tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35826933074901052152024-02-08T12:52:19.115+00:00Internet & Telephone SourcingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582693307490105215.post-47926859780171724082011-03-25T06:03:00.000+00:002011-03-25T06:03:02.896+00:00The Holy Grail of Internet Sourcing<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">I’ll start off by saying I need to see a doctor, it is now 04:00 in the <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">UK</country-region></place> and I have been awake since 02:30 thinking about sourcing candidates and what methods and tools yield great results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I am addicted to sourcing!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">I first became addicted to internet sourcing probably in 2007 when I first got sucked into the underworld and began to hear about Shally Steckerl, Job Machine and AIRS Training and certificates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">What I was reading sounded like the Silver Bullet of recruitment, all I had to do was pump a few Boolean operators into Google or Yahoo and as I was going to find thousands of CVs of quality candidates hidden away in the depths of the World Wide Web, but that didn’t happen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">What I did find was a handful of CVs which were generally out of date and were contractors, not what a permanent recruiter wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So after extensive reading and exploring new ways of constructing Boolean search strings, I kicked the sourcing habit and went back to using online advertising, searching job board databases and LinkedIn.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Now its 2011 and I have to confess I have a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MAJOR</b> problem for me internet sourcing is the crack cocaine of recruitment, I am well and truly hooked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what’s dragged me back?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have always been good at phone sourcing, getting through to key decision makers, getting information maybe I shouldn’t be able to get using the telephone, basically able to generate lots of recruitment assignments but then not always finding the candidates to fill them and that’s what prompted me and brought me back to internet sourcing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">So why am I well and truly hooked on internet sourcing after kicking the habit in 2007?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time around I realise I am not going to unlock thousands of CV’s of C# developers who live and work in London or Cardiff or Bristol on a permanent basis, but I am able to discover social media sites where these guys converse on a daily basis and I can discover user groups, forums, blogs and search for Tweets relating to workshops and seminars, all of which provide lists of members, their names, companies these candidates work at, email addresses and telephone numbers. Internet sourcing enables me to X-Ray social media sites, search Twitter Bio’s and LinkedIn profiles and X-Ray company websites to gain list of employees.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Yesterday was a prime example, while searching the depths of the internet for <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city> based Microsoft .NET professionals I unearthed one of the many .NET User Groups and bingo!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The site included a list of all its 227 members, 227 <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city> based .NET developers whose profiles included information such as:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Where they work</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">LinkedIn profiles</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Twitter IDs</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Github profiles</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Links to blogs</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Email addresses</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">This is like winning the lottery, so, armed with all these individual pieces of information it is very easy to start dramatically increasing the depth of your talent pools and watch them grow almost exponentially. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">For me sourcing by plugging keywords, Boolean operators and (inurl:cv | inurl:resume | intitle:cv | inurl:resume) into Google Yahoo and Bing and returning a few pages of CVs is not what it is all about, to be honest I recon my mum good do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, the Holy Grail is about thinking outside the box and using Boolean operators and keywords to trawl the net for snippets of information which when pieced together provide untapped, deep pools of talent that no online CV database or online advert could ever deliver.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582693307490105215.post-66525096354229626312011-03-17T10:49:00.000+00:002011-03-17T10:49:10.016+00:00What Does a Google URL mean? Part IIAs mentioned in <a href="http://sourcingapprentice.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-does-google-url-mean.html"><span style="color: purple;">What Does a Google URL mean? Part I</span></a>, every query we ask Google to run is represented with a URL that points to a results page, these URL’s are not static, but dynamic links which are continually updated and therefore provide real time results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">To fully maximize the use of our Boolean operators and Google queries we must understand the URL Syntax Google uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s start with the first part of the URL, the location of Google’s search script:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.google.com/search">www.google.com/search</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">As you can see if you follow the above link you are taken to a blank Google search page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This blank Google search page can be likened to a “?” that we use in everyday language; it is from this point we can delve deeper into the World Wide Web.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Now we are ready to question or query Google we must provide a set of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Parameters</b> which instruct the search script, basically tell it what to do and conduct the search we want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Parameters</b> are separated by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ampersand (&)</b> and consist of a variable followed by an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">equal sign (=)</b> which is followed by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">value</b> that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">variable</b> should be set to:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">e.g. <a href="http://www.google.com/search?variable1=a&variable2=b">www.google.com/search?variable1=a&variable2=b</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*where a and b are both values</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">This is the part of the post I have been dreading and where all you techies and geeks will shoot me down!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you look at the URL of any Google search you have conducted you will probably notice the use of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">special characters </b>such as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">percentage sign (%)</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">numbers</b> this is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hexadecimal</b> you can read more about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal"><span style="color: purple;">Hexidecimal, base 16 or Hex at Wikipedia</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky enough for us non techies most browsers support a auto correcting feature so we don’t need to worry about all that geeky Hex coding!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I hope you are still with me on this, the end is insight!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why is all this relevant?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Generally our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">base</b> or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">starting</b> URL will come from a search submitted into the Google Web interface using our Boolean operators such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AND,</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT</b> & <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OR</b> and commands such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">site:</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">link:</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by looking at the Google URL we are then able to add <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">parameters</b>, change values of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">parameters</b>, modify and delete <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">parameters</b> and resubmit the search by pressing enter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Parameters</b> can be added to the base URL in any order.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Here is a list of some of Google’s search parameters I find useful:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">q or as_q<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>A search query</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_eq<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A search term<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Terms will be excluded from the<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>search</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">start<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>0 to max number of hits<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Result 0 is 1<sup>st</sup> result on page 1</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">num maxResults<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1 to 100<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Number results per page max 100</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">filter<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>0 to 1<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Filter set to 0, show potential<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>duplicate results</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">restrict<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>restrict code<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Restrict results to a specific country</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_epq<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a search phrase<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Value is submitted as exact phrase,<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>no need for phrase with quotes e.g.<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>“software engineer”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_ft<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i = include file type<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>include or exclude the file type as e= exclude file type<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>by indicated as_filetype</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_filetype<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a file extension<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>use above</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_qdr<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>all – all results<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>locate pages within a specified time m3 = 3 months<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>frame</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>m6 = 6 months</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>y = past year</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_nlo<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>low number<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>find numbers between as_nlo and<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>as_nhi</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_nhi<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>high number<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>find numbers between as_nlo and<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>as_nhi</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_oq<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a list of words<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>find at least one of these words</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_occt<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>any = anywhere<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>find a search term in a specific<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>title = tile of page<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>location</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>body = text of page</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>url = in URL of page</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>links = in links to the page</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;">as_dt<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i = only include site/domain<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>include or exclude searches from </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt;">e = exclude site/domain<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>domain specified by as_sitesearch</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">as_sitesearch<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>domain or site<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>include or exclude this domain or</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 216pt; text-indent: 36pt;">site as specified by as_dt</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">as_rq<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>URL<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>locate pages similar to this URL</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">as_lq<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>URL<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>locate pages that link to this URL</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582693307490105215.post-85579747170073657242011-03-01T13:45:00.002+00:002011-03-01T13:45:40.683+00:00Gatekeepers, Telephones & Targets<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I recruit niche, in demand technical skills across the <country-region w:st="on">UK</country-region> and <place w:st="on">Europe</place>, technical skills companies are continually looking to hire, as well as wanting to retain. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It is becoming more evident that companies do not want their prize technical assets taken away from them by “head hunters” and are implementing a variety of methods to ensure their technical staffs are not being poached.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Here are some of the ploys companies are using to make sure their staffs are not approached:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">No name polices</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Software/Technical/Engineering teams do not take telephone calls</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Software/Technical/Engineering teams messages and emails can only be made through a Gatekeeper</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It is becoming increasingly difficult to discover and make contact with technical talent so I am interested in hearing about out-of-the-box ways to overcome these hurdles as well as any other methods companies are employing to stop their prize assets from being poached.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582693307490105215.post-78511599299689434372011-02-28T13:36:00.001+00:002011-03-17T10:41:26.505+00:00What Does a Google URL mean? Part ISearch engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo are used throughout the sourcing community on a daily basis to source talent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so use to plugging our Boolean operators into Google, narrowing down searches and sifting through the results. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">But, have you ever looked at the Google URL when conducting a search?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not you should!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Every query we ask Google to run is represented with a URL that points to a results page, these URL’s are not static, but dynamic links which are continually updated and therefore provide real time results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if I run a search for a Java developer with Struts and Hibernate experience based in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Bristol</place></city> today, Google will provide a URL which is two things:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><ol style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Active connection to a list of results</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">A compact shorthand version of a Google query</li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Once we understand the Syntax behind a Google URL it is easy for us to realise the subject matter of the search query as well as enabling us to easily modify the search query.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Google URL’s are a great way to keep lengthy Boolean search strings concise and also allow quick modification of the URL and resulting Google queries.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">My next post will give a thorough break down of a Google URL and explain the Syntax used.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582693307490105215.post-29721231987073504282011-02-17T17:51:00.000+00:002011-02-17T17:51:46.540+00:00Why the blog?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I have worked as an IT Recruiter for several years recruiting niche and hard to find skill sets such as C#, .NET, Java and SQL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since my first day working as a senior recruiters “bitch” sourcing candidates and “pulling” leads the role has changed hell of a lot!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Let’s face it, back in those good old days, you posted a job online, your inbox was inundated with candidates, you spoke to the best 10 on paper and short listed the best three for the client and Bob’s your uncle, a placement and a big fat fee!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How things have changed!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Now highly skilled technologists aren’t uploading their CV to Monster, Jobsite or any of the other sites or applying for jobs online, so where are they and how are they found?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">This continual search for the top talent has made me think out side the box to develop a host of telephoning sourcing techniques and more recently the use of Boolean Logic and Boolean Searches. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The aim of this blog is to share internet and telephone sourcing techniques I adopt each day as well as expanding my knowledge in the field of sourcing top IT talent.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0