[Edited 2022: please note, this no longer works. But you can upload a list of emails to LinkedIn and find out who these people are. >> How to Verify Email Guesses on the Professional Network] Recently LinkedIn switched the former Rapportive tool to become Sales Navigator extension, which works in Chrome/Gmail. We’ve all experienced some intermittent problems with the tool. …
Should You Trust All Google Tip Sheets?
To the best of my knowledge, these are trustworthy, informative posts, correctly outlining Google’s advanced search syntax as of now: Google Help (partial list; Google’s Help no longer lists all of the operators) Advanced Power Searching Skills Quick Reference (slightly outdated; by Dan Russel of Google) Google’s Advanced Search Operators (by Dan Russel, updated January 2018) Selected Google Commands (by …
“To be” OR (NOT “to be”) on LinkedIn
If we search on LinkedIn without the keywords, all it shows is the “close” network, which is our 1st and 2nd connections. Want to search without keywords but include all results? Then the trick is to use keywords but make the search non-restrictive. Here is an example string that finds everyone: “to be” OR (NOT “to be”) (you can replace …
Google’s Numrange is Broken
I hope that Google’s search operator Numrange will get fixed, and this post will become outdated. Numrange looks like this – 10..12 (replace the numbers for different ranges). It is supposed to find all the numbers between the lower and upper limits that we specify. Unfortunately, lately, we and some of our students have noticed the operator Numrange decline – it …
Three Research Tips for Recruiting Agencies
If you work at a recruiting agency, the following Boolean Strings would be useful for generating new business. 1) Find people who have recently started new jobs: site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub –pub.dir “present (1 month)” site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub -pub.dir “present (2 months)” site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub -pub.dir “present (3 months)” How can this help? a) You might be able to work on …
The Advantage of Sales Navigator
The premium LinkedIn subscriptions – Sales Navigator, Recruiter Lite, and LinkedIn Recruiter vary in the search filters provided for people search. It’s worth noting though, that only one type of account – Sales Navigator – also provides advanced company search, unavailable elsewhere. Personal accounts currently only offer keyword company search, while Lite and Recruiter don’t provide company search at all. …
Sourcing on AngelList
AngelList has recently introduced a “sourcing” function. To source on AngelList, you need to define your company and post a job. Then, press the menu item “Recruit” to launch the Sourcing function: The free search filters AngelList offers for Sourcing include keywords, role, location, looking for full/part-time, work authorization, years of experience, and skills. Many members have their resumes and social profile …
Sourcing Contest Answers and Winners
Congratulations to our winners! Here are the questions from our Social List Sourcing Contest, with the answers. Q1. Find a person who lives in the state of New York, US, whose LinkedIn Headline contains all of the following: “Open to New Opportunities” CFO “VP Finance” Controller What is the name of the town where he lives? [Hicksville] Q2. Find a person on …
LinkedIn Accounts Comparison
Let’s take a look at what various LinkedIn types of accounts offer. LinkedIn has “personal” and “professional” account types. Personal are basic, career, and business subscriptions. All personal accounts have the same search filters (there are no “premium” filters for a business account). Professional are Recruiter Lite, LinkedIn Recruiter (LIR), Sales Navigator, and Sales Navigator Team. Number of Search Results …
Introduction to Social List, a Cool Sourcing Tool
Social List is a Sourcing Tool that lets you instantly generate lists of target social profiles and export them. The tool searches for public profiles on LinkedIn, Indeed, ZoomInfo, Github, Meetup, and several other social sites. Designed with Recruiters in mind, the tool can also be helpful to Sales and Business Development professionals. Here is how search looks in Social List. …