Archive for June, 2009
Recruiters Account for 1 in 20 U.S. LinkedIn Profiles
Did you know that recruiting, sourcing, and HR professionals account for 5% of all U.S. LinkedIn Profiles?
While 5% may seem like a small number, it is a disproportionately large representation of the profession - it literally means that 1 out of every 20 LinkedIn profiles in the US is a recruiting, sourcing, or HR professional.
What’s the significance of this? [...]
How to Search for GPA’s on LinkedIn
Have you ever wanted or needed to search for people who have achieved high grade point averages in high school or college?
While GPA is relatively unimportant to many employers – to others, a high GPA is indicative of a person’s ability to achieve results in an unstructured environment (no one is there making you go to [...]
Sourcing and Recruiting Resources Page
It’s been a long time coming, but I have finally gotten around to creating a resources page that essentially contains a “best of” compilation of Boolean Black Belt articles. It contains 10 “How-To” posts ranging from how to search Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for candidates, as well as articles on semantic search, Boolean, extended Boolean, [...]
Why Boolean Search is Such a Big Deal in Recruiting
In recent posts I’ve explained the Boolean Black Belt concept and exposed what I feel is the real “secret” behind learning how to master the art and science of leveraging information systems for talent identification and acquisition.
Now I would like to show you precisely WHY Boolean search is such a big deal in recruiting. There are [...]
How to Become a Boolean Black Belt or E-Recruiting Expert
I recently wrote an article that definitively defined the “Boolean Black Belt” concept. In this post, I explain how to become one. The good news is that you don’t have to be born with the “Boolean gene” (no one is). The bad news (for some) is that it requires a great deal of what is known as “deliberate [...]
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