Comments on: LinkedIn Sourcing With a Free Account

By: Heather Thompson

Heather Thompson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:32 +0000

Another excellent tool to parse your info from linedin is http://www.inparser.net

By: Olivier Taupin

Olivier Taupin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:49:23 +0000

http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=3761&discussionID=1849964&goback=.anh_3761

By: Olivier Taupin

Olivier Taupin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:48:23 +0000

Even though I am the Founder of Linked:HR, the largest HR Group on LinkedIn (around 105,000 members, growing almost 500 members per day),I learn quite a lot from your Post, Irina. Great tips!

What we are trying to accomplish on Linked:HR fits perfectly with your recommended strategy: As you noticed in one of the numerous Linked:HR Group Discussions (http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=3761&discussionID=1849964&goback=.anh_3761) Linked:HR “is helping us all by trying to make this group even bigger.”

By: Chris Pomeroy

Chris Pomeroy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:22:20 +0000

I made a free linkedin advanced search tool for recruiters: http://www.peopletoucher.com/linkedinsearch

With it you can save keywords and search settings, and filter search results by rank.

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By: HR Connexions

HR Connexions — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:53:55 +0000

Great article – I have linked back to this on our blog. I really think you have some highlighted some great ideas here which will help our customers when using the site. I have put a link from our blog back to this article. We also wrote an article a few months back along the same vein using linked in for recruitment which I think complements this article.

Feel free to join our group on linked in to discuss more of online recruitment http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/970857

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By: Irina Shamaeva

Irina Shamaeva — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:57:51 +0000

Thanks to all for your nice comments.

Since this article was published, we have created a global network for the “Boolean Strings” Members. Please join; it is free and is open to everybody who is interested in the subject of web sourcing:
http://booleanstrings.ning.com

-Irina Shamaeva

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By: Irina Shamaeva

Irina Shamaeva — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:49:08 +0000

Joanne,

Thanks for your comment! I am glad to be of help. A couple of things I’d like to say here in response to your suggestion:

1) If you search on LinkedIn you will be able to find people who have made their profiles *private*. You will not see them on Google.

2) On Google results are limited (to 1000 results).

Best,
Irina

By: Kelly Magowan

Kelly Magowan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:43:12 +0000

Hi Irena,
It is always good to keep up to date with what is being offered. A practical post. Thanks,
Kelly

By: Joanne Nacucchio

Joanne Nacucchio — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:32:42 +0000

Hello Irina,
You shared some great tips! Regarding the LinkedIn limitation to 100 search results: try this on Google

site:linkedin.com xvariable yvariable zvariable

The results are unlimited.

By: Rene Crites

Rene Crites — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:26:19 +0000

Hello Irina,
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I did not realize how much more I could be doing with Linked In.

By: Suzy Tonini

Suzy Tonini — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:04:21 +0000

Hi Irina,

Excellent post and it has been duly distributed to my team. (PS I originally replied in your BooleanStrings group on Ning)

On your Post Discussion Items in Groups, you state:” 1.However, if you post a discussion item about your opportunities there’s a chance you will see some relevant responses.
2.Or, post an interesting industry-specific question in the hopes that you will hear from experts.”

I agree and disagree here. 1.Many of these groups have recruiters posting positions left and right, where it really should be an area for SME’s to answer questions or to disseminate their knowledge. Nothing irks me more than seeing groups spammed with recruiter posts- UNLESS the groups are specifically geared towards jobs and careers.
2.Yes, yes yes!- post a question and hopefully you’ll her back from an a SME that you can network outside of the group

The Company Pages Feature is a little goldmine and offers insight on career paths,title levels, diversity stats and more.

Love the E-grabber tool for LI/Excel.

Lastly, many people will update their Status regularly in either “What are you working on?” (i.e. Currently looking for SAP Consultants in the Bay Area) or within their profile stating something along those lines. Result? Your network gets a Network Update from you and perhaps a person looking for an opportunity will reach out to YOU. Now that’s passive candidate networking ;-)

By: Rafael Bonilla

Rafael Bonilla — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:59:41 +0000

Thanks for the info! Always welcome new ways to increase contacts.

By: Will Branning

Will Branning — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:40:25 +0000

Irina,

You included some good tips that I will definitely be using. Thanks for sharing & I’ll plan to join the boolean strings group on LI.

By: Bob Bishop

Bob Bishop — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:27:09 +0000

Terrific Post!

Even though I consider myself proficient with LinkedIn as a database and sourcing tool, there are some tidbits here I didn’t know. Thanks for taking the time to share Irina.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/grobertbishop

By: Eli Fisher

Eli Fisher — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:43 +0000

Great article, thanks Irina