The Jim Stroud Podcast

Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss apathetic recruiters. Karen was distressed while Jim tried to be objective. Original air date: July 28, 2006. Special thanks to our sponsor Proactive Talent. | https://www.proactivetalent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should you be fired over your political opinions? Its happening now. What are the rights that workers have? And what can managers do when politics are discussed in the workplace? I delve into this topic and share my insights. Tune in. Big thanks to ProactiveTalent.com, Supapass.app and ChadCheese.com.  Additional resources related to this podcast can be found on JimStroud.com. Learn more about you...

Why am I called African-American when I’ve never been to Africa in my life? Karen and Jim both want to know. Should companies be compelled to create prayer rooms for their employees? (Its almost happening in the UK.) And if I am checking my blackberry in the check out line, I should get paid for it. If you use a company phone to send text messages, does the employer have the right to read them? (T...

"When I watch the reporting of this incident, the storyline I tend to hear is that a racist cop arrested a black man and used excessive and unnecessary force when arresting him. (Spoiler alert: He did.) I saw the video of the incident and it looked like murder to me; as it did to the majority of people watching it. However, that was not the entire story. Have we all rushed to judgment?" This podca...

Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen yak, yak and yak some more on a hodgepodge of topics. Among them, the ethics of 6 year old strippers, recruiters raiding your company and how to spot fake diplomas. Original air date: October 30, 2006 | Special thanks to our sponsor Proactive Talent. (http://proactivetalent.com)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google dropped its motto - Don't be evil in 2018. In 2020, I can see why. Tune in to see what I mean. Read the transcript on JimStroud.com  #privacy #censorship #MindControl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen discuss the hack attack at Monster.com, the pending (?) recession and what it means for Recruiters and Alcohol-free Interviews! Original air date: September 5, 2007 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Immunity passports restrict personal freedoms and put your privacy at risk. I discuss the history of this very bad idea, how it evolved for modern times and why it may be too late to stop it. Links to the sources cited in this podcast can be found on JimStroud.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of The Recruiters Lounge originally aired on MAY 19, 2008. And this was the original description... Ask The Headhunter‘s Nick Corcodilos has an axe to grind with The Ladders and (OWCH!) was that blade sharp! Jim Stroud and Karen Mattonen debate how and when to use Email Templates when prospecting passive candidates. The lessons learn might save you from a PR nightmare like the one cau...

With so many people sheltered in place, thanks to Covid-19, people with nothing to do are doing more cyberstalking. I’ll tell you more about that, the traditional and the new ways cyberstalking is happening and what you can do about it. Stay tuned. Additional info related to this podcast can be found on JimStroud.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Stroud and (the long-lost) Karen Mattonen discuss the changes happening at Recruiting.com and H-1B visas. Has Karen found a loophole in the system?) This podcast originally aired on April 10, 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to the Coronavirus, college education has ceased in some places and gone exclusively online in others. From a dollars and cents perspective, why pay full price for something when you are not getting the full value? Students are demanding refunds or at the least, partial repayments. Colleges are refusing, citing ongoing expenses as the reason why. This brings to mind a recurring debate;  should...

In this retro episode of "The Recruiters Lounge," Special guests: Marie Journey and Mike Notaro join Karen Mattonen and Jim Stroud in discussing the online reputation of candidates and how much that factors into sourcing. Tune in to a discussion that is still very much relevant today. Original air date November 2010.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When America returns to the office, it will not be business as usual. In this episode, I share what is happening now and what will likely happen next in the post-Coronavirus office of the future. Visit JimStroud.com for more information related to this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats are in power and recruiters should be concerned. Jim Stroud, Karen Mattonen and Doug Beabout discuss pending legislation and other issues affecting the recruiting industry. Original air date: January 17, 2007. Find more great content at www. JimStroud.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An existing class divide is becoming even more pronounced and the repercussions, affecting society in general, will make an indelible mark on the post Coronavirus workplace. Music and resources related to this podcast can be found at JimStroud.com. Special thanks to our sponsor Proactive Talent (www.proactivetalent.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Minister introduces a bill and gets some heat in Canada, which makes it hard for hardworking strippers and club owners who have to umm... import foreign talent. All this and more in this special retro episode of The Recruiters Lounge. Original air date: April 25, 2008 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Call it too much quarantine during Covid-19 but the end of the world is heavy on my mind, especially after watching a certain YouTube video. Thoughts of the end of the world, the technology that may facilitate that and the Beast described in the book of Revelations have inspired my weirdest and deepest podcast yet. / Please subscribe to this podcast, leave a comment and rate it highly on your favo...

Jim and Karen talk about the wisdom of investing thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours into an education when there are no jobs at the end of the process. For that matter, why is a degree necessary for some jobs and not for others? This episode originally aired on September 2, 2010. Special thanks to our sponsor Proactive Talent. (https://proactivetalent.com)  Learn more about your ad choices...

Prior to the latest pandemic, there was a shortage of talent in the healthcare space. How much more has that problem been exasperated? So, the question on my mind, and so many others, is this.  How do we recruit during a pandemic? I’ll discuss what’s been done so far, what could be happening now and what should be happening once all this is over. Special thanks to our sponsor Proactive Talent!  (h...

A 2006 Interview with Constantine Guericka - Co-founder of LinkedIn.  Wow! LinkedIn has come a mighty long way. Tune in to hear Constantine discuss the future of LinkedIn from the perspective of April 4, 2006 when this interview was made. How well did he predict LinkedIn's future? Tune in and find out. Special thanks to our sponsor - Proactive Talent, the most recognized and respected name in tale...

In the wake of the Coronavirus, managers are spying on their remote workers. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? How should companies manage their remote workers, especially if this is a new experience for them? Jim Stroud has a suggestion. Tune in to hear what it is. | Special thanks to our sponsor Proactive Talent. (www.proactivetalent.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Does Gerry Crispin have a time machine? Tune in to hear what he predicted in 2006 about recruiting in 2016, some of which is happening now. Gerry rocks! #GodfatherOfHR   Find more content like this at JimStroud.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this extended episode, I examine previous pandemics and speculate on what we can expect to happen in the near future and beyond. I also make a few predictions concerning the world of work in general and recruiting specifically. Links related to this podcast can be found on JimStroud.com. Special thanks to our sponsor - ProactiveTalent.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

This episode of "The Recruiters Lounge" originally aired on March 20, 2006. The time management strategies for recruiters detailed in this podcast are still applicable today. Tune in to hear for yourself.  Subscribe to JimStroud.com for more great content like this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices