Repeat After Me (Give Keywords Weights in Google)
It was not the case 10-15 years ago, but now, Google pays attention if you repeat a keyword or...
Category: Boolean Strings
You Are Missing 570MLN+ LinkedIn Members, 12M+ Open To Work
In our training, we look into restrictive search filters on LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter. Some restrictions come from members...
Raise inanchor: Sail to LinkedIn Locations, Titles, and Schools
Guest Post from Talent Sourcer Mike Santoro This post is Part 2 of another post that featured the helpful...
Sink Into LinkedIn Headlines – Tie inanchor: To Your Strings
Guest Post from Talent Sourcer Mike Santoro How to Search Linkedin Profile Headlines with X-Ray You won’t find a...
LinkedIn Does Not Understand Its Data (and a Conference May 31 – June 3)
When your requisition asks for a Bachelor’s degree, do you use the Degree filter in LinkedIn Recruiter? I used...
Finding Contacts via Custom Search Engines
Google Custom Search Engines (CSEs)add much power to Google search. Based on Schema.org object definitions, sites can “tell” Googlebot...
Search Is Broken on LinkedIn – NOT, AND
What is going on here? The operator NOT did not exclude – even highlighted – the word “recruitment.” I...
How I Read Your Resume: a US Recruiter Notes
Guest post from Julia Tverskaya Your resume provides that all-important first impression. Writing a good resume is not simple....
YOE in LinkedIn Recruiter Demystified
For years, I have been annoyed at the “years at company” , “years in position”, and “years of experience”...
The Rule of Three In Search
It is like mushroom gathering. If you see a few mushrooms, you would look around for more. (It was...
Advantages of Inclusive Sourcing on LinkedIn
Search is an iterative process. (It is the main reason for “Boolean Builders” not to “fully automate” sourcing –...
War In Ukraine
I have not posted any non-sourcing content before, but I want to speak up this time. The war in...
Suddenly, Google Search Is Less Semantic
Until about a week ago, Google provided us with synonyms and variations – “auto-stemming” – of every search term...
What Is a Boolean String?
There is no formal definition for the expression “Boolean Strings.” Recruiters and Researchers use the term “Boolean Strings” as...
Four Sourcing Process Steps
I want to share the steps I have been taking that get additional candidates to respond in this difficult...
Why LinkedIn Is Unavoidable and Irreplaceable
For the majority of sourcing tasks, LinkedIn provides the best database to use: It is the largest professional database...
Scraping Values to Feed the Boolean Builder
Undeniably, scraping has become a must-use skill for anyone who sources for hard-to-fill roles, profiles outside of LinkedIn, or...
How to Talk to Image Search
To access the largest number of Google Image Search filters, it is best to use the Advanced Image Search...
The Education Confusion on LinkedIn
LinkedIn people search would work better if everyone had: one degree with the dates one current job with a...
Сорсинг на LinkedIn – знаете ли вы, что…
This post if for my Russian-speaking subscribers. (Please feel free to translate if you do not read Russian.) Без...