Archive for September, 2009
Why Do So Many ATS Vendors Offer Poor Search Capability?
This question has been burning in my mind for quite some time – why is it that so many ATS/recruiting CRM vendors offer poor or limited candidate search functionality? I’m not talking about ATS vendors you’ve never heard of – I’m talking about some of the biggest names in Applicant Tracking/Candidate Relationship Management applications.
I’m well aware [...]
U.S. Visitors to Facebook Declines in August
I’ve been making a habit of posting the U.S. traffic data for the “big 3″ social media sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter – the ones that seem to matter most to sourcers and recruiters) on a monthly basis.
Last month, I predicted that all 3 of the sites would experience a decline in monthly unique U.S. visitors, [...]
Google Search: The Asterisk Wildcard and Punctuation
Think you know all there is to know about Google search?
I was recently asked a question regarding the use of the asterisk when searching on Google, specifically in conjunction with certain punctuation.
This person was under the impression that if you used the equal sign on either side of an asterisk when searching Google, it would function as a multiple word wildcard operator. [...]
Learning the Art and Science of Sourcing Candidates
A short while ago, I wrote an article on CruiterTalk explaining how I believe anyone can learn the “Art” of sourcing candidates.
In my recruiting career, I’ve come across many people who believe that sourcing candidates from databases, ATS’s, and the Internet is difficult to learn.
I think that there are a number of contributing factors to this belief, [...]
How to Bulk-Accept LinkedIn Invitations to Connect
LinkedIn has been making changes to their interface and one thing I noticed back in March is that I could no longer select multiple invitations to connect and accept them all at once from the main inbox page.
It took a little bit of exploring the new inbox interface and functionality before I figured out how to [...]
Sourcing Training Best Practices
One of the most common forms of group training in the sourcing community is the webinar.
Some are free, others cost money. Some are internal corporate trainings, and others are delivered by 3rd party trainers.
Although web based training is relatively easy to deliver and it offers the ability to train large numbers of people across multiple [...]
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