Jim StroudI train, I speak and I blog a lot about.

What follows is a list of my professional career highlights.

[2012 IN PROGRESS]

• 2.11.12 – Featured on Bullhorn Reach’s blog in the post #SourceCon Reflections: a Discipline in Flux
• 2.10.12 – Interviewed by Totalpictureradio in the podcast, “You Don’t Have Time for Social Marketing? Really?”
• 2.9.12 – Presenting “Naked Prospects:How Personalized Search and the absence of privacy will help and hinder online recruiting now and in the future” at SourceCon 2012.
• 1.10.12 – Season Three of The Jim Stroud Show premieres with a focus on social tools.

[2011 IN REVIEW]

• Featured on the popular HR Bartender Blog.
• 11.17.11 – JimStroud.com and The Recruiters Lounge were both cited on “The 50 Best Blogs for Recruiters” by Online MBA
• 10.27.11 – Season 2 of The Jim Stroud Show premieres with a focus on Social Recruiting
• 9.28.11 – Presented at The Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Summit in Atlanta, GA.
• 8.24.11 – Cited by HR Examiner as #10 on their list of top 25 online influencers in recruiting! (v4)
• 8.17.11 – 8.18.11 – I presented at the first annual Australasian Talent Conference: SourceEvent Finders Keepers” – Sourcing: The Ways to Survive and Thrive in Melbourne, Australia.
• 8.12.11 – Cited by Unbridled Talent as #12 on their list of Top 100 HR & Recruiting Industry Pros To Follow On Twitter (2011)
• 7.28.11 – Spoke at the 2011 National Urban League Conference in Boston
• 7.26.11 – Spoke at the Career Connection Employment Forum on social media as it relates to job hunting.
• 7.18.11 – Sold The Hidden Job Report to HiddenJobsApp.com for an undisclosed sum. It is the 3rd online property that I have created and sold. Yay!
• 7.4.11 – Bernard Hodes Group Strengthens National Digital Team with Addition of Jim Stroud
• 7.1.11 – Featured on the podcast – Views From the Top where I advised jobseekers on how to find work in tough economic times.
• 6.8.11 – Cited by US News and World Report – The Best Way to Take Control of Your Job Hunt
• 5.17.11 – Featured on Black Enterprise’s blog – 6 Twitter Accounts To Follow To Get The Job
• 5.13.11 – Featured on local news station on KPLC discussing job search strategies
• 5.12.11 – Proud contributor to the book “Social Networking for Career Success” by Miriam Salpeter
• 4.27.11 – Cited by HR Examiner as #16 on their list of  Top 25 Online Influencers in Recruiting v3
• 4.6.11 – Selected to speak at the Australian Talent Conference – FindersKeepers, Sourcing: The Ways to Survive and Thrive
• 03.28.11 – My Twitter blog was cited by Entrepreneur Magazine in the article, “The Influencers: Five to Follow on Twitter for Hiring.”
• 03.04.11 – The Recruiters Lounge was awarded HCI’s Top 50 Blogs in Recruiting for 2011
• 03.03.11 – My PPT presentation – “How to Recruit with YouTube” was featured on the front page of Slideshare’s “How To” section
• 03.02.11 – Presented “How To Recruit with YouTube” at the Recruit Atlanta 2 conference which was sponsored by DirectEmployers Association
• 01.27.11 – Participated in the first-ever – Position Accomplished Summit sponsored by TheLadders.com
• 01.11.11 – The Jim Stroud Show debuts

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[2010 IN REVIEW]

• 11.10.10 – I presented “The Social Media Game Show” at Social Media Atlanta and awarded cash prizes to those who participated.
• 10.01.10 – Accepted as a Job Search Technology Columnist for Job-Hunt.org. 
• 09.14.10 – Co-founded The Hidden Job Report with Otis Collier. The Hidden Job Report reveals unadvertised jobs around the world.
• 08.16.10 – The Resume Bear comic strip debuts on ResumeBear.com
• 07.04.10 – Guest of The Rich Life radio show where Jim Stroud gave advice to job seekers.
• 05.18.10 – Presented the webinar “The Six Secrets of Boolean Search” to 900+ attendees
• 05.03.2010 – Cited in the book - The Executive Search Process: A step by step guide to finding the right candidate by Shireen DuPreez
• 04.24.10 –  Posed in the Men of HR Calendar to benefit Haiti Relief and Orchid Cancer Appeal (Testicular Cancer)
• 04.07.10 – Cited as a Top 50 Blogger by Business Resource Master
• 03.24.10 – Nominated for “Blogger of the Year” by Chozen Awards
• 03.21.10 – The Recruiters Lounge relaunches under new management
• 03.14.10 – 03.15.10 – EmCee for SourceCon (3rd year in a row!)
• 02.17.10 – 2.19.10 – Track Leader at TRU London. (Wha-hoo!)
• 01.19.2010 – I was mentioned in the book “TWEET THIS! TWITTER FOR BUSINESS“
• 1.4.10 – Officially launched The Searchologist Magazine, a printed edition of TheSearchologist.com website featuring its most popular articles.
• 1.4.10 – Cited on Monster.com’s list of Top 10 Employment Bloggers

[2009 IN REVIEW]

• CAREER Magazine awarded me a “Who’s Who in the Career Industry” trophy.
• “Blogging 4 Jobs” cited me as being among their Top 11 Besties of 2009
• Ranked #7 in the Top 25 HR Digital Influencers 2009 list by the HR Examiner
• Placed The Recruiters Lounge blog on hiatus so I can focus more on The Searchologist and its subscribers.
• Launched an iTunes channel for The Searchologist video series.
• Launched the video series – Searchology and received over 1000 views in its first week! (Later changed the name of the video series to The Searchologist)
• Cited as a Top 25 HR Blogger for The Recruiters Lounge
• Created a portfolio site showcasing my video production skills
• Launched The Searchologist, a blog focused on Online Generation and Resume Sourcing (July 2009)
• The Recruiters Lounge was cited among the Top 50 HR Blogs to Watch in 2009
• Quoted in The Wall Street Journal article – “Building Your Brand”
• Cited by Staffing Industry Analyst as being among the “Who’s Who in Sourcing.”

[2008 IN REVIEW]

• Contributing author to the new book – “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0“
• Produced the free webinar “Confessions of a Job Search Strategist“
• Cited by Management-Topics for outstanding work in a HR podcast series (Yay!)
• Granted a co-host position on The Friday Traffic Report
• Interviewed on The Friday Traffic Report
• The Recruiters Lounge was cited by US News and World Report
• Ranked #1 by The Talent Management Blog Power Rankings (a), (b)
• Presented a job hunting webinar for unemployed recruiters called – Confessions of a Job Search Strategist
• Released the beta version of the sourcing manual – Resume Forensics
• 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 for The Recruiters Lounge
• 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  (The Recruiters Lounge)
• Cited by JobMatchbox as a Top Recruiting Blog (The Recruiters Lounge)
• Cited by Alexa as being among the Top 25 Recruiting Blogs (The Recruiters Lounge)
• 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”
• The Recruiters Lounge 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 one of my podcasts
• Quoted in Red Herring Magazine and Fast Company
• My podcast, “The Recruiters Lounge Podcast” 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]

• 9.12.11 – Spoke at the RUMC Jobseeker Networking Group. My topic was “How To find Hidden Jobs.”
• 8.17.11 – 8.18.11 – I presented at the first annual Australasian Talent Conference: SourceEvent Finders Keepers” – Sourcing: The Ways to Survive and Thrive in Melbourne, Australia.
• 7.28.11 – Spoke at the 2011 National Urban League Conference in Boston
• 7.26.11 – Spoke at the Career Connection Employment Forum on social media as it relates to job hunting.
• 03.02.11 – Presented “How To Recruit with YouTube” at the Recruit Atlanta 2 conference which was sponsored by DirectEmployers Association
• Spoke at the Direct Employers Annual Conference Meeting (October 2009)
• Spoke to the Technology Association of GA about Recruiting on YouTube (May 2009)
• Spoke to The National Association of Asian Professionals on Personal Branding (April 2009)
• MC for SourceCon 2008, the 2nd annual conference for the Sourcing Community (September 2008)
• RE: Focus on Careers – Confessions of a Job Search Strategist (2007)
• Panel Member: “Insight into Online Recruitment – The Bloggers perspective” during the OnRec 2007 Global Summit For Online Recruitment (2007)
• MC for SourceCon2007 – global premier conference for the Sourcing Community (2007)
• 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)
• Resume Forensics: The CSI Approach to Recruiting  The Atlanta Association of Heathcare Recruiters (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]

• Cited by HR Daily in Why you should use YouTube in recruiting (August 22, 2011)
• Cited by Recruitment Asia Pacific in Reflections on SourcEvent and the Australasian Sourcing Summit (August 24, 2011)
• Quoted in The Pittsburgh Post Gazette article “Clooney’s movie stretches the truth on firings.” (January 3, 2010)
• Jobs in Madison: Three Ways to Find a Job Faster Online (October 16, 2008)
• Atlanta Journal and Constitution: It takes more than a résumé (September 28, 2008)
• US News and World Report: How a College Grad Can Get Recruited (August 28, 2008)
• 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)