How-To's

How I Learned What I Know About Candidate Sourcing

When it comes to my theories and best practices for leveraging information systems for quickly finding highly qualified candidates, I am often asked, ”So, how did you figure all of this stuff out?”
It’s a fantastic question, and I am happy to be asked it, but my answer doesn’t seem to satisfy anyone. 
The short answer is literally that “I just [...]

How-To's, Lean/JIT Recruiting, Myths and Misconceptions, Training Sourcers and Recruiters

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 [...]

How-To's, LinkedIn

How to Use LinkedIn in Your Job Search

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

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, [...]

Boolean, How-To's, Resume Sourcing, Semantic Search, Sourcing Mistakes, Sourcing and Recruiting

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 [...]

Boolean, How-To's, Sourcing and Recruiting

How to Search Across Multiple Countries on LinkedIn

I’ve recently received a few requests from my European readers (thank you!) to write about how to use LinkedIn to simultaneously search multiple countries to identify candidates. In this post I will do exactly that – show you how you can search for candidates across multiple countries in one search. Although I will be using European countries in the [...]

How-To's, LinkedIn, Sourcing in Europe

How to Search LinkedIn for Sourcing and Recruiting

LinkedIn is one of the most searchable social networks, and with many users filing out their profiles with as much detail as a resume, LinkedIn offers the deepest occupational and professional data of any of the social media sites. As such, it is extremely important that sourcers and recruiters learn how to master all of the various ways you can [...]

How-To's, LinkedIn, x-ray search

Maximizing Your E-Sourcing Efforts

I define E-sourcing as leveraging information systems for active talent identification – searching the Internet, social media, job board resume databases, and applicant tracking systems to find candidates. The proper use of technology in the sourcing and recruiting process should increase your efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness.  I’ve created the SlideShare presentation below to cover a number of [...]

Artificial Intelligence Matching, Boolean Logic, Exalead, Facebook, Google, How-To's, Internet Sourcing, Job Boards, Proximity Searching, Recruiting Technology, Resume Aggregators, Semantic Search, Social Media, Sourcing and Recruiting, Talent Warehouse

Searching Social Media Requires Outside-the-Box Thinking

Non-Standard Descriptors and the Role They Play in Social Media
Article by Valerie Scarsellato, Sr. Sourcer at Intel Corporation
Co-written by Glen Cathey
Sourcing has always been a significant component in the recruiting lifecycle. However, in recent years, sourcing has taken a giant step into the forefront and has become recognized as the solid foundation at which successful recruiting rests [...]

How-To's, Social Media, Social Networking, Sourcing and Recruiting

How to Search Twitter for Sourcing and Recruiting

It appears that many people in the sourcing, recruiting, and staffing industry are all a-twitter about Twitter these days. My professional opinion is that Twitter is best utilized for personal and corporate branding, as well as socializing job opportunities – in other words, PASSIVE sourcing and recruiting techniques.
However, even if you’re a Twitter-hater, you cannot deny [...]

How-To's, Twitter