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XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is the currently popular trend to maintain structured data. Nowadays, XML is used to exchange information as it is system independent, platform independent and flexible. When you want to send data to a person using a different system, XML is very handy, whereas other document formats may not open properly in the other system. You can save your candidate details and resumes in XML format for easy exchange with other recruiters and managers. ResumeGrabber Pro supports export of resume data to XML file. Once you screen the resumes, you can select the appropriate resumes and export them to XML format. You have the option of saving multiple resumes in a single XML file or saving each resume as separate XML file. The XML files are easy to exchange via internet and you can easily download the data into a database that supports XML format.

Source: eGrabber Newsletters "Anchor" is an HTML tag used by developers to create web pages basically for two purposes. One is to create a link to another document and the other is to create a bookmark inside a document. You can use this tag to locate resumes on the Internet as Google and a few other search engines allow you to search the web page for this tag. This is surely a lesser-known and under-utilized method but can be very productive. Using it is simple. Type this search string in the Google text box: anchor:"view resumes" Click the search key and you will get a list of many pages that have a link or button that says "view resumes". Some of the resume pages will require passwords but many won't as there are many free resumes sites on the Internet. You can add a keyword or two at the end of the string to look for resumes of interest to you.

Employers often tend to make counteroffer when an employee is about to leave the company. Anyway, the counteroffer is very tricky. This acts as a ‘quick fix’ but does not work for a long-term retention. Although counteroffer helps you to retain a potential employee, it may lead to other disadvantages. The major drawback is, it may demoralize other employees. They may have a thought like “So this is how I get a rise or promotion?!” . Another drawback is this may raise the ego of the person receiving the counteroffer. However, there are advantages like saving the time and money spent to hire and train a new professional. Review the performance of the employee and make the counteroffer if the person is potential enough to be retained. The counteroffer need not be monetary but even a new career path for the employee with more challenges. Analyze the reasons behind the exit of an employee and try to solve the problems. This may serve the long-term strategy to retain employees.

One common reason for candidate failure and early turnover is the candidate being misled about the job or company during the recruiting process. It's only natural to paint an overly rosy picture of the job, but the net consequence of over-glamorizing is that many new hires quickly become disillusioned, disappointed or even angry when they find out that their real job compares little to the one outlined in the interview. An effective approach for avoiding this rosy description is to give the candidate a realistic job preview. This should include both positive and negative aspects of the job. It generally includes not just the types of bad and good things that occur, but also their frequency of occurrence. For instance, we have flexible scheduling, but only 10% of the employees take advantage of it.

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 that quickly find passive resumes on Google 2) Automated tools that 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 exclusive offers on eGrabber's power tools- ResumeFinder and ResumeGrabber. Presenter: Mark E.Berger, CPC, AIRS CIR Internet Sourcing Expert Date: Friday, January 11,

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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

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

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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.

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

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.

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