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Topic: Third Party Thursday - Google Results – Real or Not?: , more can often be downright misleading. What many people don’t realize is that Google, regardless of the results count you see, returns something in the neighborhood of 1000 results. Here is how to check this. First, go into Google Preferences and make sure you have Number of Results set to 100. Then, run any search and get over 1000 results. Then go to the bottom of the page and you will notice page numbers 1 - 10. Click on page 10 and you will see there is no Next button any more because the engine only returns the first 1000. Another indicator is the result count. Whenever you see Results 1 - 100 of about x,xxx that is your cue to work on your string. It is the word "about" that lets you know. Whenever you have more than 1000 you need to add skills, title, industry, and geography keywords to get those results way down. A rule of thumb is getting results down is to use AND components to your string. Keep adding keywords until you get those results less than 1000 because it is not until that point that you actually know what you are dealing with. A better number of results to shoot for is somewhere in the 100-200 hit range. This is a number that most of us can get through in a sourcing session. The good thing is that as you add keywords and the results decrease, the results that remain are better matches for your assignment. On the other hand, if you have too few results, you want to add OR components. Remember...AND's decrease results...OR's increase results.…; Added by Mark E. Berger at 8:00am on December 18, 2008

Blog Post: Simple Ways to Impress Top Talent!: R-E-S-P-E-C-T Your Candidates!

Treat candidates with respect. It costs nothing, yet has big returns. Openly demonstrate…; Added by Safari Solutions at 3:38pm on August 13, 2007

Blog Post: Candidate Prep Friend or Foe?: When it comes to candidate preparation, there seems to be two major schools of thought. On one side, there is the school of recruiters who believe strongly in the benefits of preparing…; Added by Moshin Manji at 8:36pm on February 17, 2009

Blog Post: India – Opportunities in Africa

Africa’s demographic dividend presents great investment potential and returns for Indian business and for the Africans: …

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Blog Post: The Diminishing Returns of Outbound Recruiting: I was talking to someone who runs talent acquisition at a 1,000 person company the other day. She was talking about how they're really struggling to get in front of quality people. This probably…; Added by Phil Strazzulla at 10:23am on January 24, 2018

Comment on: Topic 'No one returns emails or calls any more. Did professionalism go out the door wi…': I interpreted it to be just about "cold calls". But when/if it's someone with an established relationship, then not replying or returning the call is unacceptable. Jill Rosenfield said:Peter - Believe it or not I agree with you when it comes to cold calls. However, when it comes to people you know and have a relationship with, it absolutely has to do with professionalism. …; Added by Peter Ceccarelli at 4:14pm on May 13, 2009

Comment on: Blog Post 'Vetting a Startup': ns, companies that have landed new clients and want to be sure of the little things, whether the new client can actually pay them. Whatever you do, and however you proceed, an ounce of prevention, research, whatever, is most definitely worth that pound of cure. Find out what you can up front, as chasing a client who owes you money is usually more a case of diminishing returns. Clients call us with the sad stories in the aftermath of a transaction. Get what you need up front.…; Added by Gordon Basichis at 6:20pm on February 14, 2012

Comment on: Blog Post 'Expect Referrals': especially as markets get tighter and job boards continue to provide diminishing returns. I also agree with Daniel's comment 'We get paid to find the unfindable, unavailable and reluctant candidates'. I think many recruiters don't realize or forget this looking for the easy placement. I send out bi-weekly job-blasts to my candidate network. I find this to be extremely valuable not only for candidate referrals but I often am contacted by former candidates who are now in hiring positions. Great way to make placements and connect with new clients.…; Added by Allen at 8:40pm on September 27, 2010

Blog Post: June 18, 2009: Above the Fold

Some people know how to post. Dhruti Shah knows how to write, punctuate too...…; Added by Amitai Givertz at 12:24pm on June 18, 2009