The main reason why Boolean search strings don’t work is syntax errors – that are, in fact, easy to fix. Google, Yahoo, Bing, LinkedIn are very picky about the ways we express what we are looking for – but it’s not hard to adjust to ways they want us to talk to them. Let’s take a look at some examples …
List of 24 Large Corporations Interested in Sourcing
Resumes and interviews have not changed a whole lot, but sourcing has, and there’s a big need for recruiters to get up to speed. I believe that all companies, especially large corporations, need either to help recruiters to learn web sourcing skills, or hire sourcers, or do both. If you “post and prey” you might still be just fine but …
How to Find Candidates Using the Internet (an Overview)
Join us for a Webinar on July 16th (Friday). Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/303840850 This webinar is for Boolean “beginners”, beginner-to-intermediate level sourcers, “old-school” recruiters wanting to jump on the web sourcing bandwagon, and for those who use the web for sourcing but are questioning whether they are using the best available tools in the …
Search for Talent Within Your Groups
LinkedIn Groups was a great invention and, I think, remains the best way to source on LinkedIn. A member can belong to up to 50 groups, send messages within the group for free and post jobs for free. The groups are undergoing a major redesign where the News are now blended with Discussions. You also see a moving row of …
Numbers of Results in Search Engines
This is a very important point for a sourcer or anybody who uses search engines. Google, Yahoo, and Bing will never show more that 1,000 results per search. Many of us know that, but with that comes the fact that an announced approximate numbers above 1,000 cannot be trusted. Any “number of results” displayed by each of these search engines …
Reliable Email Address Verification
How do you find someone’s email address? Using the symbol @ in searches on Google is useless since it’s ignored along with most of the special characters. We know ways to figure out a company email pattern via clever Google searches using the asterisk * (ask Gary Cozin ). Unfortunately, our methods may not work in some cases. Besides, some companies, …
How Many Resumes Are There on the Internet?
Here is a cool blog post contest. Post a blog (anywhere) with an estimate of the number of resumes on the Internet and win a ticket to #TRUsource in Atlanta. Please email Geoff Webb at [email protected] with a reference to your post; please also share on the Boolean Strings network. Also, to help get this off the ground, I am …
LinkedIn Profiles: an In-Depth Look – Webinar on June 8th
If a LinkedIn member wishes not to have a public profile, LinkedIn promptly removes the info from the Web. However, did you know that what you see marked as private profiles in search results has nothing to do with personal privacy settings? The majority of LinkedIn profiles are public and can be viewed – without upgrading your account. Come to my …
Semantic Search for Recruiters, Sample Approaches
Semantic search for recruiters, ideally, would let us enter a job description and get lists of matching candidates. Here are some sample approaches that either have been implemented in new semantic search tools for recruiters or can be accomplished through search engines like Google (learn more by getting my Google DVD). Word proximity. If the work managed in near the …
Find the Right People on Twitter (Expanded Version)
Join us for a Webinar on May 11 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/909164386 “Your seminar was well prepared, well presented, and covered a solid amount of material in a “doable” window of time. I also appreciated that you were able to incorporate pointers or guidance for users at any end of the spectrum, even for …