Toolkit
Addition
Technique:
Attracting Candidates
Making your
recruiting site attractive to prospects takes work. Look at what
some sites have included as a way to intrigue recruits and determine
potential matches. The sites listed are examples--you will need
to adapt ideas and concepts to fit your image and your needs.
Texas
Instrument. s Fit Check lets potential recruits learn whether
they fit into the corporate environment -- before they apply for
a position. It. s a 32 question, agree/disagree type format, that
once answered and submitted, returns a page explaining whether the
person is a good fit and why. While we take issue with the ease
of the questions and the obvious . correct. answers, the idea is
worth considering. Allowing people to know ahead of time whether
the environment suits their styles might be a worthwhile time saving
opportunity.
Microsoft
Seattle offers a page dedicated to a light-hearted exploration
of life in Seattle. While the question and answer format leaves
little to be desired, and the exploration is far too superficial,
the concept is clearly a good one. People do want a life outside
of work. If you. re recruiting for a particular geographical area,
talk about it. What does the area offer them? You might also consider
the potential recruits families. What are the local school systems
like? How about the availability of public transportation? The cost
of housing?
CSC
Index, a consulting firm, offers a page of comments from their
consultants about their experiences at Index. While we all know
that only positive comments will make it up on the site, the idea
promotes goodwill. Viewers will notice that people are listened
to, and they. ll get a sense of who the other workers are. Of course,
to make this kind of tool really work, a mailto: for each of the
page. s contributors would be needed.
TCSI
Corp, offers no bells and whistles to engage prospective employees, "http://www.tcsi.com"
but they do outline their compensation and benefit packages. Since
this is a pretty important area to most job hunters, it' s worth
considering.
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Search Tips
Technique:
People Search, Yet Again
Homepage
Finder -- a useful tool if you know the name of someone
and suspect they might have an email address or web page. The more
information that you can provide, the better. But we tested it only
by entering the name of one of our super trainers, John Blower.
This is what
we got back:
Yahoo: 0
references returned. Nothing found here.
Found 4
email addresses at WhoWhere.
The Metacrawler
is searching.
WebCrawler:
30 references returned. None looks promising.
Lycos: 30
references returned. None looks promising.
UWSearch:
30 references returned. None looks promising.
AltaVista:
30 references returned. None looks promising.
We were
then given a results page with 4 email addresses -- a few of which
led us to John.
We also
looked for Bill Gates. Interestingly, we got no email addresses,
but loads of pages--including . Punch Bill Gates. and . Why Bill
Gates is Richer Than You..
Thus, if
you. ve heard a name being tossed around, but you. ve got nothing
to go with it, try HomeFinder.
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