This week, we held a captivating webcast with the Lord of the (St)rings, Glen Cathey, who shared some of his expert LinkedIn sourcing secrets. Based on the hundreds of tweets flowing during the live-stream, attendees found Glen's advance search techniques very creative and helpful and walked away inspired to put his lessons into action.
While we weren't able to share a recording after the webcast, we thought we'd recap some of the key takeaways attendees had from the presentation. If you do want your dose of Glen, you can watch his Building a Solid Foundation with the Boolean Black Belt video recording from Talent Connect.
Here are 15 tweets from Glen's wizardry webcast that will help you transform your Boolean searches and become an expert sourcer:
Great reminder about searching for those that don't intend to be found. @GlenCathey #hiretowin
— Ken (@You_Ken_Too) November 20, 2013
Finding alternate/related words to create more complex strings yields more inclusive searches @GlenCathey @LinkedIn #hiretowin
— Brian Fink, ECRE (@thebrianfink) November 20, 2013
Some of the greatest candidates usually have horrible profiles. (It's on purpose) #stillhavetotry @GlenCathey #hiretowin
— Benjamin B. (@BB_Usgit) November 20, 2013
"Don’t judge LinkedIn profiles quickly" @GlenCathey – titles can be ambiguous #HireToWin
— Andrea Webb (@andreawebb1) November 20, 2013
Have tactics and strategies to look past the top search results. Refine your search. Use their language. #HiretoWin #LinkedIn @GlenCathey
— Brit C. (@b_cavs) November 20, 2013
k+ results #LinkedIn search? Strategic talent mapping: company sz, time in position, time @ company, years experience #hiretowin
— Kimberly Hughes (@KimberlyRecruit) November 20, 2013
Dark Matter - excluded qualified candidates that don't appear in your search results because they don't use the 'right' terms #hiretowin
— Colin Dunn (@colinjdunn) November 20, 2013
Scrape a list of companies and then run it again and again then create an OR string that use specific skills #darkmatter #hiretowin
— Shannon Fatigante (@SourcingSF) November 20, 2013
Beware. Excluding keywords only does not work for basic account again. You must start with inclusive term first. #hiretowin
— シ Josef Kadlec (@JosefKadlec) November 20, 2013
Be creative and utilize search strategies! Many different ways to word titles or degrees on a profile. Be familiar with acronyms. #HiretoWin
— Kara Recruits (@MGSkara) November 20, 2013
Using groups to search for candidates. I feel like I just woke up from a coma. DOH why have I never thought of that? @GlenCathey #hiretowin
— Renee Sagon (@reneesagon) November 20, 2013
Finding alternate/related words to create more complex strings yields more inclusive searches @GlenCathey @LinkedIn #hiretowin
— Brian Fink, ECRE (@thebrianfink) November 20, 2013
Ensure your #search asks the right question(s). It may be necessary to adjust your phrasing. #hiretowin #LinkedIn
— Jeff Driscoll (@iMethodsJeff) November 20, 2013
"The best people may not be at the top of the results." #HireToWin @Linkedin
— FireSeeds (@FireSeedsGroup) November 20, 2013
WOW! Thanks so much @GlenCathey. "Finding people is not the problem. The only limitation to sourcing is YOU" #hiretowin #feelingpumped
— Kyle Black (@Blackers3047) November 20, 2013
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