Search Results

Open Groups on LinkedIn is a great idea! (I have been long complaining how I wanted at least job posts on groups to be open to all.) Open groups add valuable content to the “surface”, searchable web. There are several ways recruiters can benefit from the new feature. Here are a couple of suggestions. 1. When you post a job on an …

Join us for a Webinar on 2/4 Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now.[The webinar is over. Please check the Downloads section for available training materials, or let me know if you’d want to arrange training on related topics.] Boolean Basics and Beyond. Get up-to-date on your search skills! The webinar is for beginner-to-intermediate level users of Internet searches. I will cover …

I am excited to be  a track leader and teach sourcing mastery at my second #trulondon event hosted by the wonderful Bill Boorman, the true leader of recruiting unconferences. The last #trulondon was, perhaps, the most content-rich event I had ever been to; was it in spite or because of the lack of preparations, presentations, and slides? The days were …

Imagine that you could get the magical core list of search strings somewhere and just keep using them… The truth is, there isn’t one. Pre-built sets of strings are good as examples but that’s it. Every search is unique, and the info out there gets updates continuously, so you need your own strings. I was glad to hear at a recent …

I am forming two Boolean Sourcing Mastery Classes, for people who would like to bring their Internet Search skills to a true Boolean Master’s level: Boolean Mastery Class Level I (Beginner-to-Intermediate level), Boolean Mastery Class Level II (Intermediate-to-Advanced level). Each group will meet by webinar, twice monthly, 90 minutes each, for a total of twelve sessions. Sessions will start mid-January …

When we try to find the right candidates, or the right people for our business needs, we usually have to work with search engines and databases that do not quite speak our language. We write something as cryptic as inurl:resume or filetype:pdf (what does this have to do with my job description?). To make our search tuned to the meaning …

With Google thinking that we are all bots and Yahoo.com now being an alternative user interface to the Bing search engine, many of us have turned to Bing in the hopes of having a satisfying search experience. The Bing team doesn’t make it easy to figure out what the Bing Query language is like. There are two key documents, as …

This webinar will be useful for all talent hunters: sourcers and recruiters from corporations, agencies, and those who work individually. [The webinar is over. Please check the Downloads section for available training materials, or let me know if you’d want to arrange training on related topics.] Carson’s Law: It’s better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick. Would you like …

Boolean search strings should be very long and complex to work well. There are top 5 (or 10 or 20) Boolean search strings that gurus know of. I would do great if I could find out what those strings are! If I have access to Boolean strings templates all I have to do is add keywords, and the search is …

Google Custom Search Engines let us hide “unreadable” operators and reuse them. Search engines on Recruiting Blogs, CVFox, Big5Hire, Referyes are all custom search engines or are based on this technology. Custom engines have their tricky side but it’s not too hard to create a basic one. On your control panel, use the sections “sites” and “refinements” to start with, …