A Test Question for the People Sourcing Certification Program - Boolean Strings Network2024-03-29T05:18:05Zhttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/forum/topics/a-test-question-for-the-people-sourcing-certification-program?commentId=2748775%3AComment%3A89129&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSeveral people have asked how…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-06-03:2748775:Comment:891662012-06-03T15:27:26.845ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>Several people have asked how to solve this. </p>
<p><span>So, there are some initial thoughts: why would people from different companies be in one list? Suggested answer: they have attended an event.</span><br></br><span>Also, the list would probably have the fields like company and title, plus some contact info.</span><br></br><span>The most common list format is Excel, so let's try it first.</span><br></br><br></br><span>(Would the word "employees" be in the list? Probably not.)</span><br></br><br></br><span>The…</span></p>
<p>Several people have asked how to solve this. </p>
<p><span>So, there are some initial thoughts: why would people from different companies be in one list? Suggested answer: they have attended an event.</span><br/><span>Also, the list would probably have the fields like company and title, plus some contact info.</span><br/><span>The most common list format is Excel, so let's try it first.</span><br/><br/><span>(Would the word "employees" be in the list? Probably not.)</span><br/><br/><span>The "idea" is to IGNORE some of the requirements. Let's ignore the years 2000-2010.</span><br/><br/><span>You can find the correct file among these results:</span><br/><a href="http://bit.ly/N9cX5O" target="_blank">Amgen Pfizer Roche Sanofi Astrazeneca attend filetype:xls</a><br/><br/><span>It's the result #1 in this search:</span><br/><a href="http://bit.ly/N9dnch" target="_blank">Amgen Pfizer Roche Sanofi Astrazeneca attend filetype:xls company title phone email</a><br/><span> - if you check the file you will see that it has several lists from several years between 2000 and 2010.</span><br/><br/><span>(Or even this:</span><br/><span><a href="http://bit.ly/N9e6u9" target="_blank">Amgen Pfizer Roche Sanofi Astrazeneca attend filetype:xls phone email</a>)</span><br/><br/><span>Why wouldn't it show up if we include "2000"? This is because Google only indexed the first page in the Excel file.</span><br/><br/><span>Enjoy!</span></p>
<p><span>Irina</span></p> The competition was fierce! M…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-06-01:2748775:Comment:891642012-06-01T17:38:41.622ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>The competition was fierce! Many correct results and even more incorrect results were submitted. Here are the winners:</p>
<p><strong>Joe Self of Trustaff</strong> – <a href="http://booleanstrings.com/certifications/" target="_blank">Online</a>; congratulations!<br/><strong>Kim Rosenberg of Global Recruiters of San Mateo</strong> –<a href="http://booleanstrings.com/certifications/" target="_blank">Live in San Francisco</a>; congratulations!</p>
<p>Irina</p>
<p>The competition was fierce! Many correct results and even more incorrect results were submitted. Here are the winners:</p>
<p><strong>Joe Self of Trustaff</strong> – <a href="http://booleanstrings.com/certifications/" target="_blank">Online</a>; congratulations!<br/><strong>Kim Rosenberg of Global Recruiters of San Mateo</strong> –<a href="http://booleanstrings.com/certifications/" target="_blank">Live in San Francisco</a>; congratulations!</p>
<p>Irina</p> Sure, I understand; you may w…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-05-29:2748775:Comment:890912012-05-29T15:37:17.055ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>Sure, I understand; you may want to remove your prompt as well :)<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Peter Boyle said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/forum/topics/a-test-question-for-the-people-sourcing-certification-program?commentId=2748775%3AComment%3A89090&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2748775Comment89090"><div><p>I didn't include a URL:…</p>
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<p>Sure, I understand; you may want to remove your prompt as well :)<br/> <br/> <cite>Peter Boyle said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/forum/topics/a-test-question-for-the-people-sourcing-certification-program?commentId=2748775%3AComment%3A89090&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2748775Comment89090"><div><p>I didn't include a URL:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.renal.org%2Fpages%2Fmedia%2FTrustees%2FDisclosure%2520of%2520Potential%2520Interests%2520Executive%2520Committee3.xls&ei=mOzET9_eEoSQ2QXPnLxv&usg=AFQjCNFU6MKhqjEFv2uXcVvPlMmxb_mBIg" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sour...</a></p>
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tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-05-29:2748775:Comment:891352012-05-29T15:36:44.579ZPeter Boylehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/PeterBoyle
<p>Sorry.</p>
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<p></p> I didn't include a URL:
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<p>I didn't include a URL:…</p>
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<p>I didn't include a URL:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.renal.org%2Fpages%2Fmedia%2FTrustees%2FDisclosure%2520of%2520Potential%2520Interests%2520Executive%2520Committee3.xls&ei=mOzET9_eEoSQ2QXPnLxv&usg=AFQjCNFU6MKhqjEFv2uXcVvPlMmxb_mBIg" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.renal.org%2Fpages%2Fmedia%2FTrustees%2FDisclosure%2520of%2520Potential%2520Interests%2520Executive%2520Committee3.xls&ei=mOzET9_eEoSQ2QXPnLxv&usg=AFQjCNFU6MKhqjEFv2uXcVvPlMmxb_mBIg</a></p> Hi Peter and All,
It is very…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-05-29:2748775:Comment:891322012-05-29T15:35:50.563ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>Hi Peter and All,</p>
<p>It is very important: Please follow the rules and <strong>email the answers</strong>. Participants who post the answer/link publicly will not be entered into the contest. If you post prompts publicly you are helping the people with whom you are competing! Irina</p>
<p>Hi Peter and All,</p>
<p>It is very important: Please follow the rules and <strong>email the answers</strong>. Participants who post the answer/link publicly will not be entered into the contest. If you post prompts publicly you are helping the people with whom you are competing! Irina</p> The idea I believe would be t…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-05-29:2748775:Comment:891292012-05-29T15:15:00.051ZPeter Boylehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/PeterBoyle
<p><br/><br/>The idea I believe would be theuse of filetype:xls<br/>example<br/><br/>(Amgen and Pfizer and Roche and Sanofi and Astrazeneca) and attend* filetype:xls<br/><br/>I got one list of over 5K + participants and another with email and other information that could be easily correlated.<br/><br/>Took < 1min to acquire.<br/><br/>Peter Boyle</p>
<p><br/><br/>The idea I believe would be theuse of filetype:xls<br/>example<br/><br/>(Amgen and Pfizer and Roche and Sanofi and Astrazeneca) and attend* filetype:xls<br/><br/>I got one list of over 5K + participants and another with email and other information that could be easily correlated.<br/><br/>Took < 1min to acquire.<br/><br/>Peter Boyle</p>