Recruiter Talk

This is a serious problem that will only lead to greater failures. These are large mega companies with billion dollar brands and trillion dollar dreams. Companies that on the surface have elegantly articulated the process for their talent community but have genuinely failed at any backend process that would be recognized as mediocre.

Sourcing for candidates can be simple or it can be frustrating. Putting aside the intricacies of deep web searching this series will be dedicated to listing and explaining some best practices around leveraging people search tools to find and attract great talent.

Jim Stroud the Searcologist is at it again and I loved this video so much I wanted to share it with the readers here at RecruitingTools. Be sure to visit Jim as well and let him know your thoughts.

As difficult as it can get, with the proper tools it can be easier. And I’ll stress the ier part of that because this job is not a cake walk. But having the ability to set filters, targets and mediums allows you to get inside of the candidates and clients world is essential.

Undertanding why you are searching what you are searching can prove to be the difference between success and failure. having a large tool box is great if you want to be the cool kid on the block

Over the next few weeks we will start to build a live list of ATS providers mainly sticking to low cost and free options for independent and small market recruiters. We are calling this a live list because as we build the list we will be taking your input and suggestions.

Weekly wrap up for RecruitingTools talking productivity, influence and Research.

Screen Capture tools are critical for on the fly presentation needs and data capture. You can use these tools for data sharing or training or simply just too quickly take notes and stow away for later reference.

I’ve been speaking with 2 of their people over there. Paul (Thanks for the guidance and product demos) and Jindrich, founder and CEO. You’ll see the quick breakdown in the video below

‘@RadicalRecruit share another piece of his wisdoms….

SourceSolutions is not a recruiting tool. It’s a service that helps connect people with business. You won’t find resumes here but you can walk away with great information to narrow your search.

Human beings are social animals and they always like to be in groups. In the new web 2.0 world – this also holds very much true. The social networking has provided people a life 2.0 where they can create their own groups, be part of them and engage people – without actually having a trouble to meet them (!).

SlideShare is also a great place to keep up with an incredibly wide assortment of presentations and information specifically related to Careers and Recruiting, since they have a category specifically dedicated to the Careers topic.

I try to keep a strong mix of the two but how you build your groups network is squarely on you.Regardless there is an etiqutte to participating in these groups, especially as a recruiter. The most important part is to remember that the groups members are

I do not consider sms and texting candidates to connect mobile recruiting. Texting is a tool to use to connect much like Twitter is a tool to connect. If you call a candidate’s cell phone is that mobile recruiting?