The LinkedIn Group Boolean Strings – The Internet Sourcing Community, along with the Boolean Strings Ning Network, is the largest (by far!) community of professionals that talk about all things Sourcing. A few days ago our LinkedIn group passed 30K members. Compared to the time when I started the group, back in 2008, the Internet “traffic” is much heavier, yet we have kept …

Overcoming LinkedIn Limitations Double-Webinar: Lecture – Wednesday June 24, optional Practice – June 25 In 2015, we are witnessing tighter limits on using LinkedIn for Sourcing and messaging than ever before. All accounts, basic and paid, and even LIR (LinkedIn Recruiter) have newly introduced restrictions. Depending on the account, members face the limits on the numbers of search to perform …

LinkedIn provides a universal search box on top of the home page, to “Search for people, jobs, companies, and more…“ You can search for “everything” or select the type of objects to search: People, Jobs, Companies, Groups, Universities, Posts, or Inbox. In this post, I will cover the searches for each type of the object in the Universal search dialog. If …

There are still many resumes on the Internet. Google is still by far the best search engine. However, Googling the world wide web for online resumes has stopped being productive for the majority of locations and industries, with few exceptions. I’ll share some thoughts, as to why Googling for Resumes is Obsolete, shortly. Let us first look at a typical Google “Boolean String” …

I have created the above word cloud out of the “Favorite Boolean Strings” submitted by the members of our Boolean Strings Sourcer’s Network on the Ning platform. If you are a member, you can see everyone’s “Favorite String” when looking at their profile. You can also search for members’ search strings in the Member search dialog. Prompted by the recent “Boolean Strings …

Hello Booleanstrings.com Followers:  You are invited to attend my most popular presentation – Boolean Strings Basics Webinar – on June 16, 2015, and an optional hands-on Practice on June 17.Boolean search syntax and algorithms keep changing. Online references become obsolete. It is time to brush up on your searching skills if you haven’t lately. This webinar covers the core Boolean search functionality. It can …

In the previous post Why You Lose Potential Candidates with LinkedIn Job Posts, I talked about the (wrong) estimated salary ranges used on LinkedIn Job posts and – unfortunately! – in the advanced Job Search. Here’s another piece of information on how LinkedIn job posts work. It may unpleasantly surprise you even more. (Sorry!) If you read further, you will see that stating the salary range …

While professionals may consider changing jobs for many reasons other than money, the salary is one of the most important factors. If you post jobs on LinkedIn, you need to be aware of the salary information, automatically communicated to your potential applicants. Look what happens when you post a job on LinkedIn. Here is a screenshot of a job opening, showing the …

Here is how to find lists of professionals in a specific industry, from given countries or regions. 1) Start with one of the words: members, list, participants, attend (etc.) (Note: Do NOT combine these words with an OR statement). 2) Add two to three specific country email domain extensions such as “de”, “nl”, “au”, “za”, etc. 3) Optionally, add a few phone …

The Program was created to keep Recruiting professionals and teams on top of all things Sourcing and Searching and to allow fair measurement of Sourcing skills. It is thriving and has evolved. We have made some changes in the format and content, based on our significant experience and user feedback. We refresh the materials in the Guidebook monthly, to reflect everything important that …