US IT Recruiter Learning Materials

1. 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

2.  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

3. 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……

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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
citiz
en yes yes BY birth or residence for 8 years
Gree
n
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/L
2 NO
Requires fresh
sponsorship Intra company transfer
L2
EAD YES YES
B1/B
2 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