ResumeGrabber - Recruiter's Essential

5 Tips to improve your sourcing strategy

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

One of the keys for successful candidate sourcing is to have a thorough knowledge about your sourcing cycle. It gives you enough confidence to fill a job position.

Try the following:

1. Search for resumes in job boards. Get the best possible matches; you can also save the search and set alerts to get the search results delivered to your inbox.
2. Use LinkedIn and find relevant profiles that match your criteria.
3. Look for suitable candidates in your internal database.
4. Get referrals from your existing employees.
5. Now, you have a candidate pool to work on. You can also post jobs in various sites, forums and social networking sites to further your chances of finding the right candidate.

Resources you can use – SHL

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:46:00 +0000

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

SHL is one of the leaders in talent management solutions that offer better business results for clients through top-class people intelligence and decisions – from hiring & recruiting to employee development & succession planning. SHL has its presence in over 50 countries and it delivers more than 25 million assessments a year in over 30 languages offering clients the benefit of global expertise & local insight. SHL is known for its world-class consulting practices, a strong 24-hour global support system and an easy-to-use technology platform that helps their clients immensely.

For more details, visit http://www.shl.com/us

Parse resumes in a click & improve productivity

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:18:00 +0000

In a fast-paced world, where time is one of the critical factors of success, resume parsing is one of the major challenges that recruiters & hiring managers encounter on a daily basis. If resume sourcing is one big task of finding resumes, resume parsing is an equally important task of extracting the resumes and candidate contact information from various resume sources.

Search engines, job boards, social & professional networking sites, personal websites, blogs, forums, free resume portals, email attachments, PC folders, etc. are some of the sources where recruiters look for resumes. They spend a lot of time to parse resumes or extract resumes from these sources. Instead of reaching the candidates, they slog throughout their business hours to manually extract resumes and copy-paste candidate contact information into their database. This is where most of the recruiters lose their opportunities.

Even though you find the best candidates, if you don’t reach them on time, there is every possibility that you might lose your potential candidates to your competitors. This is where a resume parser software can help you to quickly parse resumes from any resume source.

A resume parser software helps you to automate resume data entry and eliminate manual resume data entry. It helps you to instantly parse resumes from search engine results, job boards, free resume portals, personal websites, blogs, social networking sites, professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Outlook emails, PC folders, clipboard, etc.

The resume parsing software helps you to parse 1000s of resumes from almost any source and improve productivity. You can effortlessly transfer tens and thousands of resumes to your database. With a resume parser software, you can speed up resume parsing and spend more time with your candidates by reaching them on time.

ResumeGrabber Suite is one such resume parsing software with built-in resume parsing technology. It helps you to quickly parse resumes in a click and improve productivity. ResumeGrabber Suite supports the most popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, AltaVista, AlltheWeb, Google Desktop and you can transfer resumes to ACT!, GoldMine, Big Biller, PC Recruiter, Zoho Recruit, MS Outlook, MS Excel, HR XML, CSV.

Tips to recruit the best of the best talent in 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:37:00 +0000

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Hiring the best talent has always been one of the major challenges faced by recruiters. Here are a few tips that will help you recruit the best of the best talent in 2012:

1. Don’t just post job ads and wait for things to happen. Find out where your target audience is and nail them.
2. Look for candidates who have the passion and the right attitude. Those candidates can be easily trained for skills.
3. Publish job ads that attract ideal candidates and answer the questions that arise in their minds.
4. Grow your talent network, foster good relationships and build trust with the best candidate pool.
5. Reach your candidates and know what they want. It will help you to create a win-win job offer.

Fastest Way To Find Passive Candidates In the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:40:00 +0000

Resumes are everywhere on the Internet. But, if you are not a resume search expert, you will be hard-pressed in finding resumes of your choice. Simple search queries on search engines will return a number of unwanted and irrelevant results. Manually sorting resumes from search results can be a tedious and distracting task. This is where a resume search software such as ResumeGrabber Suite can help you to instantly find passive candidates on the Internet.

ResumeGrabber Suite has 100+ expert boolean search strings that enable you to search qualified resumes from the Internet.

ResumeGrabber Suite helps you to:

Source and parse resumes from search engines, social & professional networking sites, blogs, personal websites and portals, etc.

Import passive candidate resumes to the most popular databases such as PC Recruiter, BigBiller, ACT!, GoldMine, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, HR XML, etc.

Screen candidates and perform candidate background check.

All you need to do is just enter the resume keyword and click “Find”. ResumeGrabber Suite instantly searches the Internet and displays the results in a few seconds. With a single click you can extract 1000s of qualified resumes to the grid and to your database.

Source top talent from social media in no time

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:33:00 +0000

Talent sourcing has never been the same since social media came into existence. With social media taking center stage, especially in the last couple of years, it has drastically changed the way companies recruited and hired prospective candidates. Companies ranging from Fortune 500s to small startups are now using social media as one of their key recruiting strategies.

Social media broke the shackles of traditional recruiting methods and it helps recruiters speed up their recruiting processes. Geographical boundaries have now been reduced to just a status update or a tweet. Employers, recruiters and prospective job candidates are now able to reach each other in a fraction of a second which was not the case in the past.

Statistics reveal that the year 2011 has been a year of social media. More than 14 million people have used social media to find their last job and an increasingly large number of companies have started using social media to recruit and hire the top talent.

Based on the above facts and figures, we can easily conclude that social media recruiting is “the best recruiting strategy,” but you need to remember that you cannot build your network on social media and leverage its benefits overnight. You got to spend some time with your followers & connections, engage with them and build a relationship to make the most out of your social media network. This is where a candidate sourcing software can be handy for recruiters.

A candidate sourcing software enables you to source the top talent from social networking sites in 3 simple steps. Just enter the keyword, select the search script and click Find. The built-in expert Boolean search strings help you to instantly search for candidates from the most popular social and professional networking sites and displays the search results in a few seconds.

The candidate sourcing software enables you to save a lot of time which you would otherwise spend on manually searching candidates from social networking sites. What’s more? The candidate sourcing software also enables you to capture the search results with a click of a button. You can also perform candidate background check to get more information about the candidates. A candidate sourcing software helps you source top talent from social media in no time.

ResumeGrabber Suite is one such candidate sourcing software that enables you to source passive candidates from the most popular social & professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Spoke, Plaxo, etc.

Use job success profiles in your recruiting campaigns

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:13:00 +0000

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

If you want to hire and retain the best talent, you need to use job success profiles in your recruiting campaigns. A job success profile enables you to match the skills and competencies of the employees against the expected outcome. So unlike job descriptions, it explains the role in detail and how to do it by going into the details of the job profile, and provides an overview of the organization’s direction and culture, etc.

A job success profile helps you to build a strong talent pipeline. In addition, as employee skills and competencies need to be aligned with the changing demands of the organization, job success profiles help you to map the path for employee development programs.

Resources you can use – EngineeringCentral

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:32:00 +0000

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

EngineeringCentral is a niche job board that focuses on all types of engineers – chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing and industrial engineering. It helps job seekers to submit their resumes and search for jobs. Employers can post their jobs and look for suitable candidates. The job board also offers various resources such as relevant information related to various industries, related software, free publications, etc. that are helpful to both job seekers and employers.

http://www.engcen.com/engineering.asp

Boolean search automation @ just $69.95

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:08:00 +0000

Using Boolean search strings is one of the best ways to source candidates from various resources. Yes, there is no doubt about that. But how much time do you spend to craft a Boolean search string for every requirement and alter the search parameters to get the desired results?

Things can get much worse when you are working on a deadline for one of your major clients and you miss out on something on a lengthy search string. It eventually takes a lot of effort and time to figure it out, and in the process, there are chances that you might lose a potential candidate or client. This is where Boolean search automation comes handy.

Boolean search automation helps you to automate Boolean search and save a lot of time that you can use more productively. Boolean search automation tools enable you to source like experts. Irrespective of whether you are an expert or a novice recruiter, Boolean search automation tools help you to quickly source the right candidates at ease.

ResumeGrabber Suite is a Boolean search automation tool that helps you to automate Boolean search. You don’t need to write or memorize complicated Boolean search strings. All you need to do is just enter the resume keyword, select the search script and click Find. The built-in expert Boolean search strings in ResumeGrabber Suite helps you to instantly search resumes from various sources such as search engines, job boards, social & professional networking sites, blogs, personal websites and portals, etc.

What’s more? ResumeGrabber Suite helps you to extract the resumes or profiles with a click of a button. It also helps you to screen candidates and perform background check for the selected candidates.

Using ResumeGrabber Suite, you can now source & extract resumes from almost any source, screen & shortlist candidates more quickly and easily than ever.

ResumeGrabber Suite is now available at just $69.95/month.

Visit http://www.egrabber.com/resumegrabbersuite/ for more details.

Visit http://www.egrabber.com/resumegrabbersuite/trial.html to download the fully functional trial version of ResumeGrabber Suite and try it yourself.

Automate Boolean search and speed up candidate sourcing

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Sourcing candidates is not a difficult task at all but sourcing the “right candidate” is. Recruiters source candidates from job boards, professional networking sites, online resume databases, internal database and various other sources. But the challenge lies in finding the best talent from the huge candidate pool.

A normal search on the Internet will not get you the right results. That is why, recruiters who are well-versed with Boolean search use Boolean search strings to source candidates. But, it takes a lot of time to source candidates using Boolean search scripts.

Let us see what a recruiter does to source candidates for a particular role.

1. Search candidates in her internal database / Outlook emails or PC/system folders.
2. Write Boolean search strings to source candidates from different job boards.
3. Write Boolean search strings to source candidates from professional / social networking sites.
4. Write Boolean search strings to source candidates from online resume databases/portals/blogs, etc.
5. Write Boolean search scripts to search resumes or profiles through Google.
6. Extract all the resumes / profiles from the search results.
7. Screen the resumes and shortlist the candidates.

All the above steps are done manually and it consumes a lot of time. In addition, only a person who is well-versed with Boolean search scripts can write those complicated resume search scripts. If this is the case, what will novice recruiters do? This is where Boolean search string automation can be handy for a recruiter. It helps you automate Boolean search and save a lot of time that you can use more productively.

ResumeGrabber Suite is a resume import tool that helps you to automate Boolean search – source & extract resumes from any source and screen & shortlist candidates more quickly and easily than ever.

You don’t need to write or memorize the complicated Boolean search strings. All you need to do is just enter the resume keyword, select the search script and click Find. The built-in expert Boolean search strings in ResumeGrabber Suite helps you to instantly search resumes from various sources and extract the

resumes / profiles with a click of a button.

ResumeGrabber Suite helps you to automate all the above steps and offers you more time to reach your candidates.

Now, ResumeGrabber Suite is available at $69.95/month.

Boolean String Automation for Sourcing through LinkedIn

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Source: eGrabberBlog

LinkedIn is a resourceful platform, especially for recruiters who can find best of the best talents at their fingertips. However, the effectiveness of your LinkedIn recruiting efforts is directly dependent on factors like the type of account you own, the quality of your network, membership in groups etc. This piece of blog would be of interest to those recruiters who cannot afford the pay-per-use pattern of LinkedIn, yet looking forward to leverage this great resource for recruiting.

To churn the best out of LinkedIn using your basic account, you need to have a decent grip of Boolean. Why? It would help you to access public profiles through search engines such Google, Bing etc. thereby overcoming the profile search/view restrictions posted by LinkedIn. Once you have the search results that suit your requirement you can start moving them to your database and act on them. Does it sound way too easy? Let’s face it. Putting the Boolean strings in and then transferring 100s or 1000s of resumes manually is not an easy job any day and will definitely eat in to your work time. After spending hours and days and weeks of hard work, you realize that you are still in the first stage of recruitment cycle – sourcing. Sounds familiar?

A smart way to tackle this problem could be switching to a sophisticated yet simple to use automation tool. eGrabber’s ResumeGrabber Suite will help you to leverage LI to its fullest, even with a basic-free account. Our tool gives you options to search within and outside your LinkedIn network. With specialized in-built search scripts, you can now go beyond your network and find suitable candidates. These scripts have been developed in association with industry leaders like Irina Shamaeva, Glenn Cathy, Jim Stroud etc and empowers to you source as good as these Boolean wizards. You just have to enter keywords relevant to your target Industry or Job title and our tool will generate a candidate database including resume, email address, phone number etc. Moreover, your whole sourcing happens in a matter of clicks.

LinkedIn groups are another great way of finding people with common interests, skills, domain expertise etc. and narrow down on the group members based on Titles, Location to get better results. Experts are already using such groups as talent communities. One of the major advantages of this tool is that you can source candidates from LinkedIn groups even without being a member of the target group. All you need to do is to copy-paste the group name in the “keywords” and the tool will do the rest for you. The complete list of the group members with their Name, Title, Company, Education, Recommendations etc. is made available to you in a neat structured form as a local file in your desktop/ATS.

Click here to download the trial version of ResumeGrabber Suite.

4 Tips for Effective Social Media Recruiting

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:10:00 +0000

Social media recruiting is one of the most effective recruiting strategies that help you to hire the top talent. But, you need to follow a few things to make the most of it.

1.     Engage with job seekers – When job seekers connect with you and ask questions, answer them. This helps you to build a relationship with your prospective candidates.
2.     Create a brand profile – You are the official representative of your company. So ensure that you have your company name / logo on your profile or bio. It helps job seekers to easily engage with you on career-related stuff.
3.     Update regularly – Post content that is relevant & useful to your target candidate pool and also encourage them to post content.
4.     Use multimedia – Use videos and other media content to job ads to improve engagement.

Search LinkedIn profiles with links to online resumes

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:46:00 +0000

You can search Google for LinkedIn profiles with links to online resumes.

The Google search syntax is as follows:

site:www.linkedin.com "websites * * * resume" keywords

For example, if you want to search for profiles of product managers in LinkedIn with links to online resumes, the Google search string will be:

site:www.linkedin.com “websites * * * resume” product manager

Resources you can use – The Network

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:42:00 +0000

The Network is a formal alliance of 36 leading recruitment job boards from over 80 offices committed to online recruitment in more than 70 countries. The Network is now the biggest online recruitment solution in the world, used by more than 1 000 customers. With access to a pool of over 82 million jobseekers across 70 countries, you won't need to look anywhere else to meet your recruitment requirements.

http://www.the-network.com/

Resources you can use – Healthcare Source

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:42:00 +0000

Healthcare Source is the leader in talent management services for the healthcare industry. It helps hospitals to acquire, develop and retain the best talent in order to increase the quality & efficiency of patient care. The company offers performance management services, applicant tracking services and a job board exclusively for healthcare professionals.

http://www.healthcaresource.com/

Instantly import qualified resumes and build a resume database in no time

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:15:00 +0000

The Internet is one of the major hunting grounds to source resumes and build a candidate resume database. Social networking sites, professional networking sites(such as LinkedIn), blogs, personal websites, forums, etc. are some of the sources where you can find candidates. Surveys reveal that recruiters spend a great deal of time to source and import resumes. This is where recruiters who are well-versed with complex boolean search scripts stand out from the crowd.

Boolean search is a great way of sourcing candidates from various Internet sources but you need to know the intricacies of it. You need to write complex resume search scripts for every job profile and it is really a tedious task even for the experienced recruiters, particularly when you have to find candidates from different locations, skill sets, experience levels, education, etc. This is where a resume import tool like ResumeGrabber Suite can help you to instantly source & import qualified resumes and build a resume database.

ResumeGrabber Suite has 100+ expert Boolean search strings to search the Internet for qualified resumes. You don’t need to think of those complex and confusing resume search scripts. All you need to do is just enter the resume keyword and click the button. ResumeGrabber Suite instantly searches the Internet and displays the results in a few seconds, and with a click of a button you can instantly import qualified resumes and build a resume database in no time.

With ResumeGrabber Suite, even a novice recruiter can source like an expert. Expert recruiters can also customize the resume search scripts according to their requirements to get more specific results.

ResumeGrabber Suite helps you to source resumes, import resumes and build candidate resume database in no time.

Tips to attract & hire passive candidates

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:40:00 +0000

Attracting and hiring passive candidates is not as easy as it sounds. Here are a few tips that will help you to attract & hire passive candidates:

1. Present a compelling case as to why your passive candidate should work for you or your client.
2. Find out the candidate's motivating factor and work on it. If you get this one correct, you will have a better chance of convincing her.
3. Don't position the opportunity as a mere job; project it as a major career opportunity that entices your candidate.
4. If you find that the candidate is not the right fit, stay in touch with her to leverage the candidate's network. You might get a referral.
5. While closing, ensure that you don't exceed the budget. Because, you are offering a major career opportunity and not just salary.

Mass-Import Resumes from Social Network Sites and Job Boards

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:57:00 +0000

Nowadays recruiters consider social/professional networking sites as one of the major sources of resumes. In addition to job boards, they use the most popular professional networking sites(such as Linkedin, Plaxo, Xing..etc) to hire the right candidates. However, sourcing and extracting the resumes manually from social networking sites is a time-consuming process. This is where a mass resume import tool like ResumeGrabber Suite can be handy.

ResumeGrabber Suite is a powerful mass resume import tool that enables you to source and extract resumes and candidate contact information from any Internet source - job boards, social networking sites, professional networking sites, search engine results, etc.

To source & extract resumes:

1. Just enter the resume keyword and click Find. The results are instantly displayed.
2. Now, click Grab on the ResumeGrabber Suite toolbar.

The software intelligently extracts the name, address, email, phone number & other candidate contact details to the grid. You can verify the candidate details on the grid and you can transfer the selected candidate records, along with the resumes, into your database.

With ResumeGrabber, you can save 90% of the time , you would normally spend in sourcing and extracting the resumes manually.

Click here to download your 10-day free-trial version of ResumeGrabber Suite today.

Search Google for LinkedIn profiles with current experience

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:57:00 +0000

You can search for LinkedIn profiles with current experience in a particular domain.

The Google search syntax is as follows:

keyword (site:www.linkedin.com/pub OR site:www.linkedin.com/in) -"pub/dir" Experience Present

For example, if you want to search LinkedIn profiles with current experience in biotechnology, the Google search string will be:

biotechnology (site:www.linkedin.com/pub OR site:www.linkedin.com/in) -"pub/dir" Experience Present

Similarly, if you want to search LinkedIn profiles based on various search criteria, you need to write your own search scripts for which you need to be an expert in search scripts and search logics. This is where a resume import tool like ResumeGrabber Suite can be handy.

You don’t need to worry about complicated search scripts. All you need to do is just login to your LinkedIn account using ResumeGrabber Suite browser, perform people search using keywords and click the Grab button on the ResumeGrabber Suite toolbar.

ResumeGrabber Suite instantly imports LinkedIn profiles from the search results to the grid. You can screen and shortlist the candidates in the ResumeGrabber Suite Preview Pane and transfer the selected candidates to your database.

What are you waiting for?

Just download the fully functional trial version of ResumeGrabber Suite and instantly import LinkedIn profiles to your database.

Google search script to search candidates in Google Plus

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:17:00 +0000

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Did you know that you can search candidates in Google Plus using the site command?

The Google search syntax is as follows:

site:(City | State) Keyword

For example,
if you want to search C++ programmers in San Jose, California, your Google search string will be:

site:plus.google.com (San Jose | California) C++

When you click on the profile, the Posts tab is displayed by default. Click the About tab to find more information about the candidate.

Things you need to know for recruiting success

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:11:00 +0000

If you want to make the most of your recruiting activities and become a successful recruiter, you need to know the following:

1.     How many qualified candidates do you get?

A lot of candidates respond to a job ad. But you need to find how many candidates are actually “qualified” for the job. This information also helps you to measure the performance of your job ads.

2.     What is your best recruitment channel?

Once you know the number of qualified candidates, find the recruitment channel through which they came. This helps you to find the recruitment channel that works best for you.

3.     How many contacts do you have in your talent pool?

You need to know the number of qualified candidates (overall & by industry/domain) in your talent pool to make the most of it.

How to Grab Resumes quickly from Search Engine Results ?

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:53:00 +0000

ResumeGrabber Suite is a powerful Resume Import Tool that allows you to grab resumes and candidate contact information from search engine results – Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.

To grab resumes, simply point to the source of resumes and click on ResumeGrabber. The software will automatically extract name, address, email, phone number and other candidate contact details and enter them, along with the resume, into your database.

With ResumeGrabber you can save 90% of the time you would normally spend in manually copy-pasting resume details. Click here to download your 10-day free-trial version of ResumeGrabber today.

Resources you can use - LogJobs

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:24:00 +0000

LogJobs is a niche job board that is dedicated exclusively to logistics and supply chain professionals. It offers job seekers & employers new ways to reach each other and stay connected through the most popular social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, etc. LogJobs has considerable reach within the logistics community, and more than just being a job board, it brings more visibility and exposure for job seekers who visit their website.

http://www.logjobs.com/

Google search script to search by ZIP code radius

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:10:00 +0000

Source : eGrabber Newsletter

Did you know that you can search resumes on Google by ZIP code radius?

The Google search syntax is as follows:

Keyword (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -"resume service" .<START ZIP>..<END ZIP> (State)

For example, if you want to find PHP programmers within 5 mile radius of 95129 in CA, the Google search string will be:

PHP (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -"resume service" 94086..95130 (CA OR California)

Note: You can use http://maps.huge.info/zipcolors.htm to find the ZIP code range. It displays all ZIP codes within the specified radius sorted from low to high.

If you want to know more about such search strings, please try our resume sourcing-cum-import tool - ResumeGrabber Suite.

It includes 100+ expert boolean strings developed by leading industry experts for sourcing resumes through Google, Yahoo, Bing and Social / Professional network sites.

It also mass imports resumes from Google search results, Outlook email, PC folders and automatically transfers them to your database.

Download your free ResumeGrabber trial here: http://www.egrabber.com/TU4228J97

Source Candidates from Social Media in no Time

noreply@blogger.com (Umamaheswari) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:20:00 +0000

Social media recruiting has taken precedence over the traditional recruiting methods in the recent years. Millions of users join one social network or other on a daily basis. A recent survey has revealed that 82% of job seekers in the U.S. use social networks and 14.4 million job seekers have used social networks to find their last job. Almost 90% of the companies in the U.S. use social media as a recruiting strategy.

Social media recruiting shot to fame because of two reasons. The first reason is that it is available for free. Unlike other media, you don’t have to shell out a single penny for using social networking sites. Secondly due to its viral marketing effect, you can share information beyond geographical boundaries in a single click. A job posting by a recruiter or an employer reaches the job seeker in a few seconds. Similarly a job seeker can also reach her prospective employer through social media. This may sound a lot easier but in reality it isn’t.

Experts say that you need to have a clear idea of what to achieve, target audience, investment in terms of time and resources, social media metrics, etc. You need to identify the sites where your target audience hang out, be active by posting relevant information, connect with the candidates, engage them, develop a relationship and build your network. Even though you build your network, you need to spend a lot of time and effort to search candidates.

Consider a situation where you need to source candidates with different skill sets for different job positions from various locations. You have to spend an enormous amount of time and effort to search candidates from various social networking sites. Then you have to extract resumes, perform candidate background check and other core recruiting activities which will eventually lengthen the recruiting process. As a result, you might end up in losing a potential candidate to your competitor or losing a valuable client. This is where a social recruiting software can help you source candidates from social media in no time.

A social recruiting software makes social media recruiting a breeze. The recruiting software helps you to quickly search candidates from the most popular social and professional networking sites in a single click. You need to just enter the keyword for the resume/candidate; the social recruiting software quickly searches the Internet and displays the results in a few seconds. What’s more, you can instantly extract the resumes and candidate information into your database and perform candidate background check as well. The recruiting software helps you speed up the recruiting processes and source candidates from social media in no time.