How to Automate Your Sourcing for $0.00
Are you busy? Of course you are, I mean, who isn’t? What if I told you that you could search Google for a certain type of resume – once, but arrange it with Google so that when new resumes enter their database you get a copy in email. Sound too good to be true? Its not and I’ll prove it to you step by step.
1. Do a Google search for a resume. For the purposes of this demo, I am doing a search for a Software Engineer skilled in C++ and Java so enter the following search string:
intitle:resume C++ java -jobs (software.engineer | software.developer | programmer) atlanta
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2. I review the results and in the future, I would like new resumes that look like these. So I copy the search string I just created and hop over to Google Alerts.
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3. I begin filling out the form. (Easy) I begin by adding the search string into the “Search Terms” slot.
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4. I choose “Web” in the “Type” section of the form (as shown below).
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5. I choose “Once a Day” from the “How often” slot, but I have the options of picking “Once a Week” or “As It Happens.” What I typically do when working a new req is that I choose “As It Happens” to get several resumes quickly. Once I have so many resumes to review and call on but I am not yet in-love with any one candidate, I switch to Once a Day. After I have a few candidates in the mix, I switch to Once a Week. But hey,
that’s just me.
6. After filling out of all that, simply add your email.
And that’s about it. Google will send you an email for you to verify your alert and once you have, sit back and wait for new resumes as they hit the internet.
Let me know how this technique is working for you? Thanks…
Happy Hunting!
-Jim
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Comments
That was very useful. I recall an article on google search strings that was great as well. Repost it!
Thank you so much, it works great! Very silly question, what does the vertical slash mean and how can I make one? I actually tried looking for that answer in Word.
Audrey Chernoff
Sr. Technical Recruiter
HCR Group, Inc.
Nice tip! A question–if only 15% of the resumes are common to Live, Google & Yahoo–are they ways to automate sourcing on other search engines?
Marvin Smith
Talent Community Development
Microsoft
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Jim,
Great tip! I am going to share this with clients who I know struggle with creating searches in Google.