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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Wishing the Recruiters Community a very Happy New Year!

ACT! users – Increase your productivity 5x times with ResumeGrabber

You need to keep track of the resume details after screening the resumes. You can save the contact information of the candidate in ACT! database and copy the resume text in the Notes tab of ACT!. This helps you to keep track of the details like candidate follow-ups and other activities. The recurring problem is to manually enter the details of the candidate and resume into ACT! Normally, it takes 2-3 minutes to enter the contact details and the resume details in the appropriate fields of ACT!. So, typically if you are entering 20 resumes, this will consume atleast one hour for you. ResumeGrabber Pro automates this tedious data entry process possible within seconds. ResumeGrabber extracts the individual contact details from resumes and transfers them into appropriate fields in ACT! database automatically. Apart from this, you have the option of saving the resume file in a local folder and then link the resume file to the corresponding contact in ACT!. You can also save the resume t

Resume Screening Software – ResumeGrabber Pro

ResumeGrabber Pro is one of the popular screening software that comes handy for recruiters. The initial recruiting process involves searching and screening the resumes. This consumes plenty of manual hours. ResumeGrabber makes this boredom work into a breeze. If you search for resumes online, the search engine throws out millions of results. It is a tedious process to go through all the results and find out the resumes. ResumeGrabber contains Resume Validator that can filter resumes from the search engine results and display the resume details in a tabular form. This table, termed as ResumeGrabber Grid extracts the contact information, experience, keywords you have searched for and displays all the details in a spreadsheet format. Each row of the grid displays details of a candidate. The bottom panel of the grid displays the preview of resume of the selected row. This helps you to filter and sort the candidates and then the filtered information can be easily transfer

Resources you can use - Staffing Industry Analysts

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Staffing Industry Analysts is a premier research and analysis firm covering the contingent workforce. Known for its independent and objective insights, its proprietary research, data, support tools, publications, and executive conferences provide a competitive edge to decision makers who supply and buy temporary staffing. You can get more information from Staffing Industry Analysts website.

Send Mass Mails and Fax Messages

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Use contact manager's filters and groups, and print mass mail to selected candidates in your ACT!, GoldMine, Outlook. These contact managers also integrate with common faxing software through your word processor and allow you to send mass or single fax messages. You can even set options to automatically record the time, date and name of any document you send in your candidate record’s history field.

Google’s "Cached" and "Similar Pages" Links

Source: eGrabber Newsletters When you run a search in Google, you will notice the “Cached” and “Similar Pages” links at the end of each search result. Google is always saving copies of new pages it visits so if that page disappears, you will still be able to view it in the “Cached” link. You may not see this link for some search results and that is because the owner of the web site may have requested Google not to cache the page or the page was not indexed in the first place. The “Similar Pages” link will give you links to other web sites that are relevant to your search. Say, you are looking for engineers in the Bay Area with a Memory Flash background and living in the 408 area code. Your search string would look like this: (intitle:resume | inurl:resume) "flash memory" 408 You will see a number of search results and when you click the “Similar Pages” link, it will give you additional names, websites and associations of potential candidates. Give it a try to increase your pr

Pros & Cons of Resume Screening Software

Resume screening is a time-consuming process that involves a lot of manual effort. Using software for screening resumes reduces the time and effort. This can also save money, as extra manpower required is cut down. When resume screening is done by a software, the personal bias is avoided. The software treats all the resumes the same while searching for given information. The automatic filtering, sorting and saving resumes provides the competitive edge of quick retrieval of required information. On the other hand, there is a chance of missing a potential candidate just because the given keyword is not found in the person’s resume. The software is limited to do in the way it has been programmed. A personal approach to the style of the resume will be missing in this system. Moreover, a computer savvy person, who knows how exactly the software searches for information, can provide all the keywords appropriately in the resume and easily get it screened by the software.

Fast Track Resume Screening

Resume screening is the first step in recruiting process. The resume information gives you the idea about candidate’s work experience, skills and abilities. The initial assessment of resumes has to be done based on your organization standards. The best method is to prepare a checklist that covers the essential skills, knowledge, experience and other desired qualities relevant to the job. You can evaluate a resume against this checklist. The screening standards help you to identify, filter and eliminate the resumes. However, reviewing the resumes manually may consume more time and money. Nowadays millions of resumes are available online. In the advancement, lots of screening software are also available. Many organizations take advantage of the resume screening software that saves time and money. Such programs search the resumes for given information like skills, experience and other details. The resume screening software is fast, economical and reduces hassle. Anyway, t

Automate Sending Email Responses

Source: eGrabber Newsletters You can set up contact managers such as ACT! and GoldMine to automatically send email responses to your candidates. If you want to send a ‘Thank you ’ email to every new candidate added to your database, you can set up an email template with an appropriate message. You can also set up a series of email responses to be sent at different points of time. For instance, when a new candidate is added, you can set up different email templates – one to acknowledge the candidate’s resume, one to schedule a call after 5 days, etc. This helps you save time and recruit more.

How to identify right attitude?

Nowadays many interview questions are available in the Internet to help candidates. Most of them check the popular questions and are well prepared with ready-made answers. Think innovative. Asking mere questions that are already made popular through Internet may not reveal the candidate’s true personality. Instead, you can provide a problematic situation and ask the candidate to resolve the problem. This should be on the spot. You can even slightly tweak a current issue in the organization and make the question as "How to handle this situation?" The candidate’s reaction to the unexpected question, approach towards the problem, time taken to resolve it – these things will provide you a lot of information about the candidate.

Hire for Attitude; Train for Skill

This is the latest strategy followed by HR professionals. What is attitude? Attitude is the emotional view towards a subject or person. This can be positive, negative or neutral. An employee should have a positive attitude towards the job, work environment, co-workers and the company. How important is attitude? Well, 100% attitude is essential for a potential employee. Knowledge comes second followed by skill. Look for candidates with good attitude. This will reduce 50% of your recruiting pressure. Even if a candidate with good attitude lacks skills, the person can be trained easily. But you cannot teach attitude! How to identify the person with proper attitude? Attitude can be recognized from the behavior of the person. The body language and way of communication explain the behavior. The personality comes into the scene here. Watching the behavior of the candidate and asking appropriate questions help you to decide the person’s attitude. We’ll discuss questions related to attitude and

eGrabber's upcoming Free Webinar: Search Passive Candidates on Google using Automated Tools

Today, finding passive candidates on Google requires recruiters to master and apply advanced search commands and techniques that require time, effort and expertise that many may not have. But being able to quickly zero in on relevant passive resumes on Google, without being a search expert, will be a tremendous competitive advantage for busy recruiters. This free webinar will introduce you to 1) automated tools to quickly find passive resumes on Google 2) automated tools to import, organize, screen and transfer resumes 3) recruiting best practices that will raise the value you provide to your clients Spending just 45 minutes on this webinar will open your eyes to simple solutions that will help you source and manage resumes in 1/5th of the time you normally spend. Webinar attendees will receive an exclusive discount on eGrabber's power tool for finding passive candidates on the Internet - ResumeFinder . System Requirements - PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP

“Tell me about yourself” – A tricky question

One of the frequently asked questions in interviews is “ Tell me about yourself ”. You can begin your conversation with this question. While it seems to be a very simple and common question, the answer gives you an idea about the candidate's personality. You can identify the communication skills, the attitude and other qualities of the candidate from the answer. If the person starts talking about the personal life, hobbies and interest, the attitude towards job is not good. If the person narrates whatever is already in the resume, then there is a lack of communication. You need to have a second thought. Well, the smart answer may contain three parts: (1) The candidate’s past experience (2) current position (3) future goal. Example: “I have got 7 years experience in the Customer Support domain. I am currently working as Asst. Manager, Customer Support with . I always like to manage the support team, streamline the process and look for challenging opportunities

Interview helps to identify the right candidate

In the selection process, interview questions help you to decide the best candidate. While you are screening the resumes, you can understand the qualification and technical skills of a candidate. In addition, there are other skills required for a job. Based on the job position, there may be specific requirements like Leadership, Communication, and other inter-personal skills. These qualities can be identified during the interview process only. The interview may be conducted through telephone or face-to-face. While communicating with the candidate, your interview questions will bring out the candidate’s real skills. We will discuss the smart interview questions in later sessions.

Google Extras

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Many recruiters use Google to search for resumes, and there are a few “Google extras” that could come handy. date: is used with keywords searches for related documents within a recent date range. date: hurricanes 3 searches for documents on hurricanes posted within the last three months Safesearch: is used with keywords searches for documents, but excludes adult sites. safesearch: movies returns results about movies but leaves out the adult movie sites. Q&A - Type your question into the search box and your answer will be at the top of the box. Typing Population of USA returns the answer 295,734,134. To get the weather in St. Louis, MO, type Weather St. Louis, MO Currency Conversions - ­Type in 5 USD in GBP and you get the answer, 5 U.S. dollars = 2.83221933 British pounds.

How do Company Policies retain employees?

You may wonder what company policies do with job satisfaction. The policies are framed to communicate the strategy of the management to the employees. The way of communication matters a lot. In most of the organizations, the company policies are provided as thick employee manual that may overkill the employees. Sometimes, they may not go through the entire contents. Instead of making them read the legal information and rules, conduct the orientation to make them understand the guidelines. Ensure that every employee understands the policies and procedures rather than enforcing them as rules. Explain the key rules to be followed clearly. This includes maintaining confidential information, use of email and telephone, standards of conduct etc. You may convey the message that these guidelines are to be strictly followed. However, be prepared to have exception to the rules in unforeseen conditions. This will create a positive environment and attachment to the job.

Categorize Candidate Resumes

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Over a period of time, recruiters end up with a large repository of resumes and looking up for candidates becomes a little bit difficult and time consuming. Contact managers are useful to handle such situations. With ACT!, GoldMine or Outlook, you can categorize your candidate database with various fields. Resumes can be categorized based on criteria such as industry, skills, education and more. This narrows down your search to a smaller collection of records based on your specified criteria.