Leveraging social networks, resume databases, and the Internet for sourcing and recruiting

Archive for July, 2009

Recruiting: Art or Science?

Posted at July 27, 2009

I recently wrote an article for Ryan Leary’s CruiterTalk blog titled, “Anyone Can Learn the ‘Art’ of Sourcing.”Although the main point I wanted to make was that sourcing isn’t all that mysterious or difficult, and that it can be taught and learned with a strong interest to do so and access to proper training and guidance, [...]

Automated Semantic Search: Proceed with Caution

Posted at July 21, 2009

There are many software vendors who offer solutions to HR, recruiting, and sourcing organizations that claim to have automated candidate search and match capability. These applications can take your search, a job description, or an example resume and claim to leverage semantic search, fuzzy logic and/or Artificial Intelligence search technology to return relevant results.
I’ve had the opportunity to use [...]

Artificial Intelligence Matching, Semantic Search, Sourcing Automation

Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook June 2009 Traffic Data

Posted at July 15, 2009

I routinely check www.compete.com for the latest traffic data for my favorite social media sites and was pleasantly surprised to find June’s data has been released. I will review the June traffic data for Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook (aka, the “Big Three”).
Twitter
Twitter experienced explosive growth from February 2009 to April 2009, going from 7.9M to 19.4M unique [...]

Facebook, LinkedIn, Traffic Data, Twitter

The Cardinal Rule of E-Sourcing

Posted at July 13, 2009

When I was working on the LinkedIn Search: What it COULD and SHOULD be post, I noticed a couple of things in the video of Esteban Kozak searching for Lucene Open Source Engineers and I realized it would make for a perfect example of the importance of the Cardinal Rule of E-Sourcing. I know Esteban was just giving a demonstration [...]

Mistakes, Search Process, Sourcing Mistakes, Sourcing and Recruiting

How to Use LinkedIn in Your Job Search

Posted at July 8, 2009

Eariler this month Harry Urschel brought a post of his to my attention where he showed job seekers that you don’t have to have a huge LinkedIn network to use LinkedIn effectively to find a job. I wholeheartedly concur. Not only do you not have to have a large network of connections on LinkedIn, there [...]

How-To's, Job Search, LinkedIn

LinkedIn Search: What it COULD and SHOULD be

Posted at July 6, 2009

Did you know that LinkedIn currently has the ability to deliver incredibly powerful search functionality to its users - WELL beyond what we all have access to now? What am I talking about?
I’m excited to tell you, but quite honestly, I actually can’t believe it’s taken me this long to put 2 and 2 together. Have you [...]

Extended Boolean, LinkedIn

About Me

I have significant experience with and passion for leveraging technology and Lean principles to achieve high quality hires in a Just-In-Time manner. I'm a power user of Social Media, ATS and CRM applications, job board resume databases, the Internet, Boolean queries and semantic search for recruiting.