CyberSleuthing

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How to really mine the web for passive talent.

  1. The most advanced training available for busy recruiters who want to learn how to find passive candidates in ten minutes or less: JobMachine Workshops and Resources
  2. Samples from Glenn's popular self-paced online sourcing course



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The CyberSleuth's Toolbag:

Following are the tools every busy recruiter must master:


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SOURCING REFRESHERS & RESOURCES

Here are a few additional links and resources for you:

  1. Basic Boolean refresher
  2. Boolean fundamentals guide PDF (not recruitment-specific) from Berkley


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LINKEDIN TIPS

If recruiting or research falls into your scope of your responsibilities, you may be interested in networking with like-minded, LinkedIn-savvy members of my CyberSleuthing LinkedIn group at (https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/742/47ED820E8D6B/) (just click to join - no cost).

Joining this group gives you access to other member's contacts and helps you expand your network. If you are curious about the group, you can explore the profiles of fellow CyberSleuths. They are an amazing and well-networked group of people. You can explore a list of members at http://tinyurl.com/y32536. CyberSleuths are a very open group, always willing to help each other.

The bigger your network grows the more you can do with LinkedIn. Open networkers would welcome you and your friends' connection requests. Within LinkedIn you can choose to identify yourself as a open connector if you'd like by selecting to be listed as an "Open Link" Open Link Networker (http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=pop/pop_more_openlink_network). You can find other open networkers like us here:

Useful Articles about LinkedIn:

  1. New Zip Code Radius Search Choices on LinkedIn
  2. Becoming A Promiscuous Linker on Linkedin
  3. LinkedIn Kung Fu
  4. Recent LinkedIn Changes boom or bust?
  5. Hot LinkedIn News, Archive Multiple Items
  6. New way to add contacts to your LinkedIn account
  7. Me and my three million LinkedIn Friends
  8. Get 4 million free contacts on LinkedIn

These are audio files you can stream or download at no cost:

  1. Start Networking Online
  2. A Master Class Podcast on LinkedIn - audio from Peter Clayton
  3. Australias #1 LinkedIn user - audio from the Podcast Network

A great book Happy About Linkedin For Recruiting by: Bill Vick & Des Walsh. If you buy the book you get a free copy of Broadlook Contact Capture, a free LinkedIn job posting, a month of HireAbility Membership, and 20% off eGrabber plus downloadable MP3 interviews of industry luminaries.

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The "CyberSleuth's Top 10" Wish List:

If you have a few Staffing Dollars in your budget to spen, here's ten absolute must have tools:

  1. H3.com for non-employee referral campaigns Check out "The Power of Referral Networking" by: Shally Steckerl
  2. infoGIST Platinum Recruiter to automate resume capture
  3. Trovix for intelligence resume filtering. Check out the White Paper on automating your sourcing process by Shally Steckerl
  4. Broadlook Profiler for massive automated lead generation
  5. Broadlook Eclipse spider for downloading and parsing organized data from the web
  6. [htp://www.linkedin.com LinkedIn Pro] for 50 InMails per month and added visibility
  7. Zoominfo PowerSearch for 37 million leads
  8. Salesforce CRM to track all your leads
  9. Constant Contact email campaign marketing tools
  10. Two phone sourcers, one internet researcher and one passive candidate cold caller :)
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Videos for Recruiters

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Free Videos

  1. Sourcing Automation, hosted by Trovix.com http://tinyurl.com/2ccl49
  2. Competitive Intelligence, hosted by Zoominfo.com http://www.zoominfo.com/ctr.asp?c=890o
  3. International Sourcing Strategy: http://tinyurl.com/26br39
  4. International Sourcing Tactics: http://www.jobmachine.net/ONREC%20International%20Sourcing.wmv
  5. Sourcing Automation with infoGIST http://infogist.com/webinar/webinar.wmv
  6. The Fordyce Letter's Electronic Recruiting 101 http://jobmachine.net/ER101.wmv
    1. Presentation Slides: http://jobmachine.net/ER101_Webinar.pdf
    2. Frequently Asked Questions: http://jobmachine.net/ER101_Q&A.pdf
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VIDEOS FOR PURCHASE

The Sourcing Checkup - How to Assess Your Team]

The Recruitment Opportunity Analysis]

Internal or External - How to Determine What Recruitment Tasks Should Be Outsourced]

  1. Totally rocking 90 minute presentation on finding passive candiadtes: https://hireability.webex.com/hireability/onstage/g.php?AT=VR&RecordingID=301274105
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BLOGS AND RSS

If you want to get to know RSS a bit more, this useful video explains it plainly: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/04/video-beginners-guide-to-rss.html

You may already read many recruiting blogs, particularlyu on ERE.net but here's a list of blogs you should be reading. The following links take you directly to the RSS feed so you can copy them right into your favorite reader:

** Read Dave to get behind the scene views on industry mavens and insider happenings.

** Read Jim to become a better sourcer.

** Read Ami to open your mind and provoke thought.

** Ready Amybeth to learn about the research process and how sourcer can help you make more hires.

** Read Durbin’s blogs if you recruit in or near St. Louis, Seattle, Charlotte and/or Kansas City.

** Read Joel to find out about what is going on in the world of online recruitment and search engine optimization.

** Read Carl to learn how to make recruiters love you.

** Read Sandi to become a better entrepreneur.

** Read Julian and Shannon Seery to master social media.

** Read Jason to learn how push posting, contextual advertising and pay-per-click can bring you more hires.

** Read Dave to educate your candidates on how to fight dirty and win the war for talent using Guerilla tactics.

** If you are a corporate recruiter you must read Bill. Widely recognized as the father of online recruiting, he founded the first online employment site.

** Read Dave to get the dirt on Competitive Intelligence.

** Listen to Peter’s hard hitting interviews with industry pundits.

** Read Barbara to master the basics.

** Read Ritesh to get insider tips on multicultural sourcing

** Read C.M. to be a fly on the wall everywhere recruiting matters.

** Read Jeff for deep insights into the mind of a sourcing thought leader.

** Read Chad for industry changing out-of-the box ideas

** Read the Animal and laugh as you learn.

** Read Steve to live outside the box

** Read Bill to know what it takes to become a “big biller.” A selection of ERE Blogs:

  • Ask The Recruiter: Dakotta Alex has an international and entrepreneurial flair that he applies generously to his posts on diversity, recruiting and leadership.
  • Blogging outside the box: You know Steve Levy’s blog from above, but he also writes an occasional post here as well.
  • Contract Recruiting: Doug Franklin talks about what it takes to be a successful contract recruiter.
  • DC Recruiting: Scott Kahle focuses on the local DC area and also reveals some interesting tips about recruiting tools.
  • E-Cruit Blog: Jason Gorham’s “other” blog where he discusses how push posting directly affects recruiting.
  • Fresh Meat: Scott Axel’s has lively debates on candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting process.
  • Gen Y'd: Sara White talks about reaching the “younger generation” – watch out, they are soon going to be our hiring managers!
  • Hire Calling: ERE’s founder, David Manaster, uses his blog to communicate with all of us about his life and passions, which of course include current events in the recruiting industry.
  • Martin Snyder's Passing Scene: Martin’s factoid approach to blogging leads to very detailed and specific posts about issues, stats and metrics that affect us all.
  • On The BioPharm: Drew explores the little talked-about industry of Biotech and Pharmaceutical recruiting.
  • Recruitment in India: Adwait Joshi explores Asian, in particular Indian, recruiting issues.
  • Recruitment Spin: Cheryl Hardy blogs about relationships, inclusion and communication.
  • Retention Secrets: Mike Goldman espouses on performance and how to keep your candidate after they become an employee.
  • Seattle - A Recruiter's Perspective: Kristen Fife is the blogging voice of the vibrant Seattle recruiting community.
  • SittingXlegged: Simon Meth explores corporate recruiting, debunks myths and makes some very accurate predictions about where our industry is headed.
  • The CareerXroads Annex: If you don’t already know Gerry Crispin, let me at least tell you that he is one of the most respected senior voices in our industry. He travels to China and Russia, helps our with Katrina survivors, and still has time to educate us all about the candidate experience.
  • [explores The Good Search]: Krista Bradford’s beginnings as an investigative journalist should give you a glimpse as to how inquisitive she is. In her blog she continues to ask and answer important questions with a focus on ethics and socially responsible business.


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