Here is a new Tip Sheet – Who Can Search for What on LinkedIn. Look how powered-up a basic/business account is now (with our operator discoveries)! Lite looks dim (pun intended). Learn LinkedIn hacks and operators in the webinar LinkedHacks for Sourcing and eBook Sourcing Hacks.
LinkedIn Keywords Boolean Search Is Compromised
Some of us, when starting a new search, go to LinkedIn, type a few terms – including, perhaps, a title and some skills – into the Keywords field in people search and try to assess the volume of potential candidates. However, if you do so, your answers may be flawed. The LinkedIn Boolean Search Help article tells us, “If your …
Four Major LinkedIn Sourcing Hacks
Here are some LinkedIn Sourcing News. In case you haven’t noticed: LinkedIn has quietly introduced a “People” tab to its Company pages, like this one: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hewlett-packard-enterprise/people. (It is similar to the Alumni pages). We can search by location, school, the field of study, job function, skills, and connection level. It’s quite useful, especially if you are looking at some stats. …
Ten Custom Search Engines for Recruiters
Google Custom Search Engines (CSEs) is a powerful Sourcing tool, that can improve your Sourcing process with new results, often faster than “regular” Google. CSE users fall roughly into three categories: End-user. If writing out search operators is not your cup of tea, you can use CSEs built by your more technical peers, without even learning advanced operators. Creator. Creating …
LinkedIn Recruiter Doesn’t Do What You Think It Does
LinkedIn has not failed to create UI/UX that doesn’t do what we expect it to do. It’s been a Sourcer’s delight to figure out the “ins” of LinkedIn and, in particular, LinkedIn Recruiter (which I extensively use for sourcing) over the years. To add to the confusion, LinkedIn often makes “helpful” adjustments to its software, and what it exactly does …
Four “Lazy Operators” for Lazy Sourcers
If you source well, that implies that you are also a Lazy Sourcer. What I mean by a Sourcer’s “Laziness” is trying to get results with fewer keystrokes and mouse movements. (Those of us who type slowly – I do! – need to find ways to reduce typing even more desperately). I am a Lazy Sourcer – and am always …
Ten Habits of Best Sourcers
Would you like to source like the best? Here are some habits that, I believe, best Sourcers demonstrate while performing their searches. (We teach these practices, along with numerous examples, in our Training Webinars.) Best Sourcers spend a good deal of time figuring out what to search for (for example, terminology, job titles, company competitors, target schools, certifications, etc.). (Ideally, they …
The Matter of Time in Alumni Search
It’s not surprising to discover that LinkedIn doesn’t do what we expect it to do in our search queries. This time it is about the study years, and it’s a mystery what is going on! While grading our Exams, David Galley and I ran into the following inconsistencies: 1. Search for graduation dates using operators (I am searching in “Alberta, …
Why Searching for URLs On Google Is a Thing To Do
One popular Sourcing “hacking” technique is by constructing or altering page URLs. Doing so can be useful when the site doesn’t have the search capabilities “officially” in its UI. This is the case with Facebook Graph Search, some LinkedIn “hack” searches, and more. How do we learn the way to construct the URLs, particularly search URLs, if they are not “official” …
Did You Know You Can Search Pipl by Social Profiles?
You probably know about the site Pipl, which allows searching for people by name and location, an email address, a phone number, or a social handle. But did you know that you can also search Pipl by social profile URLs, including LinkedIn profile URLs? Setting your expectations right is important. Given the nature of Pipl, you can expect some outdated or …