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Create Templates and automate Repetitive Tasks

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Did you know that you could use contact managers to create email templates and automate your repetitive tasks? You may want to send a 'thank you' email to every new candidate added to your database, and all you need to do is to create an email template in your contact manager with an appropriate message. This email can be automatically sent to every new candidate added to your database. Contact managers such as ACT! and GoldMine have features that help automate repetitive tasks. You could set up a series of activities based on conditions. For instance, when a new candidate is added you could set to send an auto-response immediately, schedule a call after 5 days and send the candidate resume to clients based on skills. This feature helps recruiters save time and recruit more.

Searching Resumes in Google - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Have you used the “anchor” tag in a search engine search string? It is an easy way to get lots of free resumes. This works well in Google, but may work in other search engines as well. Everyone knows that you can search for Internet resumes by looking for “resume words” in the titles and URLs of web pages. Another method is to search for words or phrases that are hyperlinked. Assuming that many resume sites use the term “view resumes” to access their resume database, try this: 1. Go to www.google.com. 2. Click the blue link to the Advanced Search page. 3. Type view resumes (without quotes) into the field that says “with the exact phrase”. 4. Scroll down to “Occurrences” and select “in links to the page”. 5. Click the “Google Search” button. This will result in thousands of hits with some interesting looking results on page one. Click on the first hit, corrosionjobs.com, a site that specializes in people in the corrosion industry. Select Engineering and hit

Always ask "WHY" - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletters When you interview, focus more on what you ask than what you say. This helps you to break the ice with candidates, especially the shy and reserved types. For instance, asking questions like "Why do you want to work with us?" or "Why do you want to change your job?" help you in determining whether they actually want to work with you or not. Similarly a question like "Why did you leave your previous job?" helps you understand their career prospects as well as the reasons for leaving that job.

Make Counter Offers - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Since employees are likely to hop jobs, it is important to take adequate steps to prevent it. Considering counter offers is one way to handle this. Ensure always that your counter offer addresses and benefits the employee’s career development. Never make a counter offer solely for the company’s benefit. Selfish counter offers will only delay an employee’s decision to leave. If you cannot make a counter offer to match the other company’s offer, be creative in structuring the offer and include benefits that surprise the employee.

Develop a Recruitment Plan - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletters You can attract the right candidates with minimal costs by developing a good recruitment plan. The first step is to identify your target candidates. This requires answers to questions such as “Who are our potential employees?” and “What makes us attractive to potential employees?”. Then, ask yourself “Where can we find them?”, “How will they benefit by working for us?” and finally “Who are our competitors for the kind of employees we need?". A company's success hinges on the consistent performance of all its employees, which makes hiring an ongoing process to locate and attract the best talent.

What you don't tell Candidates - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletters If you are recruiting candidates for your client, there are certain things that you should not discuss with them about your client company. Things such as strategies used by your client, quality or identity of other candidates, your personal views about the company or its employees should not be shared with prospective candidates. It is fine if you describe your client company as “a good place to work in” and its employees as “wonderful”. However, make sure that you don’t exaggerate or misrepresent your client company.

Resources you can use – SchoolSpring

SchoolSpring is a premier online employment source for educators. It offers a direct channel that connects the best educators with the right jobs. SchoolSpring offers job seekers a one-stop solution for managing the job search, including complete archiving of all necessary documents and certifications, and access to all the education jobs in their selected regions. You can get more information from SchoolSpring website.

Keyboard Tip for International Recruiters

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Ever felt the need to use international currency symbols in email messages or resumes, but did not have these symbols on your keyboard? Well, here is an easy way to enter those currency symbols using your keyboard. Place your cursor in the proper place in the document, hold down the ‘Alt’ key and then use the numeric keypad to enter: 0128 for Euros (€) 0163 for pounds (£) 0165 for yen (¥) Finally, release the ‘Alt’ key and your symbol appears.

Digital Dirt: How to Clean Up Your On-line Profile

According to a 2005 survey of 102 executive recruiters, an executive job-search and networking organization, 75% of recruiters use search engines to uncover information about candidates, and 26% of recruiters have eliminated candidates because of information found on-line. Search engines aren't going away, so here are some tips to help you. read more | digg story

eGrabber to showcase Resume Sourcing Tool for Google at Onrec EXPO2007

San Jose, CA, Sep 13, 2007 - eGrabber Inc., the leading Silicon Valley-based provider of sales lead and resume data capture and processing solutions, announced its participation at the Onrec EXPO2007 to be held on September 18 /19 at San Francisco. At the show, eGrabber will showcase the latest addition to its portfolio of Recruiting solutions – ResumeFinder. ResumeFinder is specifically designed to help HR professionals quickly search for resumes using Google. Recruiting professionals can use, edit, save and even share ResumeFinders’s patent-pending search string scripts to unleash the full power of Google when searching for passive candidates. To search for passive candidates, recruiters no longer need to be experts in Google’s advanced search commands. Instead they can now enter only the desired resume keywords, and ResumeFinder then programs Google with all the appropriate search strings to find only relevant resumes. “Today, finding passive candidates on Google requires recruiters

eGrabber Announces its Partnership with TALENThire.com

eGrabber, a leading provider of data-capture automation engines announced its partnership with TALENThire.com, a B2B placement exchange. Under the terms of this partnership agreement, eGrabber will be offering a 20% discount on ResumeFinder , ResumeGrabber and ListGrabber to the TALENThire.com members. Learn more about the offer. About eGrabber.com eGrabber is the leading provider of data-capture-automation engines. Over half a million businesses use eGrabber engines for processing leads, resumes and other customer data. eGrabber's data-capture engines enable fast, accurate and simple out of the box automation, thanks to patented domain-aware and workflow-aware technology. They help automate costly and inefficient business processes related to integrating and merging customer data across the web, email and multiple applications. About TALENThire.com TALENThire.com offers software products that supports strategic HR initiatives through a private B2B network which is a popular a

Screen Resumes in Seconds

I manually go through hundreds of resumes daily to screen the best ones for open job positions. This takes up a lot of my time and I sometimes miss out good resumes. Is there a way by which I can quickly screen resumes, so that I can spend more time interviewing and short-listing the best candidates? With the all-new ResumeGrabber Professional , you can screen resumes in no time. Just enter the resume keywords in a search box and click the ‘Grab’ button on ResumeGrabber toolbar. It will screen all resumes in your Outlook, system folders, Google and show up only those that matched your keywords. You no longer have to open each resume to find out whether it meets your requirement. You can now screen hundreds of resumes in minutes, which would have otherwise taken you hours to do. Download your 10-day trial version of ResumeGrabber at no cost and sprint your way to recruiting success.

Replacement Planning - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletters It is important for HR professionals to draw a game plan to replace employees when they leave. Identify key players in the organization, who have the maximum impact on the bottom line. These are the ones who will cause the most damage if they leave. Implement organized programs like mentoring, leadership development, or job rotation and encourage these key employees to actively participate in these programs. Maintain a list of alternate candidates that you can consider if any of your key employees leave. Proactively build relationships with these potential candidates. Developing these replacement strategies will help you manage risk.

eGrabber to showcase New Resume Sourcing Tool at MRINetwork's Global Conference 2007

San Jose, CA, September 08, 2007 - eGrabber, the leading Silicon Valley-based provider of sales lead and resume data capture and processing solutions, announced its participation at the MRINetwork's Global Conference 2007 to be held in Philadelphia from September 8-12, 2007 at booth 308. At the conference, eGrabber will showcase the latest addition to its portfolio of Recruiting solutions – ResumeFinder. ResumeFinder is specifically designed to help HR professionals quickly search for resumes using Google. Recruiting professionals can use, edit, save and even share ResumeFinders’s patent-pending search string scripts to unleash the full power of Google when searching for passive candidates. To search for passive candidates, recruiters no longer need to be experts in Google’s advanced search commands. Instead they can now enter only the desired resume keywords, and ResumeFinder then programs Google with all the appropriate search strings to find only relevant resumes. “Today, findi

Explain Company Goals to your Employees

Explain the company goals to your employees and explain how an employee's efforts fit in. The management has to solicit employees to come up with suggestions on how to improve the processes in the organization. As I was writing this post I remembered an article published in Inc.com titled "In A Former Life" written by Ilan Mochari. This was an interesting interview with Kenneth Kannapan CEO of Plantronics, a $400-million maker of telephone headsets based in Santa Cruz, California. Here is the article by Ilan Mochari from inc.com CEO S. Kenneth Kannappan discusses how he discovered the key to motivating employees while working at his first job. Present life: CEO of Plantronics, a $400-million maker of telephone headsets based in Santa Cruz, Calif. Former life: In the summer of 1978, after he graduated from high school, Kannappan worked for an electronics-repair shop in Northbrook, Ill. "It was $3.50 an hour. There was very poor ventilation. But at the time, jobs were

Motivate your "Actively Disengaged" Employees

I recently read an article in About.com titled "Two Musts For Employee Motivation" written by Susan M.Heathfield. The article is based on an attention-getting Gallup Poll about disengaged employees which was highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal. Here is the paragraph. Gallup found 19 percent of 1,000 people interviewed "actively disengaged" at work. These workers complain that they don't have the tools they need to do their jobs. They don't know what is expected of them. Their bosses don't listen to them. Based on these interviews and survey data from its consulting practice, Gallup says actively disengaged workers cost employers $292 billion to $355 billion a year. Furthermore, Gallup concluded that disengaged workers miss more days of work and are less loyal to employers. Gallup polls helps us realize the importance of employee motivation in organizations today. We will discuss more on motivation in the forthcoming posts.

The role of Training/Workshops in Employee Retention

I'm now back with a post on Employee Retention. In the previous posts I've written about " CEO Role in employee retention " & " Rewards Best Employees at the right time ." I recently came across a Reader Poll: "How Many Conferences Does The Boss Send You To?" in LeeOdden's blog . You may wonder as to Why am I ranting about the poll. However a close watch will help you to witness a relationship between conferences/workshops/training programs and employee retention. When you send your employees to attend such conferences and workshops they learn new methods, and they learn how to apply them on job. This creates a positive thinking that their employer is ready to invest for them and interested in their development. And the employees go back to perform much better than before.

The role of CEO in retaining employees

CEO of the company has tremendous power to reinforce corporate values. He should be definitely someone employees admire and respect. He should be willing to communicate with all the employees. This will give the employees a secure feeling. CEO can easily pave the way for employee retention more than any department head or HR. I would be publishing more tips on employee retention for the next few days

Hire before the need arises - Recruiter Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletter Hiring delays can cause huge losses. Instead of waiting till a person resigns, a new hire should be integrated into the workforce even before the vacancy is created. Some jobs are continually open and require hiring candidates on a continuous basis. For other positions, identify them and start hiring candidates well in advance. This will help you prevent any loss in revenue at a later stage. There are also some positions that experts predict would grow rapidly. Candidates who qualify for these positions should also be hired when available.

ERE Expo 2007 Fall

I recieved an e-mail invitation on saturday from ERE.net to join ERE Expo 2007 Fall . Here is the opening paragraph. As another summer comes to a close it reminds us that ERE Expo 2007 Fall is quickly approaching. The event is once again bringing together the country's leading recruiting leaders for three days of workshops, educational sessions and networking, and for the first time will be visiting Washington, DC. They have provided a link to view their entire agenda online. Reserve your spot today by registering online at http://expo.ere.net/fall07 or calling 212-671-1181