US Staffing / Recruitment

Recruiting:
 Recruiting is about making placements.
 Matching a qualified candidate to an employer’s 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 Company’s

 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 Concord Manchester

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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 Oklahoma City

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) Montana(MT) North Dakota(ND) Maine(ME)

Oregon(OR) Wyoming(WY) South Dakota(SD) Massachusetts(MA)
Nevada(NV) Colorado(CO) Minnesota(MN) Rhode Island(RI)
California(CA) New Mexico(NM) Wisconsin(WN) Connecticut(CT)
Arizona(AR) Nebraska(NE) New Jersey(NJ)
Idoha(ID) Kansas(KA) Delaware(DE)
Utah(UT) Oklahoma(OK) Maryland(MD)
Texas(TX) Vermont(VT)
Alabama(AL) New Hampshire(NH)
Arkansas(AR) New York(NY)
Louisana(LA) Pennsylvania(PA)
Iowa(IA) Michigan(MI)
Illinoius(IL) Indian(IN)
Tennessee(TN) Ohio(OH)
Mississippi(MS) West Virginia(WV)
Missouri(MO) 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

Work Authorization Authorization to work for new

Visa in USA employer Brief Explanation of types of visa
US
citizen yes yes BY birth or residence for 8 years
Green employer sponsor the GC and a blood
Card yes yes related family member
 yes(for employer Depends on Employer and the
H1B sponsored originally) 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  
Business visa holder cannot stay in usa for
more than 3 month at a time, they earn in
B1/B2 NO Requires fresh sponsorship respective country's currency
EAD YES YES stage between H1 and GC
F1 NO NO student Visa
OPT Visa given for a person who is a usa
EAD YES YES graduate

Types of Positions:
Types of
Positions Eligibility
USA Citizen/GC/EAD/H1/OPT EAD/L2
Fulltime 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