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Ga State University

Georgia State University

I spread the good news of Proactive Talent, the most recognized and respected name in talent attraction, hiring and retention.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

My duty and privilege is to represent Proactive Talent as the most recognized and respected name in talent attraction and hiring with my unique brand of quirky and informative content and industry expertise.

ABOUT PROACTIVE TALENT

Proactive Talent is the leading power partner to your recruiting engine. We're a coalition of freelance recruiting and talent brand practitioners who provide the necessary tools to tighten your hiring gaps, bolster your retention rates and embolden your company mission, giving you the competitive edge needed in the ever-changing recruiting industry. With a holistic approach, we work alongside clients to help them build a powerful recruiting engine that enables them to efficiently attract, recruit, and retain top talent.

We specialize in adding power to your full candidate journey from Talent Attraction to Hiring. Our clients include enterprise companies like GE Digital, Motel6, GoDaddy, and <a href="http://Realtor.com">Realtor.com</a> as well as fast-growing startups like Anaplan, Calendly, and Couchbase.

Proactive Talent

Vice President Marketing

As VP, Product Evangelist - North America, my primary deliverables were two-fold: product evangelism and business development. My duties were to elevate brand awareness in North America, inspire others to promote ClickIQ as the standard in automated job advertising and generate requests for product demos via influencer marketing.

About ClickIQ:
In a changing recruitment landscape how do you attract the best active and passive candidates easily and cost-effectively? ClickIQ's job advertising platform uses ground-breaking technology to automate, track and optimize recruitment advertising in real-time across an extensive network of performance based media. It enables you to target both active and passive candidates without increasing spend or media risk. Our platform does all of the heavy lifting, leaving you the time to do what you do best – hire great people.

ClickIQ

VP, Product Evangelist - North America

As a digital content producer, I develop creative strategies that inform and support the ongoing narrative of my clients. Moreover, I understand and report on various social metrics such as growth, engagement, conversation, amplification and leads across channels to guide overall social platform strategy. Often operating as a one-person team, I am adept at capturing great video in social content situations and leveraging that content for SEO benefit.

ABOUT <a href="http://JIMSTROUD.COM">JIMSTROUD.COM</a>

<a href="http://JimStroud.com">JimStroud.com</a> is a media company producing, aggregating and distributing content related to the world of work and emerging technologies. Due to his original thought leadership commentaries in articles, white papers, podcasts, videos, conference presentations and comics, Jim Stroud has been cited numerous times as a leading HR influencer. In addition to producing podcasts and videos under the Jim Stroud brand, <a href="http://JimStroud.com">JimStroud.com</a> also produces videos and podcasts for lead generation, product promotion and employment branding.

- The Jim Stroud Podcast" and "The Jim Stroud Show" video series both explore the future of work, life and everything in between! Tune in to hear quirky and thoughtful analysis on things happening now and 15 minutes into the future. Both shows are available at <a href="http://JimStroud.com">JimStroud.com</a>. The Jim Stroud Podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, Anchor, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Google Podcasts and your favorite podcast platform. Show transcripts are available at <a href="http://JimStroud.com">JimStroud.com</a>.

JimStroud.com

Digital Content Producer

As the Global Head of Sourcing and Recruiting Strategy, my duties and privileges are a blend of project management, sourcing strategy development, training, sales presentations, business lead generation, corporate evangelism, thought leadership and special projects. I service a variety of clients from such diverse industries as manufacturing, software development, automotive, retail, semiconductor and telecom. Although chiefly operating in the United States, I have presented solutions to senior leadership and resolved problems for organizations in the APAC and EMEA regions. I have also been credited as a leading factor in closing several key customers. Moreover, I have represented my employer at global conferences in Singapore, Amsterdam, New Zealand, Budapest, Australia and Czech Republic. I have also been chosen multiple times to speak on behalf of the company to the media and as a result, several of my quotes appear in leading publications.

Internal to the company, I have made investment recommendations and advised product enhancements on companies we have funded. I serve as a virtual mentor to all Randstad operating companies via an internal community where tips and best practices are shared. I frequently volunteer my time to our Hire Hope program which provides career-readiness training and job placement services to underserved and at-risk women. Moreover, I have formally and informally mentored co-workers on career matters and continue to advocate Randstad Sourceright as an excellent place to work.

Randstad Sourceright US

Global Head of Sourcing and Recruiting Strategy  -  Talent Innovation Center

Findly is a passionate group of solution providers with great technology, talent recruitment, creative and employment branding at our heart. Findly acquired Bernard Hodes Group in July 2013.

Findly

Director, Sourcing & Social Strategy

I worked with digital and account team members to build effective social recruitment and employer brand strategies. I conducted hands-on and virtual training for human resources and recruiting teams of clients in support of a comprehensive social recruiting strategy. Furthermore, I have participated in and shared responsibility in new business pitches of digital and social strategy.

Serving as a subject matter expert, I have trained internal  sales staff on lead generation strategies and regularly informed my peers on new trends in the arena of social and mobile recruiting. Moreover, I stayed current on digital innovations so as to brainstorm new solution and product offerings.

During my tenure, I represented my employer at conferences and evangelized the brand via a series of online videos and miscellaneous content. I was often solicited for repeat client engagements and invited to return to conferences where I spoke on behalf of my employer.

Bernard Hodes Group

Since 2001, I have produced training videos, how-to guides and step-by-step tutorials on Resume Sourcing and Lead Generation for Recruiters. I have continued this tradition with "The Searchologist."

The Searchologist is a blog that gives tips, tricks and strategies about Online Lead Generation and Resume Sourcing. It is ideally suited for Recruiters and Sourcers seeking passive candidates. A paid monthly subscription is required to access the archived content. Topics discussed in The Searchologist include:

-  How to search Google for free resumes
-  How to search Yahoo for free resumes
-  How to find clients for your recruiting business
-  How to automate your resume sourcing
-  How to recruit with YouTube

The Searchologist is also an online video webseries that can be accessed via iTunes and YouTube.

TheSearchologist.com

TheSearchologist.com - Recruiter Training

The Friday Traffic Report is a weekly podcast and online video series dedicated to the world of tech and social media from an online marketing point of view. It is co-hosted by Jim Stroud and Jack Humphrey. 200+ episodes have been published since It was created in 2008. Said episodes have been listened to over 102,000 times by an online audience. <a href="http://www.fridaytrafficreport.com">www.fridaytrafficreport.com</a>

FridayTrafficReport.com

PODCAST - The Friday Traffic Report

While working remotely from Atlanta, I developed and implemented innovative strategies for web-based user procurement for the English learning community – <a href="http://EnglishCafe.com">EnglishCafe.com</a>. I initiated and tracked the effectiveness of outreach programs. I researched, analyzed, and monitored financial, technological, and demographic factors in order to capitalize on market opportunities and minimize the effects of competitive activity.  As a Community Manager, I kept users engaged and converted them into evangelists for the EnglishCafe brand. My duties also extended to content creation and managing content from internal thought leaders and community for placement on the EnglishCafe homepage which changed twice daily. My duties also extended to working with web developers in the design and usability of the web site and leading a team of marketing interns to perform various SEO and community engagement tasks.

At this writing, my successes at EnglishCafe include:

-  Writing 350+ blog posts to include articles, podcasts, comics and original videos.

-  Creating and nurturing a community of 50,000+ fans across multiple networks (YouTube, Facebook, iTunes and Twitter).

-  Producing 2 popular web series for English learners: "The Jim and Jen Show" and "Learn English with Jim" which branded EnglishCafe as a choice destination for English learners, increased community engagement and sold company products.

Global English

Social Media Development Manager

I Live Online was a weekly video series that focused on consumer technology, mobile apps and social media. It ran from January 2008 to June 2009. It was produced by Jim Stroud who also served as its host. It was co-hosted by Jake Press who also served as a writer on the series. Archives of this series can be found on YouTube and Vimeo.

ILiveOnline.net

PODCAST - I Live Online

The Recruiters Lounge is a podcast of news, interviews and commentary on the recruiting industry.  It is produced and hosted by Jim Stroud and co-hosted by Karen Mattonen. 100+ episodes of this series have been produced. You can hear the archived material on <a href="http://www.hirecentrix.com">www.hirecentrix.com</a>.

The Recruiters Lounge Podcast

PODCAST - The Recruiters Lounge Podcast Series

While working remotely from Atlanta, I implemented a wide range of online resources, software, web enabled tools and innovative strategies to source active and passive candidates. Initially my focus was on sourcing senior technical personnel for the Win Client and Mobile and Embedded Devices Groups then towards the end of my tenure, I pursued software developers all over the world (Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, Middle East and Asia) for the International Recruiting Team. In this role, I used traditional methods and social media strategies (MySpace, YouTube, Usenet, podcasts and online video) to market opportunities to passive candidates and fill open positions that were historically difficult to close.  In addition to my recruiting related activities, I conducted special projects in the field of marketing, competitive intelligence and recruitment research training. I was a consistent contributor to the "Microsoft Technical Careers @ Microsoft" blog which was awarded for “Best Group Blog” and “Best Job Seeker Blog” by <a href="http://Recruiting.com">Recruiting.com</a> during my tenure.

Microsoft

Technical Sourcing Consultant

Engaged in confidential Strategic Sourcing projects working remotely from Atlanta. Strong focus on recruiting experienced Software Engineers and developing a Talent Pipeline.

Google

Searchologist - Internet Researcher

The Recruiters Lounge is an award-winning blog that explores the wacky world of employment with articles, podcasts, comics, videos and more. It is written by Jim Stroud (and friends). The Recruiters Lounge was sold to a leading HR enterprise in 2014. [<a href="http://www.therecruiterslounge.com">www.therecruiterslounge.com</a>]

TheRecruitersLounge.com

Entrepreneur

Hired as a contract employee within this startup division of consolidated recruitment services. Chief responsibility was sourcing personnel in the areas of Materials, Distribution, Engineering, Factory Automation and Logistics. Successfully manipulated the internet for candidate sourcing and lead generation of referrals in support of diverse requisitions on a national basis. As a resource for future use, created a network of jobseeker groups nationwide. Leveraged online resources for competitive intelligence. For example, virtual maps of  competitors’ operations were created for the purpose of targeting the best talent for certain geographic  areas. Initiated and maintained a database of present and former employees of rival companies.  Developed and utilized stratagems on how to generate targeted leads from current employees and gathered metrics to better qualify best practices.

Siemens

Internet Researcher and Competitive Intelligence

3rd employee hired in this startup organization that focused on staffing post and pre-IPO Internet companies.   Generated net revenues for the company surpassing $700,000.00. Said number is representative of fees collected as a result of placing permanent, contract and contract to hire personnel. Responsibilities included serving as Internet Researcher, Lead Recruiter, Business Developer and representing employer at speaking engagements.

Lanta Technology Group

Account Executive

First contract employee for this Internet Start-up Company. Sourced potential hires for various clients and brainstormed innovative recruiting techniques. I also served as team lead on developing Websites for clientele.

Creative Recruitment Solutions

Internet Researcher

Initially hired as contract employee with MCI but, acquired a permanent position within a year.  2nd employee hired in this start-up division that focused on Internet Research.  Chief responsibility was to source technical personnel via the Internet.   Initially screened candidates before presentation to recruiters, then converted to employing a source and select model of research.  Successfully sourced 43 hires, in support of 30 recruiters.  As a result of team efforts, Internet Research accounted for 20% of all hires.

In addition to direct support, proactively facilitated a stream of qualified candidates by implementing initiatives in support of an overall recruiting strategy. Said initiatives included:  Diversity Recruitment, Measurement of Recruiting Trends, Virtual Job Fairs, a Corporate Alumni forum and the creation of Jobs2Go, a careersite that promoted MCI as the employer of choice.