Never Happen (Aug 2005)
• Why Social Networks don’t work (July 2005)
• Lessons From Sourcing Leaders (2005)
• Dig Deeper to Uncover The Greatest Job Leads (2004)
• Job boards are only one small part of the job search (2003)
• Fresh ideas to make online job boards work for you (2003)
• Beware Jobseeker’s Revenge! (2002)
• How To Do It (2001)