Advanced sourcing: smart searching with more relevant keywords (tip #4)
More synonyms = more relevant search results. If you want to get more relevant search results, then you must work with synonyms.
Sourcing & search techniques
Advanced sourcing: image search (tip #3)
Make clever use of a special functionality of Google to search for (similar) images. Most likely you will find the LinkedIn profile as the first result!
Advanced sourcing: diversity recruiting (tip #2)
Search engines are not very intelligent and therefore it is often difficult to find what you are looking for. Every Recruiter is by now familiar with boolean search commands but another tactic or approach can yield dramatic results. In this series of advanced sourcing tips for Recruiters, I show some well-known and lesser-known search techniques […]
Advanced sourcing: Reverse Engineering of a Search (tip #1)
This is the single most important tip because it is the foundation of a high quality approach in sourcing; reverse engineering of a search. Learn more.
LinkedIn Search is REALLY improved and got smarter
A search on LinkedIn was never a good experience. But I’ve got some good news. Starting today, searching on LinkedIn has become better and smarter. No longer you need to search for people, companies, updates or jobs separately. All you need to do is type what you’re looking for into the search box and you’ll […]
What motivates passive talent? They are not as passive as you think
Roughly 21% of today’s working professionals can be considered as active job seekers. Another 20% are super passive i.e. happily employed and not interested in a new opportunity. The rest, 59% of all professionals, are approachable according to a survey conducted by LinkedIn. Interestingly, professionals with short tenure are just as likely to be in […]
Identifying fake LinkedIn members
Being a group owner of a 100.000+ LinkedIn member group I’ve seen a lot of spam / fake accounts and block (‘Flag’) many spam accounts every day. Fake accounts are used by spammers who are after your email address by posting discussions or jobs in groups, with links to websites where you need to fill […]
A/B Testing in Sourcing to radical change results
Every recruiter/sourcer has it’s own preference when it comes to approaching potential candidates for a career opportunity. Some prefer to call, most choose to send an (in)mail directly to the person, and others prefer to contact someone via a mutual friend or colleague (reverse referral). But which message gets the best response? A short teaser […]
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on Sourcing Top Talent [VIDEO]
How is social professional networking changing the recruiting landscape? Here’s a special recording from LinkedIn Talent Connect 2011. Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO, reveals: LinkedIn’s vision for sourcing talent in a social networking world What new recruiting tools LinkedIn will unveil What it means for you and your recruiting team
LinkedIn Talent Pipeline to manage your sourcing activities
Today LinkedIn announced during Talent Connect 2011, LinkedIn’s second annual Recruiting Solutions customer conference, LinkedIn Talent Pipeline. This promises to be “a powerful new solution to help companies more quickly and efficiently recruit top talent. LinkedIn Talent Pipeline enables recruiters to create a single place to grow, track and stay connected with all of their […]