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Permalink Reply by Arbab Mohsin on November 21, 2008 at 11:49am

The first thing i do is look for them on LinkedIn and 90% of the time i have found who i was looking for. For the 10 % i usually google them.
I found a software engineer in Boston on a blog site. He hadn't posted his resume anywhere on the net and was surprised how i found him(name and email).

Permalink Reply by Becky Metcalf on November 21, 2008 at 12:09pm

Seems like second nature to do a quick google search, and I agree with Arbab that LinkedIn is such a fabulous tool that it's usually where you find the most useful background detail, but Google can give a little more insight from various sources. I like to be prepared for a call before I make it, a little info goes a long way.

Did he at least figure out that it wasn't going to be a fit quickly and move on to asking for referrals?

Permalink Reply by PJ Ohashi on November 21, 2008 at 12:22pm

I generally make calls for one of two objectives. One, as a direct recruiting call to sell an opportunity in hopes that individual will be interested. The second, is purely networking - in hopes of getting a friendly referral. The former intention obviously requires a little more research - linked in, google, myspace, etc.. - but they are never a waste of time regardless of you being the caller or recipient.

Permalink Reply by Irina Shamaeva on November 24, 2008 at 4:46pm

Thanks! Yes, I meant direct recruiting calls. It's great to network but if you have only so much time and a long list of people to call it's good to do some research aeahd of time. Here's one technique I posted a few weeks ago on Maureen's site:

http://magicmethod.ning.com/forum/topics/learning-more-about-the-pe...

-Irina