Due to the main professional social network not meeting our expectations on several fronts, there’s a growing interest in sourcing on Facebook. As many people are already aware, the Graph search is “officially” gone but still exists in the back-end. @TheBalazs has two great posts on using Graph search: The Facebook #Sourcing Tutorial Part 1 The Facebook #Sourcing Tutorial Part …
How To Find Unemployed on LinkedIn
Not everyone who has lost their job and is looking would openly put this information on their LinkedIn profile, but people many do. Here are some ways to search for LinkedIn members who have said that they are unemployed. Searching for people with no present job is not possible with any LinkedIn account. We can try to find those …
Verify Mobile Numbers Using Facebook
Mobile phone numbers and personal email addresses both uniquely identify people. If we can locate social profiles tied to a mobile number or email address, that would serve as verification of this data; we can also get additional information, helping us to decide whether to try to connect with the person regarding a job opening or a business deal. Many …
Where Is Semantic Search?
I was preparing a “Boolean for everyone” presentation and went over general concepts of searching in databases and search engines. This made me thinking – why is it that the strongest semantic search we are seeing is in Google (where it’s very hard to implement because of the volume of data and diversity of web pages) and not in databases …
Built-In Introductions Are Broken – Create Your Own Instead
When we talk about getting the best response rate from potential candidates or clients, one of the important considerations is how the message (text, email, etc.) looks on their end. A friendly way to reach someone, that LinkedIn has had as its Social Networking function for a long time, is to be introduced by a common connection. However, if you have been …
RankBrain and Us
Google’s search algorithm keeps changing all the time. Even search engine experts fall behind in understanding and interpreting how it works. Last Fall, Google told us that RankBrain is now one of the three most important factors for ranking search results. It was not until recently that we heard that the other two most important factors are familiar – they …
What Sourcers Can Learn Learn from Investigative Journalists
Searching the Internet is an important part of Talent Sourcing activities in Recruiting. So it is for some other professions, including, for example, Librarians, Private Investigators, and Investigative Journalists. We could learn from each other – I feel that we don’t do that enough. I’d like to bring to my blog readers’ attention a few excellent resources shared by Investigative Journalists. Investigative Research …
Location, Location, Location
For all of us who are looking for professionals, finding those living in the right locations for the opportunity is critical. The expected time for someone to get into the office should be reasonable. The commute time may depend on the distance, the roads, and available transportation. If we are looking in well-populated areas where driving is “too” popular …
Sourcing is Like Treasure Hunting
In anticipation of a large recruiting conference in Paris coming up in October 2016 – #rmsconf – the organizers sent me a list of questions, some of them quite challenging – such as “What is Sourcing?” and “Who is the best Sourcer?” This morning they published the interview, along with a translation into French, on the conference site. Check out other …
LinkedIn – “Known Issues”
For me and for many others, LinkedIn is “the” site for finding and connecting with professionals. LinkedIn has created an incredible shift in how we are searching for professionals for recruiting. I am not a fan of LinkedIn Customer Support, though. I have heard of significant improvements for Support but am not sure those improvements have happened. Here are some observations. If you have submitted a …