As many of you know, I have a weekly live webshow on MomTV Sundays at 9:00 PM EST where we talk about the unwritten rules of the job search. This week’s show was amazing and featured Geoff Webb, the Radical Recruiter. Geoff provided viewers some great information on how to reach hiring managers and recruiters using sourcing methods and other traditional methods.

Just to give you an insight into Geoff (@radicalrecruit), he has over 20 years of experience in recruiting and has been designed by SourceCon as a Master Sourcer, so basically he knows his stuff and is one of the best in the recruiting business. He provided some insight a number of different and interesting topics.

* Be found. Geoff recommends creating a Google profile. When recruiters or companies use Google as their search engine of choice, all Google products and platforms are always at the top of the search results. He also recommends including the word resume either in your website url or the name of a blog post. This will drive these keywords higher in the search engine search results.
* Job boards. There are thousands upon thousands of job boards. Geoff suggests using job board aggregator’s like Indeed, Simplyhired, and HashJobs to help you find jobs quickly and easily without spending your days and nights surfing the web for hours upon end.
* RSS feeds. Using these are a great time management tool to view blogs as well as search sites like Twitter with ease. In Search.Twitter.com you can create RSS feeds by keywords, hash tags, and even use the advanced search method to narrow the content by zip code radius.
* Tweeting your way to employment. Geoff recommends tweeting on the busiest days which are Tuesday and Wednesday and also after 5:00 PM. Most recruiters and sourcers don’t work traditional work hours so be prepared to engage them from morning to night.
* Resumes suck. Recruiters are in agreement with job seekers. They are difficult to read and hard to get a good grasp of the entire candidate. Geoff is in favor of a social media resume and recommends using your LinkedIn profile and About page on your blog to highlight you skills and what interests you. He believes that blogs and social media profiles are better indicators of who candidates really are. This concept is somewhat radical, hence his name so don’t go chucking your resume just yet.
* LinkedIn. LinkedIn isn’t just about making connections. It’s about engaging others and joining in the conversation. This can be accomplished by joining LinkedIn Groups and commenting on discussions and messaging group members with ease. I recommend joining the maximum number of groups which is 50 for the maximum exposure. You don’t have to be active every day on each group, but I do recommend they you subscribe to the weekly digest and do your best to engage others as often as possible.
* The phone is your friend. Although a great deal can be accomplished over the web, picking up the phone is a great way to make contact with hiring managers to learn more about the position. Candidates who make real connections outside of when they submit their application via the Applicant Tracking System or ATS fair much better than those that don’t. Use LinkedIn to search for people who work in your target company and not just people within HR. HR departments get hundreds of phone calls a week. Connect with someone in the department you want to work in and ask who the manager is.

A special thanks to Geoff for being on the show. If you missed, it the replay of is available below. I apologize in advance as I forgot to hit the record button and did not record the entire show, roughly 40+ minutes. It’s the breaks of hosting a live webshow.