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Search Resumes from Craigslist

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Craigslist, a centralized network of online communities, features free online classified advertisements - resumes, jobs, internships, etc. To search for Craigslist resumes using Google, you have to take into account the naming convention for its resume directory. The Google search syntax to display resumes from Craigslist is site:craigslist.org inurl:"/res/" keyword To search for resumes of Marketing Specialists in Craigslist, you can use: site:craigslist.org inurl:"/res/" Marketing Specialist Simply replace the keywords above with those of your choice and gain access to new candidate leads.

Cost-effective Recruitment Practices

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Managing recruitment / recruiting efforts in bad economic times, with limited resources, can be quite challenging. It is high time to focus on cost-effective recruitment models and strategies for your company or department, if you have not done so already. The Internet is inundated with tips on how you can restructure your recruiting efforts and resources for maximum ROI in a down economy. Topics range from cost-effective and innovative ways to fill job openings to tackling hidden recruitment costs and substituting manual work with automated solutions, etc. See what areas need to be worked upon and how well you can follow these best practices.

Power Tool to Quickly Build your Resume Database

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Sourcing resumes from the Internet, screening for qualified ones and then transferring them to a database are 3 major activities involved in building a resume database. Unfortunately, each of these activities consumes a huge amount of time. But, with ResumeGrabber, you can do it in an amazingly short period. ResumeGrabber is an automated resume import tool that extracts resumes from almost any source on the Internet, screens and transfers qualified resumes to your database. Download the fully functional trial version and try it yourself. ResumeGrabber helps you save 90% of the time and money you would normally spend in manually building a resume database.

Be Pro-active and Build Resume Databases

Source: eGrabber Newsletters The previous edition of eGrabber newsletters had discussed about focusing on sectors of growth - IT, healthcare, green energy, infrastructure, etc. Now, it is time to ask yourself: Am I prepared to take advantage of these opportunities? Have I equipped myself well enough to beat the competition and fill job positions in these new sectors of growth? Take the Healthcare industry for example: Even now, healthcare recruiting and staffing is experiencing strong growth. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare will generate 3 million new jobs in the next 8 years. What should you do to capitalize on this demand? A very effective and pro-active strategy would be to build a (resume) database of healthcare professionals. This will ensure that when the opportunity arises, you will be in the best position to fill open job positions quickly and effectively.