Hidden Talent Pools
Why is Google Missing Available Search Results?
When you’re searching the Internet for potential candidates, it’s quite common (and practical) to search for resumes of people who are likely to be local to your opportunity. The two main ways of doing this are searching by area code and searching by zip code range.
While there are limitations of both approaches (not everyone includes [...]
SourceCon 2010: Resume Sourcing and Matching – AI vs. Humans
Here is the expanded slide deck from my SourceCon 2010 Keynote: Resume Sourcing and Matching – Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Cognition. It contains all of the talking points as text so you are not left guessing as to what I spoke to during the live presentation.
You’ll learn about the intrinsic and often overlooked challenges [...]
Boolean Search Conquers Impossible Google Position
When I run recruiter training classes, I often ask for the trainees to bring me example positions they are having trouble working on to use for live sourcing training.
During one such class (a little over 2 years ago), I had a recruiter bring me an opening for a challenging position at Google that had been open for [...]
How to Search Hidden Talent Pools – HTP #2
This is my second post in a series that exposes sourcers and recruiters to the concept and the fact that there are Hidden Talent Pools in every social network, database, ATS, job board, etc. My first post focused on Hidden Talent Pool #1 - the candidates that you can not find . In this post, I will focus on the candidates that [...]
How to Search Hidden Talent Pools – HTP #1
You may be surprised to learn that there are Hidden Talent Pools in every social network, database, ATS, job board, etc. – they contain candidates that #1 you can not find and #2 you do not find. In this post, I will focus on the candidates that you can not find.
You may ask, “So, why can’t I find [...]
Fishing from the Hidden Talent Pool
Once people become familiar with my theory of Hidden Talent Pools, they often become curious to see examples of candidates that most recruiters don’t find.
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Not too long ago, a recruiter requested me to assist them in locating a solid MySQL DBA for a position at a well-known social networking entity. If you’ve ever [...]
The Hidden Talent Pools in every source of candidates
There is a Hidden Talent Pool (HTP) in every source of candidates – the Internet, job board resume databases, Social Networks, your ATS, etc., and it contains candidates that you assume aren’t there because you never see them. However - just because you never see them doesn’t mean they aren’t actually there. Because they are. Years ago, I became [...]
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