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I’ve been asked for a real-world example of what can be done with data mining. I used Broadlook's Eclipse tool for this example.



Here it is.







Here is the ROI:

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Quick post. Rob McIntosh made a great comment on my recent post List Metrics; how to measure quality in a list?. Instead of replying to the comment, I though I’d write a quick post on this, as it is something I have some strong feelings on.



Rob asked, “Who owns list validation?”. Rob goes on to point out that sometimes great lists never… Continue

Proving ROI is what will empower one of my clients at Broadlook to sign up for year #2, 3, etc. Without good metrics, corporate budgets won’t open up year after year. To help my clients track ROI, I’ve put together some concepts over the years to help examine the pipeline of sourced data.



Without a perfect record of all hires, measured against years past, ROI is hard to prove in a single year. Don’t get me wrong, some companies do this very… Continue

I’ve seen several speakers recently comment on the fact that it is coming to a world where everyone has access to ALL the contact data. The concept was furthered in saying that since everyone will have all the data, the playing field will be leveled as everyone will have total access, ergo, it will come down to the ability to network as the sole determiner of success.



The second part of this concept, (ability to network) has always has been dead on. A poor salesperson or recruiter… Continue

What is a good vertical market to recruit in? I get asked this question every week.



However, most often the question is more a question of what I “feel” would be a good market to start a new desk specialty in.



“Donato, what do you feel a good new desk specialty would be?”



I say. “I feel like a great market would be placing sales reps in software companies that do real time data mining of contact information.”



They respond, “but Donato,… Continue

We've come to the point where we need to hire a full time recruiter at Broadlook. I'm looking for first hand advice on the best sources, methodology, anything to get the word out about our position. The position is in-house in Pewaukee, WI about 30 minutes outside of Milwaukee.

Anyone refers to me a candidate I hire, I will put up a full year of Broadlook tools as a thank you.

Cheers!

Donato

At least 3-4 times per week, I get asked by recruiters for my recommendation of a preferred Applicant tracking system. In addition, another top question I am asked is for an example of how Broadlook’s software can be used in a real life recruiting, sales, or research process. Broadlook partners with many ATS vendors, so we do not recommend any one vendor. We will, however, provide a short list of 4-5 vendors based on what we know about the clients needs.

I’ve seen several recruiting…

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Assuming NO limitations on the technology what would recruiters vote for as their top features to add to search engines?

Some of mine:

1. Access to all results. When I do a search and see 3500 results, and can only get to a maximum of 1000...ahhhhh

2. Some control over the business logic in the ranking algorythm. - to much popularity means too much mob mentality.

3. The ability to perform 2 searches and create a concordance of results in a 3rd search - Example get…

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