The Recruiters Lounge

Now You Can Apply For a Job On Twitter Without Leaving Twitter

The Recruiters Lounge — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:21 +0000

In an earlier blog post, I shared with you a new Twitter tool for lead generation and how it could be used for recruiting. Well, guess what? Someone else had the same idea and actually implemented it. And better yet, they agreed to share their data. In a word… wow! This new advert function from [...]

Social Recruiting: A New Twitter Tool for Lead Generation

The Recruiters Lounge — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:35:46 +0000

Twitter is testing out a “Lead Generation Card” and I for one think its a wonderful thing. So, what does it do? From the Twitter blog… “When someone expands your Tweet, they see a description of the offer and a call to action. Their name, @username, and email address are already pre-filled within the Card. [...]

Social Recruiting: How To Recruit with Twitter Trends

The Recruiters Lounge — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:26 +0000

Twitter is a website that I cannot geek without. I am on it waaaaay more than I should be but if loving Twitter is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. (Hmmm… did I just date myself by quoting that song lyric?) Well, hmm… where was I? Oh yeah! Twitter. One thing I like about Twitter [...]

Are you recruiting on Google Plus?

The Recruiters Lounge — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:32:35 +0000

Google Bets Analytics Will Boost Google+ Fortunes (via slashdot) You can’t fault Google for lack of ambition. When the company behind the world’s most pervasive search engine launched its Google Plus (often written as Google+) social network in 2011, it clearly did so with an eye toward eclipsing Facebook, the world’s most pervasive social Website. [...]

How To Find Programmers Worth Recruiting

The Recruiters Lounge — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:25:25 +0000

I was approached recently with an interesting question. “Jim,” they said, “I need to find some open source programmers, game developers actually, but I only have time to recruit the very best.” “Umm… un huh,” I replied. “How can I find a programmer that is worth recruiting,” he asked and when on to say, “especially [...]

Qatar banking on finance professionals from overseas

The Recruiters Lounge — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:32:19 +0000

Nothing beats real-life experience. There’s no substitute for actually living and working in a foreign land for a couple of years to gain meaningful insight into the culture of a country. A two-week vacation in the sun takes you only so far – and then you come back home to face the same daily commute [...]

Is Gamification the Best Way to Recruit Techies?

The Recruiters Lounge — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:52:40 +0000

Finding Your Next Superstar Programmer (via slashdot) Last month, a story in The New York Times described the peculiar way in which a software company hired a programmer. The firm searched GitHub and other public code repositories in order to recruit (and eventually hire) this employee, who is still working there today; it was someone [...]

New Book: “Resume Forensics” by Jim Stroud Debuts! (again)

The Recruiters Lounge — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:52:22 +0000

I mentioned in an earlier post how I was updating Resume Forensics and making it available to all concerned. Well, that day has come! Yay! Hurrah! Umm… Okay. Click here to get your copy now. (Only available in print. At least, for now.) Here is a description of what you will find inside: Resume Forensics [...]

How To Find Candidates on Twitter

The Recruiters Lounge — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:05:32 +0000

In this episode of “The Jim Stroud Show,” Jim demonstrates how to find candidates on Twitter using a free tool – Favstar. Plus, he plugs his new book – Resume Forensics and gives a shout out. Did he shout-out to you? Tune in and find out. Related PostsCongratulations Twitter!Social Recruiting: How To Recruit with Twitter [...]

What does the job market look like for the class of 2013?

The Recruiters Lounge — Sun, 05 May 2013 01:15:00 +0000

The Economic Policy Institute says, “For the fifth consecutive year, new graduates will enter a profoundly weak labor market and will face high unemployment and underemployment rates and depressed wages.” But its not all doom and gloom. About 27% of campus recruiters expected to boost starting salaries, up from 20% the year before, according to [...]