Due to the need for OR searches, Custom Search Engines (CSEs) is a handy tool to use in diversity sourcing projects. From my tests, this Diversity CSE performs better than any other I authored, but please try it and let me know, OK? Like any other CSE, it needs to be tested using diverse searches to see how well it …
Three New Custom Search Engines
I admire the evolving technology of Google Custom Search Engines (CSEs). By guessing some clever terms and operator combinations, over time, we have been able to un-dig (for example) loads of contact lists of passive candidates within every industry we get sourcing requests in. The best part of CSEs is that they make the web structured. In a sense, CSEs …
15 Unique Features of Custom Search Engines
As my friends know, I have been fascinated by Google’s Custom Search Engines (CSEs) for years. I have met several colleagues who have become as addicted to CSEs as I am; I feel as if we belong to a tribe. 🙂 I remain disappointed by the apparent CSEs’ low penetration into our industry tools. Part of the undeserved unpopularity is …
Search for Women in Your Industry: 5 Tips and a Bonus
I live in a very diverse area (and love it). Let me demonstrate what it is like in the streets and parks, when people are out, by showing a screenshot for local Python Developers (no diversity filters applied): However – search for CEOs in the same area and you will see a very different picture: (A stunning difference, isn’t it?) …
more: Healthcare Sourcing Techniques
In sync with the times, I want to share some Healthcare sourcing tips to implement in addition to what you are already doing. I know that sourcing for Healthcare professionals is challenging from experience. Last year, I ran a project sourcing for (bedside) Registered Nurses with 2-3 years of experience for a hospital in Texas. While LinkedIn is a site …
Hack: Search for Female Names with This CSE
Are you searching for diversity? Using the same “synonyms” trick as described in Hack: Use 500 Keywords, Not 32, on Google, I have created a Custom Search Engine that looks for the 50 most popular women’s names. Add location, title, or skills, and you will get a list of women’s LinkedIn profiles with the required qualities. Example search: python developer bay …
Competitive Intelligence from Open Datasets
Do you know about Open (public) Datasets? Google got its Dataset Search out of Beta, and you should bookmark it. Lee Candiotti has asked this question on our group – Great question. Let’s start with ways to locate datasets, in addition to Google’s tool. You can simply Google to locate datasets. And once you start looking, it’s endless! There’s Google-owned …
Hack: Use 500 Keywords, Not 32, on Google
Google’s limit of keywords is 32. It’s a challenge for long OR searches, especially for diversity sourcing – for example, searching for women’s first names, Latino last names, or diversity colleges. I am no fan of long ORs on Google (definitely not to list synonyms for a word), but in cases like the above, or searching for target companies or …
How to Do Executive Job Title Research
Often, especially when sourcing for executives, we need to answer questions like these): What are possible job titles at a particular level of seniority, in a given industry (or at a company), with given functions? Equipped with this intelligence, we can start constructing filtered people searches. Without this research upfront, we would be encountering both false positives and false negatives …