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. He presently serves Microsoft as a Technical Sourcing Consultant and is a regular contributor to Microsoft’s Technical Careers Blog.

[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

[IN THE NEWS]

• 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)

CONTACT:

Jim Stroud
WEB: www.JimStroud.com
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