Powerful Technology Tools for Today’s Recruiters

Powerful Technology for Today’s RecruitersAbout Shally•5 years contract contingency search•Full desk, million dollar producer•6 years as a corporate sourcing leader•Architected and managed centralized teams of recruitment researchers at Motorola, Cisco, Coke, Google, Microsoft and others•Raised in Colombia, South America until age 18(Yes, English is my second language)•Returned Peace Corps Volunteer•B.S. in International Business from RIT•More: www.jobmachine.net/shally29-May-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.2Search Engine BooleanLittle Search Engine Overlap• Use more than one search engine• Overlap ranges around 10%Compare for yourself at: http://ranking.thumbshots.comMay-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.4Best Search Strings Include…Job Titles like(“Software Engineer” OR Programmer OR Developer)“SAP Consultant”“Account Executive”“Senior * Manager”Aim for +/- 250 resultsCompany Names likeMax of 1,000(“Hewlett Packard” OR HP OR @hp.com)(IBM OR @ibm.com OR @us.ibm.com)Skills, Licenses, Degrees or Certifications like(“, RN” OR “, CNA” OR “, LPN”)(“, CPA” OR “, CFA”)(BSCS OR MSCS) or also try “, MBA”(“, CCIE” OR “, CCNA”)Locations like(Atlanta OR Marietta OR Alpharetta) ,.GA(770 OR 678 OR 404) ,.GASydney 61 AustraliaMay-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.5Getting More from KeywordsKeywords are the most important part of searching. Get more keywords from:• Target company job postings– Indeed.com, PageBites.com, SimplyHired.com• Job Titles on LinkedIn profiles• Alternative names for your Competitors• Industry search terms: –Job Title, Function, Jargon–Acronyms, Abbreviations–Skills, Tools, CertificationsMay-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.6Portable Resume Search StringsStart with the title, company, skill and location then add:(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -send -submit -you(resumé OR rèsumè OR résumé OR CV OR Vitae OR vitæ) -intitle:job -intitle:jobs -you -yourpresent education (experience OR employment OR background OR references) (1990 OR 1991 OR 1992 OR 1993 OR 1994 OR 1995 OR 1996 OR 1997 OR 1998 OR 1999 OR 2001 OR 2002 OR 2003 OR 2004 OR 2005 OR 2006) May-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.7Global Field Search Commands• Look for documents named “resume” – Using intitle: looks for words coded into the HTML “title” field, frequently the “name” of the file• intitle:resume director software -job -you• Or saved in locations called “resume”– Using inurl: looks for words in the names of folders or addresses where the file is located• inurl:resume director software -job -youMay-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.8(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) director software -job -youMay-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.9Search Within a Website• Searching with site: looks through the entire site:– site:microsoft.com– site:dell.com managing.director – site:hp.com research.engineerMay-08© Shally Steckerl, JobMachine, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not duplicate.10Document Outline

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