Sourcing Tools and Tips

[Irina Shamaeva]

Dear All,

With increasing pressure on sourcers and recruiters to deliver, exploding amounts of information on the web, and little time to wonder
around looking for new tools - we all would benefit from sharing what we
already know and what helps us.

Could you please share a helpful sourcing or searching tool or a site that you use?

Or, share a sourcing tip, such as clever search string syntax, or a way to make sense of too many search results, or a method to find just the right "place" where your candidates hang out, or how to reach a LinkedIn member with no contact info in sight, etc.

Looking forward to your replies!

[Martin Lee]

Loving knowledge share.


I started one in LinkedIn which you are also welcome to join.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3104747&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

[Alan Bogard]

This site was shared recently and seems to be a great tool.

http://www.recruitingtools.com/2009/12/16/free-keyword-tool/

Have a great day!

Alan

[Shannon Myers]

Thanks, Martin

There are already some good posts on there.

Martin Lee said:

Loving knowledge share.


I started one in LinkedIn which you are also welcome to join.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3104747&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

[Irina Shamaeva]

Martin,

Thanks, yes, it's a great group and am a member. Perhaps you could share a favorite hint or two from the group? It will reach a wider group of people here, and will perhaps increase your membership as well.

Martin Lee said:

Loving knowledge share.


I started one in LinkedIn which you are also welcome to join.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3104747&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

[Lisa Clark]

For those who are new to using boolean this is a great tool to learn how to put the search string together.
http://www.boolify.org/

[Lisa Clark]

The free monthly Sourcing Report from AIRS is also great information to review
http://www.airsdirectory.com/mc/training_news_newsletters.guid

[Marcel Rietveld]

I can recommend the Peopletoucher Search tool: http://www.peopletoucher.com/search/intro.php

Great tool for finding candidates on LinkedIn.

Good Luck!

Marcel Rietveld l E-Recruiter

http://twitter.com/rietveldm

[Christine McKenzie]

Hi Marcel,
Does peopletoucher search outside of LinkedIn? I ran a few searches and got great results but only from LinkedIn..

Thanks,
Chrissy

[Christine McKenzie]

I have been using the following search engine with great results: http://duckduckgo.com - Try it for additional results!

Enjoy!
Chrissy

[Irina Shamaeva]

Yes, it's a nice one :)

Christine McKenzie said:

I have been using the following search engine with great results: http://duckduckgo.com - Try it for additional results!

Enjoy!
Chrissy

[Marcel Rietveld]

Hi Christine,

It is within LinkedIn.

-Marcel

Christine McKenzie said:

Hi Marcel,
Does peopletoucher search outside of LinkedIn? I ran a few searches and got great results but only from LinkedIn..

Thanks,
Chrissy

[Manish Chandra Gupta]

Hello Christine,
Could you please share a search string which runs on this?

Christine McKenzie said:

I have been using the following search engine with great results: http://duckduckgo.com - Try it for additional results!

Enjoy!
Chrissy