I received over 20 responses for the #HIREConf Sourcing Challenge in one day. Most participants sent me the right answer; well done! I now have a correct answer for each of the two great prizes. So that search is over. Here’s an additional Advanced Advanced Challenge, for which I am adding two prizes of the same kind: a Special Guest Pass to HIREConf and a …
#HIREConf Sourcing Challenge
(Wherever you live, if you enjoy solving fun Sourcing Challenges, don’t miss the one below.) If you are a Recruiter in the San Francisco Bay Area: If you can make it, I’d be glad to meet live at the upcoming HIREconf, a full day conference with training and talks focused on Sourcing and Recruiting in highly competitive markets. It’s coming up on …
Sourcing without LinkedIn: Wed Oct 29, 2014
The most popular Recruiting/Sourcing webinar of 2014, Sourcing without LinkedIn, is coming to a computer near you on Wednesday October 29. Pretty much all of us extensively use LinkedIn as the top site for Sourcing, and rightly so. I use it quite a bit myself! However: “Everyone is searching for the same person” It’s expensive It takes away functionality without notice (most …
Social Emailing: Networks Comparison
Back in 2009 I published a post on ERE.net “Call or Email or Use Social Media?” The post was about reaching out to potential candidates, or to business prospects, using Social Networks. While some of the technical details are, of course, outdated 5 years later, the idea remains – and you can do MUCH more now than back then. I’d like …
LinkedIn Basic Search is Semantic – LIR Search is NOT
In the previous post Discrepancies in Search: LinkedIn Recruiter vs. Personal we looked at some differences in the search results. While we have no word from @LinkedIn, my guess is that the Basic search does additional “lightly semantic” interpretation of the search queries, which leads to those differences. (1) THE REASON BEING THE INDUSTRY In the first example with “computer games”, …
Discrepancies in Search: LinkedIn Recruiter vs. Personal
Up until recently, search results in LinkedIn Recruiter (LIR) and in (any) personal account were the same. LIR provides more results available for viewing for a given search and better results visibility (and also some facets that are not available in a personal search). This has changed dramatically. If you have a LinkedIn Recruiter account, you must read on. Here are three examples of searches, …
How to Connect if the Reason is Not Listed
(“Part One” briefly outlines some background. If you are only interested in “how-to”, please jump to the “Part Two” below. Please note, that I think that inviting others for no good reason is NOT appropriate.) Part One. Reasons to Connect LinkedIn is a business networking site, where people can “connect” with each other. Connecting provides for ways to keep each other’s contact info; …
What is Sourcing? vs. What Does a Sourcer Do?
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.” Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass A definition of a term works, if the majority of practitioners agree to it. It’s quite remarkable, that with Sourcing becoming hugely popular and necessary, we still lack …
Eight Ways to Guess and Verify Email Addresses
Suppose you are determined to find someone’s email address. With the new LinkedIn InMail policy, some say, this may happen in their practice more often. The post below outlines top eight ways to figure that email address out, starting with a list of guesses. Before we go there: as the creator of one of the most popular email-finding techniques Rob Ousbey …
How to Generate Lists: Webinar [NEW DATE: Oct 21, 2014]
Don’t miss it! The new webinar is an in-depth look at the challenge common to Sourcing, Recruiting, and Sales professionals: creating lists of professionals based on certain criteria. Register here: Top 7 Techniques for Name Generation Whether you work in Staffing or Sales, the unique presentation will provide proven practical tips and tools for identifying and verifying lists of professional contacts. Be sure to …