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Interesting article on A Recruiter’s Guide to Boolean Searching (and the World’s Largest Free CV Database).

Carmen Hudson recently highlighted SearchOnTheGo as an iPhone application with real value for recruiters. While it is a handy tool for completing CV searches on Google, the essence of the program is that it creates ‘complex’ searches through a point-and-click interface. This is a great simplifier for many, but Boolean search writing is a skill that top recruiters need to know directly in order to get meaningful candidate search results from a wide range of software.

Great article/recruiting tips written by Glen Cathey known as the boolen blackbelt recriter.

Think you know all there is to know about Google search?

I was recently asked a question regarding the use of the asterisk when searching on Google, specifically in conjunction with certain punctuation.

Interesting recruiting article from Boolean Recruiting Tips:

How to Search Spoke, ZoomInfo, and Jigsaw for Free

Spoke, Zoominfo, and Jigsaw are websites that contain information on 10’s of millions of people and millions of companies. Each site has their own special method of capturing information on people and businesses. What they all have in common, however, is that while you can register and in some cases even run a few searches for free, you have to pay to really dig into their information.

So – would you like to know how to search these sites for free?

LinkedIn Sourcing Now Faster Than a Speeding Boolean

by John Zappe

LinkedIn became easier to use last week, quietly introducing a new user interface for Boolean-challenged recruiters that we suspect even top-tier sourcers will welcome.

Sourcing Trends and Predictions 2010 by Lou Adler. He is the president of The Adler Group, a training and consulting firm helping companies find and hire top talent using Performance-based Hiring(sm). He is the Amazon best-seller author of Hire With Your Head (John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition, 2007) and the new Nightingale-Conant audio program Talent Rules! Using Performance-based Hiring to Hire Top Talent (2007). Adler is a noted recruiting industry expert, national speaker, and columnist for a number of major recruiting Internet sites including SHRM, ERE.net, Kennedyinfo.com and ZoomInfo.com.

Following is an interesting article written by Kevin Wheeler, the President and Founder of Global Learning Resources, Inc.

Seven Reasons to be a Contract Recruiter

Be on the look-out for this newly created website by Craig Newmark of Craigslist and several others. A group of individuals, inspired by President Obama's vow to make service a "a central cause" of his presidency, have banded together to create a new website that aims to become a craigslist for service. It's called All For Good.

The new informational link on IHRCA is called: HR/Staffing News. This contains up-to-date valuable information on HR/Staffing practices and more! This link will provide daily information that will prove to be helpful for the present, as well as, the future.

Does anyone have any experience in applying for government job? If so, how do get the atten from those on the receiving end of USA Jobs?

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Some helpful websites for finding jobs:

http://www.seniorjobbank.org/
http://www.job-hunt.org/onlinejobsearchguide/article_jobsearch_over_50.s...
http://www.jumpstartyourjobsearch.com/over50.html
http://www.retirementjobs.com/
http://jobsover50.com/
http://www.workforce50.com/
http://www.quintcareers.com/mature_jobseekers.html

Tips from Careerbuilder.com
http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-677-Job-Search-Tips-for-the-Over...