Searching for candidates with specific job titles can be a nightmare as there are often 100s of ways of describing exactly the same role. Over the last year we’ve looked at several thousand searches and in each case, Recruiters are missing out on a straightforward technique to find more candidates. Take “PHP Developer” for example. […]
Prepare for this season’s sales slump
Christmas is fast approaching and for most recruiters the welcome thought of an enjoyable long week or two off. Safe in the knowledge that it’s the one time of the year that the “professional world”, for the most part switches off. However, it goes without saying that this time of year can have a considerable […]
Key tips on how to build your client relationships
As a recruitment consultancy one of the biggest challenges can be building strong recruiter-client relationships. Clients are key to any business and it is vital that those connections are well maintained. Here are a few pointers on how to nurture existing and build future client relationships. Get well acquainted Re-assess your current client strategy and […]
Pinpoint Developers at specific companies on Github
Along with breathing, eating and occasionally sleeping, sourcing on Github is among a Tech Recruiter’s most vital tasks. Searching for Developers at specific companies with 100% accuracy used to be quite tricky. So we thought we’d make life easier for you tech sourcers. Previously, we’ve shown you how to use our new X-Ray technique and […]
Find phone numbers in the 10 biggest US cities
After publishing our blog on how to zero in on phone numbers, we had a few requests for how to do it accurately for US numbers. So here’s how to X-Ray for phone numbers, that are publicly available on LinkedIn, in the 10 biggest US cities (with San Francisco thrown in for good measure). This […]
How to attract Developers by speaking their language, literally
A quick and effective way of engaging Front End and Full Stack techies is to talk to them in their language. While this may sound complex, I promise it’s not! You can learn how to put together an email or InMail with HTML tags in no time. Be sure to send it so that the […]
Find Graduates and Students for free
Students and recent grads these days are incredibly easy to find, you just need to know how to create a handful of simple searches, which we’ll show you exactly how to do in this post.. Finding Graduates on Facebook Before running the search, make sure your language is set to English (US) – you can […]
Find Freelancers across the world
A lot of X-Ray searches are stacked in favour of people looking for Permanent staff, rather than professional contractors. Here, we’ll show you some techniques to redress the balance. There are more and more freelancer sites popping up and they attract people from across the globe who can work remotely, or on site. On these […]
Find free candidates on Google+ (and occasional contact details)
As part of our aim to help you find anyone for free, here’s a helping hand to maximise results from Google+. In spite of some perceptions, Google+ has considerably more candidates than you might imagine. Some candidates even publish their Email address and / or Phone number. This doesn’t happen all the time, but if […]
Zero in on talent with publicly listed phone numbers
It’s very possible and very easy to find candidates that list their numbers on their profiles through a straightforward Google X-Ray search. Start off with the standard format for a LinkedIn X-Ray search: site:uk.linkedin.com/in OR site:uk.linkedin.com/pub -inurl:dir If that doesn’t make sense, or you’d rather the convenience of not having to enter the formatting, then […]
