AngelList-Source the Talent from Startups

AngelList is a website to learn more about startups, investors, jobseekers and freelancers. You will find 350k users with a mix of software developers, designers, CTOs, founders, and investors, I believe 35-45% are real software developers among the searched profiles.

How To Use AngelList to Source:

Create a company profile, Post a job and explore the candidates. Angellist helps you to post a job and it is entirely free to use for startups, and you can post up to 10 jobs. Recruiters can go through profiles, share the interest, and receive a notification if candidates wish to learn more about the organization. The benefit for recruiters is straightforward: you know that candidates are interested in you before your first discussion. AngelList also provides “suggested candidates” in emails, to help you discover relevant profiles.

Here is a quick snapshot. you can explore the applicants for different jobs and create the filters with the drop downs Role, Location, Status, Education, Experience & Keywords.

Click "Yes, Get Intro" on candidates you're interested in. Candidate will be notified through and email and If they even click Yes, you get introduce you via email. Click  to add a note to the candidate. Adding a personalized note will improve your chances of getting an intro. Use Skip to pass on a candidate. The candidate won't be notified. Click ☆ to add the candidate to your Starred list and return to them later. Lets have a quick look at the profile.

Referring to the above image you can look at the skills he worked on, public profiles like LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack overflow, websites, blogs and sometimes with resumes as well.Lets look at another way of sourcing Talent in AngelList: 

As we are familiar with X-Searching Techniques in StackOverflow, GitHub, Xing, and LinkedIn we can try with this as well:

Now let me explain. angel.co/ is the site URL to get what you really want. In this case developers OR Architects you need to use a word or phrase to help narrow down you results to mostly profiles. When you end up in irrelevant results with job postings or Ads Please eliminate the phrase "-jobs". * throws all the names. Adding email Id in the last will give you people without resumes but with email id's.  site:angel.co/* architect java -jobs bengaluru gmail

Thanks for reading. HAPPY SOURCING..!!

Custom Search Engine Tools for Sourcing.

Following are Google Custom Search Engines (CSEs) to make life easier for Sourcers and recruiters everywhere.

CSE Name Public URL

Search Everything         http://bit.ly/SearchEverythingCSE

Language Proficiency http://bit.ly/LanguageProficiencyCSE

Email Formats                 http://bit.ly/EmailFormatsCSE

Slideshare Resumes         http://bit.ly/SlideshareResumesCSE

Slideshare CVs                 http://bit.ly/SlideshareCVsCSE

Scholar Profiles                 http://bit.ly/ScholarProfilesCSE

LinkedIn Persons         http://bit.ly/LinkedInPersonsCSE

Meetup Persons         http://bit.ly/MeetupPersonsCSE

Google-Plus Persons         http://bit.ly/GooglePlusPersonsCSE

Search for PDF                 http://bit.ly/SearchForPDFCSE

Document by Format http://bit.ly/DocumentsByFormatCSE

Documents Storage         http://bit.ly/DocumentsStorageCSE

Google Domains         http://bit.ly/GoogleDomainsCSE

Career Pages                 http://bit.ly/CareerPagesCSE

X-Ray About.me         http://bit.ly/XRayAboutMeCSE

Diversity Associations http://bit.ly/DiversityAssociationsCSE

Hidden Resumes         http://bit.ly/HiddenResumesCSE

Emails in Resumes         http://bit.ly/EmailsInResumesCSE

LinkedIn Countries         http://bit.ly/LinkedInCountriesCSE

Accounting Services         http://bit.ly/AccountantsCSE

Healthcare Professionals http://bit.ly/HealthCareCSE

*Information gathered here is from other websites.  

GITHUB Technical Talent; Boon for Recruiter/Sourcer

GitHub can be a powerful tool for sourcing software engineering talent. GitHub is a software project hosting service on which software engineers create a profile, host their code, or contribute to other projects. GitHub profiles often include an email address, twitter handle, and/or link to a personal website.


Github Profile Search:

Profiles: 

site:github.com “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity

Example: 

site:github.com “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity india python

Profiles with location:

site:github.com “bangalore” “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity

Example:  

site:github.com “bangalore” “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity python

Profiles with above + key terms: 

site:github.com (ios | android) “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity

Example: 

site:github.com (ios | android) “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity india 

Profiles with above + followers | starred count: 

site:github.com (“50..250 followers” | “100..500 starred”) (ios | android) “joined on” -tab.activity

Example:

site:github.com (“50..250 followers” | “100..500 starred”) (ios | android) “joined on” -tab.activity india

You can also expand your search by removing -tab.activity in any of the strings examples above. Or target the activity page with tab.activity

Additionally, you can include “email *” in your search string to return profiles that contain an email address in them, however email addresses are obfuscated and the returned results may include some noise if the term email is used elsewhere in the users profile.

Narrow results by when a user joined: By year “joined on * 2009?  or by month  “joined on mar *”


Github Resume Search:

Github Resumes: 

site:resume.github.com

Resume Search 1: 

site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:resume|cv|vitae) -inurl:https|format


Resume Search 2: 

site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:com/resume | inurl:com/cv | inurl:com/vitae) -inurl:https|format


Github Organizations:

Organizations: site:github.com “joined on” “repositories * members” -tab.members

Organization locations: site:github.com “san francisco” “tab.members”

Organization members: site:github.com inurl:tab.members

Organizations + member count: site:github.com “50..500 members” “tab.members”

Organizations + public repositories: site:github.com “1..100 public repos” “50..500 members” -tab.members


Organizations + repositories OR members: site:github.com (50..500 “public repos” | “members”) “tab.members”


Github Blogs/Personal Pages:

site:github.com (intitle:musings|blog) -inurl:https

site:github.com (intitle:musings|blog | inurl:musings|blog) -inurl:https


Github Email Id's: How To Find Almost Any GitHub User’s Email Address

Traditionally, you may cross reference a GitHub profile with LinkedIn, run the username through namechk and see where else they hangout, or even try to deduce an email address with the Rapportive plugin. you can get almost any GitHub user’s email address directly through GitHub’s own API from the comfort of your own browser in following simple steps.

Step 1: 

Copy and paste the next line into your browser


https://api.github.com/users/xxxxxxx/events/public

Step 2:

Find the GitHub username for which you want the email:


for Example: sayanchowdhury

Step 3:

Replace the xxxxxxx in the URL with the person’s GitHub username.

Step 4:

https://api.github.com/users/sayanchowdhury/events/public

Press Enter

Step 5:

Press Ctrl+F and search for “email”

According to GitHub, this information is publicly available. However, you would likely only see it if you were an Engineer committing code to your candidate’s public repository through the Git system. This works by accessing public information through GitHub’s API in your browser. While this method works for the vast majority of usernames, there are a few who have opted not to store their personal email address on their public repositories.

Sometimes it may return multiple email addresses belonging to the various contributors to the repository. You can clear through these by searching for the name on the account ("Sayan Choudary”) instead of “email”

Although on second thought, you may wish to engage the other contributors as well.




There are literally countless ways to source Github and it would be a boon to any technical recruiter or sourcer to get familiar with the network. It not only lets you uncover great talent, but can help you become a more effective recruiter/sourcer by encouraging you to gain a better understanding of what the role you’re trying to fill requires.


*Information gathered here is from multiple sources.

How Effective LinkedIN.com & LinkedIN Recruiter for Recruitment

LinkedIn.Com


How to Find Active Job Seekers on LinkedIn

Let’s hypothesize that people on LinkedIn who are looking for new employment would actually state such on their profile, as “currently seeking,” or “seeking new” or "Looking out".


LinkedIn Search String to Find Active Job Seekers

After spending about 10 minutes reviewing results, iteratively modifying my searches and looking for patterns of phrasing for seeking employment as well as hypothesizing. what people might say to signify that they are pursuing employment:

(seeking OR seeker OR “looking for” OR “in search of” OR “open to” OR “new job” OR “actively pursuing” OR “pursuing new” OR “searching for” OR “new opportunity” OR “new opportunities” OR “available for”)


Bullhorn Reach Radar:

Making numerous changes to a LinkedIn profile and/or adding multiple recommendations in a short period of time can be indicative of someone that is beginning to look for new employment.

One way is to use Bullhorn Reach’s Radar.

Radar isolates key LinkedIn profile updates (and Facebook too if you connect it) so you are automatically notified of updates and recommendations within your network.

Bullhorn Reach’s Radar is a simple way to automate the identification of such LinkedIn profile activity.

Of course, Radar is limited to your network, so if you’re not connected to your target talent pool, you won’t gain any/much insight.

LinkedIn Signal:

I wonder how many people used LinkedIn Signal – I don’t see too many people writing or talking about it, and LinkedIn buried it. There are few features in updates..!! Please explore

Monitor your Brand and Personal reputation.

Final Thoughts & LinkedIn Search Challenge

We are identifying people based on their job search status, people who are actively seeking employment will mention things on their profile such as “currently seeking” or similar, many people won’t. There are many more ways to express an interest in seeking new employment opportunities and finding the right candidates.

It’s X-Ray Time!

Going to Google, we can use  X-Ray search

site:linkedin.com (inurl:pub OR inurl:in) -intitle:directory (“Developer” OR “Programmer") (“Bangalore" OR "Mumbai") "Java" -jobs -recruiter -hiring

find email ID's

site:linkedin.com (inurl:pub OR inurl:in) -intitle:directory (“Developer” OR “Programmer") (“Bangalore" OR "Mumbai") "Java" -jobs -recruiter -hiring "gmail"

LinkedIn Recruiter: Best ways to bring out results


Search Algorithms:

LinkedIn has got millions of career profiles. They have come up with many algorithms in the recent times like "People you may want to hire" Similar profiles, Profile Matches for your posted jobs, People Also Viewed and Suggested Professionals.

Inmail;

Perform best searches to get the right prospects and review the profile in detail before sending the Inmail. We are here to build a brand for ourself and Dont share bulk messages it creates negative impact. Establish a bridge between the candidate instead of approaching for a Job opportunity.

Try different subject lines:

I’ve done my research… We need you!”
Hello… is it me you’re looking for
you have the job I’m looking for :-)
Hi, it’s me, your LinkedIn friend
we will help you Grow
Rare Talent Requires Exceptional Representation- we Recognize

Sending Inmail in right times fetches better responses.

Update Me :

Giving you visibility into changes prospects make to their public profiles so that you can engage them in a timely way

There are different searches in LinkedIn Recruiter like Keyword Search, Conceptual Search, Natural Language Search, Indirect Search and Implicit search.

Social Media..?? Social Media Recruitment..??? Social Media Tools..????

Happy to say that we have people changing their legacy recruitment methodologies(With Portals) to Social Media Or Social Recruitment using LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc.

Do you think Are we in the Right way to deal recruitment using Social channels..!! I Say yes

Social Media:

Set of internet tools that enables shared communities (Large/ Small/ Private/ Public / Local/ Global) both On-line and In-person. Community of people with common interests to learn, play,work, Organise and Socialise.

How is this Helping out to Recruitment:

Social Media Recruitment:

Recruitment uses social media as channel in replacing your job boards.

It is all about Finding Which is Sourcing and Attracting we call it as Branding..!! Usually in Job boards we see people who are Active in job Hunt but very little High Talent but Social Channels Provide talent but Passive..!! Where selling(Brand or Opportunity) comes into Picture.

So we can Source Candidates, Build Network, Research tools and Branding (Employee/Employer)

Social Media Recruitment is not a Strategy..!! It is a key to understand where the talent hangouts On-line and then develop a strategy to engage..!!.

Social Media Recruitment Tools:

Here comes to everyone's Notice  LINKEDIN, Facebook, Twitter..!!

We made our road blocks as posting a job in these websites as Maximum Reach Why not we go beyond..!!

If a candidate is using Social Media  to find what they want, Why not we use to find them where they are existing..!!

We have all the chances to reach..!! you need to get into mind of candidates and how they search to find their job.

Put yourself in Job seeker shoes and start hunting candidates..!!

X-raying helps LinkedIn & Twitter for better results to any skills across industry.

Facebook Search tool helps almost to find the right talent.

Find out Other channels where Talent Hangout

For Example:

Google+, Github, Stackoverflow, Dribble, Quora, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube and Blogging.


Please feel free to comment we are all here for sharing and Learning

Do Social Media tools Help Recruitment..??

Hiring can be a tedious process but with these handy tools, social media recruiting can be a piece of cake! yes Try these tools and you have the Answer..!!

LinkedIn
Comprising of 130 different industries, and well over 100,000 recruiters, LinkedIn is by far the largest social platform of professionals. Employers can use LinkedIn in a number of different ways to find employees including: searching by employer (current/past), using InMail, purchasing advertising, and networking.

LinkedIn can also develop and expand a personal network of professionals to whom the employer or recruiter can send a request for a referral of a recommended candidate for a particular job opening.

Facebook Marketplace
You can post a job for free in the Facebook Marketplace. The ad requires basic information such as location, job category, subcategory, title, why you need to fill this position, description and if you want to post your photo with the job posting or another image.

Facebook Pages
A lot of the times, the best candidates are your biggest brand fans; those who follow your social media accounts, and love and engage with your brand. Use your facebook page to find people both active and interested in your field or that would be interested in your available position.

Twitter
39% of all job seekers are on Twitter and 8 million Twitter users have credited Twitter as a source of landing their current job. Top employers around the globe, including Disney, are also engaging prospective employees through Twitter. By retweeting relevant news and using Twitter hashtags quite well, employers are able to engage with prospective candidates increase their job ad’s reach.

Lippl
Lippl allows you to quickly uncover LinkedIn profiles that are out of your network, identity@facebook.com email addresses, and find out if your prospective candidates have anything in common with your Facebook friends.

about.me
Find passionate experts in your field who love putting themselves out there. about.me is a social network where people create pages about themselves, their thoughts, passions and epertise. . You’ll also get a feel of the person’s personality by viewing their own personal  website too.

BranchOut
Branch out allows you to turn Facebook into LinkedIn. BranchOut overlays employer information on top of users’ Facebook interface, which allows recruiters search by company, job title, or even an individual’s name! BranchOut then displays relevant candidates based on your search criteria and your connections to those candidates. Because of its use of Facebook’s API, BranchOut can claim it allows access to 800 million searchable profiles.

Instagram
If you’re looking specifically for team culture then using Instagram to look for your next hire may be the perfect tool! There was recently a fun story going around the Internet about a young college grad being offered her dream job via an Instagram picture. She followed ePrize throughout her college career and they followed her right back. The company was able to get a feel of her work, photography, and attitude. In turn, she was able to get a feel for the company culture and employer brand.

Streak CRM
Streak is a handy tool that you can use in your inbox to manage the entire recruiting process, from ‘prospect’ to ‘close.’ Track your applicants where you talk to them – in your email. Streak builds on your existing email habits to create an easy and efficient experience.

HireRabbit
HireRabbit makes it easy to recruit on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. HireRabbit allows you to combine your career site and Facebook page into one, making it easy for candidates to find and apply for your jobs.


Jobvite
Jobvite is the leading social recruiting and applicant tracking system for companies with the highest expectations in recruiting software. Jobvite maximises the reach of your ad via social media, friend and network referrals, and even mobile apps. With Jobvite you can turn your social followers to potential candidates and build relationships.

Evernote
Social recruiters are always working on the go – evernote allows you to access all of your notes and resources wherever you are. You can create to-do-lists, meeting notes, recruiting strategies, notes on candidates during interviews etc.

Extracting Email Address from X-Ray Search

Extracting email addresses from X-Ray search in LinkedIn or any other site is a great trick to find the email addresses. There are plenty of tools to help you extract the email Id's.

Given below example shows how to find the email address and tools for extracting.

site:www.linkedin.com "oracle trainer" -jobs "mumbai" "gmail.com"

Sample results:

Vikram Nayak | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikram-nayak-a622b124

Pune Area, India - ‎Freelance Corporate Trainer - ‎YOU AND WE

--CDAC Authorised Centres (Mumbai and Pune) ... Mail id: vijayvikramrnayak@gmail.com / vijayvikramrnayak@yahoo.com. Tel: Res ... Senior Oracle Trainer(Manager-Oracle Track Lead) with the LnD team of Cap Gemini India Pvt. Ltd., 

Subramanyam) profiles | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/+/Subramanyam)

Current: Oracle Corporate Trainer at freelancer; Past: Oracle Trainer at logic ... University of Mumbai, Vivek Vidyalaya; Summary: A Senior Project Manager with a .... Summary: Email id: sunil.wizkid@gmail.com Specialties: • Data Structures ...

The Email Extractor:

Email Extractor is a Powerful email extraction extension for your Chrome. Extension automatically fetches valid available email ids from the web page which further you can copy paste particular email ids you need or export all of them to a text file.

This plugin fetches email ids from the Source Code and has no relevance to what you see on the front, so for example, if you see 3 email ids on the website, plugin may fetch more if it finds hidden email ids in the source.

Zoho Contact Info Extractor:2

Contact Details can be saved directly to Zoho CRM as a Lead or Contacts in just one click without even opening Zoho CRM in a separate tab.

This is how the extension works:

In Google Chrome, highlight any text be it email signature or the content in Contact Us page or the contact info in LinkedIn page,

Right click and “Add to Zoho CRM” from the contextual menu or you can directly click on “Zoho CRM” icon in the toolbar.

Information will be parsed automatically and will be shown in the popup menu in the extension. Verify the details and click on “Add to Leads/Contacts”. It will add those details in Zoho CRM.