A true Sourcer needs to be open-minded, resourceful, and creative. While some sites and tools may seem to cover the “wrong” territory, many can be used quite productively if you give them a chance and dig a little deeper. To illustrate, let’s take a look at ZoomInfo, one of the oldest sites to source for professionals, which is still going quite strong. …
Numbers of Social Shares on LinkedIn
How many times was a LinkedIn post (such as this one , for example) shared – on LinkedIn and on other social sites? When you view a LinkedIn post, you see the numbers of “views” and “likes”, but not the number of shares. There used to be a hack to look up the numbers of shares – by opening the posts in …
Breaking: 5 Major Boolean Syntax Changes and #GoogleNose
Things change so fast in our profession! Here are the five major elements, that have just changed in Google‘s Boolean search syntax. If you are reading this blog, you will be one of the first people to know. 1. Synonyms in searching. Much to our delight, Google has restored the operator ~ (tilde). You can force Google to search for …
How to Source on About.Me
When a specific site may have target professionals, there are always two complementary ways to try to source them from the site: Deep Web Search, i.e. using the site’s search dialog(s) X-Ray, i.e. searching for the information on the Surface Web, using a search engine’s (typically, Google’s) operator site: Let’s apply the two approaches to sourcing on the site About.me. …
Diversity Associations Custom Search Engine
We all know how much positive influence diversity provides in the workplace. As a follow-up to our recent, well-attended and appreciated Sourcing for Diversity Webinar, and to help to source from diversity pools of candidates, I’d like to share the new Custom Search Engine (CSE). Public URL: Diversity Associations CSE Shortcut: https://bitly.com/diversity-assoc Here is how to use it: enter a location …
Workshop “Sourcing without LinkedIn”
Announcing the online Workshop “Sourcing without LinkedIn” If you are searching for professionals, you cannot avoid using LinkedIn. However, everyone is performing similar searches and finding the same profiles; premium accounts are expensive; and, most importantly, about 85% of professionals are either not on LinkedIn or have “shallow” profiles with too few keywords to be found. (Even if you subscribe …
What Doesn’t Work on LinkedIn
I love LinkedIn and use it every day. LinkedIn has changed our profession, revolutionized sourcing and recruiting, and continues to be the #1 go-to site for the majority of recruiters, with no competition in sight. I am glad to share creative LinkedIn Sourcing techniques with my colleagues in blog posts, discussions, webinars, and as part of the Sourcing Certification Program. I moderate …
Search Outside of a Geo-Area on LinkedIn
I’d like to share a tip on how to search LinkedIn for the members outside of a certain geographical area. There are at least two good reasons to search outside of an area: 1. If you search by keywords, with no location specified, you are likely to see the top results from your own area – LinkedIn thinks that finding people who …
Have You Discovered ZipRecruiter Resumes Yet?
It looks like ZipRecruiter, that has been offering job posts and social shares of jobs, is rapidly working on adding resume database access, currently in Beta. Applicants for past jobs can opt-in for their resumes to be found and viewed by all employers who use the system. (This gives ZipRecruiter instant volume of candidates already in the database.) New applicants can …
Hunting for Tools Alternatives and Similar Software
Google search usually works fine to respond to most short queries or questions, if the online information exists. Specifically, Googling can provide suggestions for software tools. Just Google productivity Chrome extensions or lead generation tools to see some suggestions in these tools’ categories. Tip: Google two or three names of similar tools to land on blogs with tools reviews and to learn about other …