Google for Beginners

Some useful tools and resources for getting the most out of your googling…

Pick up your 2008 Job Board & Recruiting Technology Directory

Compliments of AIRS…

Tool for Extracting Resumes on Google

A helpful tool for the boolean-challenged, particularly for IT, engineering, technical and related positions.

Courtesy of Lonnie McRorey, a custom search engine for extracting resumes using Google. For an example of software engineers and Palm Beach, Florida click here.

Credits: Lonnie McRorey

Out-googling Google

Searching for something?

Metasearch engines aggregate the results from a number of search engines while vertical search engines do the same thing but for a particular market or interest. And specialized databases of all sorts add to the great tools for recruiters on the hunt.

In no particular order, here are a few engines and databases to experiment with, compare search results…

RSS in Plain English

A simple introduction about subscribing to your favorite sites using RSS [Really Simple Syndication.] This site has a “feed” too. Once you’ve watched the video you can subscribe to it here.

Job and Candidate Profiling, Starting With the End in Mind

Good job-, performance - and candidate profiles are at the center of legally defensible and effective recruiting, performance management, employee development and succession planning. Here are links to some useful resources to get you started…

The Pros and Cons of Job Descriptions and Everything in Between

The scoop on job descriptions. Also, check out the related page on Profiling which covers everything from task and job analysis to performance and candidate profiling.