http://www.booleanblackbelt.com Leveraging social networks, resume databases, and the Internet for sourcing and recruiting Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:30:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You're on LinkedIn - congratulations! So, how big is your network? Without going into a rant on quality vs. quantity (who says we can't have BOTH?), let's take a different angle on the size of your LinkedIn network...at your current company, where do you rank in terms of number of connections? Do you know off ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/03/linkedin-network-connections-how-do-you-measure-up/ Are you attending or thinking about attending SourceCon 2010 in San Diego in March? I am going to be the keynote speaker for the event, and I will be presenting on Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Cognition when it comes to sourcing and matching resumes. If you’re curious to know what kinds of ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/03/curious-about-my-sourcecon-keynote/ There is certainly no shortage of articles written on how to use Twitter, let alone leveraging it for recruiting.  If you want an ultra-mega-so-huge-you-may-get-lost-in-it Twitter guide check out Mashable's. If you want something short and concise that will cut right to the heart of how to effectively leverage Twitter for recruiting, read on. There are various elements of this ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/02/twitter-101-for-recruiters/ The other day I came across an insightful post on Fistful of Talent by Josh Letourneau in which he addresses the arms race that rages on in the talent acquisition universe - the never-ending attempt of people and companies to achieve some sort of technological advantage over the competition. Josh would rather have ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/02/data-and-drive-are-paramount-in-sourcing-and-recruiting/ 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 ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/02/boolean-search-conquers-impossible-google-position/ After recently writing about moving beyond the hype of social media and recruiting, I took some time to reflect quite a bit on the topic, and focused a critical eye on exactly what "Social Recruiting" is. While there is no shortage of what people think "Social Recruiting" is, quite frankly - I'm not satisfied ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/01/what-social-recruiting-is-not/ I'm very much an anti-hype, anti-bandwagon person. I neither like to nor want to get caught in the undertow of the emotional rush associated with being excited about something that nearly everyone else seems to be excited about, where everyone celebrates the new and "cool factor" with little-to-no critical thought. When that next bright and shiny object ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/01/social-media-and-recruiting-beyond-the-hype/ Now that we are on our way into exploring the new year, I've seen some articles on what's coming next for the recruiting industry this year, and even as far out as 10 years from now. When I read one such article written by Kevin Wheeler, I was struck by his comment that ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/01/the-future-of-recruiting-the-more-things-change/ Recently, I wrote about the intrinsic issues associated with searching LinkedIn for potential candidates with specific industry experience, and how using the "Industry" field can actually prevent you from finding the people you're looking for.  A number of readers responded by suggesting a logical solution to the issue - searching by specific company ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/01/linkedin-sourcing-tip-searching-by-company-beware/ I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to you, whether you've visited www.booleanblackbelt.com just a few times or if you are a regular reader.  If you've told someone else about my site or recommended it to others - thank you very much!   With all of the sourcing, recruiting, and social media blogs ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/12/thank-you-and-happy-holidays-from-boolean-black-belt/