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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.

Screen and Transfer Resumes in Seconds

Source: eGrabber Newsletters I receive scores of resumes everyday - as email attachments, from job boards, resume forms submitted through the company website, etc. It takes a lot of time to manually screen each and every resume and process the selected resumes into my database. Is there any way by which I can speed-up the entire process? Try ResumeGrabber. It automates all the manual steps involved in processing resumes. It auto-extracts resumes from Google search results, Job Boards, email attachments and enters them into your candidate database. It then allows you to screen and shortlist the resumes based on keywords. What took you hours to do can now be done in minutes. You will have all the time to hire more candidates. Download your 10-day free trial of ResumeGrabber today.

Maximize your Recruiting Dollars

Source: eGrabber Newsletters A recession does not necessarily mean that recruiting will cease altogether. There may be less recruiting work than before, which means you will have to cut back on expenses. Look for inexpensive ways to ramp up your recruiting efforts. This might be the time to focus on Advertising channels and recruitment ads/messages that allow you to recruit faster and cheaper and reach more people than any other method. Investments in technology that can automate and/or speed-up sourcing and screening of large volumes of resumes. Client relationships. Hiring interns to overcome staff resources that are spread thin, etc. Strategies such as these are sure to maximize your recruiting dollars and help you ride better on a budget that is likely to be tighter this year.

Resume Search Tip: 'Location' Command in Live

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.

How to source free resumes from the Internet?

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

Resume Search Tip: 'Region' Command in Yahoo!

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.