Volume 1, Issue 21
December 5, 2000

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
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HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER

I always promise myself that the next issue will be shorter. However,
that altruistic notion often seems like a pipe dream. This issue has
a lot of freebies for recruiters. I'm not sure why everyone is being
so benevolent - maybe it's the approaching holidays.

I would also like to thank everyone who offered suggestions on how to
both improve recruiting and retention in the armed services. After
posting my request to both subscribers of this newsletter, as well as
both active duty, retirees, reservists, and civilians working in the
military, no one could have prepared me for the deluge of information
and very constructive and insightful suggestions and opinions. As of
this printing, I have received over 8,000 replies. However, because
of the volume, I elected to condense the responses to approximately
250 and provide this information to you and to all those who
corresponded. Expect to see another posting this month on these
replies. It should prove very valuable to any HR professional seeking
clues to improving recruitment and retention.

Before you race ahead to read the contents of this newsletter, let me
wish each and every one of you a most joyous holiday season.

Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SITES

Company Data Mining - free company, industry search

This site contains company profiles that vary from in-depth to
scant general data points, specialty lists such as "Companies that
are a blast to work for," original feature articles, and peer
columns.
http://www.careertech.com

This site has a comprehensive selection of insider details on
companies and industries, including message boards, topic channels,
quality rankings, a job board, relevant news, and free newsletters.
http://www.vaultreports.com

WetFeet has a variety of insider resources and exclusive content,
such as discussion boards with expert moderators, profiles of real
people by job title, in-depth industry and company profiles, news,
and a free newsletter.
http://www.wetfeet.com

Getting From Point A to Point B
This online map site features worldwide street maps, driving
directions in ten languages, and yellow-page listings to print,
e-mail, or save online.
http://www.mapblast.com"


SOFTWARE


SureCode Technologies provides Web-based solutions that virtually
eliminate the time, cost, and complexity normally associated with
putting data-driven business operations on the Web. Their flagship
product, the SureCode Web Database™ solution, allows anyone to
customize, brand, and deploy Web databases without writing a single
line of code. Of the 15 unique solutions they offer, I was especially
enamored with the Human Resource Management solution. It can help
you manage corporate competency information, find more job candidates,
and get more and better employee referrals. Listed below are some of
the active web sites that employ these HR solutions.
http://www.surecode.com/

Searching for a Job?
http://pb3.surecode.com/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?202:64:0
Job Bank Database, Search Page
http://pb3.surecode.com/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?202:20:0
Refer a Friend to HireStrategy
http://pb3.surecode.com/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201:92:0


Extend your searching power with tools designed to automate the
extraction of information on the Web. Businesses that depend on
time-sensitive data, such as resumes, gleaned from the Web represent
the target market for this company's software.
http://www.knowmadic.com/

Securely store sensitive password information with Critical Mass.
This handy utility is a snap to use, and provides warehouse storage
for Website passwords, software passwords, credit-card information,
remote system access, and more. An attractive interface and handy
picklist provide easy access to each available category. You can
easily copy information to the Clipboard, and launch associated
applications and Websites. Critical Mass also provides a fine
facility for password generation, custom reports, and ample security
in the form of password protection and encryption. Other features
include invalid access logging, automatic load with Windows, Internet
Explorer password recovery, multiple user support, and database
backup.
http://www.oak.total-web.net/~zemerick/


TIPS OF THE MONTH


Disguise Your E-mail Address JavaScript Have you ever gotten spam
email? Usually they get your name off of guestbooks, websites, etc...
because of mailto:Emailaddress@... links... But with this
script spammers can't get your email address off of the website this
script is on, because this generates the link in javascript, not
HTML!

Here's an example of the link generated: Username@... Looks
like a link, right? It is, but it is put together by putting
javascript variables together, and spammer tools cannot detect
javascript links. If you look at the source you will see and
understand how it is put together.

Script Code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript"> // Change these variables to your
email address // Do NOT change the name of them! name="Username"
at="@" domain="something.com" // Do NOT edit below this line! // It
will mess up the script! document.write("<A
HREF='mailto:"+name+""+at+""+domain+"'>"+name+""+at+""+domain+"</a>")
</script>

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There's good news and bad news about the Internet. You can go
everywhere you want, anytime you want to. But you're not going there
alone. Your computer keeps a history log, and the places you visit
keep a little piece of you. So whenever you surf the Net, your path
is marked and mapped. If you want to protect your privacy, follow a
few easy steps to cover your Internet tracks.

The file is called cookies.txt and normally resides off your local
harddrive in the C:\Program Files subdirectory. Look for either a
Netscape or Internet Explorer subdirectory. The initial format may
look the example below. In most cases, there is a lot more
information after these three lines. The secret to maintaining your
future privacy is to retrieve this file in your wordprocessor and
delete all the information below these three lines. Then resave the
file in ASCII or text format. Make sure that either Netscape or
Internet Explorer is not active before you edit and save this file.
One last step is to set the properties for the cookies.txt file as
Read Only. This way, the file will never again collect personal
information about you that can be used by others.

# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
# http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
# This is a generated file! Do not edit.


ARTICLES


Metasearch and Specialized Search
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2652839,00.html

How to surf the waves of online facts and figures
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/001204/nycu/infointro.botw.htm

E-Mail Secrets Revealed - Ten tips for more efficient messaging
http://www.hocmag.net/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/11/01/3
a1468e49

Defining the Corporate Web Site as a Talent Acquisition Tool
http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/whitepapers/website2.htm

Improving customer service through e-mail
http://www.earthweb.com/dlink.resource-jhtml.72.952.|repository||commo
n|content|article|19981101|dm_11serv|11serv~xml.0.jhtml?cda=true

Three ways headhunters can help
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/06/05/000605calist.xml

Companies Use Alternative Methods for Mass Hiring
http://hr.pro2net.com/x26533.xml

Selling Teens on IT
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV64_STO53880,00.html

Getting Personal - Customer service is key to business success
http://www.hocmag.net/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/11/01/3
a003f379?inarc=1

Finding the Right Mail Formula
http://www.mailutilities.com/index.html?nId=43

Get to Know Your Candidates
http://www.hr-today.com/recruiterspot.html

Fast-track training puts nontechies in IT jobs
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV64_STO54415,00.html

Post It and They Will Come - Message boards promote community -- and
your business
http://www.hocmag.net/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/11/01/3
a0030549

Benefits of Organizing Your Content Into Separate Domains
http://www.webposition.com/mp-current.htm#ONE

Best Practices for Fortune 500 Career Web Site Recruiting - new
report in Adobe format by Recruitsoft/iLogos Research
A very detailed and comprehensive report suitable for any corporate
reader interested in learning how to best meet the challenges of
recruiting in the Internet age. This audience may include a Vice
President for Human Resources, an online recruiting strategist, a
Director of Staffing Technologies, or an HR generalist wanting more
information the subject. The report is useful as well for the CEO,
COO and all corporate executives concerned with the mission critical
issue of employee recruiting.
http://www.recruitsoft.com/iLogosReports/

Web Site No-Nos
http://www.inc.com/articles/details/0,,ART20883,00.html

Selected Articles from The Wall Street Journal
More Companies Grant Sabbaticals To Attract Top Staff
The New Economy: Europe's Entrepreneurs Old Economy Companies Fight
Back In the War Over Employee Perks
Marketplace Software Helps Employers Sift Through Worker Pool
Focus on Small Business Tapping the Teacher Pool
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/dec/wsj.html


ODDS & ENDS


As widely reported in the press, the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has finally agreed to create
several new top level domains. ICANN blessed .biz, .pro, .aero,
.info, .name, .museum, and .coop. The only surprise in the widely
anticipated move was the lack of approval for several domains which
seemed to enjoy consensus support in the user community. Many people
thought ICANN would approve .web, .kids, and .xxx. Here's the text of
the ICANN resolution, and some background from Wired.
Resolution:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/la2000/archive/new-tld-res.html
Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40270,00.html

What does your phone number spell? - Enter a 6 to 10 digit phone
number and they'll show you what words and phrases your phone number
spells.
http://www.phonespell.org/


BOOKMARKS


List of Mailing Lists
http://www.inform.umd.edu/CompRes/WWWRes/WebTrack/lists.html

HR.com Tools - lots of good forms in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word
format.
http://www.hr.com/HRcom/general/HRTools.cfm

Search engines, including address and map searches
http://www.inform.umd.edu/UMS+State/UMD-Projects/MCTP/Technology/Searc
hEngines.html

433 University of Maryland College Park Computer Science User Home
Pages
http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/

CLO Alumni Contact List
http://grove.ufl.edu/~clo/alumni/alumni.html


FREEBIES


Free Resumes & Job Postings - at last count, there were over 250+
resumes in their database. Check out the Human Resources jobs.
http://www.jobgorilla.com/

Free Resumes & Job Postings - a niche site for Linux professionals.
My extraction uncovered 61 resumes of which 14 were overseas
andidates.
http://mojolin.com/i

Free Resumes & Job Postings - USJobBoard.com offers recruiters and HR
professionals quick, easy and free web-based job posting, and free
access to hundreds of new resumes weekly.
http://www.usjobboard.com/

Employers looking to hire recruiters and recruiters looking for new
positions will now find it easier to locate each other through a new
online service devoted exclusively to bringing recruiters and
employers together. This web-based connection offers employers a
faster, easier and cost-free way to find experienced recruiters
specializing in their specific industries. Similarly, this service
provides recruiters a free, consolidated source of available
recruiting positions. The site also maintains a real-time recruiter
compensation survey, and additional information of interest to
recruiters.
http://www.recruiterseek.com/

Free Job Postings - a niche site for Java professionals.
http://www.jguru.com/

Free Job Posting Sites - well reviewed site of 9 free job posting
sites.
http://hr.careersite.com/perl/vrui/VRDInfo/top/msgdb/ui.crosspost.list
.all?xid=2502.3a2c8635.0

GO Jobs offers a free 30-day trial for unlimited job postings! To
qualify, you must have a minimum of 10 job openings. Your trial will
start as soon as the 10th job is entered. They will cross-post your
jobs to major free sites.
http://www.gojobs.com/eftsignup.asp

Free Resumes - emailed to you based on your specific skill and
industry preferences.
http://www.resumewahoo.com

Free Current Resumes - dot.coms come and go, but seldom are they nice
enough to offer outsourcing services for their former employees. At
last count, there were approximately 60 resumes, all in Adobe PDF
format.
http://www.kibupeople.com/

Free 30 day trial license of ReviewNet's employer-focused, high
performance profiling, skills assessment, & remote verification
interviewing.
http://www.reviewnet.net/RequestMoreInformation.html

Free Job Posting - LatPro.com is the leading source for Spanish and
Portuguese jobs.
http://www.latpro.com/

jobs.com recently soft-launched a free applicant tracking system
called Online Recruiter. They are going to be conducting an official
online demo/training session around mid-December to go through the
various tools and functions, as well as unveil a few key add-ons that
are planned over the next few weeks and months.
http://www.jobs.com/RecruiterOnline/

Backup Internet Access Providers Revisited
Free Internet Access Guide -
http://www.dailyedeals.com/free_internet/access.htm
List of Free Internet Service Providers -
http://www.expage.com/isp4free
Juno - http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/
NetZero - http://gold.netzero.net/servlets/signup
MicroPortal - http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/altavista/
My-FreeNet - http://belo.1stup.com/download.php3?subpartner_id=1

Your Own Email - here is an account I recently set up that receives
email notices of free samples from a new site entitled
"freesamples.com". Freesamples is a new e-marketing venture that will
ship up to four freebies in a box.
Free Email - http://www.myownemail.com
Username/Address: SOURCERERSAPPRENTICE@...
Password: december

MakeWorkEasy bridges the resource gap by providing an online
business-to-business marketplace for buyers and sellers of IT
services in the U.S.
http://www.makeworkeasy.com

Create professionally formatted, printed invoices in minutes with
this free online invoicing product. Freeworks' online invoicing tool
allows you to print and send invoices effortlessly. Your time and
expenses are automatically filled in, along with your customer's
billing information.
http://inc.freeworks.com/splash/accountsreceivable.asp
http://www.freeworks.com/

Imagine being an instant expert in technologies such as: JAVA, C++,
SQL Server and Visual Basic! Wouldn't it be great if you could ask
job candidates the most detailed technical questions about all of the
hottest technologies? Set up your new account now and have your
account immediately credited with 2 free evaluations.
http://www.viCareerMatch.com/Registration.asp

Workbase develops online recruiting solutions. Our core products are
Dove, a private label job board for your corporate web site and Arby,
a resume management system. Now you can quickly post openings to your
corporate web site, take responses, locate qualified candidates from
your private pool of candidates, match them to open requisitions, and
forward them to hiring managers.
http://www.workbase.com/


TRAINING SCHEDULE


Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES
Develop a focused Internet recruiting strategy for only $199!
Participate in an all-day, hands-on workshop on December 14 in Falls
Church, Virginia. Work at a comfortable pace and conduct actual
Internet recruiting searches on a live workstation dedicated to you.
Be one of only 20 participants per workshop, using state-of-the-art
computer systems with high-speed T1 Internet access. (Participants
who register and prepay at least two weeks in advance of class date
also receive a $20 cash rebate at class to cover parking, breakfast
and lunch) Onsite Corporate training is also available.
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


SELECT LOCAL EVENTS


Maryland Technology Showcase Open Session
The Baltimore Convention Center
1 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Location: Room 341
Thursday, December 7, 2000, 2:15-3:15pm
http://www.mdtechshowcase.com/agenda.htm#techsmart

THE 2 R'S OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

Moderator: Bret Hollander, President, NETRECRUITER; Joseph Haberman,
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles; Barbara Mitchell, President and CEO,
Millennium Group, Patrick McCabe, Chief Operating Officer, Newbridge
Networks.

Best Practice Models - or what our company does or recommends to
other companies regarding: Effective Techniques for Recruiting IT
Professionals, Increasing Employee Retention, Recruiting on Campus,
Recruiting on the Internet.

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TOPS (Technology Opportunities Program for Students)
George Mason University - Johnson Center, Fairfax, Virginia Campus
Friday, January 5, 2001 10:00am to 3:00pm
http://www.localsponsors.com/tops2001/


ADVERTISERS


These are all the firms that have asked me to showcase their services
or post an announcement. This is for your information only. I do not
support or represent any of these firms.


Authoria HR 3.0 is the web-based application that delivers
personalized, intelligent answers to employees' questions about
benefits and HR policies, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
http://www.authoria.com/

Access to hundreds of thousands of resumes for $49.00 a month!
Thousands of new resumes added every week.
http://www.zillionresumes.com/p/z.pl?action=join&itemid=ZR1049

The Recruiter's Bible informs readers of 375+ free sites to view
resumes; 405 sites to post free job ads; 145 associations and
organizations online that offer free resume referrals; newsgroups and
mailing lists where candidates lurk; plus a valuable list of paid
sites that offer free trials.
http://www.therecruitersbible.com/

Career Coach - a web based career assessment. Profiles Career Coach
does an analysis of an individual's thinking style, occupational
interests, and job-related behavioral traits and compiles the data
into an accurate picture of the individual.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gately/carcoa.htm

JobsInLogistics.com leads Monster.com in the number of Logistics
Management positions and they are more than ten times larger than any
other niche Logistics recruiting site.
http://www.JobsInLogistics.com

MyBizOffice can help you consolidate and manage resources, and
consummate deals with consultants whom you may not otherwise be able
to engage.
http://www.mybizoffice.com/

Softstream is an information technology products and services company
committed to delivering practical solutions to clients needs - on
time and in a manner that exceeds expectations.
http://www.softstream.net/

CareerPal.com, the database for HRPal.com attracts up to 100,000 new
job seekers every week. You can expect to find professionals with a
variety of skills such as: accounting, executives, finance, banking,
engineering, IS, IT, Networking, computer, programming, Java, c++,
CEO, sales, sales management, customer service, Internet and more.
http://www.hrpal.com

Finding qualified Oracle talent doesn't have to be painful.
Orajobs.com automates the recruiting process, reducing your time to
hire as much as 80%! Though their best-match process, they provide
you with straight-forward tools to identify, qualify and hire
in-demand talent faster than ever before.
http://www.orajobs.com/

Are you still seeking Oracle DBAs or Application Developers? Reach
over 370,000 Oracle professionals in the next issue of Oracle
Magazine!
http://www.RecruitmentAds.com

The new Oracle Job Network now has a resume database of over 12,000
Oracle candidates.
http://www.oracjobs.com

Internet Career Center maintains a database of positions and resumes
for use by both job seekers and employers.
http://www.iccnc.com/

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