Every recruiter needs an arsenal of tools – tools to help find new leads, automate processes, and in general make life easier. Periodically, we’ll present a selection of just such tools and here’s the first. The Toolbox columns will all contain a bunch. NAMES AND NUMBERS Got a number, but no clue where you’re calling?... [full article »]

We’re all familiar with the benefits of email. And, for recruiters, that means it’s easier to stay in contact with lots of people, including your candidates and potential candidates. If you have a list of contacts that want to hear from you — either regularly or occasionally — it’s a great way to develop the... [full article »]

A few weeks ago, we looked at the advantages of contacting prospects by email and suggested a way to craft a letter to achieve results. This week, we’ll look at ways to automate some of the work that’s involved saving you even more time. Address Harvesting If you’ve already got a terrific email address database,... [full article »]

Once you’ve tapped all your sources and fished in all the resume pools, don’t stop. Look in some less populated places too. Here are a variety of sites to explore that could lead you to your next placement. General: The Workplace Links [full article »]

If you live in Ohio and you’re recruiting for a firm in Florida, do you know all you should about the area and what it has to offer? Or, if you found the perfect job for that woman in Wyoming, but the job is in Indiana, do you know what will intrigue her enough to... [full article »]

It’s only been six months since we took a look at DejaNews. But the Web changes quickly and the site has transformed itself. Now calling itself simply Deja.com, its redesign offers something intriguing. With a feature called Deja Tracker, you can find out what new resumes have been posted – without returning to the site... [full article »]

There’s a new race going on and we can benefit without even running. Several search engines want to claim they have the “most pages” and by summer we should be the beneficiaries. Right now, at least according to the companies themselves, the largest index of pages on the Web is held by AltaVista with 150... [full article »]

If you’re looking for the passive candidates, it might help to know where most of them are. Sure, you can find them in organization and association directories, college homepages, GeoCities and more. But what about looking at the most trafficked sites on the Net? Given that more than 160 million people use this tool, you’re... [full article »]

Getting tired of the same old, same old? Finding that your search queries on your favorite search engines aren’t producing the results ou want? Perhaps it’s time to spread your wings. A recent study by computer scientists at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton NJ implied that the major search engines have indexed less than... [full article »]

If time means nothing and you’re independently wealthy, cold-calling prospective candidates makes a lot of sense. But, if like most of us, you find there aren’t enough hours in the day to do what must be done and you cringe when the phone bill comes, you’re probably ready for a better means of contact. Contact... [full article »]

AltaVista refers to them as “fancy features,” but search limiters are plain tools. Tools that allow you to limit your searches to candidates who precisely match your requirements. Anchors: One of the search limiters available at AltaVista is the anchor. Here’s how it works: Every link on a Web page has two components: the word... [full article »]

According to several major research groups, 60% of new businesses fail within five years. Of course, there are a variety of reasons for the failure — but not all are related to the skills and abilities of the entrepreneur. Consider expanding your recruiting efforts and look for those who are self-employed or contract workers. Many... [full article »]

Need a quick way to scatter your job postings to the cyber-sphere? Submitting your job postings to multiple sites is tedious and time-consuming at best and downright wasteful at worst. Internet recruiting is about recruiting, not amassing the greatest number of URLs. Consider a service that does multiple postings for you. We’ve looked at a... [full article »]

A cool idea to say the least. Register – for free – with Resume Blaster and you become one of more than 2,800 recruiters who get targeted resumes emailed to them each day. Resume Blaster charges candidates between $49 and $89 to submit their resumes. You aren’t charged anything and you get the resumes you... [full article »]

Ever think there’s got to be a better way to use the Internet? Wish you could organize all those bookmarks so you know what you’ve saved? Need immediate ways to track and organize contact information? Want to browse offline or search automatically? No problem. Take a look at TUCOWS, a massive software distribution site aimed... [full article »]

Each day hundreds of resumes are posted in Usenet newsgroups. And while that’s great news for many of us, finding them isn’t so fun. They’re mixed in with the more than 300,000 other daily postings and can be in any one (or several) of the more than 50,000 groups. Manually searching for the resume you... [full article »]

Not all of us can earn Bill Gates’ salary. But, many prospective candidates we speak with sure seem to want to try. So when you’ve got them on the phone, have aroused their interest and are just about to draw them in, be prepared when they ask “how much will I get?” After all, salaries... [full article »]

You’ve heard it before. Perhaps you’ve even said it yourself or chanted it to your team, “The best recruits are passive candidates. After all, who wants some disgruntled employee?” And you’ve left no stone unturned in your search for them. You’ve made use of every association and organization on the Web, looking for those rare... [full article »]

Recently, a lot of you have asked me about meta-search engines like Dogpile. They’re terrific when you’re looking for general information – not so cool when you need passive candidates. The art of finding passive candidates on the Internet is in how well you build your search query. Most meta-search engines don’t allow for sufficiently... [full article »]

LookSmart is a bust as far as search engines go. It indexes less than a million pages. But, it has two distinct databases – one designed with you in mind. LookSmart understands the importance of geography on the Web, a medium that knows no boundaries, and so lets you find passive candidates in 65 towns... [full article »]