5 Easy Tricks to Find Great Candidates Online
Rinku Thakkar
Founder & CEO @ Huptech HR Solutions | Entrepreneur | Helping Companies to Hire the Best Talent.
5 easy tips on how recruiters can source the best?talent online.
1. Master the basics of Boolean
For the first quick and easy win, use?ANDs,?ORs?&?NOTs?to expand or refine your resume database search.?
Sales AND Admin?returns resume matching?both?words.
Sales OR Admin?returns resumes matching?either?word.
Sales NOT Admin?returns resumes that contain the word Sales but?exclude?any that contain Admin.
Putting words in quotes requires an exact match of the phrase.
Sales Manager?will return candidates with the words ‘Sales’ and ‘Manager’ anywhere in their resume whereas…
“Sales Manager”?will only return resumes with the exact phrase e.g. both words next to each other.
You can combine all of these techniques together to create complex Boolean searches, however, be careful, you need to?use brackets?when combining the operators?AND, OR & NOT.
2. Use synonyms to find hidden talent
What’s the difference between an Account Manager, a Client Success Manager, a Customer Champion, or a Client Relationship Specialist? Not a lot!?Different businesses call similar roles very different things.?
Use synonyms to find thousands more candidates. Check out this example…
Looking for “Personal Assistant” returns 6,102 candidates.
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Adding synonyms of similar job titles returns 8,733 candidates.
3. Create Resume Alerts
Save your search as a Resume Alert so that you?get notified when a new candidate becomes available.?You can choose how frequently you want to be notified either immediately, hourly, daily, or weekly.
Alerts are sent straight to your inbox?so you can quickly contact the candidate and hopefully get in touch with them before anyone else.
4. Play the numbers game with Invite to Apply
Do you want more quality candidates to apply to your vacancy??Send out messages to matching candidates inviting them to apply to your role.?
Simple steps:
Just watch those extra applications come flooding in.
5. Search passive candidates to find the real gems
99.3% of recruiters search for candidates that have recently uploaded a resume. While that makes a lot of sense, there are millions of passive candidates who aren’t being contacted and could be ready for a change! Stand out from the crowd and contact candidates that registered two to five years ago.
Use data to increase your success rate.
The average length someone stays in a job is currently two?years and four months,?however this varies massively by industry and role:
Change the filters on your resume search to?target older candidates who might be tempted by a new role.
Top tip: Keep in mind career progression. Keep your search quite broad and focus on skills rather than job titles. For example, someone who was a Junior Sales Associate five years ago is likely to be looking for a more senior role now.