Recruiter's Essential Tips

 Source: eGrabber Newsletter Networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Ziggs, etc. enable recruiters in creating passive links that might help them at some point in the future. As with lead generation in sales, the activity of social recruiting is a numbers game. You have to expand the top of your sales funnel with as many qualified connections as possible to get to a small number of hot prospects at the bottom. You should also tune your communication (messages) to attract only the right kind of candidates into your network. However, see to it that you do not spend an unjustifiable amount of time on social recruiting, in the context of your overall sourcing activities.

Source: eGrabber Founded by Barbara Ling, a pioneer in savvy Internet recruiting techniques, the resources section on this site allows recruiters free access to articles, tips and more. You can get more information from the RiseTrends website.

 Source: eGrabber Newsletter You can use Google to search the public profiles of Plaxo users. Many recruiters use Plaxo not only to manage their database of candidates, but also to target hard-to-find passive candidates. The Google search syntax to search profiles on Plaxo is keyword site:plaxo.com (intitle:profile OR inurl:profile) -intitle:sign -inurl:public For example, if you are looking for profiles of website developers on Plaxo, the search string would be (web developer | web programmer) site:plaxo.com (intitle:profile OR inurl:profile) -intitle:sign -inurl:public Most public profiles list the person’s contact information (at least the email address).

Source: eGrabber Newsletter Twitter Search is an easy way of finding relevant people to follow on Twitter. If you are looking for any recent or interesting topics, to follow, in Recruiting, all you have to do is enter the phrase and hit Search. You can get more information from the Twitter Search website.

Source: eGrabber TweetMyJobs is a new service that brings recruiters, hiring managers and job seekers together on Twitter. Recruiters can post a job on any of the TweetMyJobs Channels with a link to the actual job and job seekers will get instant notification of any new jobs as a text message on their cell phone. You can get more information from the TweetMyJobs website.

Source: eGrabber Spoke is a popular business directory that recruiters use for professional networking and lead generation. The Google syntax to search for profiles on Spoke is Keyword site:spoke.com (inurl:info OR intitle:"professional profile") intext:"professional profile" For example, if you are looking for sales candidates at the managerial level and above, your search string can be Director of sales site:spoke.com (inurl:info OR intitle:"professional profile") intext:"professional profile" You can the use the above format to search GeoCities and Tripod too.