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Recruiter's Toolkit:
An Introduction To Electronic Recruiting

Search Basics Be sure to read our newsletter articles describing Advanced features in Alta Vista and Hot Bot Introduction
Before you get started searching the net, it's pretty useful to understand the background. Using the net means, in part having a grasp of its possibilities and limitations. A quick read of Bruce Sterling's "Short History of the Internet" will give you a grounding in the basics. Search Strategies will provide you with an overview of Search Engines and Directories and how to structure your approach to get the best results. What's a Boolean Search? You can find definitions of search words and terms in our Glossary. If you want to know how to use the advanced capabilities of each engine, there's a comprehensive Cheat Sheet, which lists the similarities and differences in tabular form. The Cheat Sheet offers you a quick summary of the actual search capabilities and tools. Our Search Engine Page will give you a top level view of the quantitative differences between the various servces. It describes the volume of material stored in each Search Tool, the way it's collected and other distinctions between the services
Key Search Engines / Web Directories
Search Engine	Best Used For
Alta Vista	Comprehensive Searches, Competitive Intelligence, Link Searches
Excite	Supplement Other Searches
Northern Light	Wow! Reults Are Presorted. Includes Resumes As a Category
Infoseek	Subject Matter Niches, Supplement to Yahoo
Lycos	Supplement To Other Comprehensive Searches
Yahoo	Best Subject Matter Index; Find Niches
HotBot	Comprehensive Searches, Competitive Intelligence, Link Searches
For a Detailed Comparison of These Search Engines, Go To Our Search Engine Page