Just Say NOT

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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 of a job description we often research and use the title synonyms. There are attempts out there to learn about possible title synonyms and make the search more semantic. This approach may work quite nicely.

An approach that I’d like to bring up in this post is different: I’d like to talk about removing the wrong results. Of course, it’s not ideal, but I’m finding that it may be quite productive.

To give you an example, let’s look for QA Engineers in Seattle on LinkedIn (something we did for a client recently). Let’s say we will use the keywords automation and framework, to narrow down the search. Let’s look at the results:

QA engineer ~15 results

“QA Engineer” OR “quality assurance engineer” OR “test engineer” OR “engineer in test” ~150 results

NOT manager NOT director (and additional keywords: QA OR quality OR test) ~680 results. As always, having some false positives is not a problem if the majority of the search results are what we need.

Looking at the results of the last search we find the right people whose titles are: “QA test consultant“, “Engg in Test“, “SDET II“, “test automation architect”, “QA analyst“, “SDET Lead“, “white box test engineering“, to name a few. None of these titles are synonyms I had thought of initially, so the “NOT” search adds many more results.

It’s definitely a useful technique. One of many, of course.

A Bit About Bing

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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 far as I can tell:

Both are brief, many explanations are vague, and each document has some operators not mentioned in the other document. There ‘s also at least one operator not mentioned in either document.

Complaints aside, Bing offers some unique operators well worth exploring. I will mention three of them here.

  • contains: looks for links to a certain file type; as an example, think about a link to a resume from someone’s home page;
  • near: adds a nice semantic flavor to our searches. The operator near takes a number; near:2 means keywords within 2 words within each other, as in managed near:2 people;
  • linkfromdomain: finds all sites to which the given domain links to. It’s useful for SEO specialists but not just. I just tried linkfromdomain:linkedin.com python engineer and found some potential candidates for our Python job opening. This operator is not documented in either of the above references!

ex-Google users should remember to put parentheses around any OR statement, get used including norelax: if they want the results to contain their 5th keyword, look into the differences between site: and domain: and be aware of a few other things that I will leave for my next post or a webinar.

Sourcing Process for Talent Hunters – Nov 23rd

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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 to find more qualified candidates in less time and with a lower budget? Do you get stuck when looking for some hard-to-find skills? Do you have a high volume of requirements? Do you have a team and want to find ways to collaborate and share sourcing knowledge?

We will explore several steps that form an optimal sourcing process and will look into ways to enhance and customize your sourcing process. I will included some unpublished sourcing tips in the presentation, to add to your toolbox. I will also present examples of sourcing projects from my own practice.

Registered attendees are welcome to send me sample searches or questions ahead of time, and I will do my best include those in the presentation as well. As always, one month of follow-up Q&A over email is included.

Length: 90 minutes
Cost: $79
Date/Time: Nov 23rd (Tue) noon EST/ 9  AM PST

Content
• Sourcing Challenges
• Elements of a Sourcing Process

  • Doing Your Research
  • Going for the Low-Hanging Fruit
  • Cross-Posting Requirements
  • Digging Deeper on LinkedIn
  • Using Boolean Strings for the Web
  • Exploring Niche Sites and Places
  • Filtering and Sorting Search Results
  • Saving, Sharing, and Reusing Searches
  • Messaging, Emailing, and Calling
  • Caring About Your Brand

• Keeping Up with New Tools
• Examples

  • Hunt for Google Software Engineers
  • Looking for SAP Consultants (or a custom example from the audience)
  • Example 3 (a custom example from the audience)

• Resources

Lists of Sourcers and Recruiters on Twitter

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I used to have a friend who was known for making lists of lists.

Here are two lists: 1) “sourcers” lists and 2) “recruiters” lists on twitter (do you have one? do you follow one?):

http://twitter.com/animal/sourcers

http://twitter.com/braingain/sourcers (this one is mine)

http://twitter.com/carolmahoney/sourcers

http://twitter.com/carolynkammeyer/recruiters-sourcers

http://twitter.com/Craig_Silverman/sourcers

http://twitter.com/gutmach/sourcers

http://twitter.com/jescobar856/sourcers

http://twitter.com/Job_Spot/west-coast-sourcers

http://twitter.com/Kristen_Durkin/sourcers

http://twitter.com/recruiterdotcom/sourcers

http://twitter.com/RecruitingSuite/sourcers-recruiters

http://twitter.com/rithesh/sourcers

http://twitter.com/206techjobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/abbas25/recruiters

http://twitter.com/AbbyDalzell/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Acadia4U/recruiters

http://twitter.com/alexbreezer/recruiters

http://twitter.com/alexlerner/recruiters

http://twitter.com/AlexSherstinsky/recruiters

http://twitter.com/AllAboutCareers/graduate-recruiters

http://twitter.com/almoshttp://twitty/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Alumwire/corporate-recruiters

http://twitter.com/alvincrespo/awesome-recruiters

http://twitter.com/amathis/recruiters-freelance-jobs

http://twitter.com/ander_jen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/andreahoffman/recruiters-that-rock

http://twitter.com/andrei_md/recruiters

http://twitter.com/AndySpence/recruiters

http://twitter.com/animal/recruiters

http://twitter.com/anishraju/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Annonces_Emploi/recruiters-international

http://twitter.com/antonia_k/hr-and-recruiters

http://twitter.com/approachmarket/outuk-recruiters-careers

http://twitter.com/Arayablue52/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Ask_The_Rctr/recruiters

http://twitter.com/aweber9/recruiters

http://twitter.com/baltotechjobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Barry_at_IMPACT/recruiters

http://twitter.com/becky_pittman/recruiters

http://twitter.com/bellobuilders/it-recruiters-tech-writers

http://twitter.com/berniegerm/adland-jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/BespokeSearch/recruiters

http://twitter.com/bg12857/recruiters-and-job

http://twitter.com/BizLawyers/recruiters-job-searches

http://twitter.com/blakeremkus/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Blydawg/my-recruiters

http://twitter.com/bmose14/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Boars_Head/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Boars_Head/recruiters-19

http://twitter.com/brendarex/recruiters

http://twitter.com/BrianRogel/jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/BrighterEnergy/clean-energy-recruiters

http://twitter.com/BrittyWagner/jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/bsoler/recruiters

http://twitter.com/bthibodeau/consumer-goods-recruiters

http://twitter.com/bthibodeau/corp-recruiters

http://twitter.com/bthibodeau/misc-recruiters

http://twitter.com/bthibodeau/retail-recruiters

http://twitter.com/buildyourresume/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CallMeCarlile/recruiters

http://twitter.com/callumm/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Career_News/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Career_News/recruiters-2

http://twitter.com/CareerAdviceAZ/mba-recruiters

http://twitter.com/careerfolk/recruiters

http://twitter.com/careersherpa/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CareerVoyager/recruiters

http://twitter.com/carlg_ets/recruiters

http://twitter.com/carolchristen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/caseylooney/recruiters-headhunters

http://twitter.com/catdigidesign/recruiters

http://twitter.com/catdigidsgn/recruiters

http://twitter.com/cbbigelow/jobs-and-recruiters

http://twitter.com/CEOatSteelwedge/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CFOCoach/recruiters

http://twitter.com/cfojoe/recruiters

http://twitter.com/cfojoe/recruiters-1

http://twitter.com/CharlotteWeeks/recruiters-etc

http://twitter.com/ChiokeMcRae/advertising-recruiters

http://twitter.com/chiru_live/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Chris_Mpls/recruiters

http://twitter.com/chrisastallohio/hr-and-recruiters

http://twitter.com/CIMAPR/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CollinsDenny/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ConversationAge/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CoolHandNuke/recruiters

http://twitter.com/craig_silverman/recruiters

http://twitter.com/craigsheppard/recruiters

http://twitter.com/craigtaflin/recruiters-jobsearch

http://twitter.com/CreativeInterns/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Cree/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CriadoResources/http://twibes-recruiters

http://twitter.com/CriadoResources/recruiters-worth-knowing

http://twitter.com/CrisJobCoach/recruiters-hr

http://twitter.com/cvanderbeken/recruiters

http://twitter.com/CVsalad/recruiters

http://twitter.com/daniellegadson/recruiters

http://twitter.com/DanoMiller/recruiters

http://twitter.com/darren_kenny/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Daveisbell/recruiters-career-peeps

http://twitter.com/davemac/jobs-recruiters-australia

http://twitter.com/davidbrossmer/recruiters

http://twitter.com/davidcherry4/recruiters

http://twitter.com/DavidHazeltine/dr-industry-recruiters

http://twitter.com/davidmichaels/recruiters-legal

http://twitter.com/DavidWAndrews/recruiters

http://twitter.com/DBarad/recruiters

http://twitter.com/dchughes/recruiters-agents-career

http://twitter.com/deabigt/recruiters

http://twitter.com/DeenaTrucco/expert-recruiters

http://twitter.com/delcacornelius/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Deltavogue/recruiters

http://twitter.com/delwratten/recruiters-etc

http://twitter.com/DeputyMark/recruiters

http://twitter.com/desaraev/recruiters

http://twitter.com/designcurve/recruiters

http://twitter.com/DevineLines/recruiters

http://twitter.com/dhharris99/recruiters

http://twitter.com/DMcLaughlinPMP/recruiters

http://twitter.com/doc_jobs/physician-recruiters

http://twitter.com/doctorious/recruiters

http://twitter.com/doyoubuzz/recruiters

http://twitter.com/eatontalent/recruiters

http://twitter.com/EGPAF_JOBS/egpaf-recruiters

http://twitter.com/EileenRecruiter/recruiters

http://twitter.com/EmilieMeck/recruiters

http://twitter.com/employeeze/recruiters

http://twitter.com/enajenkins/recruiters

http://twitter.com/EngineerNDavid/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ericasberry/recruiters

http://twitter.com/EricHouwen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/EricKoske/recruiters

http://twitter.com/erictchiu/recruiters

http://twitter.com/esmiley/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ETOjobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ettaingroup/recruiters

http://twitter.com/eva_zils/recruiters

http://twitter.com/evandenbranden/recruiters

http://twitter.com/EWRI/job-recruiters

http://twitter.com/ExecCouncilLV/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ExecutiveLoft/recruiters-network

http://twitter.com/ExpertResumeMan/recruiters

http://twitter.com/faisalmasoodCOM/recruiters

http://twitter.com/fcoramirezv/recruiters

http://twitter.com/feistycoach/recruiters

http://twitter.com/FerrettisMind/recruiters

http://twitter.com/FlamerNZ/recruiters

http://twitter.com/frankscarpelli/recruiters

http://twitter.com/garyfranklin/friends-of-recruiters

http://twitter.com/garyfranklin/recruiters-i-know

http://twitter.com/garyfranklin/recruiters-i-know-of

http://twitter.com/garyroll/recruiters

http://twitter.com/GaryWenneker/ict-recruiters

http://twitter.com/gcman/recruiters

http://twitter.com/GDusastre/recruiters-search-jobs

http://twitter.com/getajob/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ghouston/intuit-recruiters

http://twitter.com/Giclef/recruiters

http://twitter.com/glenngilbert/recruiters

http://twitter.com/gminks/recruiters

http://twitter.com/GoRemortgage/recruiters

http://twitter.com/GrouponJobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/GusRazzetti/recruiters

http://twitter.com/guyweston/recruiters

http://twitter.com/GwenAtCiti/citi-recruiters

http://twitter.com/GySgtFreeman/recruiters

http://twitter.com/HeatherEColeman/dedicated-recruiters

http://twitter.com/helenbuz/grad-recruiters

http://twitter.com/hrconnexions/recruiters

http://twitter.com/HRRH_Foundation/hospital-job-recruiters

http://twitter.com/http://twittin4job/best-recruiters

http://twitter.com/HudsonIT/it-recruiters

http://twitter.com/hwtibbs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/hyattcareers/recruiters

http://twitter.com/iCoolen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/igotmumps/recruiters

http://twitter.com/innov8iv/recruiters

http://twitter.com/IntuitCareers/dfwtrn-recruiters

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-advice

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-apps

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-ceos

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-cloud

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-employer

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-it-news

http://twitter.com/irishrecruiters/irish-recruiters-jobboard

http://twitter.com/ITJobsEurope/it-recruiters

http://twitter.com/ITJobsinPGH/recruiters-resources

http://twitter.com/JackieHermes/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jaridsmediajobs/job-advice-recruiters

http://twitter.com/jasoncblais/for-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JasonHowell2/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jasonrmartin/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jc8/mn-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JeanmarieBoben/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jenisecook/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jewelsjacobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jfirestone/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JhZielke/bww-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JimCahill/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jlbartimus/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jlipschultz/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Job_Spot/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobAngels/now-hiring-recruiters

http://twitter.com/jobatronic/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/california-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/florida-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/national-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/new-york-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/pennsylvania-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/texas-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobCannon/virginia-recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobHuntOrg/recruiters-and-recruiting

http://twitter.com/joblesschicago/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Jobs4Glazing/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JobsDirectUSA/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jobsfrombdm/recruiters-jobboards-can

http://twitter.com/jobsfrombdm/recruiters-jobboards-usa

http://twitter.com/Jobshttp://twitting/recruiters

http://twitter.com/joe_charles/recruiters-job-search

http://twitter.com/JohnRayFowler/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JohnSumser/top-25-online-recruiters

http://twitter.com/joking611/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JolieDowns/hr-recruiters-career-info

http://twitter.com/JonathanDuarte/recruiters

http://twitter.com/josh_rog/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jpoquette1/recruiters

http://twitter.com/jtpedersen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JulieAtCiti/citigroup-recruiters

http://twitter.com/justaction/recruiters

http://twitter.com/JVSChicago/jobs-and-recruiters

http://twitter.com/jwjobblog/recruiters

http://twitter.com/KarenMFI/recruiters

http://twitter.com/karimhoudou/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Katelanta/sales-recruiters-hr

http://twitter.com/KateToon/recruiters

http://twitter.com/katiecarnahan/recruiters-and-job-tips

http://twitter.com/katiepretzel/recruiters

http://twitter.com/katrinatl/recruiters

http://twitter.com/kbaumann/recruiters-hr

http://twitter.com/kbrock/recruiters

http://twitter.com/keithprivette/recruiters-hr-talent

http://twitter.com/KellyKarius/recruiters

http://twitter.com/kenburbary/recruiters

http://twitter.com/KenHerron/top-recruiters

http://twitter.com/KennedyIAm/recruiters

http://twitter.com/KennedyIAm/recruiters-9

http://twitter.com/KentBeatty/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Khan_Jibran/recruiters

http://twitter.com/KimUrbanMSHR/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Kristen_Durkin/recruiters

http://twitter.com/KTC_intuit/intuit-recruiters

http://twitter.com/LadySarahA/recruiters-n-researchers

http://twitter.com/Laura_OTYS/recruiters-news

http://twitter.com/laurendiane/recruiters

http://twitter.com/LaurieMeisel/recruiters

http://twitter.com/LauriePR/recruiters-exec-search

http://twitter.com/LBgirlABOUTtown/recruiters-and-staffing

http://twitter.com/lcordes1/recruiters

http://twitter.com/LeaNicholson/recruiters

http://twitter.com/lee_evans/recruiters

http://twitter.com/LinaEgutkina/recruiters-jobs

http://twitter.com/LinkedCV/recruiters

http://twitter.com/LinkPartnersSF/recruiters-http://twibe

http://twitter.com/livew_intention/recruiters

http://twitter.com/lmumba/recruiters

http://twitter.com/loricateshand/hr-and-recruiters

http://twitter.com/loriruff/recruiters

http://twitter.com/LTLRecruiter/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Luckhurst/recruiters

http://twitter.com/lukehayler/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Maggpie99/recruiters

http://twitter.com/manasmaity/recruiters

http://twitter.com/marcblumer/marketing-recruiters

http://twitter.com/marcie_davis/dc-recruiters-or-hr

http://twitter.com/MarComNext/recruiters-search-jobs

http://twitter.com/marinamann/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MarineSearch/recruiters

http://twitter.com/markgirlkate/mark-recruiters

http://twitter.com/MarloesvDventer/recruiters

http://twitter.com/marranca/recruiters-resources

http://twitter.com/martinnkelly/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MarvinWilson/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MarySchaefer/job-search-recruiters

http://twitter.com/Mateo75/recruiters-and-social-media

http://twitter.com/matthod/recruiters

http://twitter.com/mattknox/recruiters

http://twitter.com/mayuo/jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/MDsearch/physician-recruiters

http://twitter.com/MedCareerVillag/recruiters

http://twitter.com/melaniegenereux/recruiters

http://twitter.com/METAcareers/recruiters

http://twitter.com/mgrecruiter/recruiters

http://twitter.com/michaeldkey/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MichaelSpurrier/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MicheleRempel/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MichelleFF/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MikeDancy/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MileHighTechGuy/recruiters-jobs

http://twitter.com/MNRecruiters/minnesota-recruiters-hr

http://twitter.com/modulist/recruiters

http://twitter.com/mokargas/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MPACEnews/recruiters

http://twitter.com/MrCareerGuy/recruiters

http://twitter.com/mrforklift/recruiters

http://twitter.com/mspjobclub/recruiters-headhunters

http://twitter.com/mverver/recruiters

http://twitter.com/myrtillephoto/recruiters

http://twitter.com/NaniPrints/jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/navicusinfo/top-recruiters

http://twitter.com/neion/recruiters

http://twitter.com/NelsonJobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/NewYorkRecruit/network-recruiters

http://twitter.com/nfredericks_AR/au-nz-recruiters

http://twitter.com/NicoletteHART/recruiters

http://twitter.com/njunemployed/recruiters-hiringmanagers

http://twitter.com/NWjobsEmployers/recruiters

http://twitter.com/officetutorials/recruiters

http://twitter.com/OilHeadhunter/recruiters

http://twitter.com/OnlyUsJobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/paragjagdale/recruiters

http://twitter.com/PCRecruiter/recruiters

http://twitter.com/peergoudsmit/dutch-recruiters

http://twitter.com/peergoudsmit/recruiters-gilde

http://twitter.com/PersonaAffairs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/peterclayton/recruiters

http://twitter.com/PFritz21/recruiters

http://twitter.com/philreCareered/recruiters

http://twitter.com/pik0ti/recruiters

http://twitter.com/pinnaclesearch1/recruiters

http://twitter.com/planetrussell/jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/plepkows/jobs-recruiters

http://twitter.com/PositivelyMN/recruiters

http://twitter.com/PRJobsNYC/recruiters

http://twitter.com/rachaelintuit/intuit-recruiters

http://twitter.com/rachaelintuit/tucson-recruiters

http://twitter.com/rachelmmurray/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ravigandhi/tech-recruiters

http://twitter.com/rchiswell/recruiters

http://twitter.com/REClist/it-recruiters

http://twitter.com/recruitergyrl/recruiters-etc

http://twitter.com/recruiters

http://twitter.com/recruiters/favorites

http://twitter.com/RecruitersWorld/recruiters

http://twitter.com/referencesure/uk-recruiters

http://twitter.com/RelocationAlly/recruiters

http://twitter.com/reneecassard/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Replades/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Resume_Writer/smart-recruiters-i-like

http://twitter.com/ResumeBear/recruiters

http://twitter.com/richardouyang/recruiters

http://twitter.com/richardpoole/recruiters

http://twitter.com/richblumer/recruiters

http://twitter.com/rjhoughton/recruiters

http://twitter.com/rkelly976/recruiters

http://twitter.com/robcthegeek/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Rockwaller87/recruiters

http://twitter.com/RockyJParker/recruiters

http://twitter.com/rosiegs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/rshourbaji/recruiters

http://twitter.com/rvansteenbergen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Ryan_B_King/recruiters

http://twitter.com/sachac/recruiters

http://twitter.com/sahotdeals/recruiters

http://twitter.com/salesrecruiter/recruiters

http://twitter.com/samirluther/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SarahEShook/recruiters-hr

http://twitter.com/sarahmworthy/recruiters-career-help

http://twitter.com/sashayershov/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ScottScanlon/real-recruiters

http://twitter.com/seanrscott/game-recruiters

http://twitter.com/search?q=%23recruiters

http://twitter.com/selltalent/recruiters

http://twitter.com/sergioalvares/it-recruiters

http://twitter.com/sharepointalism/recruiters

http://twitter.com/shegeek/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ShellMyBel/recruiters-agencies

http://twitter.com/ShoMoves2London/london-recruiters

http://twitter.com/shosko/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SLCCStudent/job-recruiters

http://twitter.com/SMU_HegiCareer/companies-recruiters

http://twitter.com/socialskillzcom/social-media-recruiters

http://twitter.com/SodexoCareers/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SodexoTrish/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Solarsubstance/sp-recruiters

http://twitter.com/sparklytemp/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SpeakTheCulture/recruiters-jobs

http://twitter.com/squidge/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SR_Community/social-recruiters

http://twitter.com/SSgtGarcia/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SSgtGranillo/recruiters

http://twitter.com/StaceyStockman/recruiters

http://twitter.com/staffmanagement/hr-recruiters

http://twitter.com/StephaNay/recruiters

http://twitter.com/stephenodonn/recruiters

http://twitter.com/stewartb2b/career-recruiters

http://twitter.com/STLwebmarketing/st-louis-recruiters

http://twitter.com/sumfu2gc/blogging-recruiters

http://twitter.com/superely/london-art-job-recruiters

http://twitter.com/SupplyChainNtwk/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Surtur/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SuzanneCollier/recruiters

http://twitter.com/SvenJohnston/recruiters-on-http://twitter

http://twitter.com/swgraphic/creative-recruiters

http://twitter.com/sycora/recruiters

http://twitter.com/systemwidgets/recruiters

http://twitter.com/talent4startups/recruiters

http://twitter.com/talentdiva/power-recruiters

http://twitter.com/TalentEvolution/san-diego-recruiters

http://twitter.com/TalentFishInc/recruiters

http://twitter.com/TammyDR7/recruiters

http://twitter.com/tbconrad/recruiters

http://twitter.com/TECHEADStaffing/staffers-and-recruiters

http://twitter.com/TechWritingPro/recruiters

http://twitter.com/teenarose/recruiters

http://twitter.com/teenarose/recruiters-too

http://twitter.com/teenarose/recruiters-too-too

http://twitter.com/thefortunegreen/recruiters

http://twitter.com/TheInterviewPro/recruiters

http://twitter.com/therainmaker/recruiters

http://twitter.com/theredrecruiter/rackspace-recruiters

http://twitter.com/TheRightJobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ThomasM88/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ThomasPeng/recruiters

http://twitter.com/thusgaard/recruiters

http://twitter.com/timburks/recruiters

http://twitter.com/ToriMacLean/alberta-recruiters

http://twitter.com/ToriMacLean/calgary-recruiters

http://twitter.com/TotalHealthJobs/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Tourismstudents/cool-recruiters-hr

http://twitter.com/Trent_Warner/recruiters

http://twitter.com/triciaryanna/recruiters

http://twitter.com/TweetEchos/job-career-recruiters

http://twitter.com/TyWest/recruiters

http://twitter.com/uiucbusiness/recruiters

http://twitter.com/UNCPCareerCtr/recruiters

http://twitter.com/UndercoverRec/great-recruiters

http://twitter.com/urbanturbanguy/recruiters-job-boards

http://twitter.com/valeriberns/recruiters

http://twitter.com/vamshi4001/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Vanessaonthego/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Vivavoce/recruiters

http://twitter.com/vktik/recruiters-in-india

http://twitter.com/VMwareCareers/vmware-recruiters

http://twitter.com/vraavi/recruiters-talks

http://twitter.com/vtlfire/healthcare-recruiters

http://twitter.com/wellperson/recruiters

http://twitter.com/whatifwhynot/recruiters

http://twitter.com/whatjobsite/recruiters

http://twitter.com/winnie07/recruiters

http://twitter.com/Wo_VEN/human-resource-recruiters

http://twitter.com/workingthestrip/vegas-recruiters

http://twitter.com/yoga_egrabber/recruiters

http://twitter.com/yvetteferry/recruiters

http://twitter.com/zipzap03/boston-recruiters

The Guess Function

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It’s great to have tools that sort, browse and filter our search results. This saves time – and may allow us to perform more loose searches knowing that we can parse results later and go through them quickly.

The best set of free tools I know of, and many of you have heard of it as well, is called Outwit. It is a set of Firefox extensions. I’d like to bring your attention to one function in the Firefox extension called Outwit Hub called “guess“. The screenshots below show a search for people on LinkedIn and the guess function in action.

(Please notice, I’ve chosen to use a customized view of search results on LinkedIn):

And here are the results. Look, it parses the profiles! We now have columns with the first, last name, profile URL, location, industry, and the current title/company. You can export the results into Excel.

Your Discussion Has Been Moved to Jobs

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Many of us would agree that LinkedIn Groups are a great way to post jobs to your target audience. While Discussions allow to include a URL to an outside site or a blog, the Jobs section only allows to post a title and text. If you feel like including the original job post URL, so that candidates can apply on your site, do the following:

  • Post a discussion item in the discussion section, with the “apply” link included
  • Flag it as a Job:

Now this post is in the job section – and the group members have an easy way to go and apply on your site using the link that you have included:

Like it? Feel like posting the job to several groups? Share a link to your job post with those groups and then move the post to the Jobs section in each group. It’s also faster than posting  jobs individually.

Oh, and there’s one more advantage: others (such as helpful people who know of a referral, or members of your recruiting team) can now easily “share” your job post with LinkedIn members, post to updates and repost to other groups.

Basic Account Shows Extra Information

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If you search for people on LinkedIn, it shows the distribution of the results along its search filters such as Industry, Current Company, etc. I like it a lot! I use the feature quite often to select either current or past companies to be from my target company list, to narrow down the search.

Here is something I have noticed and want to share with you. If you have a business account, it turns out that you do not see the distribution along some filters. Here are two screenshots to compare. I searched for “SAP MDM Consultant”  from a business account (for the first screenshot) and from a basic account (for the second screenshot):

If you have a basic (free) account, you see more:

– and you can, for example, based on that, decide which groups to join so that you can send messages to your candidates.

10 Internet Sourcing Myths

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  1. Boolean search strings should be very long and complex to work well.
  2. 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!
  3. If I have access to Boolean strings templates all I have to do is add keywords, and the search is done.
  4. To search for email addresses all you do is put *@company.com into Google, and you find them.
  5. Boolean search will soon be completely replaced by semantic search.
  6. Metasearch engines obviously search better than individual search engines – they look into multiple sources.
  7. Sometimes the Yahoo search engine will find results that neither Google nor Bing can find.
  8. If I only had money for LinkedIn Recruiter, I would be able to find anybody with the given skills on LinkedIn.
  9. I need to choose between Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, depending on which network works best.
  10. Internet Sourcing is incredibly hard. Until I am done studying all the materials and sites I can’t even begin sourcing.

Anybody wants to add more? 🙂

Future Webinars

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Dear All:

I am giving a LinkedIn for Sourcing and Recruiting webinar on Friday 9/24.

I am preparing a webinar on Bing.

If you have any requests or suggestions for future topics (advanced search, Boolean, Deep Web, Semantic, Tools, Twitter, etc.), please leave a comment or send me a note.

-Irina

P.S. I am available for custom webinars or face to face training for your company.

Seven Custom Search Engines

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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, and just with those two one can create wonders.

Custom engines let us do some things that are not possible to do in Google search itself. As an example, we can:

  • use refinements (an example would be to search for doc files only or excel files only)
  • expand the max number of words and symbols in a search string
  • use special characters in a search; that one is tricky (thanks, Mike Notaro!)
  • use URL patterns to define sites to search in; the patterns can contain special characters such as ? or @

Here are some engines I created a while ago. (When you try them out, notice refinements.) I hope to get back and design more. If you create one or discover some exciting features in the technology, please share!

Custom engines are not likely to decide that you are a bot. For those of us who struggle with Google’s “I’m human” dialog lately, it’s a big plus.