Ten People Search Engines… and Two Custom Engines Which people search engines do you use? The first four in the list below are my favorites. One extra criteria for me, in addition to getting good info, is convenient and friendly user interface. ZoomInfo Jigsaw Pipl Tweepz (for Twitter) www.peekyou.com http://wink.com www.123people.com www.zabasearch.com http://people.yahoo.com www.spokeo.com I also X-ray spoke.com, looking for email addresses, …
Search Strings That Do Not Work
The main reason why Boolean search strings don’t work is syntax errors – that are, in fact, easy to fix. Google, Yahoo, Bing, LinkedIn are very picky about the ways we express what we are looking for – but it’s not hard to adjust to ways they want us to talk to them. Let’s take a look at some examples …
Control Google Search Results via the URL
Google allows us to keep the preferences for the number of the results per page, but there are no user-friendly ways to keep some other favorite options. One way to do that is through the URL of the search page. It may look cryptic at first but let’s be brave and try to alter the URL and see how it affects …
List of 24 Large Corporations Interested in Sourcing
Resumes and interviews have not changed a whole lot, but sourcing has, and there’s a big need for recruiters to get up to speed. I believe that all companies, especially large corporations, need either to help recruiters to learn web sourcing skills, or hire sourcers, or do both. If you “post and prey” you might still be just fine but …
Trust and Privacy on LinkedIn
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How to Find Candidates Using the Internet (an Overview)
Join us for a Webinar on July 16th (Friday). Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/303840850 This webinar is for Boolean “beginners”, beginner-to-intermediate level sourcers, “old-school” recruiters wanting to jump on the web sourcing bandwagon, and for those who use the web for sourcing but are questioning whether they are using the best available tools in the …
Search for Talent Within Your Groups
LinkedIn Groups was a great invention and, I think, remains the best way to source on LinkedIn. A member can belong to up to 50 groups, send messages within the group for free and post jobs for free. The groups are undergoing a major redesign where the News are now blended with Discussions. You also see a moving row of …
Numbers of Results in Search Engines
This is a very important point for a sourcer or anybody who uses search engines. Google, Yahoo, and Bing will never show more that 1,000 results per search. Many of us know that, but with that comes the fact that an announced approximate numbers above 1,000 cannot be trusted. Any “number of results” displayed by each of these search engines …
Twitter is a Tool for What?
Do you know of all the ways to use Twitter? Let’s do a simple search and we will find out that… Twitter is a powerful tool for learning & sharing. … Twitter is a great tool for small business – especially restaurants… Twitter is a really great tool for finding business Twitter is a great tool for communicating with current and …
How to Expand People Search Options for a Basic User
Here’s a LinkedIn tip. If you copy a people search URL from a premium member and use it for a basic member, it will work just fine. Of course, you will need to decide whether you are up for using it or not. Let me illustrate it. Compare the two sides of the screenshot below . They were both created using the URL http://bit.ly/dB7cqY (paste it in your browser). On …