Phase III – Sourcing Requirements
1. Post your requirement on Dice, Corp2Corp, to Subscribed List through mass mail, Float in IM, Google groups, Yahoo Groups, LinkedIn, twitter, Facebook, MySpace sites etc.
2. First post the job on portals – don’t post exact job description, sometimes job descriptions are not efficient so you need to fill in the missing gaps to increase your hit ratio by Google what skill set they are asking, in what common consideration they come under so verify all the keywords are there in the requirement. Review Analyzing Requirements section for more details.
3. Post it on Dice and make sure – you use some search strings and verify that your job posting is appearing on top of the search or at least in top 25.
4. Also post the same requirement in corp2corp.com.
5. Then also post on your personal group networks that you are member of that you already subscribe.
6. Increase your contacts daily by continuously working with your friends and slowly learn to figure who is your best bets are and what best sources you have to rely on to get the best candidates for the requirements.
7. Also do post on LinkedIn, Facebook and other front facing websites where you can find by yourself. Also enroll yourself in some groups of those sites and do campaign your job description in those sites.
8. Always hope someone out there who is perfect fit for the job and will respond and you may get the right consultant.
9. So now all you did above is let the whole world know that you have an opportunity and now you are actually waiting.
10. Create any search agents in portals that company is registered with to send you from time to time about the consultants list available every time the portal site finds a match. This
should cut your time on searching and also utilizing tools to increase your quality of candidate short listing. This is very handy for rare skills, multi-complex skills and odd combinations of skills.
11. Try all possible ways to get matched profiles for the requirement.
12. Below are some searching tips that will be handy to know
Tips for using strings :---- What are Keywords? Keywords are words or terms that you can use to describe the skills, experience, locations, and etc. that you are looking for in a candidate. Keywords in the “Full text search” box will be highlighted in yellow in the candidate’s profile and resume. Make the Keyword Search Work for You. Perform separate searches when looking for candidates with skills that are commonly abbreviated. Ex: QA or “quality assurance”. Use double quotation marks when searching for: Company Names: Ex: "technology inc" Candidate Names: Ex: "john smith" Job Titles: Ex: "web developer" or "project manager" Drill down into your search results by utilizing a Sub-Search. Use care when entering words that can be stemmed or branched. For example, if you search for the word visual, you may also receive matches that include visuals, visualize, etc. “All Words” – Is like using AND between each of the words. Ex: Java UNIX C++ Checking “All Words” will return candidates who have Java AND UNIX AND C++ “Any Words” – Is like using OR between each of the words. Ex: Java UNIX C++ Checking “Any Words” will return candidates who have either Java OR UNIX OR C++ or any combination of the three skills “Boolean” - To be more specific when searching you can use a Boolean Expression by inserting the words AND, OR, or NOT. Ex: Java and (UNIX or C++) will find candidates that have either Java and UNIX or Java and C++. Ex: Java and (UNIX not C++) will return candidates that have Java and UNIX but will eliminate any candidates that have C++ Searching for skills that contain more than one word? Use quotation marks around keywords so that they will appear together. Ex: “web developer,” “systems engineer,” or “technical sales.” Wild Cards Using Wildcards can pull all words for a term’s root. Wild cards are used with *astericks. Ex: devel* will pull up candidates using and of the following: developing, developer, develops, developed Note: Wildcards do not get highlighted in candidates profiles.
1. Post your requirement on Dice, Corp2Corp, to Subscribed List through mass mail, Float in IM, Google groups, Yahoo Groups, LinkedIn, twitter, Facebook, MySpace sites etc.
2. First post the job on portals – don’t post exact job description, sometimes job descriptions are not efficient so you need to fill in the missing gaps to increase your hit ratio by Google what skill set they are asking, in what common consideration they come under so verify all the keywords are there in the requirement. Review Analyzing Requirements section for more details.
3. Post it on Dice and make sure – you use some search strings and verify that your job posting is appearing on top of the search or at least in top 25.
4. Also post the same requirement in corp2corp.com.
5. Then also post on your personal group networks that you are member of that you already subscribe.
6. Increase your contacts daily by continuously working with your friends and slowly learn to figure who is your best bets are and what best sources you have to rely on to get the best candidates for the requirements.
7. Also do post on LinkedIn, Facebook and other front facing websites where you can find by yourself. Also enroll yourself in some groups of those sites and do campaign your job description in those sites.
8. Always hope someone out there who is perfect fit for the job and will respond and you may get the right consultant.
9. So now all you did above is let the whole world know that you have an opportunity and now you are actually waiting.
10. Create any search agents in portals that company is registered with to send you from time to time about the consultants list available every time the portal site finds a match. This
should cut your time on searching and also utilizing tools to increase your quality of candidate short listing. This is very handy for rare skills, multi-complex skills and odd combinations of skills.
11. Try all possible ways to get matched profiles for the requirement.
12. Below are some searching tips that will be handy to know
Tips for using strings :---- What are Keywords? Keywords are words or terms that you can use to describe the skills, experience, locations, and etc. that you are looking for in a candidate. Keywords in the “Full text search” box will be highlighted in yellow in the candidate’s profile and resume. Make the Keyword Search Work for You. Perform separate searches when looking for candidates with skills that are commonly abbreviated. Ex: QA or “quality assurance”. Use double quotation marks when searching for: Company Names: Ex: "technology inc" Candidate Names: Ex: "john smith" Job Titles: Ex: "web developer" or "project manager" Drill down into your search results by utilizing a Sub-Search. Use care when entering words that can be stemmed or branched. For example, if you search for the word visual, you may also receive matches that include visuals, visualize, etc. “All Words” – Is like using AND between each of the words. Ex: Java UNIX C++ Checking “All Words” will return candidates who have Java AND UNIX AND C++ “Any Words” – Is like using OR between each of the words. Ex: Java UNIX C++ Checking “Any Words” will return candidates who have either Java OR UNIX OR C++ or any combination of the three skills “Boolean” - To be more specific when searching you can use a Boolean Expression by inserting the words AND, OR, or NOT. Ex: Java and (UNIX or C++) will find candidates that have either Java and UNIX or Java and C++. Ex: Java and (UNIX not C++) will return candidates that have Java and UNIX but will eliminate any candidates that have C++ Searching for skills that contain more than one word? Use quotation marks around keywords so that they will appear together. Ex: “web developer,” “systems engineer,” or “technical sales.” Wild Cards Using Wildcards can pull all words for a term’s root. Wild cards are used with *astericks. Ex: devel* will pull up candidates using and of the following: developing, developer, develops, developed Note: Wildcards do not get highlighted in candidates profiles.
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