Archive for June, 2010

How to Search LinkedIn for Diversity Sourcing

Tweet If you ever have a need to perform diversity sourcing, I’m going to show you a trick on LinkedIn that goes beyond the obvious and “everyone’s doing it” methods of searching for fraternities, sororities, specific universities, and of course groups, societies and associations. Let’s say you were in need of identifying people with specific [...]

Diversity Sourcing, LinkedIn

LinkedIn Shows New Search Options, Some No Longer Free

Tweet LinkedIn now shows some new search functionality to the masses who use LinkedIn for free. Perhaps of greater interest, some previously free search options are now premium filters. I first noticed the changes to LinkedIn’s advanced search page on Saturday, June 19th. Did they appear earlier and I just didn’t notice them? Perhaps I missed a press release? For those [...]

LinkedIn

Why is Google Missing Available Search Results?

Tweet When you’re searching the Internet for potential candidates, it’s quite common (and practical) to search for resumes of  people who are likely to be local to your opportunity. The two main ways of doing this are searching by area code and searching by zip code range. While there are limitations of both approaches (not [...]

Google, Hidden Talent Pools, Resume Sourcing

Searching LinkedIn with Google and Yahoo for Free

Tweet When it comes to searching LinkedIn using Internet search engines such as Google or Yahoo, there are many different ways to construct your search string (“X-Ray” or otherwise) and get results. Ultimately, the goal of any good sourcer or recruiter is to find all of the best available potential candidates that a particular source [...]

Google, How-To's, LinkedIn, x-ray search, Yahoo