http://www.booleanblackbelt.com Leveraging social networks, resume databases, and the Internet for sourcing and recruiting Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:17:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Writing Boolean search strings is typically a quick and simple affair, as most search engines and databases won't let you construct anything longer than a few hundred characters. However, if you're not constrained to a fixed limit on search terms (such as Google's 32 words) or characters, it's no longer a ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/09/how-to-automatically-build-boolean-or-strings/ I've been blogging since 10/2/2008. Since then, my blog has had visitors from 9,704 cities in 171 countries around the world, and has been read in 90 languages. I don't blog to monetize my website - I write because I'm passionate about recruiting and technology. Okay, I may be a little obsessed too. ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/08/boolean-black-belt-website-analytics/ No matter how large your LinkedIn network is, without the benefit of searching LinkedIn with a LinkedIn Recruiter account, you will inevitably come across search results with "Private" displayed where the name of the person should be. While many people are aware that this kind of search result is actually just ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/08/private-and-out-of-network-search-results-on-linkedin/ Although I've often joked about the concept of anti-social recruiting (as if there was anything other than "social" recruiting), anti-social recruiting does exist, and it is unknowingly practiced by many people and top companies as well. Confused? Allow me to explain. "Social," as defined by Merriam Webster, is "...the interaction of the individual ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/08/anti-social-recruiting/ The Colorado Technical Recruiters Network is kicking off their first annual Recruiter Conference with their "Power Boost 2010: Exceptional Ideas for Exceptional Results: What the Best-In-Class Recruiters Are Doing Differently" event held on August 25th at the PPA Events Center in Denver, Colorado. Tony Bengston, Founder and President of the CTRN, was ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/08/denver-colorado-recruiting-conference-august-25th/ It is all too easy for sourcers, recruiters, HR professionals, and hiring teams to develop a skewed, distorted, and decidedly one-way view of the world. Perhaps spending 99% of the time on only one side of the recruiting process is to blame. Regardless of the cause, it is absolutely critical to ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/08/recruiting-is-a-matter-of-perspective/ While attending the Social Recruiting Summit in Minneapolis back in May, I made specific note of a common sentiment expressed by recruiting representatives of two social recruiting powerhouses - Best Buy and Facebook: They don't have any trouble attracting people, but they do have a tough time attracting the right ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/07/having-trouble-attracting-the-right-candidates/ I believe sourcing for candidates is like fishing. When people go fishing, they are aware of the fish they can actually see in the water and of course the fish they catch. However, most people who go fishing don't spend any time wondering about all of the fish in the pond, lake, or ocean they ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/07/sourcing-is-like-fishing/ Sourcers and recruiters are often tasked with finding candidates that have experience in a specific industry. I'm sure that such a thing seems easy to the hiring managers and clients making the request, but it's actually not an easily accomplished feat to perform exhaustively. Sure, finding some people who work in a specific ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/07/a-better-way-to-search-linkedin-for-industry-experience/ I feel a moral obligation to weigh in on "social recruiting" again. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill - but with the continuing swell of momentum and hype that social recruiting is building up, someone has to play the devil's advocate, refuse to become a victim of BSO (Bright Shiny Object) ... http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2010/07/how-social-recruiting-has-not-changed-recruitment/