Post on 07-Nov-2014
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Emerging Tools & InnovationFind. Evaluate. Integrate
Tools
Support your goals
Support your sourcing strategy
Find...
First thing first: What’s the goal?
Finding and attracting & engaging candidates
Find new tools by reading blogs, following people on Twitter, connecting at conferences
This could also include technology news eg TechCrunch
Set up RSS
Think outside the square
Evaluate...
Remember your goals
Does it save you time?
This may not be immediately obvious
Does it give you access to new pools of talent?
Integrate...
Again with the goals
Work any new tools into your overall strategy
Test. Review. Iterate
All the shiny things...
Search Engines
Social Aggregators
Automation
Social Tools
Search Engine: Blekko
Features: Slashtags, No Spam, Human/Tech Mix
Try using /people
Use a keywords then /findslashtags
Create your own Slashtags
Get RSS for your results
Blekko
Blekko
Quick Tip: Profile Images
Try using reverse image search on a profile pic
Use Google Images & TinEye to do these searches
Social Aggregators
Get information from a variety of sources
Best when you have a name and are building a profile or cross referencing
Pull information from a large range of social sites so you don’t have to check each one individually
kgbpeople & Webmii
Automation
You might be losing time on tasks that can be automated
Most basic searches can be automated in some way
Google CSE & Blekko Slashtags are both examples of automation
There are a lot of programs that support you in automating; you may already have access to one
Automation: OutWit
OutWit is essentially a web scraper, it collects information from websites
With some configuration you can tell it to ‘scrape’ a website and pull down specific information then export in a variety of formats e.g. Excel
Pro: Free/Low cost solution
Con: Configuration can be complicated
OutWit Hub
Thanks!Andrea Mitchell
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