Comments on: Searching Social Media Requires Outside-the-Box Thinking http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/ Leveraging LinkedIn, Twitter, Social Media, Resume Databases, and the Internet for Sourcing and Recruiting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Beyond Boolean Search: Proximity and Weighting http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-7687 Beyond Boolean Search: Proximity and Weighting Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:02:18 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-7687 [...] course, when searching Twitter, it is especially important to realize that people can be very creative in ho... (titles, skills, etc.), their experience, and their location – they can enter whatever they [...] [...] course, when searching Twitter, it is especially important to realize that people can be very creative in ho… (titles, skills, etc.), their experience, and their location – they can enter whatever they [...]

]]> By: The Big Deal about Bing for Sourcing and Recruiting http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-7004 The Big Deal about Bing for Sourcing and Recruiting Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:30 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-7004 [...] course, when searching Twitter, it is especially important to realize that people can be very creative in ho... (titles, skills, etc.), their experience, and their location – they can enter whatever they [...] [...] course, when searching Twitter, it is especially important to realize that people can be very creative in ho… (titles, skills, etc.), their experience, and their location – they can enter whatever they [...]

]]> By: Twitter 101 for Recruiters http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 Twitter 101 for Recruiters Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:02:13 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-5606 [...] is to search in bios. All of the above methods do this, while Twitter search does not. Of course, one needs to be particularly thoughtful and creative when searching social media sites, as many people don’t use cookie-cutter terminology that they would in resumes and [...] [...] is to search in bios. All of the above methods do this, while Twitter search does not. Of course, one needs to be particularly thoughtful and creative when searching social media sites, as many people don’t use cookie-cutter terminology that they would in resumes and [...]

]]> By: Ed N. http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-3954 Ed N. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:47:52 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-3954 "Yes - 45-54 year olds CAN refer to themselves as tech geeks and spin doctors." Who do you think INVENTED the term "Geek"! We also invented the internet and social media. We were geeks when geeks weren't cool. (I got suspended in high school bring a calculator to a Trig test!) We are geeks and Uber-geeks and dam proud of it. “Yes – 45-54 year olds CAN refer to themselves as tech geeks and spin doctors.”

Who do you think INVENTED the term “Geek”! We also invented the internet and social media. We were geeks when geeks weren’t cool. (I got suspended in high school bring a calculator to a Trig test!)

We are geeks and Uber-geeks and dam proud of it.

]]> By: Eric Pflum http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-3182 Eric Pflum Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:26:42 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-3182 Excellent article. It still makes me chuckle when I see all these "search companies" posting the clients job description on Monster/CB etc. If this was all that filling a Sr level position required............. Then why pay a fee? Thanks, Eric Excellent article. It still makes me chuckle when I see all these “search companies” posting the clients job description on Monster/CB etc.

If this was all that filling a Sr level position required………….

Then why pay a fee?

Thanks,

Eric

]]> By: Valerie S. http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 Valerie S. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:27:02 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-3154 Interesting question Phil. When I started writing this article it was because I noticed a pattern in non-traditional title descriptors that the passive technical population I was sourcing for, was using in their Social Media profiles. There are a lot of "guides" on how to use Twitter, however, I've not seen anything that defines slang/untraditional title descriptors to traditional titles such as what you've noted "bankers/clean slang term". Understanding who your target population is that you are trying to source/recruit for is a good beginning. If you are not familiar with whom you are sourcing/recruiting for, research will definitely be required. You should start with simple searches in twellow.com or advanced search in twitter, same for Facebook. You may have to sift through profiles in order to pick up on some of the jargon they use or patterns that may emerge. Remember, Social Media is where people go to unwind, they aren't necessarily looking for a job so consider them to be highly passive. You may also want to check out blogs that are written by your target population to see how they may be referring to themselves either as the blogger or commenter. You will have to be strategic with your searches but in the end, if you are organized in how you collect your data, you'll know what non-traditional title descriptors emerge and how to find those people. Hope that helps! Interesting question Phil. When I started writing this article it was because I noticed a pattern in non-traditional title descriptors that the passive technical population I was sourcing for, was using in their Social Media profiles.

There are a lot of “guides” on how to use Twitter, however, I’ve not seen anything that defines slang/untraditional title descriptors to traditional titles such as what you’ve noted “bankers/clean slang term”. Understanding who your target population is that you are trying to source/recruit for is a good beginning. If you are not familiar with whom you are sourcing/recruiting for, research will definitely be required. You should start with simple searches in twellow.com or advanced search in twitter, same for Facebook. You may have to sift through profiles in order to pick up on some of the jargon they use or patterns that may emerge.

Remember, Social Media is where people go to unwind, they aren’t necessarily looking for a job so consider them to be highly passive. You may also want to check out blogs that are written by your target population to see how they may be referring to themselves either as the blogger or commenter. You will have to be strategic with your searches but in the end, if you are organized in how you collect your data, you’ll know what non-traditional title descriptors emerge and how to find those people.

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Phil non Geek http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Phil non Geek Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:55:10 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-3145 BBB, Love free routes to goal so thanks. Any Twitter dictionary / language sites to get me started? Geeks = Tech ... what are bankers (clean version). BBB,
Love free routes to goal so thanks. Any Twitter dictionary / language sites to get me started? Geeks = Tech … what are bankers (clean version).

]]> By: Boolean Black Belt http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-3143 Boolean Black Belt Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:23:05 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-3143 Phil, I am 95% "hunter" and 5% "trapper." Posting jobs is 100% passive and reactive ("trapping"), offering you no degree of control over who responds and their qualifications. Searching information sources ("hunting") is proactive/active affording you control over exactly WHO you find and contact, and a high degree control over their experience and quals. I would never say to completely dump job posting on the internet, especially free/low cost efforts...but my searches for people get the results 95% of the time. Ad responses are my "roll the dice and get lucky." Phil,
I am 95% “hunter” and 5% “trapper.” Posting jobs is 100% passive and reactive (“trapping”), offering you no degree of control over who responds and their qualifications. Searching information sources (“hunting”) is proactive/active affording you control over exactly WHO you find and contact, and a high degree control over their experience and quals. I would never say to completely dump job posting on the internet, especially free/low cost efforts…but my searches for people get the results 95% of the time. Ad responses are my “roll the dice and get lucky.”

]]> By: Phil non Geek http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/04/searching-social-media-requires-outside-the-box-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 Phil non Geek Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:11:14 +0000 http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/?p=2263#comment-3141 would you dump conventional internet job advertising in favour of SM resourcing? would you dump conventional internet job advertising in favour of SM resourcing?

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