I have tried to define how search works – in one page. In reality things are more complicated than this. However, I believe that understanding search mechanisms even a little bit helps searching. Here you go: Internet search engines: —  …crawl the web, going through links and memorizing the content of pages. —  A page has little in terms of …

For those who wanted to see the top 25 strings: I am afraid that this post will not be what you expect, but I hope it will be useful, so please read on! Well, it’s not that I have changed my mind about sharing them. I love sharing my sourcing knowledge in posts, lectures, and presentations. When I do sourcing …

While sourcing is not just about search, the search is a critical part of it. I’d like to discuss the seven Best Practices around SEARCH as the key element of sourcing. Here you go. 1. Research before you search. If you have a job opening and are looking for candidates, figure out the title synonyms, major keywords, target companies, geography, certifications, organizations, conferences, places …

Open Groups on LinkedIn is a great idea! (I have been long complaining how I wanted at least job posts on groups to be open to all.) Open groups add valuable content to the “surface”, searchable web. There are several ways recruiters can benefit from the new feature. Here are a couple of suggestions. 1. When you post a job on an …

Join us for a Webinar on 2/4 Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now.[The webinar is over. Please check the Downloads section for available training materials, or let me know if you’d want to arrange training on related topics.] Boolean Basics and Beyond. Get up-to-date on your search skills! The webinar is for beginner-to-intermediate level users of Internet searches. I will cover …

Most of us have target companies in mind when we search. For some of our jobs at Brain Gain Recruiting the target companies are the “Big 4” and other large consulting companies. LinkedIn conveniently offers us to search by past or by present companies. If you start typing a company name in the advanced people search dialog, it prompts for …

I am excited to be  a track leader and teach sourcing mastery at my second #trulondon event hosted by the wonderful Bill Boorman, the true leader of recruiting unconferences. The last #trulondon was, perhaps, the most content-rich event I had ever been to; was it in spite or because of the lack of preparations, presentations, and slides? The days were …

Imagine that you could get the magical core list of search strings somewhere and just keep using them… The truth is, there isn’t one. Pre-built sets of strings are good as examples but that’s it. Every search is unique, and the info out there gets updates continuously, so you need your own strings. I was glad to hear at a recent …

I am forming two Boolean Sourcing Mastery Classes, for people who would like to bring their Internet Search skills to a true Boolean Master’s level: Boolean Mastery Class Level I (Beginner-to-Intermediate level), Boolean Mastery Class Level II (Intermediate-to-Advanced level). Each group will meet by webinar, twice monthly, 90 minutes each, for a total of twelve sessions. Sessions will start mid-January …

Thanks to heads-up from @SourceConNews I took a look at the Kryptos Challenge and spent a bit of time trying to figure it out. Challenges are addictive! 🙂 I have no knowledge of cryptography. But the author, Jim Sanborn, has just revealed a clue, and (who knows) maybe it’s not too hard now. The way I see it, the K4 challenge has two sides. First …