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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.

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

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Dogpile puts the power of all the leading search engines – Google, Yahoo!, Live Search, and Ask – together in one search box to deliver the best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields relevant results. You can get more information from the Dogpile website.

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.

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

ResumeFinder is a complete recruiting solution that enables you to search for potential resumes in various search engines using different search techniques. Using ResumeFinder, you can find resumes by just entering the keyword. ResumeFinder eliminates the hassles of generating and remembering long and complicated search queries. You can customize the search settings in ResumeFinder by defining the search engine, location of the website, time duration in which the resumes are updated and the default keywords. Click Tools > ResumeFinder Options on the toolbar. In the ResumeFinder Options dialog box, click Search Settings . Select the Country – Select the country from the drop-down list. As you select the country, you can find that the website name of Google search engine that is displayed as Search URL changes accordingly. For example, if you select the country as Australia, the website name is displayed as www.google.com.au . Now the resumes are searched from this site. Search i

Source: Michael Specht's Blog The ongoing economic crisis has hit very hard and it has had a huge impact on all industries including the recruiting industry. Stepping into a New Year in the next couple of days’ time, what recruiters should focus on in 2009 to recover from the slowdown and keep moving? Michael Specht mentions about the key areas that recruiters should make a note of. 1. Quality of Hire . Some people looking for jobs will be B grade, from layoffs, while some will be A grade. Given companies will be operating on thin margins you cannot afford to recruit the wrong person, ever! 2. Time to Hire . While there will be more candidates to choose from, as with quality the time to hire will still be critical. 3. ROI, ROI, ROI. Every single recruiting activity must provide a positive return on investment. You can no long afford to just engage agencies to find candidates, it must be justified and most likely a last resort. 4. Use your talent pool. Following on from the pre

Source: eGrabber Newsletters eGrabber, Inc is sponsoring the 'first ever' Worldwide Boolean Strings Contest - 2008. The event will be hosted by Irina Shamaeva, Partner, Brain Gain Recruiting and Glen Cathey, VP Recruiting, Kforce and Author, www.booleanblackbelt.com . The contest will involve 3 stages and will test the participants' Internet resume sourcing skills. Every participant will receive a one-month ResumeFinder license (a $49 value) at no cost. One person for every 25 participants will get a chance to win either of eGrabber's power tools for recruiting - ResumeFinder (a $349 value) or ResumeGrabber (a $495 value). The top winner will be awarded the title “Boolean Strings Master - 2008" Click here for more information . Contest ends on Sunday, December 21, 2008.

With the advent of Internet, search engines play a very vital role in sourcing passive candidates. The search engines indexes the profiles of both active and passive candidates that are available in various sources like job boards, social networking sites, etc. and thus it eases the search process, but the challenge is to screen only the resumes from other irrelevant data that are generally displayed with the search results. Though expert online recruiters use advanced search queries to eliminate unwanted data and fetch appropriate resumes, it takes a lot of time and effort to identify the skill set, structure the query, and customize and modify the search queries based on the search engines. Generating complicated search queries for various search criteria is definitely a Herculean task for the recruiters and they cannot afford to spend their valuable time on this time-consuming and tedious task on a regular basis. ResumeFinder is a complete recruiting solution that helps recruiters t

Despite the disastrous global economic crisis taking a heavy toll on all the industries, the recruitment industry has some surprising stats and figures. Milgram Report October 2008 (published by www.beyond.com) reveals that there was a -9.71% decrease in the number of jobs posted in October 2008, compared to the number of jobs posted in September 2008. The following data represents the percentage change in the number of jobs posted for each candidate experience level in October 2008, compared to the number of jobs posted in September 2008. Source: www.beyond.com

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Strategies and decisions that worked well can fail you in a slow market. Hence it is important to take a pause and understand the trends and patterns associated with recruiting in a slow market. Studying the past can be very useful under these circumstances. If your company has been in business for more than 7 years, look at data during 2002-04. How did you handle the slowdown last time? Were there any significant lessons learnt that you could implement now? Do you have any insights into the recruitment industry trends and patterns then, which you could use today? Should you change your business model and focus? Answers to these can help you find ways not only to sustain and grow your business in the down market, but also make you immune to future recessions.

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Affinity Circles is the leading provider of exclusive social networks for member associations seeking to connect their members in a trusted environment that facilitates the exchange of valuable opportunities. You can get more information from the Affinity Circles website.

Source: eGrabber Newsletters Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers. It gives you the ability to communicate, in real-time, with employees anywhere in the world. You can get more information from the Yammer website.