Recruiter's Essential Tips

Source: eGrabber Newsletter MySpace, one of the most popular social networking sites, is no longer the exclusive domain of teenagers. The average age for people on this site is now about 35 years. There are millions of MySpace users and many of them are professionals (potential passive candidates). The search syntax for finding profiles on MySpace is site:www.myspace.com keyword If you are looking for passive prospects from a geographic area, you can include the state code at the end of the search string. For, example, if you are looking for profiles of Certified Public Accountants from California, the search string will be site:www.myspace.com Certified Public Accountant (California | CA) Use the above search technique and explore the vast possibilities that MySpace can offer, especially to locate those hard-to-find candidates for your assignments.

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Pipl is a search engine to find addresses and other information that can help locate someone - a business contact or a prospective candidate. The Google search syntax to find profiles on pipl.com is site:pipl.com (inurl:people OR intitle:profile) -jobs For example, to search for profiles of Business Analysts, the search string will be Business Analyst site:pipl.com (inurl:people OR intitle:profile) -jobs You can even make the search location specific as follows (Business Analyst) (California OR CA) site:pipl.com (inurl:people OR intitle:profile) -jobs Try different variations of the above search string or replace the keyword with related terms to get desired search results.

Source: eGrabber Newsletters In the past year or so, eGrabber has published a number of Google resume search strings (scripts) and techniques in its newsletter for the recruiting community. But, these search scripts when used one at a time might not give you desired results. Often, a combination of these scripts can get the best results. For, example, to search for resumes of Certified Public Accountants in Missouri that contain phone numbers, you could use the following search string: CPA (intitle:resume | inurl:resume) (Missouri | MO) (314 | 636) -job -apply -submit In the above example, we have used the intitle and inurl Google logics. We have also programmed Google to remove job openings from the results. By mentioning the area code / phone code we make sure that we get resumes with phone numbers. Similarly, you can search resumes of candidates that are location specific, from websites, communities and networks of your choice, and more.

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.