UPDATE: the webinar was sold out and will be repeated once more on September 10. The webinar got rave reviews from the participants, naming it a “fire hose” of information; “informative and intriguing”. Other feedback: “Great information for users of all experience levels.”; “learnt really good little tips I never paid attention to”; “it was great. Learnt so much”. (& more) …
Databases @ Your Library
If you do online research, don’t overlook your local public library. It’s an excellent resource of online information, not just on books and publications, but also on businesses. In this post, I will specifically write about the US Public libraries. Many other countries would have similar services offered at public libraries. While Librarians are certainly skilled at organizing and searching for info, guess what… there’s not …
Talent Mapping = Sourcing + Competitive Intelligence
“…one of the most overlooked techniques for companies to employ.” INTRO I’ve long wanted to write a post about “Talent Maps”, which I see as a tool, as well as a strategic part of Recruiting and Sourcing. This post was triggered by several recent interactions with colleagues. Apparently, in the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, Recruiters are …
What Google Can’t Find in Australia and NZ
(This post is about what Google can’t find, with Australia- and NZ- based examples. It should be useful for everyone, no matter where they live.) At the recent Sourcing Summits NZ and Australia I asked the audience to name some cases where web pages would not be found by Google. Examples provided included: “some people are not online” (at all!) and “if I …
Sample Sourcing Certification Exam Questions
Are you interested in getting certified? Our – substantially reworked and improved in 2014 – Sourcing Certification Program now offers to take the Exam and Getting Certified independently of signing up for subscription to the interactive materials, as we have called them, “The SourceBook“. You would definitely be well prepared if you subscribe to the material. But if you feel ready and confident, you can …
Roads Less Taken
By all means we should be reaching for the “low hanging fruit” first. To find the target potential candidates we should first go to the ATS, search on Job Boards and on LinkedIn. It would be silly to ignore the easy available sources and do something “exotic” instead. However, everyone else is also going to the same search dialog on …
Sourcing Methodologies – Thu July 24th, 2014
In this newly developed webinar, “Sourcing Methodologies”, I will cover several innovative sourcing and research concepts, that, once put to work, are going to make your Sourcing soar to the new heights! (See the registration link below.) “X-Raying”, “Flipping” and “Peeling” are ways to source talent, that were named and conceptualized fifteen years ago. While they remain perfectly applicable and useful, today’s …
“Lazy” Sourcing
I imagine that you would agree with me that advanced Boolean searching for talent on Google is harder than searching on a job board or on LinkedIn, which, in turn, is harder than sorting and filtering a list of professionals in an Excel table. Sure enough, advanced search offers control over the results, but in some cases it becomes very …
Searching for Contact Info
Here’s a brief post on searching for contact information on LinkedIn. Posting visible contact info on the profiles is discouraged; but, as we know, many members do, particularly those who are Recruiters, Sales, and “Open Networkers”. At the same time, LinkedIn quietly takes some measures for us to see less of that contact info. As an example, a search for “gmail.com” in the UK population returns …
SourcePedia: Reference and Teaser
Here’s a preview of some of the reference materials I will be sharing at the upcoming Webinar – “SourcePedia”, repeated live on Tuesday, July 15th, 2014. Seating is limited; sign up early to get your spot. (1) All the LinkedIn names for the Geo-locations, world-wide. You would need these for X-Ray searches, such as this site:www.linkedin.com/in OR site:www.linkedin.com/pub -pub.dir “location * Glasgow, United …