Friends at Monster.com have just forwarded this notification from Slideshare to me: “Your presentation Navigating Semantic Search is currently being featured on the SlideShare homepage by our editorial team. We thank you for this terrific presentation, that has been chosen from amongst the thousands that are uploaded to SlideShare everyday.” Thanks again to Monster.com for giving me the opportunity …

If you use people search on LinkedIn and get a person that is “outside of your network” as one of the results, you will see a very minimal set of information and this message: “Expanded profile views are available only to premium account holders. Upgrade your account.” But you know what? You do not need to upgrade your account to see much …

Thanks to Monster.com for sponsoring my webinar “Navigating Semantic Search” We had over 1,500 people sign up. The slides are attached to my LI profile. The recording will be posted on Monster.com shortly.

The recording shows a few simple steps using Google, Notepad, and Excel to create a list of people to follow.

Join us for a Webinar on May 11 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/909164386 “Your seminar was well prepared, well presented, and covered a solid amount of material in a “doable” window of time.  I also appreciated that you were able to incorporate pointers or guidance for users at any end of the spectrum, even for …

Many of us know about the use of the asterisk * to find phrases on Google. The asterisk stands for one (or sometimes a few) words. Here is an example. On Google, search for “current * * manager” marketing site:linkedin.com -inurl:dir “san francisco bay area” to find Senior Marketing Managers, Partner Development Managers, and others on LinkedIn. Did you know that …

Resumes with Email Addresses See a demo here: http://screenr.com/ArC

I have updated my LinkedIn Google-based search engine, based on the recent changes to LinkedIn URLs (requiring us to say -inurl:dir -inurl:jobs instead of the “usual” -intitle:directory, first noticed by Glen Cathey). Here you go, and please note that this engine has country-based refinements: Try the updated LinkedIn People Finder and let me know what you think.

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/369338827 Would you like to be able to quickly locate the right people to do business with, potential candidates, clients, peers? We will discuss Google-based techniques and tricks and specialized search tools. Useful for sourcers, recruiters, and anybody who wants to find the right people online. Expect some unique, unpublished content. …

On Google, type this: “2000..100000 followers” “2000..100000 following” bio and add your keywords. Change the numbers above if you need to. Guess what? These people are likely to follow you back. Irina @braingain