US Staffing / Recruitment

Recruiting:
Recruiting is about making placements.
Matching a qualified candidate to an employers specific need
US Recruiting:
Candidate must be in USA
Candidate must have USA Work authorization
Candidate will be placed in USA

Process:

Get job description from the Accounts manager.
Search for perfect profile-(Sources will be discussed below)
Call candidate and explain job description
If the candidate is interested forward profile to the accounts manager
If accounts manager finds profile suitable- submit to client
If candidate not available- send email and leave Voice mail




Sourcing
Screening
Validation
Submission
Coordinating Interviews
Selection
On boarding
Sourcing: There are primarily 6 Sources
Existing Database/Your own or Companys
Job boards- Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder and CorptoCorp
Social Networking LinkedIn, Face book Blogs, twitter and Google groups
Referrals/Networking From potential, submitted or placed Candidates also from colleagues,
friends.
Ads/Job postings- On Various Job boards, can be paid or unpaid
Head hunting- Techniques to be covered later.

Headhunting is going after a specific candidate without having his contact info.


Screening Practical Demo
Technical Evaluate against mandatory skills
Non Technical- Salary, Location (funda about mile radius search and zip codes), Visa status, Present job
hunt status
Validation-Done by Team Lead
Submission to client- done by Team Lead

Co-coordinating interviews-
Technical round-1 or 2, HR Round.
Knowledge of Time Zones
Tip: Tight coordination with candidates via email and phone
Selection- Half the battle WON
On boarding-Effective screening and validation-higher chance of candidate joining
Follow ups follow ups follow ups till the candidate joins






State Capitals and Largest Cities
The following table lists the capital and largest city of every state in the United States.
STATE Capital Largest city
Alabama Montgomery Birmingham
Alaska Juneau Anchorage
Arizona Phoenix Phoenix
Arkansas Little Rock Little Rock
California Sacramento Los Angeles
Colorado Denver Denver


Connecticut Hartford Bridgeport
Delaware Dover Wilmington
Florida Tallahassee Jacksonville
Georgia Atlanta Atlanta
Hawaii Honolulu Honolulu
Idaho Boise Boise
Illinois Springfield Chicago
Indiana Indianapolis Indianapolis
Iowa Des Moines Des Moines
Kansas Topeka Wichita
Kentucky Frankfort Louisville
Louisiana Baton Rouge New Orleans
Maine Augusta Portland
Maryland Annapolis Baltimore
Massachusetts Boston Boston
Michigan Lansing Detroit
Minnesota St. Paul Minneapolis
Mississippi Jackson Jackson
Missouri Jefferson
City
Kansas City
Montana Helena Billings
Nebraska Lincoln Omaha
Nevada Carson City Las Vegas


New Hampshire
e
Concord Manchester
New Jersey Trenton Newark
New Mexico Santa Fe Albuquerque
New York Albany New York City
North Carolina Raleigh Charlotte
North Dakota Bismarck Fargo
Ohio Columbus Columbus
Oklahoma Oklahoma
City
Oklahoma City
Oregon Salem Portland
Pennsylvania Harrisburg Philadelphia
Rhode Island Providence Providence
South Carolina Columbia Columbia
South Dakota Pierre Sioux Falls
Tennessee Nashville Memphis
Texas Austin Houston
Utah Salt Lake
City
Salt Lake City
Vermont Montpelier Burlington
Virginia Richmond Virginia Beach
Washington Olympia Seattle
West Virginia Charleston Charleston
Wisconsin Madison Milwaukee


Wyoming Cheyenne Cheyenne



The list of U.S States which are differentiated with the time zones

P.S.T

M.S.T

C.S.T

E.S.T
Washington(WA)
Oregon(OR)
Nevada(NV)
California(CA)
Montana(MT)
Wyoming(WY)
Colorado(CO)
New Mexico(NM)
Arizona(AR)
Idoha(ID)
Utah(UT)

North Dakota(ND)
South Dakota(SD)
Minnesota(MN)
Wisconsin(WN)
Nebraska(NE)
Kansas(KA)
Oklahoma(OK)
Texas(TX)
Alabama(AL)
Arkansas(AR)
Louisana(LA)
Iowa(IA)
Illinoius(IL)
Tennessee(TN)
Mississippi(MS)
Missouri(MO)




Maine(ME)
Massachusetts(MA)
Rhode Island(RI)
Connecticut(CT)
New Jersey(NJ)
Delaware(DE)
Maryland(MD)
Vermont(VT)
New Hampshire(NH)
New York(NY)
Pennsylvania(PA)
Michigan(MI)
Indian(IN)
Ohio(OH)
West Virginia(WV)
North Carolina(NC)
South Carolina(SC)
Kentucky(KY)
Georgia(GA)
Florida(FL)
Virginia(VA)




The above states and time zones will be helpful in scheduling the interview of the candidate.
As we are in the Offshore we need to be knowing what are the different time zones in the United
States. We need to be knowing about the places of U.S because some f the candidates will be
asking for Relocation so we have to say about the place so it is mandatory to know about the
states of U.S



Types of VISA
Visa
Work Authorization
in USA
Authorization to work for new
employer Brief Explanation of types of visa
US
citizen yes yes BY birth or residence for 8 years
Green
Card yes yes
employer sponsor the GC and a blood
related family member
H1B
yes(for employer
sponsored originally)
Depends on Employer and the
provided details 6 years (4+1+1)
H4 NO Requires fresh sponsorship dependable on Husband/Wife
L1/L2 NO Requires fresh sponsorship Intra company transfer
L2
EAD YES YES
B1/B2 NO Requires fresh sponsorship
Business visa holder cannot stay in usa for
more than 3 month at a time, they earn in
respective country's currency
EAD YES YES stage between H1 and GC
F1 NO NO student Visa
OPT
EAD YES YES
Visa given for a person who is a usa
graduate

Types of Positions:
Types of
Positions Eligibility
Fulltime
USA Citizen/GC/EAD/H1/OPT EAD/L2
EAD/L1EAD
Corp to Corp GC/USA Citizen/H1B/OPT EAD
contract to Hire GC/USA Citizen/H1B/OPT EAD


Prepaid & Published by:
M A Khan (M.B.A)
(Technical Recruiter at Axius Tech, Hyderabad, A.P)
Mail me : makaz_2004@yahoo.com