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GuruGuides (formerly CheatSheets)
These printable Desktop Internet Search References can get you off the hot plate. You can consult them quickly and they will provide you with reliable, instantly useful results. Our GuruGuides are not designed to replace all your sources, but when you get that "red hot" requirement demanding results "yesterday", reach for your medicine cabinet, take a pill for your migraine, and then apply THESE remedies.
The magic of these quick reference guides is that by following a few simple steps, and using unique keywords, a savvy CyberSleuth can obtain some initial results in as quickly as ten minutes or less. Simply copy the search strings, replace the examples with your own keywords, and you are on your way to a migraine-free diet of resumes, profiles and name-gen lists!
The Everything Bundle (all of our GuruGuides and CheatSheets below in one convenient package)
It is every recruiter's dream to have the "great big book of everything all at once" so we could simply look up what we need, and move on to the more important part of our job - talking with candidates and hiring managers! Here at Arbita ACES we want to make that dream come true, but for now this is as good as it gets.
Purchase all six of our CheatSheets - Linkedin, LinkedIn Networking Tips, Google, Live.com, Blog Search and Twitter, and you will have easy access to more than enough free leads to get you started on your difficult search assignments.
Exciting New Twitter GuruGuide
At last, breakthrough tips for sourcing passive candidates from Twitter are revealed in this exciting and exclusive GuruGuide not available anywhere else. Be among the first to apply these guaranteed methods. Improve your sourcing techniques by following simple formulas and examples you can apply to your most difficult requirements. We promise you will get incredible results with these revolutionary search strings that will easily produce leads for you from Twitter.
Blog Search CheatSheet
Find experts' resumes on blogs and search blogs for name generation and competitive intelligence. Bloggers reveal what they do, companies and tools they like and work with, industry trends, and their peers and co-workers.
Advanced Windows Bing GuruGuide
Formerly MSN, or also previously known as Windows Live Search , Microsoft's search engine is now Bing.com and arguably the most advacned among the top three largest search engines today. But size isn't everything. Bing.com offers unique search commands that allow recruiters to get precious leads quickly and limit the amount of useless results commonly encountered. With this GuruGuide (formerly CheatSheet) you can take advantage of the serious search muscle behind Microsoft, and uncover the leads that you can't find on Google.
Google GuruGuide
Learn about commands available only through Google. Ours is the FIRST and ORIGINAL Google CheatSheet, and remains the only one designed BY recruiers and FOR recruiters, giving you real explanations in the context of simple to understand resume search strings exclusively for recruiters.
Search Engine Bundle (Live & Google GuruGuides)
The only thing better than Google and Live.com is both Google AND Live.com! Not all search engines are created equal. Savvy recruiters realize the overlap of search engine results varies from 5% to 30% so by using only one search engine you are easily missing out on at least 70% of what you can find on the web!
Linkedin GuruGuide
Excellent advanced search tricks and shortcuts to get the most out of searching on the biggest of the professionally-geared online social networks (Linkedin), developed by industry-leading sourcer / recruiting research innovator, Shally Steckerl. These 10+ advanced search methods were developed here by us first and continue to be the best way to get results from LinkedIn. Constantly updated and with clear, easily-adaptable examples, you just get better sourcing results from LinkedIn, period.
Linkedin Networking Tips
Get the most out of networking on one of the biggest professionally-geared online social networks (Linkedin). With over 530,000 recruiters on LinkedIn, you really need to differentiate yourself. Most recruiters have small networks. Get this and discover ways to build your network and online credibility way beyond your wildest dreams!
Linkedin Cheatsheet & Networking Tips Bundle
All four-pages containing both Linkedin Cheatsheet for Recruiters bundled together, which includes everything you need to become a LinkedIn power user.
Books & Other Publications
Electronic Recruiting 101 Report
Electronic Recruiting 101 is the industry's most extensive, up-to-date guide on Internet recruiting, with full coverage of all the latest trends, tools, and tricks of the trade. Newly expanded and updated for 2007, this resource guide contains over 180 pages of hard-hitting, valuable electronic recruiting tips that will help you recruit smarter, faster, and better.- There is no fluff in this book. This is pure accelerated learning for beginners, and an excellent reference for seasoned pros who want quick access to all the resources with efficient explanations.
MSN Live.com for Recruiters - A .PDF Book
- An in-depth, printable 65-page reference book in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format
- Learn how to utilize lesser known and under utilized techniques to locate names and resumes of passive Internet candidates on the increasingly popular search engine, Live.com
- Discover how to maximize Live.com commands to generate resumes of potential candidates
Recorded Webinars
Many DVDs are linked below under three important recruiting categories. Click on any titles of interest:
1) Sourcing - Research and Lead Generation Techniques from Beginners to Advanced
- Blogs - How to Quickly Find Experts via Blogs
- Search Strings - Power Searching for Resumes on Google
- Search Strings - Constructing Advanced Sourcing Search Strings (Feat: Broadlook Diver)
- Search Strings - Quick & Easy Formulas for Mining Those Golden Leads
- Social Networks - LinkedIn: Advanced Sourcing and Hacks on LinkedIn
- Social Networks - LinkedIn: Beginner to Intermediate, Get the Most out of your LinkedIn Network
- Social Networks - Web 2.0 Recruiting and going BEYOND LinkedIn
- Social Networks - Twitter for Beginners
2) Recruitment Marketing - Web 2.0 and Social Media
- Facebook Training Webinar: Recorded DVD
- MySpace Recruiting Training DVD
- Search Engine Optimization For Recruiters: Recorded DVD
- Twitter For Recruiting:Recorded DVD
- Top Technology Trends in Employment Background Screening for 2009 Presentation DVD
- Recruiting Metrics 101: Results for the Metrically Challenged Webinar Recording DVD
- How to Do Diversity Right Webinar & Webinar Recording DVD
- FREE: Branding Your HR / Recruiting Department Inside Your Org
3) Recruiting Fundamental Skills for Your Workforce
The Webinar Bundle DVD - Get three great recorded sourcing webinars on one DVD!
- The Guru's Guide to Sourcing on LinkedIn
- Broadlook Diver Webinar
- Shallynar Sourcing Sampler
Other Recorded Events and Webinars
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3 Powerful Sourcing Tools for Recruiters
You may think you know all about the powertools of recruiting on the Internet, but Shally has spent most of his life learning the DEEP-DARK hints, tips, and shortcuts of them. Check out Shally's heavy hitting tips designed for busy recruiters who want to beat the competition by finding people not available in mainstream sources. Also view other recorded webinars by Shally in conjunction with Top Echelon, click here.
Kennedy Information Webinars and Audio Conferences:
- "Just In Time" Hiring: Best Practices for Recruiters: Strategies for Developing and Maintaining a Candidate Network" ($275)
- "How to Build a World Class International Recruiting Practice" ($275)
"Proven Techniques for More Efficient Candidate Sourcing" Seminar Series
In this 3-part interactive seminar series learn how best to evaluate your central sourcing team, conduct a recruiting SWOT analysis and whether outsourcing part or all of your recruitment process is right for you. Explore metrics you can use to effectively measure the success of your central sourcing team, pinpoint critical needs to address and strengths to leverage with a SWOT analysis audit and discover if outsourcing is in line with your company’s needs.
- The Sourcing Checkup - How to Assess Your Team ($149)
- The Recruitment Opportunity Analysis ($149)
- Internal or External: How to Decide What Recruitment Tasks Should be Outsourced ($149)
"Building a World-Class Recruitment Sourcing and Research Program" Seminar Series
In this 3-part Interactive Seminar series we dig down into the dynamics of recruitment sourcing and research and take you through the complete process: from deciding how much sourcing to do in-house vs. outsourcing some or all of it; to building a world-class sourcing team; to measuring their effectiveness. You could read ten books on the subject and not “get it” the way you and your team can put it all together in these three one-hour sessions.
You’ll begin by exploring the reasons your company may want to outsource recruitment research or build your own dedicated in-house sourcing team. You’ll follow that with unique insights into how to select expert sourcers/researchers to make up a world-class sourcing team. Then, once you have created your sourcing team, we will show you how to measure and track the effectiveness of your sourcers’ research methods.
- Recruitment Research: When to Build, When to Outsource ($149)
- Best Practices for Building a Dedicated Sourcing Team ($149)
- Sourcing and Researching: How to Measure Result ($149)
"How to find Passive Talent", a Hireability Webinar: ($119)
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Find fresh and hidden leads outside of your current network reach; quickly identify target companies; go beyond searching for leads; learn how to build your network; see more free contacts than ever before. Includes LinkedIn Networking Tips CheatSheet ($19.97 value).





