TOP 10 WAYS TO SOURCING / RECRUITING - FREELY
TOP TEN WAYS TO SOURCING / RECRUITING - FREELY
1) Diigo
Stop adding your favorite links to your browsers.. thats soooo archaic.
From the words of my friend Michael Marlatt " With the massive amount of information available or for surfing the web, sourcing for resumes or conducting competitive intelligence, the question is: How do you capture all this wonderful data, create online sticky-notes (reminders), keep it all organized, easily retrievable, simultaneously share (real-time) content with peers or an entire community, and oh by the way do this without your personal computer from anywhere in the world? One answer: Diigo.
By accessing ANY available computer, Diigo can offer its users all this functionality and much more. Yeah, I suppose someone out there could quickly argue that there are easily hundreds of other book-marking sites, online clipping services, etc. that offer similar functionality-right? That’s true to some extent; however, you will not find one that currently offers the full suite of solutions and rich functionality that Diigo offers and is still (free). Or, you might say, there's always book-marking favorites in your browser (old-school) and creating "bookmarklets" so why use Diigo? Hey, let’s be honest, setting up bookmarklets are helpful but the on-going filing and maintenance can be exhaustive especially if you have 100's (if not 1000's) of favorite sites stored in your browser.
Diigo will simply your web surfing, data collection, content management, and group-collaboration experience in a way that no other social bookmarking application can right now. " I need not say anymore.
2) Search Engines
The major engines Google, Yahoo(I prefer), Live , ASk, Exalead & Altavista.
For all the engines the two best commands are site: and inurl/intitle: The two/three commands will give you
enough resumes or contacts to work for many hours.
You can find resumes,associations, people working in specific companies
(i.work.for | working.at) deloitte -why
Or for resumes
inurl:resume | intitle:resume auditor cpa -sample -submit -template -you
3) Zipcode and Numrange
You can use these commands for finding phone numbers of a specific co in a specific location instead of dialing the reception. You can also use a range of zip codes for pinpointing a geographic area or a range of years with a resume search
For Example I am trying to find Java developers with year range 1990-2008
~cv j2ee developer 1990..2008 -job
4) Linkedin
Even though I am rethinking a lot about effectiveness of linkedin as a recruiting tool especially after using Linkedin recruiter but its still a great tool for networking, branding (your self /your co)
One of the foremost thing you could do would be to get
-)Get connected to super connectors
MyLink500.com and TopLinked.com have names & links to the highest-connected LI members. Their profiles typically list their email addresses and are very open to new connections.
-)Join Linkedin groups
-) The search commands with in Linkedin are very straight forward but have to keep in mind that most don't have there profiles completed so try avoid search with keywords and I rather prefer Title search for many of my searches.
-)Forget searching with in linkedin and look for profile in Google or other search engines using site command.
For Ex:-
5) Jigsaw & XING
Use Site command- See above.
6) Metasearch Engines
Did you check ixquick.com ,mamma.com, clusty,Intelways,zuula,dogpile
7) Blog Search
Ocourse Google,Tecnorati,iceRocket, bloglines, Ask Blog
8) RSS & Alerts
RSS - get a Reader -
I use Google Alerts to monitor brands, clients or competitors. You can explicitly choose to receive e-mail alerts from blogs that match your search criteria, or choose the comprehensive option that includes blogs, news, groups and the Web.
You can track layoffs, associations, seminars . . . you get my point.
Create a simple string/alert like:
(Pfizer|"Abbott Labs"|Amgen |Bayer|Bristol|"Eli Lilly"|GlaxoSmithKline|Merck|"Abbott Labs"|Novartis)
and try adding " resume|profile"
You can have maximum of 1000 alerts . . . do you need more?
See what others are talking about you; go -http://www.google.com/alerts
9) People Search
Zabasearch, Pipl, Nexis,Argali or just plain Google
lets find me
rithesh.nair (inurl:contact | intitle:contact | intext:contact | email | phone)
10) The others Zoominfo, Hoovers - free versions & have to mention Wink
What a buffet of information! Thanks for the great post Rithesh. If I may, I'd like to build upon what you have shared here.
One of the biggest challenges that most of us in the recruiting industry face today (as well as the general internet user) is how to manage and maintain relevant information that we source from the web. With the proliferation of Web2.0 tools to help us stay connected and manage our personal lifestreams - are we really better off today?
It’s pretty easy to get lost in this digital jungle called the internet. For example, let’s assume your goal is to run a manual keyword search for resumes using Google. As you sift through the search results, you inevitably click on a series of links until you find what you are looking for. More often than not, you find yourself at least 5-10 links away from where you started (if not more) and can’t remember how you got there. However, along the way, you uncovered great leads, some interesting profiles, and information you would like to share with either your boss, team, or friends. What do you do? So, herein lies the dilemma: You could be the greatest sourcing professional that ever lived and have a mastery of Boolean and search engine syntax, know how to navigate sites like a pro, but if you lack an effective mechanism for managing, retrieving, and leveraging this new-found data in a meaningful way - what good can result from your efforts?
Yes, one could easily debate over which automated tool are best equipped to handle the scenario above with complete precision and efficiency; however, products such as Infogist, ResumeFinder, BroadLook’s Diver,…ALL come with a COST. For those who don't subscribe to expensive automated tools, this is really for you. So, let’s simplify and keep it “Web2.0”. If for no other reason, every internet user should consider going “social” with your bookmarks and moving it to the web. Social-bookmarking tools offer an excellent alternative for staying organized during your online search and the best part is that it doesn’t cost a dime (at least not at the moment). Social-bookmarking tools eliminate the mess of managing favorites on the local desktop browser and the worry that your computer may someday crash wiping out all your favorites. You can bookmark your searches, and retrieve your results easily by assigning TAGS (or keywords). Diigo, StumbleUpon, and Del.icio.us, are a few examples of useful and popular social-bookmarking tools. Each offers users the ability to stay organized while remaining “social” and offer fairly rich user functionality. Now, when you come across great information, interesting facts, a resume or group directories you’d like to share out to
a team, simply bookmark and then decide
to share publicly or privately. After all, what good are the cool “Web2.0” collaboration tools if you’re not leveraging them collaborate?
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very well written post! looking forward to seeing you at SC08....
Jer
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Hi All
Rithesh provided good tips for googling for free resumes on the Internet.
Unfortunately, or fortunately there are dozens of such usable techniques for harvesting resumes. Each technique requires the sourcer to type-in long strings.
eGrabber's ResumeFinder incorporates many of the strings and techniques into clickable links - making it very easy to search for resumes on the Internet. At $350, it is very reasonably priced.
You can download trial version from
http://egrabber.com/resumefinder/
Chandra Bodapati
CEO / Founder
eGrabber
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Hello Chandra,
I am very interested in resumefinder, (heard zillions of good things about it)and I have a large groups of recruiters who will move quantity jobs per day, and I am even thinking of building my own resume bank with millions of resumes. However my problem is that I can't find a ATS as large to hold these resumes. (checked with almost all ATS but all failed.) If you can find a solution for me, I can buy resumefinder without a blink of a eye.
Looking forward to your responses!
Sincerely
D Z
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Hi Donna
Thank you for compliments on eGrabber ResumeFinder.
Yes you are right, most ATS don't handle more than a few hundred thousand records. The ATS are designed for recruiters who have periodic one on one two way interaction with candidates. Even if the interaction is only once a year.
I have seen many recruiters download resumes into a hard disk - and have Google desktop or some other search program index them. Here the number of resumes downloaded into your hard disk is limited by your hard disk.
If a set of resumes match their requirement, they move those into an ATS. This way everything becomes more manageable.
You can use ResumeFinder / ResumeGrabber to manage this process too. Hope this helps.
Chandra
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Try www.youinterviewme.com
It's free for employers as well as job seekers!
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Thanks for the tips. This will save time and effort in searching for the best job on the web.
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Great Resources.. i love diigo
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Thank you very much for the great information.
Thanks
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