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Screen and Transfer Resumes in Seconds

Source: eGrabber Newsletters I receive scores of resumes everyday - as email attachments, from job boards, resume forms submitted through the company website, etc. It takes a lot of time to manually screen each and every resume and process the selected resumes into my database. Is there any way by which I can speed-up the entire process? Try ResumeGrabber. It automates all the manual steps involved in processing resumes. It auto-extracts resumes from Google search results, Job Boards, email attachments and enters them into your candidate database. It then allows you to screen and shortlist the resumes based on keywords. What took you hours to do can now be done in minutes. You will have all the time to hire more candidates. Download your 10-day free trial of ResumeGrabber today.

Maximize your Recruiting Dollars

Source: eGrabber Newsletters A recession does not necessarily mean that recruiting will cease altogether. There may be less recruiting work than before, which means you will have to cut back on expenses. Look for inexpensive ways to ramp up your recruiting efforts. This might be the time to focus on Advertising channels and recruitment ads/messages that allow you to recruit faster and cheaper and reach more people than any other method. Investments in technology that can automate and/or speed-up sourcing and screening of large volumes of resumes. Client relationships. Hiring interns to overcome staff resources that are spread thin, etc. Strategies such as these are sure to maximize your recruiting dollars and help you ride better on a budget that is likely to be tighter this year.

Resume Search Tip: 'Location' Command in Live

Source: eGrabber Newsletters The Live search engine uses the location search command to allow users to restrict searches to pages from certain regions. Unlike the Yahoo! region command, the location search command allows users to target countries rather than land masses. The search syntax is as follows location: intitle:resume For example, if you are looking for resumes of Business Analysts in the United States, your search string will be location:us intitle:resume "Business Analyst" -sample -apply -jobs You will find this search string pretty useful in finding candidates for your International assignments.

How to source free resumes from the Internet?

The Internet is one of the biggest sources where you can find resumes for free. Search engines, social networking sites and job boards are some of the best places to find targeted candidates. However, the challenge is, recruiters find it difficult to manually source resumes from the Internet. You got to visit each website/social networking site and copy-paste candidate contact information into your database. This is a time-consuming and tiresome task. This is where a resume import tool such as ResumeGrabber JobSuite can be handy. ResumeGrabber JobSuite helps you to source free resumes from the Internet in no time. All you need to do is: 1.   Just enter the resume keyword, select the search script and click Find . ResumeGrabber JobSuite instantly searches the Internet and displays the results. 2.   Now click Grab .           The resumes/profiles, along with candidate contact information, found in the search results  are instantly imported into the grid. You

Resume Search Tip: 'Region' Command in Yahoo!

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Yahoo!'s 'region' command allows you to target your searches to specific geographic locations. The Yahoo! search syntax for this command is as follows region:"continent" intitle:resume "keyword" For example, if you are looking for resumes of Business Analysts in North America, your search string will be region:northamerica intitle:resume "Business Analyst" -sample -apply -jobs You will find this search string pretty useful in finding candidates for your International assignments.

How to customize ResumeFinder Search Scripts?

You can create, share or edit the resume search script files based on your requirements. In the ResumeFinder Options , click Script Settings OR In ResumeFinder toolbar, click the drop-down arrow next to the Find button and select Script Settings . A dialog box appears as follows: The already available script files are displayed under Available Scripts . To move the script files to Selected Scripts: Select one or more script files from the Available Script(s) list and click to move the selected scripts to the Selected Script(s) list. To move the script files back to Available Scripts: Select the scripts from the Selected Script(s) list and click to move the selected scripts to the Available Script(s) list. The script files listed under Selected Script(s) list are displayed in the drop-down list when you click the drop-down arrow next to the Find button. Click Creat