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I spoke at the National Urban League Conference in New Orleans

I spoke at the National Urban League Conference in New Orleans. My topic was “How To Find a Job Now and Never Have to Look Again.” It was well-received and those who attended were very kind. Before and after the presentation, I explored some of the sessions and interviewed people attending the conference. Below is a collection of those interviews as well as a few soundbites from my dinner time at Mulate’s, a very good Cajun restaurant. They had a live Zydeco band and watching the people dance was very entertaining. Listen in below…



Google Plus Recruiting: You should be doing it! This is why…

Let Jim Stroud train you on how to recruit with Google Plus

It is my opinion that recruiters are sleeping on Google Plus. It is simply too big and too useful to be ignored. I give a few tips on how to leverage Google Plus for a recruitment advantage, but if you want more than that, look me up! I LOVE talking about Google Plus and welcome the chance to train you and/or your group of recruiters on its many virtues. Cool?

And oh, if we are not already networked together, connect with me on Google Plus as well. 😉



Big thanks to Dice for featuring me in their interview series. One love.

I blogged a lot at #SHRM12

I soooo enjoyed myself at #SHRM12, SHRM’s National Conference in Atlanta. I tweeted more than anything else and was later surprised by that stats I generated. (Hat tip to @joelyoh) During my time at #SHRM12, I tweeted more than anyone else (369 tweets), my tweets were the most popular (retweeted 277 times) and collectively generated 5.3 million impressions. Wowzers! I guess I was more into it than I thought I was. (Smile) Below is a screenshot of the stats (click for an even better look) and here is a link to where I got it from. Just felt like sharing…