Recruit'em
- Janica Daryanani (Unlicensed)
This tool has solely been researched by the WilsonHCG Innovation team.
Summary
The history
One fine summer's day, Maebellyne was working as a contractor at a recruitment agency trying to find suitable candidates on LinkedIn, but was hindered by LinkedIn's limit of one hundred results and only seeing 3rd degree contacts.
Being a 'digital native' (someone who doesn't get out much), she realised that Google already had tens of millions of LinkedIn profiles available for free. She immediately got to work building clever boolean queries to find her candidates, with great success.
This tool is a simple way to construct the very same boolean queries (and more), but with the benefit of a nice simple interface.
It's entirely free and anonymous and not in any way shape or form associated with LinkedIn, which is a registered trademark of the LinkedIn Corporation.
Who built it
Recruit'em (formerly RecruitIn before LinkedIn's lawyers strenuously objected) is a project by Clever Biscuit - 5 professsional computer types who build free tools to help people out.
Product Summary
What is Recruit'em X-Ray Search for?
Recruit'em is a tool that helps you find people on social networks. It creates a basic boolean string that searches for publicly available webpages using Google.
How do I use Recruit’em?
Select the social network you want to search and type in your keywords in each of the relevant fields.
Can I use Boolean operators?
We’ve listened to users who want to use boolean operators on Recruit’em. So from now on, sourcing ninjas can start using:
AND - use to search for two or more skills or job titles you need to find e.g. java AND php. (Hint: If you’re too lazy to type “AND” over and over again, just use “,” or “&”.)
OR - use to search for at least one of several keywords, e.g. developer OR programmer OR engineer. (Hint: If you really would rather not type “OR” over and over again, just use “|”.)
How do I get the most out of Recruit’em?
If you're regularly using Recruit'em for the same profiles, use our "Saved Search" feature to save you time on future visits.
To take your sourcing game to the next level, after clicking on Open in Google you can edit the boolean string that appears in the search box. You can get really crafty here and start adding parenthesis to nest your search terms and refine your results.
Where does the data come from?
The profiles are publicly available records that have been indexed by Google.