[Edited: The below no longer works but you will find some other interesting content here on the blog – for example, Facebook Photo Discoveries.] Some recruiters message potential candidates on Facebook and find success in that. Perhaps it depends on the location and the type of a job, whether this would be seen as a good channel to strike a conversation on …
LinkedIn Export: Not To Be Missed
I was surprised that the new LinkedIn Export function got so little attention – and barely any comments on top of repeating the facts – in blogs and on Twitter. LinkedIn Export is, in fact, a big deal! Why? Well, up until now, LinkedIn has been expanding its import capabilities, providing Contacts in the personal accounts with a wide variety of …
Easy Hidden Name Discovery Hack
If in your search results you have encountered a profile that has as little as this information… … the standard X-Raying LinkedIn is not going to be too helpful when trying to find the public profile: “Hospital & Health Care Professional” “Phoenix, Arizona Area” site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub -dir returns too many results! There’s a simple way around the lack of …
Basic LinkedIn Searches NOT in Recruiter
For those of us who have the expensive LinkedIn Recruiter license (I have it too), there’s a danger of spending all of the sourcing time with the “paid” search capabilities, while missing some ways to search, that are not as “mainstream”, could provide the desirable additional results and make us more competitive! Last week I we held the Powerful Sourcing Contest asking for three searches on LinkedIn …
Powerful Sourcing with LinkedIn – Webinar 9/10/2014
UPDATE: the webinar was sold out and will be repeated once more on September 10. The webinar got rave reviews from the participants, naming it a “fire hose” of information; “informative and intriguing”. Other feedback: “Great information for users of all experience levels.”; “learnt really good little tips I never paid attention to”; “it was great. Learnt so much”. (& more) …
Databases @ Your Library
If you do online research, don’t overlook your local public library. It’s an excellent resource of online information, not just on books and publications, but also on businesses. In this post, I will specifically write about the US Public libraries. Many other countries would have similar services offered at public libraries. While Librarians are certainly skilled at organizing and searching for info, guess what… there’s not …
Talent Mapping = Sourcing + Competitive Intelligence
“…one of the most overlooked techniques for companies to employ.” INTRO I’ve long wanted to write a post about “Talent Maps”, which I see as a tool, as well as a strategic part of Recruiting and Sourcing. This post was triggered by several recent interactions with colleagues. Apparently, in the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, Recruiters are …
What Google Can’t Find in Australia and NZ
(This post is about what Google can’t find, with Australia- and NZ- based examples. It should be useful for everyone, no matter where they live.) At the recent Sourcing Summits NZ and Australia I asked the audience to name some cases where web pages would not be found by Google. Examples provided included: “some people are not online” (at all!) and “if I …
Sample Sourcing Certification Exam Questions
Are you interested in getting certified? Our – substantially reworked and improved in 2014 – Sourcing Certification Program now offers to take the Exam and Getting Certified independently of signing up for subscription to the interactive materials, as we have called them, “The SourceBook“. You would definitely be well prepared if you subscribe to the material. But if you feel ready and confident, you can …
Roads Less Taken
By all means we should be reaching for the “low hanging fruit” first. To find the target potential candidates we should first go to the ATS, search on Job Boards and on LinkedIn. It would be silly to ignore the easy available sources and do something “exotic” instead. However, everyone else is also going to the same search dialog on …