Thanks to Sourcing Community Contributors

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For my US-based colleagues, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Our Boolean Strings – The Internet Sourcing Community on the Ning Network has grown to 5,300+ members  and the LinkedIn “Boolean” Group has grown to 17,600+ members, freely sharing sourcing knowledge and tips with each other and providing questions and answers for each other, as well as creating whole libraries with sample searches. …

100 Country Codes On LinkedIn

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If you log out of LinkedIn and look at its home page, you will find some invaluable information, including a list of 100 countries that have their own URL’s. The exception is the US profiles that have the www beginning along with many smaller countries. For your convenience and at the request from my listeners today, here is a list of the …

Sourcing Checklist

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  I am always happy to do sourcing! With the increased volume of Internet Research/People Sourcing/Name Generation projects we have started using a simple Checklist for clients that I would like to share. Here are the questions: Filled out by: Date: Job/Role Description (attach) Notes (what is key; what makes it hard; where you have looked) Preferred Delivery (Resumes: y/n; LinkedIn …

Webinar: Boolean Search on LinkedIn – New Date!

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NEW DATE! Join us for a Webinar on November 15 [The webinar on Nov 6 was full. Repeating on Nov 15th.] Attendees have signed up from: Nike, Amazon, Walmart, Apple, Verizon Wireless, Motorola, Oracle, Staples, The Home Depot, The Footlocker, Experis, E&Y, IBM, Accenture, Gartner, Tata Consulting, Wells Fargo, United Health, Kforce, Randstad, Adecco, and Futurestep, to name a just few …

Country-Specific Regions and Titles on #LinkedIn

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Resourcing in the UK. Part 3: Regions and Titles on LinkedIn Here is the third of a series of hands-on examples – based on some specific searches in the UK – on how to use some People Sourcing concepts. (See the posts One/Twitter and Two/Google.) The same techniques can be applied to searches elsewhere. I’d like to discuss geographical regions as they are phrased …

Resourcing in the UK. Part 2: Following Recruiters on Twitter

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Here is the second of a series of hands-on examples – based on some specific searches in the UK – on how to use some People Sourcing concepts. The same techniques can be applied to searches elsewhere. I’d like to discuss following a list of people on Twitter.   Let’s start with creating a list of people, in this case, UK-based recruiters. I think …

Resourcing in the UK

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Good People Sourcing (or Resourcing, as they are called in some places) methods are, of, course, independent of industry and geography. Here is the first of a series of hands-on examples – based on some specific searches in the UK – on how to use some People Sourcing concepts. The same techniques can be applied to searches elsewhere.   Suppose we would like …

International People Sourcing Contest

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Are you ready for a people sourcing contest? Two (or more) prizes await the winners. Prize #1. Attendance at the first-ever live  People Sourcing Certification Training in London UK on October 24, 2012 – PLUS – continue with 4 weeks practice and tests online in the  People Sourcing Certification Program in January 2013.  Optionally, you can continue at the Level Two instead, starting in …

The Boolean Language of Google and Bing

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To learn the language of search engines it’s best to start with the advanced search dialogs: http://www.google.com/advanced_search http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced If you’d like to keep a reminder handy on the most essential elements of the search engine syntax, here is one:

Finding Org Charts

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Which Boolean Strings will bring up company organizational charts? This question comes up once in a while from recruiters who come to my lectures and on forums. Here’s a brief beginner guide on how to find where to find org charts. The post also has explanations applicable to finding sites to search for any information of interest.   First and …