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After reading Russ?s post on the books he read to get started learning how to source, several friends have approached me regarding what I would do differently if I could start over from the beginning, knowing what I now know.
It?s a thought-provoking question so, you know me, I started thinking. And this is what I came up with:
If I had to do it all over again this is how I would learn sourcing...
I would definitely read those four books for beginners. They cover the very basic foundations without which not much more can be developed. They are the simple road map to get started the right way.
Then I would make a special place on my credenza where I can quickly access the following ?Reference Books on Sourcing:?
The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher by Randolph Hock, Gary Price
Find it Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research, Third Edition by Alan M. Schlein, Peter Weber, J. J. Newby
The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See by Chris Sherman, Gary Price
Internet Recruiting: A Human Resource Guide to Global Sourcing by George Zambos, Kas Salazar
I would memorize http://www.jobmachine.net/cheatsheet.htm, laminate it, and put it up on the wall near my PC.
I would subscribe to Weddles.com, Interbiznet.com, passingnotes.com and researchbuzz.com
I would memorize the following help files: http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html http://www.google.com/help/operators.html http://www.altavista.com/help/search/help_adv http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/basics/basics-01.html http://sp.teoma.com/docs/teoma/about/advsearchtips.html http://www.alltheweb.com/help/faqs/advanced http://search.msn.com/advanced.aspx?FORM=HP http://web.archive.org/collections/web/advanced.html http://vista.alexa.com/ando_syntax.html
Cheers, Shally
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There's a discussion over on LinkedIn and it's called:
The Most Important Book You Ever Read
There are some interesting suggestions over there!
http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/sales/lead-generation/MAR_SLS_LGN/33827-1373253?browseIdx=29&sik=1176104009590&goback=%2Eahp%2Eabq_3_1176104009590
Maureen is coming to San Jose to speak on telephone names sourcing at the April 24 meeting of the Human Resources Consultants Association (www.hrca.com) at the Adobe Park Conference Room in San Jose! Contact Merrill Martin at merrillm at yahoo-inc.com
Maureen is also presenting a ONE DAY Magic in the Method LIVE telephone names sourcing training seminar on April 25 at Adobe Systems FUJI Room in San Jose ? for more info contact Bob Sharib at bob at techtrak.com or visit http://www.techtrak.com/magicmethod/purchase.htm to register online at Magic in the Method seminar/Silicon Valley.
It took 3.6 million years to make a Project Manager. You have until Wednesday to find him. Call us.
Our goal is to save you time and help you succeed.
Maureen Sharib Telephone Names Sourcer and Trainer 513 899 9628
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Maureen, I have heard good things about all three of those books. There are on my "to read" list also. I would go for the Extreem one first -- simply because the title is cooler.
Yeah, I priorities are bit odd.
Giggle.
Jennie
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I bought (on half.com):
The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook Find It Online The Invisible Web
Which to read first and any handy tips?
Maureen
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I like the "HeadHunters edge" by Jeff Christian (of Christian & Timbers)..little more high level but some useful insights. For Networking - "Dig your well before your thirsty"..Harvey McKay...a little more salesy but still usefull for candidate and client identification and relationship building. Online Marketing/Networking - "Permission Marketing"...Seth Godin
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One I like is: First, Break All the Rules.
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The Art of War is a wonderful book that contains many premises we can take and apply to our business.
Maureen
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Link to obtain GMAIL from Google.
https://gmail.google.com/?dest=http%3A%2F%2Fgmail.google.com%2Fgmail
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Step 1 - If you don't have gmail, that is Google's e-mail --get an account. Name the account eremail and route all of these discussion e-mails to that eremail account.
Later when you have a question, open the g-mail, go to the search bar and type "recruiting books" or another topic discussed and all the g-mails with that subject matter will be pulled to the top of the list. Wow;)
This is a simple thing you can do to make your answers easier to find. That saves you time looking AND it means you will have your answer. Simplify your work through technology.
Coming soon.....Why Keywords are So..Key" The basics that can payoff for you every time you search. Going to show it here by Friday.
Get your gmail account ready:)
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Talkin' about books...
Over the last couple weeks I've been reading through the ERE forums dealing w/ sourcing from their beginnings up to today's dates and there is a wealth of information in them! It's a great way for those asking about sourcing to familiarize themselves with the lingo, the resources and the help that's available to them. It's also a great refresher course for those already involved in sourcing -I learned alot along the way - it's a good way for the postees (is that the right word?) to come to know the personalities of the posters (or should that be postors?). It takes some time (as all study does) but it's well worth the investment! BY THE WAY, if you're not a member of THINGS YOU CAN GET FOR FREE you're missing a tremendous source! Maureen
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ruses are not a good way to do our job ... IMHO
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security -- by Kevin D. Mitnick, is required reading here at HTC. Though his techniques were used for stealing confidential computer passcodes etc it is a great book for developing phone ruses. He actually even cites a few real world examples for a Recruiter Friend of his.
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