The Recruiters Lounge

PODCAST – How bad credit keeps you unemployed

Jim Stroud — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:03:01 +0000

The Searchologist Magazine presents How Bad Credit Keeps You Unemployed There is a lot of controversy around employers using credit checks to disqualify a potential employee and I mean A LOT of controversy. Does it make sense that a company hire (or fire for that matter) someone based on their credit? Jim and Karen discuss the issue in an uncharacteristically [...]

According to the FLSA Some Salaried Employees Can Collect Overtime Pay

Jim Stroud — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:45:47 +0000

Everyday I went to work it was another trip into the land of misery. Now don’t get me wrong I liked what I did and I was really good at it. The problem was the constant abuse and belittling attitude of my supervisor and the owner of the company. As a manager I was also required to punch in and [...]

Talent is Worthless, Performance is Priceless

Jim Stroud — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:38:10 +0000

Bill Rubico was a talented Engineer. He graduated at the top of his class from a respected university. Because of his academic achievement he was heavily recruited by many powerful organizations throughout the country. He finally settled on an organization headquartered in Houston, Texas. Everyone believed Bill would be a great addition and all had high expectations. Bill was on [...]

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

Jim Stroud — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:41:02 +0000

The Searchologist Magazine presents… 1. Okay, before I begin, let me ask the obvious question: “Where in the Hell Was HR in the Shirley Sherrod Case at the USDA?” The whole thing was a comedy of errors. Could you even count the HR mistakes made in that whole debacle? Sigh. But I digress… 2. CNN had less to go on [...]

Issue #4 of The Searchologist Magazine Debuts

Jim Stroud — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:13:14 +0000

The Automation Issue This issue is dedicated to the question, “Hey Jim, how can I put resume sourcing and lead generation on automatic because I don’t have time to do all that stuff?” Plus: * How to manage your search strings * How to find programmers worth recruiting * How to get passive candidates to send you their resume and [...]

Recruiter Comics: Joe The Unscrupulous Recruiter

Jim Stroud — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:05:54 +0000

Be on the lookout for Joe – The Unscrupulous Recruiter. He might be at a local jobfair, but most likely he is online somewhere. Related PostsCHRISTMAS COMICS – The Recruiting Life #1 of 5COMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech vs OOFCP (part 1)INDIA: Beware fake recruiting agenciesCOMIC – The Recruiting Life – Geektech vs OOFCP (part 2)COMIC – The [...]

Talent Attraction Strategies Via Use of Twitter

Jim Stroud — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:05:40 +0000

The hiring industry has found a new sense of relief in the discovery of the effective uses of social networking sites in their recruitment processes. Among the widely used social networking site as an online recruitment tool is the Twitter microblogging site. Currently, Twitter has millions of users from all walks of life and from different parts of the world. [...]

College Grads – Everything You Need to Know About Recruiters

Jim Stroud — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:00:07 +0000

Prior to using a recruiter, recent college graduates should know about the industry and make a wise decision as to which route to go. College Grads – Complete Recruiters Handbook So, you’re about to graduate and are in the process of sending your resume out to several jobs. Well, it just so happens that one of the ads you applied [...]

An Interesting Look At The History of The Recruitment Industry

Jim Stroud — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:49:42 +0000

Recruiting began with the military and dates all the way back to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. The birth of the modern recruiting industry, however, did not take place until the 1940′s as a result of WWII. Employment agencies began to advertise for workers who were not obligated to military service in an effort to fill the void in the [...]

5 Salary Secrets Your Company Won’t Tell You

Jim Stroud — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:00:27 +0000

It’s normal to wonder how and why you get paid the salary you do. After all, most employers are not willing to share inside salary information and salary decision methods, without at least a little prodding. So how are wage increases determined in big companies? And how can you use that salary information to your advantage? Let’s take a look at [...]