Recruiter's Essential Tips

Identifying the right candidate is the highest cost component in a recruitment business. Recruiters and HR managers find it difficult when they have numerous clients looking for multiple job openings. Today, Recruiters and Hiring Managers find matching resumes from job portals and email inbox that are flooded with unqualified resumes. Breaking down these resumes into potential candidate(s) that suit the requirement is an immense task and time consuming. Statistics show that recruiters spend more time on screening resumes to find the top applicants than reaching them and conducting interviews, etc. Recruiters always ensure that they target the right candidates. In today's world, time is valued and cannot be wasted as recruiters have very limited time. There are various resume parsing tools available across the Internet but one need to be experienced in choosing the right resume parsing software . A resume parsing software that can help recruiters parse resumes from almost any

There are many things we do not understand about hiring. However, our inability to predict the future does not mean we cannot learn as much as possible about the present. The only way to do that is to: 1) conduct our own research, or 2) read research conducted by other people. We may not like to believe research results because they interfere with personal opinion, but research is the only way to know for sure which recruiting and hiring tools work best. A hiring manager might be 100% convinced of his or her opinion, but that is not the same as being 100% correct about the candidate.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter The sales team forms the core of any business. Since the sales people are the ones who represent a business in the marketplace, it is vital to choose the right people. The first step in hiring a salesperson is to get a detailed job description done. It should have everything that is expected from the sales person such as the research work that should be completed before making sales call, the selling style, customer service responsibilities, record keeping routine etc. Hire only people whose goals, philosophy, and ethics are in line with that of your client’s. Make a list of personality traits and test if each candidate possesses the required trait. Psychology based assessment tests can also help judge candidates.

 Source: eGrabber Newsletter The focus for recruiters this year and the next few would be on building a community of potential candidates. Many Internet sourcing experts are of the view that recruiters should be able to fill routine job positions using just their social networks and connections. Given this, it is critical that you -     determine social media sites that work best for your industry -     understand the kind of audience (talent) that different social sites attract -     adopt tactics to build/ grow your network, etc. In the coming years, your success as a recruiter will be determined to a large extent by how good you are in social media recruiting.

Source : eGrabber Newsletter Sourcing candidates manually from the Internet is a time consuming process, even if you have the right search strings. But, there are ways to automate parts of the process. For example, you can use Google Alerts to receive links to new resume postings straight to your inbox. Here's how: 1)     Go to the Google Alerts website 2)     In the 'Search terms' box, enter your search string. For example, if you would like to receive information in new resume postings/ updates for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the state of California, enter the following search string* in the box intitle:resume (CPA) (California | CA) 3)     In the 'Type' box, select Web from the drop-down 4)     Enter your email and click on the Create Alert button Now you will start receiving updates from Google through emails. All you need to do is check your inbox for info on links to new / updated resumes.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter Do you spend hours manually searching resumes on the Internet? For recruiters who are not experts in Google search commands and techniques, this can be quite a frustrating task. Now, there is a way by which you can easily search passive resumes on the Internet. The eGrabber ResumeFinder is specifically designed to assist sourcers / recruiters who search for resumes on the Internet. Simply enter your keywords (such as Java programmers) and ResumeFinder will use the power of search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN Live, AltaVista and AlltheWeb) to search matching resumes from -     Internet Communities such as GeoCities, Angelfire, etc. -     Social Networking Sites -     Free resume sites including Craigslist and many others -     Largest ISP’s such as ATT, Earthlink, AOL and others -     Popular blog hosts such as bloggers.com, blogspot.com, etc. We invite you to use ResumeFinder for couple of days at no cost . Even better, call our sales specialists now

Amidst stringent time schedules and stiff competition, dealing with hundreds and thousands of resumes becomes a grueling task. During peak hiring seasons, it becomes more hectic. Typically, recruiters receive hundreds of resumes through emails. In addition, they look for resumes in job boards, search engines, professional networking sites, resume portals, personal websites, blogs, social networking sites, etc. The task at hand is to extract resumes from the above-mentioned sources and save them in the database. Manually extracting hundreds of resumes is a daunting task. You need to manually open every resume, read through the content and then copy-paste the resume data into your database. This is not only a time-consuming task but also hinders other recruiting activities. It slows down the whole recruiting process and you might even end up losing a potential candidate or client. This is why smart recruiters use resume extraction software to quickly capture resumes and transfer

Source: eGrabber Newsletter In today's challenging environment, an employment branding initiative will offer any organization, that commits itself to it, a big advantage. The following are certain guidelines for employment branding: 1.     Understand your organization's vision and key long-term business objectives. 2.     Align recruiting goals with the organization's goals. 3.     Determine the talent requirement to achieve key business objectives. 4.     Identify key attributes that will define employee experience in the organization. 5.     Aim for messaging consistency in all your external communications. 6.     Set standards to regularly measure and evaluate the recruiting function in your organization.

Building a candidate database is of paramount importance for recruiters, but finding job postings or job requirements is also equally important. Job postings are available in the Internet for various job titles, skill sets, locations, etc. Now the key for success is to quickly find the job postings on the Internet, find the best candidate profiles from your database and reach the clients before your competitor does. Manually searching for job postings is definitely a time-consuming and tiresome task. This is where an automation tool like ResumeFinder can make your life easy. ResumeFinder helps you to find online job postings in three simple steps. Step 1: Enter the job title. Step 2: Select the search script. Step 3: Click the Find button.  ResumeFinder searches and displays the online job postings in just a few seconds. To know more about ResumeFinder, click here. To download the fully functional free trial version of ResumeFinder, click here.       

Source:eGrabberNewsletter I use the Internet to search for resumes of passive candidates. But my searches often return a number of irrelevant and unwanted results, which is frustrating and time-consuming. Is there a way I could zero in on the relevant resumes without having to be a search engine expert? ResumeGrabber is specifically designed to assist recruiters who search for resumes on the Internet. Simply enter your keywords (such as Java programmers) and ResumeGrabber will use the power of search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) to search matching resumes from -     Internet Communities such as GeoCities, Angelfire, etc. -     Social Networking Sites -     Free resume sites including Craigslist and many others -     Largest ISP’s such as ATT, Earthlink, AOL and others -     Popular blog hosts such as bloggers.com, etc => Find business email address and phone number for each profile => Export them to an ATS or Excel. This way, you get an actionable, ready

Now-a-days finding valid candidate's resumes and their contact information is essential to every recruiters and most of them using LinkedIn / other Professional networking sites to find updated resumes. I would like to help all of the resume searchers to find valid candidate's resumes and their contact information along with their updated resume from Linkedin. LinkedIn have updated their search algorithm to finding valid candidate's resumes from their database, like that most of the senior professionals are optimized their resumes using targeted keywords. Assume this the recruiters may looking to get valid “oracle developers” resumes from “San Francisco bay area” from “Information Technologies and Service” industry and in trill down they may looking for the candidates who are currently working in the “Oracle Corporation” Now find the below instruction to get the valid oracle developers profile from LinkedIn 1)Search “Oracle Developers” 2)Filter by Location “S

Sales experts believe that cold calling is one of the most powerful skills that every sales person should have. They say that it is proactive, productive, profitable, and it offers instant gratification. But when it comes to recruiting, it is altogether a different ball game. Recruiters need to follow certain rules while cold calling. There are 5 powerful cold calling rules for recruiters. They are as follows: Build a Relationship - Be patient and be prepared to invest time in building a relationship with the prospect. Remember, the prospect does not know you or your services and doesn’t know how well you can help him/her. So during the initial conversation, focus on building a relationship rather than trying to convert a prospect into a client. Follow Up – Follow up with your prospects regularly through direct mail, telephone, email or other possible communication channels. Following up regularly and in a timely manner enables your prospects to have you in fr

The 2010 Benchmark Pro survey involving nearly 4000 employers from about 15,000 locations across the country has revealed that 93.4% of organizations have started to actively look for qualified candidates. This is slightly up when compared to 91.1% reported in 2009. This is an indication that companies are slowly recovering from the economic catastrophe to make a gradual comeback. The survey reveals the following: Employers use various methods to recruit new employees. Advertising on the Internet tops the chart at 81.1% followed by newspaper advertisement at 63% and employee referral programs & job fairs at 54%. Almost half of the companies use Internet resume database and over 30% of the companies use sign-on bonuses or trade and professional association advertising. Recruiting methods differ based on the industry. Job fairs are used by 75.6% of hospitality organizations, 70% of healthcare organizations, 64.2% of banking and finance, 51.6% of insurance and