The Sourcerer's Apprentice Has Moved to a New Blog Format

Please go to: http://www.netrecruiter.net

I just posted my latest blog article on 7/12/09, entitled "Zooming in on Passive
Candidates". It should definitely interest you, since you are always in need
finding more passive candidates. I think you will find ZoomInfo an excellent
resource and my article a great way for you to achieve even more success. All
the best.

Bret Hollander
EditMaster

Minimizing Your Costs: Using Push Technology to Effectively Source
Your Candidates

Ask most large companies and they well tell you that they presently
use some fee-based resume service such as Monster, Career Builder, or
Hot Jobs. Not only do they post their job openings on these sites,
but they regularly extract resumes to put into their applicant
tracking systems for further review.

There normally is a cost associated with job postings, and this fee
can be reduced substantially when placing a larger number of
requests. The site also charges for access to its resume database,
and in some cases, places a limit on the amount of resumes that can
be extracted in one day, or even a certain period.

The main problem in posting a job on these massive sites is knowing
that a large percentage of your responses are going to be way off
from your acceptance threshold, and that your recruitment staff is
going be saddled with unnecessary time spent looking for those few
needles in the haystack. Think about the metrics and costs associated
with posting a $300 job, reviewing all the responses, and eventually
arriving at a handful of prospective candidates – your process costs
will easily be tenfold or more in man-hours.

The alternative, or as these sites will promote themselves heavily on
this other ability, is that you can look at their ever renewing
database of professional candidates. So you begin a simple search and
then refine it to arrive at a sampling of 20-30 folks, who you now
have to review, and then make a decision whether to accept or reject,
contact now or in the future, and ultimately bring closure to this
search. How long did this exercise take? How often do you repeat it
for each requirement you have?

Is there a best practice metric that says the average cost from
identification of job need to hire should be $XXX, If there is, I
haven't seen one. I have seen time-to-fill statistics in terms of
days, and other similar metrics measured more by time. Not knowing
the actual costs associated with a hire, because it's sometime hard
to determine the actual equation or what resources you will use in
the formula, can eventually take the wind out of a lot of sails.

But what if there was another way. An extremely inexpensive and
efficient system. A way in which metrics could still be used, but not
so much to measure monetary expenditures, but to track best practice
models.

I call this system "push technology". The opposite would be a
scenario whereby you were tasked to go and catch (pull technology)
100 perch. So you set out in your boat with your super-duper fish
finder and eventually (about 100 gallons of gas later), you find
that "perfect" spot and start baiting your hooks with tasty live
worms and put out several rods. A hour or so later, you discover that
your catch is okay, but not nearly what you need to complete your
task, so you call out on your mobile radio to have someone send over
more fishing poles so you can make your goal before nightfall. Those
100 perch will end up costing two to three times per pound than if
you just went to your local market.

To maximize your costs, you need to leverage technology that
specifically targets a candidate based on your specific requirements.
This technology must reach out and communicate this need, effectively
respond to the reply, and then provide some sort of follow-up to
ensure an ongoing relationship.

The answer is no more job postings in the conventional sense. No more
extraction of resumes to be processed either manually or in a limited
fashion by any applicant tracking system. No more wasted time hanging
a shingle out and seeing what traffic comes to your door.

Since 1998 I have used this application in my daily recruiting
practice. I have reviewed it countless times in my newsletter,
demonstrated it both at major conventions, and included it as a
mainstay and top ten tool in all my classes and guidebooks. It
literally transforms me into a superhuman recruiter on a shoestring
budget who can outperform a staff and budget that exceeds his cost a
hundred fold.

The product is made by a Dayton, Ohio firm called Infogist
(www.infogist.com). This flagship application for recruiters is
called Resume infoFinder Platinum. Platinum is an ever evolving tool
that rents for $4200 per year for one user and then $200 more for
each additional user.

In the right hands, regardless of company size or number of
requirements, one licensee could easily maximize this technology and
deliver the results expected by company management.

I encourage you to take it out on a test drive. If you need more
time, beyond the initial free trial usage, please call their big
chief, Ron Crompton, at (800) 547-9117, x202, and tell them that you
read about their product from the Sourcerer's Apprentice, and would
like to get a further extension of time to properly and
comprehensively evaluate this cutting edge tool for Internet
recruiters.

In my next posting, I will detail the various ways I leverage
this application in my daily use. You will learn how to use this
incredible technology, along with pitfalls to avoid, in reaching out
and grabbing all your future hires.

The other day I received an email from a colleague of mine, detailing
another unique way of exploiting the Google search engine to identify
candidate streams. His Boolean formula used several of the Google
Advanced Operators to target a specific application extension file
that is commonly created to track a large list of people.

And then I thought about what I hear often, as to the
phrase, "thinking out-of-the-box."

As a recruiter, when someone talks about a resume, I normally think
of either an attached file to an email message in Microsoft Word, or
some proprietary format displayed as a dynamic link culled from the
search of a resume database.

Yet, there are many ways that a resume can be created. Here are some
of the more common applications and their extensions.

Microsoft Word (doc), Rich Text Format (rtf), Ascii Text (txt), Adobe
(pdf), WordPerfect (wpd), Microsoft Works (wps)

When people go online looking for work they often either post their
resume on an existing database or get more creative and develop a
personal web space to store a copy of their resume or even showcase
it in HTML format.

So, if you were looking for someone indexed by Google, who had a
resume using one of the above common word processing applications,
you can imagine how simple it would be to construct a Boolean search
string to find these types of documents.

(filetype:doc OR filetype:wpd OR filetype:wps OR filetype:pdf OR
filetype:rtf OR filetype:txt) AND (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume)
AND "software engineer"

The search string above uses all five application extensions with an
OR operator, followed by another targeted operator that says the
word "resume" must lie either in the HTML title or somewhere within
the body of the URL. The last item is simply what skill set or job
position, or anything you want to target your specific search should
be. It can be a single phrase as I have shown, or a series of "must
haves." For example:

…AND "software engineer" AND java AND j2ee

Before you shift back to sourcing mode, remember that there are many
names for a resume as well…

http://spaces.msn.com/members/sourcerersapprentice/

Do you remember the heady days of recruiting (circa 1997-2001), when
companies were relabeling their HR Recruitment division as a core
competency and lavishly spending thousand of dollars on their staff
for training and conferences and the best giveaways trinkets at job
fairs.

Those were the days my friend. I thought they'd never end. Oh, to
resurrect another Computerworld conference on recruiting. That was
the hot ticket then. Even an opportunity to talk to a lot of non-
recruiters at a SHRM conference was a blast as well.

Of all my trips down memory lane, the most resounding shocker was the
aftermath of all that knowledge that was bestowed to a recruiter
attending a conference or a specialized course on recruiting. If you
happened to see them again at their office, you would be proud to
find a copy of their conference manual or even their training course
book. Not a page was bent, it resided firmly in the bookcase for all
to see, and upon closer inspection one could discern a little bit of
dust.

Could they have digested that information overload? Were they
perceived as the new recruiting disciples of their company? Had their
salaries jumped several folds since that training a long time ago?

In 2003, while waiting for my connection back to the US, I was
hovering over a display monitor at Narita Airport in Japan. Out of
nowhere, someone reaches over my cubicle and lightly taps me on the
shoulder and says, "Are you Bret Hollander?"

At that moment, I was conjuring all the things I could have said, but
all that came out was "Yes."

It turns out that this individual had attended both a presentation I
made at the national Computerworld conference in 1999, and had also
attended one of my hands-on classes at the University of Virginia
campus in Falls Church, VA. She proceeded to lavish me with all sorts
of accolades and just the amazement to have run into me so far from
home.

As the conversation eventually circled back to how she was doing in
recruiting, what she had learned, and how she was applying her
knowledge, she halted for a moment and then secretly admitted that
she found most of the information too daunting to try, or had failed
after a few tries, and had resorted to just plying the fee-based
resume sites paid for by her company.

As I sat in my seat on the way home, I reflected on her admission.
Were most recruiters still doing their recruiting, as if nothing had
passed by their eyes or ears? Was all this information just cool to
talk about?

Of the thousands of recruiters I had personally taught, attended a
conference session that I gave, or were avid readers of this
newsletter, how many are truly at the forefront of their art today,
and applying those lessons learned five years later?

Please use the COMMENTS section on my new BLOG SITE to boast about
how far you have come with recruiting, and how you have applied the
knowledge. It will be a great sell for you as other recruiters learn
about you.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/sourcerersapprentice/

Dear Diehard Readers of the Sourcerer's Apprentice,

It was inevitable. Along would come another technology to surpass the
announcement board. You all know it as BLOG-ging.

The best part is now I don't have to brag or wonder how many people
are reading my tidbits of recruitology.

If you like it or even object to my verbosity, you will comment. That
is called FEEDBACK. And being your ever so humble Editmaster, I
sincerely hope you shower me with those thingamajigs.

So as 2005 ends, it is only fit to start anew.

POINT YOUR BROWSER TO:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/sourcerersapprentice/

Comments or even suggested material can be sent to:

Sourcerers_Apprentice@...


                   ******** SEE YOU THERE *********

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE - August 2004 Issue

Volume 5, Issue 2
August 11, 2004

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

_______________________________________________


HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


On the move again. Four homes in the span of four years, and all
within a few miles of each other. In about ten more years, when I am
an empty nester, I am going to buy a Class A Motorhome, deck it out
with all things electronic and go city to city helping those
downtrodden firms who haven't figured out how to harness the
Internet
to solve their recruitment needs. And never again will I have to
unpack another box, paint a wall, mow the grass, or shovel snow.


Bret Hollander
Editmaster


TOP TEN KILLER APPS (in alphabetical order)

1. Advanced Maillist Verify - free 30 day trial
http://www.mailutilities.com/amv/?famv_425

2. BlackWidow - free 30 day full trial
http://softbytelabs.com/Frames.html

3. cBizOne - free 60 day trial
http://cbizsoft.com/

4. Copernic Agent Professional – Basic version is free
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/professional.html

5. Email Address Pro
http://www.a1soft.com/emext.htm

6. ProAutoResponder - 30 day unconditional money-back guarantee
http://proautoresponder.com/

7. ResumeGrabber- free 10 day trial
http://www.egrabber.com/resumegrabber/index.html

8. Resume infoFinder Platinum - free 3 day trial
http://www.infoGIST.com/cgi-bin/buildform.pl?id=6mkdR773

9. ResumePipe
http://www.crystalsoftware.com.au/resumepipe.html

10. WorldMerge
http://www.coloradosoft.com/download.htm


SITES


Easy E-mail Marketing from Microsoft – 30 day Free Trial
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/products/online/lb/detail.mspx

For most small businesses, permission-based e-mail marketing
campaigns are the most cost-effective way to reach new and existing
customers. List Builder is the e-mail marketing software of choice.
Use it to quickly and easily create professional-looking e-mail
newsletters, targeting different customer segments with personalized
messages. You can also:

> Use HTML templates to send professional e-mail newsletters and
announcements, or import and send your own HTML messages.
> Use personalization features to address your e-mail recipients by
name.
> Send targeted campaigns based on subscribers' demographic
information.
> Track your e-mail marketing campaigns in real time to see how many
recipients received, opened and clicked on links within your e-mail.


Yahoo Groups - FREE
http://groups.yahoo.com/

An easy way for groups of people to communicate on the Internet.

• Discuss sourcing tips, best practices, upcoming events, and more
• Share photos & files, plan events, send a newsletter
• Stay in touch with professional colleagues


SOFTWARE


Six Degrees 2.0 - free Lite Version
http://www.ralstontech.com/downloads/Clarity-2.0.5-Setup.exe

Six Degrees 2.0 is a desktop search engine designed to quickly find e-
mail messages, file attachments, and people.

• Works with your existing mail accounts and supports import
from most major mail clients
• Cross-platform for Windows® 2000/XP and Mac OS® X
• Search-and-click, browser-based interface includes advanced
search and full text search
• Free Lite Edition (with no ads of any kind)
• Dynamic QuickFilters provide instant mail filtering with no
setup
• Summary view automatically shows important items
• Private and secure—runs on your local machine


The Power of Many... With The Work of Few
http://proautoresponder.com/

It's a well-established fact that autoresponders are a necessary tool
for recruiting online, because they automate the follow-up contact
process. This means few (people) can do the work of many (people.)
OFFline, people do not establish rapport with each other instantly,
so why is it that online recruiters think it is different in this
faceless ONline medium we call the web? The simple fact is that
recruiting someone is a process, and online this process takes
longer ... unless you engage more of the senses people use.


A Merger Worth Investing In
http://www.coloradosoft.com/download.htm

Create personalized messages you send via standard Internet email,
fast and easy. You don't have to print letters, stuff and stamp
envelopes and wait several days for a response. Open your contact
databases directly with no tricky importing.  If you store your
customer information in Microsoft Access or Excel, or if you already
have an email list in Eudora or Outlook, you can open that contact
file directly in WorldMerge.

Once you have a targeted email list, you can create email merge
templates.  You write one message that will be sent to all the people
on your list, except now you can "drop" in database fields you wish
to be merged (ex: Dear [[first name]]).

When your contact receives your message, it will be individually
addressed with personal data merged into the message body.  And you
won't have to reveal your list of email addresses in the CC:
field. No more "Dear Valued Customer" form letters!

The source of WorldMerge's email merge power is your contact
database.  By opening your databases directly, WorldMerge gives you
the ability to:

Filter and/or manually select your contacts into highly targeted
email lists.


ODDS & ENDS


Here are three critical numbers if you work in the Washington DC area
to give out to those special clients of yours that have been
pestering, annoying, calling you in the wee morning hours, or are
just downright NASTY.

202-452-7468
410-347-1488
703-912-1725

and while you're in Florida vacationing, here are a few more:

305-241-0033 (Miami)
407-338-0036 (Orlando)
321-844-0033 (Melbourne)
561-986-0035 (West Palm)
954-287-0023 (Ft. Lauderdale)
Florida1: 321-485-0033
Florida2: 772-974-0041
Florida3: 786-743-0033

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Home Page -> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SourcerersApprentice
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reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE - April 2004 Issue

Volume 5, Issue 1
April 26, 2004

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

_______________________________________________


HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Everyone enjoying their 80-hour work weeks? It only seems fair when
our industry took a nosedive in 2002-2003, that now when unemployment
is down and the need for good talent is up, the recruiting community
is once again feeling the "good" effects of late hours,
demanding schedules, and the consuming of one's nutrition while
sitting at a desk, staring at a computer screen, and conversing with
applicants via speaker phone.

I can just envision the day when all this subsides and I can take my
vacation and use it to sleep, catch up on world news, and see what a
day with sunshine looks like!


Bret Hollander
Editmaster


REVIEWS


ResumeGrabber

For those of you who do not have soup-to-nuts applicant tracking
systems, and spend too much time processing resumes, enter the
SOLUTION!!! Imagine a software application that can enter resumes
received via e-mail, Word, or other electronic method into a contact
manager allowing you to more readily manage, track and search for
candidates in the database. By simply highlighting the candidate
contact information in the resume, a new candidate record is created
in your contact management system. The key fields are automatically
populated, as well as the extraction of keywords; the resume is
attached to the contact record and also copied into a notes page for
easy searching. The software is compatible with all major and
emerging online tracking systems, as well as commercial off-the-shelf
packages such as ACT!, Goldmine, Microsoft Outlook and other
databases. The latest version has got the additional functionality of
populating details to a Resume Submission form in an Online Applicant
Tracking Software which is done at a click of a button by
highlighting the contact information in the resume. Download a free
trial version for 10 days or to transfer 50 resumes whichever occurs
earlier. You are provided free telephone support during the trial
period.
http://www.egrabber.com/resumegrabber/index.html


Resume infoFinder Platinum Revisited

I had the recent opportunity to demonstrate this product using
snapshots of each of its features. Try it out for a free trial. If
you find that the trial time is not enough to try all of its
features, simply call Ron at 800-547-9117 and tell him that the SA
has asked to give you another week extension.
Features: http://www.netrecruiter.net/sa/2004/rplfeat.doc
http://www.infoGIST.com/cgi-bin/buildform.pl?id=6mkdR773



TIPS AND TRICKS


Not much has changed in search equations. However, I did run across
this string recently and found that it consistently returned resume
results. As you can see from the example, I was using it to expand my
niche focus on the intelligence community. Try it out on any search
engine you want from Alta Vista to Google.

(title:resume OR url:resume) AND ("TS/SCI" AND analyst) AND
NOT (interview OR example OR sample OR job OR career)


SITES


What Brand Are You? At The Design Conspiracy, they've noticed a
growing trend for silly, irrelevant and often unpronounceable names
brought about by expensive re-branding exercises. So far they've
seen "Aviva", "Monday", "Accenture," and the potty "Consignia". But
why sell the company jet to pick up a moniker that suits your brand?
Simply enter your name, choose your values and your goals and, Hey
Prestognia!, your new name will be automatically displayed -
absolutely free of charge.
http://www.whatbrandareyou.com/


Laid off employees from Nortel Networks – Free resume database
search.
http://www.grandslamtalent.com/


There are times when MS Word just can't find the correct word for
the occasion. Here is your chance to impress your colleagues with
your command of the English language.
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/


Looking for a Job? Want to know who has got a new contract? Trying to
find a home for your bench of engineers? US DoD Contracts valued at
$5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m. Contract
announcements issued within the past 30 days are listed here.
http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/


Sign up now for a personal email address. You'll get a free email
address you can use for the rest of your life. It won't go away when
you change jobs; it won't go away when you graduate; it won't go away
when you change Internet Service Providers. No matter what happens in
your life, your family and friends will always be able to reach you
at your SoftHome address.
http://www.softhome.net/


SOFTWARE


Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp


Free Javascript Calendar & Many More Utilities
http://www.webpage-tools.com/createcalendar.asp


ARTICLES


Google Improves Searches In a Number of Ways
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24192-2004Jan17?
language=printer


List of the Ten Most Wanted Documents for 2004
http://www.netrecruiter.net/sa/2004/mostwant.doc


TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS


YES! I want to increase my recruiting efforts and save time by
automatically following up with my HOT prospects. Please sign me up
for my FREE GetResponse account.
http://www.getresponse.com/orderfree.html?10000


Before making big decisions at work, school or in life, wouldn't it
be easier to seek out ideas and get feedback prior to taking action?
Zoomerang makes it as easy as sending an email. A Free Basic
Membership includes: up to 30 questions per survey, multiple pages,
creation of survey questions and answers in almost any language,
reporting on maximum of 100 responses per survey, and survey data
stored for only 10 days after survey launch.
http://www.zoomerang.com/login/index.zgi


Download the free, 30-day tryout version of Adobe® Acrobat® 6.0
Professional software and take advanced control over your document
exchange, review, and output.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html

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reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE - December 2003 Issue

Volume 4, Issue 2
December 15, 2003

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

_______________________________________________


HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


About a month ago, I am sitting in a class about prospecting when the
instructor pulls out a statistic that says that over 90% of all home
listings or sales are via referrals. In other words, if you don't
have an established referral network or are not working toward one,
you won't succeed very well as a real estate agent.

Now you may be asking yourself why am I talking about real estate,
when this newsletter and everything you have known me for, pertains
to recruiting.

Well it all began to come together, or you may think fall apart,
around May of 2002. At that point in my life, I got the debilitating
news that my wife wanted a divorce. It was further exacerbated by
decision to leave the U.S. without the kids. You can imagine the
upturned life that slowly began to take form.

Well, now it's nearly 18 months since that event and my ex and I
are very amicable and our kids live equal time between their parents.
And my kids are straight-A students and have lots of friends, and
everything seems to be okay, as okay can be had when one is parenting
a 10yo boy and 12yo (going on 21) girl.

During the middle of last year I opted to leverage my network and
explore the realm of real estate. I soon secured my license in
Maryland, followed by Virginia, and am now hoping for my DC one in
February. I further got certification to lease residential property,
represent senior citizens, work with transitioning military, and
pursue commercial real estate.

So far, my days are still made up with contingent and retained search
recruiting, while my nights and weekends are devoted to real estate.
Basically, I get out of my home office enough now to longer feel like
a cabin rat.

As my instructor continued on, he suggested an excellent way to
promote this network was in the form of a newsletter. But the
newsletter shouldn't be focused or real estate, but on helpful,
everyday, tips and tricks for people. As I thought about what she was
saying, I realized that my dormant newsletter has been dormant too
long and should return to its monthly distribution.

Hence, consider this a rebirth of sorts, and a wish that I can
continue giving each of you interesting information that may assist
you in your careers or just bring a few more chuckles into your lives.

Seasons Greeting and All the Best to You and Yours. May 2004 Bring
Enjoyment and New Hopes, Dreams and Peace to Your Household.


Bret Hollander
Editmaster


REVIEWS


Resume infoFinder Platinum

Each time I call Ron Crompton, one of the principals at infoGist, he
has another piece of WOW that he has added to his incredible meta-
search engines. Whether you are searching for business information,
trying to find a job, or hoping to find an easy way to capture all
your resumes and seamlessly put them into your applicant tracking
system. All I can say is there is nothing I have seen since 1998 that
parallels the robustness of his product line in terms of both
leveraging your time and money. There are so many bells and whistles
to my favorite, Resume infoFinder Platinum, that I invite you to try
it out for a free trial. If you find that the trial time was not
sufficient to exploit all of its features, simply call Ron at 800-547-
9117 and tell him that Bret has asked to give you another week
extension.
http://www.infoGIST.com/cgi-bin/buildform.pl?id=6mkdR773


ePrompter

If a search engine can look at multiple sites and compile results in
one easy to view screen, they how about one for email addresses from
different accounts outside of your company server. For example: AOL,
Hotmail, Yahoo, Earthlink, Email.com, iName, Juno, Lycos, Mail.com,
Mindspring, MSN, Netscape, POP3, OneBox, Rediffmail, SBC Yahoo,
Switchboard, USA.net and hundreds of other email domains. The
"meta" in this free application comes from the fact that it
can automatically and simultaneously check and retrieve your email
messages from up to 16 password protected email accounts. And once
those new messages have been retrieved, ePrompter notifies you which
accounts have new messages and how many new messages you have in each
account.
http://www.eprompter.com/


SITES


Come All Ye Jobseekers

If your company is lacking a robust solution to displaying its jobs
and having applicants apply to those jobs, look no further than this
extremely low cost solution from MyWebJobs.com. As a recruiter, you
can instantly update your opportunities online, direct traffic back
to your own recruiting website vs. paying lots of $$$ to other job
sites, and best of all, put as much pizazz as you want in your job
descriptions using a built-in HTML editor.
http://mywebjobs.com


Tickle

Just when you thought no one appreciates you anymore, here is a nifty
site to test your intelligence, and then let the world know how smart
you are. I took the test and got a score of 131 – hopefully that
was a good sign. It basically concluded that I'm a Word Warrior.
It goes on to say that I can easily make sense of complex issues and
take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. My strengths
also make me a visionary. Even without trying I am able to come up
with lots of new and creative ideas. Right on the button –
wouldn't you agree? LOL
http://www.emode.com/tests/uiq/


My Name in Big Letters

How long do web sites last? Apparently, a long time. I just
discovered my business profile on Monster.com, which was created
around 2001. As you can see, some of the information has changed. I
have never subscribed to this premier job and resume database site,
but I seem to still be getting good exposure as an HR expert. Thank
you Monster!!!
http://hr.monster.com/experts/hollander/


Parlez Vous Francais

Imagine a company web site that talks about itself in several
different languages. Imagine being able to convert you English web
site to other languages effortlessly and free. Just type in your
domain name and then choose Translate. TopSites can generate web
sites into eight languages that include: Español, Français,
Deutsch, Italiano, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese.
http://top-site.net/update.htm


SOFTWARE


MagicKillah

Who doesn't hate pop-ups? Whether they are the ones that appear
on your screen out of nowhere, or those you must tolerate if you want
to use some software that is supported with ad pop-ups. Well, here is
a great freeware utility that can be customized and updated to weed
out most of your unwanted pop-ups. I use it a lot when I'm
relaxing and playing my favorite board game of bridge on
www.pogo.com. This site is notorious for ad pop-up screens, but I
don't see them anymore with this great app.
http://www.magickillah.nl/


Instant Meta Tag Generator

Meta tags are very important when it comes to search engines
spidering your page. Most important, however, is usually the TITLE
tag. Instant Meta Tag Generator creates basically all of the tags
that you will need to place between your HEAD tags of your page,
including title, description, keywords, revisit-after and copyright.
Simply fill in the blanks and the program will generate the code for
you, which can easily be copied to the clipboard for pasting. No
bells and whistles are available for tinkering, it does one very
focused job which slightly lightens the burden of beginner HTML
enthusiasts.


Effortless Lead Processing

Here is a very simple tool to capture job leads, candidate addresses
and resumes from email, attachments, web forms, and job boards into
your contact manager. And if you want to jump to business
information, you can also capture sales leads and contact data from
email, online yellow pages, websites, address lists, web form
responses, and many more into your contact manager or address book.
And the best part is that it comes with a free 15-day trial.
http://www.egrabber.com/


Are You a Broadcaster or a Whisperer

If you are a Broadcaster like me, ensuring that your email
distribution list is still accurate is essential. Who wants to see
half of a list of 5000 email addresses come back as undeliverable.
Maintenance is essential since people go in and out of new and old
email addresses daily. This is a nifty tool for verifying these
addresses without sending any address an actual message.
http://www.mailutilities.com/amv/?famv_425


Asterisk Key

Memorization has never been my strong suit. If it had, I would have
most probably gotten a BFA degree from Maryland and been in some form
of entertainment today. So you can imagine my frustration have to
remember over 100-200 unique passwords for all the places I need to
use one. So, coming to my rescue was this freeware product called
Asterisk Key which shows passwords hidden under asterisks, as well as
hidden passwords on password dialog boxes and web pages. Now from
that description, you can imagine all the things you shouldn't do
with this utility, but the things that can make your day a little
easier.
http://www.lostpassword.com/asterisk.htm


ARTICLES


Protect Yourself From Internet Fraud and Identity Theft
http://www.netrecruiter.net/sa/2003/december/fraud.htm

Block Messenger Pop-Ups

Every day I receive over 100 spam messages on my business computer
that simply pop up on my computer screen. After a little research, I
discovered that this spamming technique uses Windows' built-in
Messenger service, which sends messages in a broadcast across a
network. The way to block these annoying messages is to disable the
Messenger service. In Windows XP, you can do this through the Start |
Settings | Control Panel. Navigate to Administrative Tools |
Services. Double-click on Messenger and click on Stop. Then set the
Startup Type to Disable. Click on OK and the pop-up spam will be
blocked. Network administrators have used the Messenger service (not
to be confused with the MSN Messenger instant-messaging clients) to
broadcast notices to all network users, but these days they're much
more likely to use e-mail. On most networks, the Messenger service is
simply not needed, and it's certainly useless when your system is not
connected to a network. Windows 95, 98, and Me do not have this
problem, as they receive such Net messages only when the WinPopup
applet is running.


FREEBIES


The National Scenic Byways Program is happy to provide its America's
Byways™ map free to the public.
http://www.byways.org/map_request.html

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SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE - Summer 2003 Issue

Volume 4, Issue 1
June 11, 2003

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
_______________________________________________


HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


A year has passed and this once prolific writer and trainer seems to
have almost vanished off the face of this earth. Suffice it to say,
a major change in my personal life caused me to seriously alter my
priorities and responsibilities. Now, more than a year since that
fateful event, my mind and body are showing signs of a great
recovery, and the enthusiasm to publish this newsletter has
returned. However, you will note that this issue says
"Summer" instead of a particular month. Until the market
changes like the heydays of 2000-2001, it's probable that most HR
professionals are more concerned with their careers than exploring
innovative sourcing techniques. Hence, I will endeavor to search out
and find all these goodies and package them up into four issues per
year.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS

This is probably the most important part of this e-zine as it
showcases what I like to call, my killer apps or applications. This
is based on several factors: the WOW affect, robustness, ease of
use, and a low price. On this issue, I am reviewing an Applicant
Tracking System for small and mid-market segments of the
staffing/recruiting/consulting industry, and a Resume Search/Capture
and Communicate system for any recruitment operation.


cBizOne
http://www.cbizsoft.com/
I can't say enough about this terrific killer app. It just does
everything I ever expected or wanted in an Applicant Tracking
System. It's been free to use thus far and will be going live as
an online ASP on July 1st. But check out the monthly price, the
level of friendly and accessible customer support, the rave reviews
by anyone who has come in contact with this software, or try it out
yourself and you will be as amazed and WOWed as I am I am
referencing a very well written review and article by Allan Schweyer
on this application. If you want to register and freely join the
site it was published on, follow the link below.
Review (look below the Contact Information for review):
http://www.hr.com/hrcom/index.cfm/114/3C3827F7-C51D-4633-
B8BE20C9FB432684
Pricing: http://www.cbizsoft.com/Products_pricing.htm
Free Download Version 2.0.12:
http://www.cbizsoft.com/download/cbizonesp%202.0.12.exe


Resume infoFinder Platinum
http://www.infogist.com/
Every year since I started this e-zine in 1999, I have listed this
killer app as the tool of choice for resume searching, retrieving,
and communicating with job seekers who match your specific
requirements. When this flagship product is used at 100% capability,
it can both streamline and greatly reduce your overhead budget for
recruitment, and put you on the same playing field as many other
companies who are spending ten to twenty times more than your budget
may allow. The bells and whistles, all which you would be happy for
just one, will make you a believer and user almost immediately.
Feature and Price Comparison: http://www.infogist.com/ResFeatures.htm
Download 14-day trial: http://infogist.net/Scripts/GetSetup.asp?
product=RPL


SITES


MyWebJobs
http://mywebjobs.com/
If your site does not give prospective job hunters an easy and quick
way to locate a job and apply, consider this low cost and very
robust solution. There are so many bells and whistles that will wow
both you and the seeker.
Sample: http://www.mywebjobs.com/career/view.cfm?firm=%22%2EN%24%20%
0A


CapeMail - Asynchronous Google Access or Google by Email
http://capescience.capeclear.com/google/
Just email google@... and put the text of your query in
the "Subject" line. You'll receive your search results via email.


Google Viewer
http://labs.google.com/gviewer.html
This site app displays the pages found as a result of your Google
search as a continuous scrolling slide show. You can view your
search results without using your keyboard or mouse and you can
adjust the speed with which the images move across your screen. Each
image of a page's contents is accompanied by a short "snippet"
describing that page.


SOFTWARE


Fantastic Shareware Mail utilities
http://www.mailutilities.com


Enfish lets you find any information, anywhere, regardless of where
it is located. Free 30-day trial.
http://www.enfish.com/Products_download.asp


Develop Your Own Applications Using Google - software developers can
query more than 3 billion web documents directly from their own
computer programs.
http://www.google.com/apis/


SWISH++ is a Unix-based file indexing and searching engine
(typically used to index and search files on web sites).
http://homepage.mac.com/pauljlucas/software/swish/


WinZip 9.0 Beta
http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi


ARTICLES


Block Messenger Pop-Ups – once and forever, get rid of those
annoying pop-ups that appear as gray windows with ASCII text –
and you don't even have your email client active!
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,990145,00.asp


EarthLink to Offer Anti-Spam E-Mail System
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?
pagename=article&node=&contentId=A22390-2003May6&notFound=true
http://www.earthlink.net/spamblocker/


Writing an Idiot-Proof IT Resume
http://www.eweek.com/print_article/0,3668,a=25229,00.asp


Online job listing an ID theft scam
http://www.msnbc.com/news/830411.asp?cp1=1


Writing An Effective Internet Job Posting
http://www.operationit.com/articles/effjobpostings.html


Common Resume Blunders
http://www.tlcproductions.com/Library/JobSeekerArticles/resume_tips.h
tm


Mailing List Manners 101
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=05386



ODDS & ENDS


Run your own online gaming league for free - run your own online
gaming leagues and tournaments with the world's most advanced
utilities at your command. Dozens of statistics, dedicated message
forums, live chat, ability to create your own team of admins,
complete administrative control, hot/cold streaks, premium
membership options.
http://www.myleague.com/


Credit Card Fraud Detection Tool - a simple tool (just a group of
search tools) that might assist you in cutting down on credit card
fraud and/or to help track down credit card criminals.
http://gamutphonecards.com/FraudDetect/frauddetect.htm


BOOKMARKS


Directory of over 6,000 links to jobs available now, employer
resources, education, personal business, career services, and career
references organized by topic and regionally.
http://www.careers.org/topic/01_jobs_92.html


Table of Area Codes and Cities
http://www.lincmad.com/cities.html


States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/


FREEBIES


Free Job and Resume Database
http://www.jobvertise.com/


3494 FREE RESOURCES for you to use for your HR web site.
http://www.123webmaster.com/


Extensive listings of over 1400 free email providers.
http://www.fepg.net/


Gymnast converts text files to Adobe Acrobat PDF format without the
need for any additional Adobe software. Gymnast 3.5 is now FREEWARE!
http://www.oakworth.demon.co.uk/gymnast.htm


Free Microsoft Office Template Gallery
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/templategallery/?DPC={913D0409-
6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}&DCC={8E46FEFA-D973-6294-B305-
E968CEDFFCB9}&AppName=Microsoft%
20Word&HelpLCID=1033&CLCID=1033&path=starttemplates.asp


Daily Motivator - a brief motivational message that is published
each Monday through Saturday on the web and by e-mail. Each daily
message is about 200 words long and can easily be read in a minute
or two.
http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html


NON-REVIEWED RECRUITING APPS


For less than the cost of a single job posting on a major job board
or a single newspaper ad you can get immediate access to over 2.3
Million active and passive candidate resumes on ZillionResumes.
http://www.zillionresumes.com


Planner-Centric Solutions for Staffing - customer relationship
management recruiting system based on industry best practices.
http://www.bbdp.com/


Resume Management Services and Career Site Solutions - streamline
the way a company processes and handles resumes, and integrate with
your Applicant Tracking Systems to effectively communicate your
corporate message with candidates.
http://www.peoplebonus.com


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_______________________________________________

Volume 3, Issue 4/5
May 1, 2002

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
_______________________________________________


HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


In the beginning, there was a little-known company called NHC Group,
Inc. run by a group of people who liked to imagine and apply their
new ideas to old problems. They created and sold job site services
to companies, associations and trade sites on the Web. They called
their services JobMark.

Over the years, NHC found wonderful clients, and clients found NHC.
With JobMark, NHC helped nurse-midwives, water treatment operators,
young physicists, and graphic artists find their jobs. They
creatively and quietly solved their clients' job site problems.
But always, they asked the question, "How can we get our nifty
virtual products and services out in front of the folks who might
need us?"

A spark of an idea was born one bleak and wintry day when a call
came in to NHC. The friendly, inquisitive voice on the other end was
looking for a partner in a new project - a free online sourcing site
for human resources professionals. The call came from your
EDITMASTER. Would we be interested in developing our own site
dedicated to the HR community?

Much thought, loads of research and many discussions later, the
concept of HR Junction was formed and development began. With great
anticipation and plans for building our own premier employment Web
site, NHC launched the new HR Junction, dedicated to human resources
employment, in April of 2002.
http://www.hrjunction.com


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


The National Society of Collegiate Scholars website is a must for
companies who want to build relationships with college students
earlier in their academic careers. These are first and second year
college students with a minimum GPA of 3.5 and an average of 3.71.
Their database consists of 40,000 alumni, 46,000 members graduating
in the spring of 2002, and 130,000 current undergraduates.
http://www.nscs.org/career/career.htm


SITES


This search engine goes beyond traditional page ranking methods to
determine authority, in addition to relevancy. To determine the
authority or quality of a site's content, it uses subject-specific
popularity. Subject-specific popularity ranks a site based on the
number of same-subject pages that reference it, not just general
popularity, to determine a site's level of authority.
http://www.teoma.com/
Search Engines Home In
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?
pagename=article&node=&contentId=A58309-2002Apr3&notFound=true

This is a cooperative of employers, through a non-profit
association, that develop and manage an electronic employment
advertising and communication system for human capital management.
http://www.directemployers.com/

Be a employment mentor/coach to an urban youth who is working to
become a successful employee. Work with youth(s) who are working at
your worksite or a different one, who is in an industry you are
interested in or currently work in. Assist the youth in problem-
solving on the job, how to advocate for themselves with employers,
assist a youth to be successful in the workplace. This is a virtual
volunteer opportunity.
http://www.networkforgood.org/redirector/volunteermatch.html?
virtual=true

This new search service form Google presents information culled from
many of the world's news sources collected over the previous week.
With continuous updates throughout the day, you can keep up to date
with what's happening now and learn about the stories that led to
the most recent developments. The search request automatically puts
related stories together in the same search result. This makes it
easy to quickly scan the headlines while providing the option of
reading multiple accounts of a story from different news sources.
http://news.google.com/

This is an e-recruiting website targeted at transitioning military
members, former military, and their spouses. It offers fee-based
resume searching and job posting. Employers who use their services
will be able to access the 200,000+ highly trained and dedicated
individuals transitioning from the military community into the
civilian workforce.
http://www.taonline.com/


SOFTWARE


Let your visitors search your site. Make your site searchable with
no software to install. Offer customized site search, site map, and
reporting services on your site in minutes for free.
http://www.fusionbot.com/free.htm

As you discover interesting Web pages, use this software to save and
organize them for you. Then, simply go to your account and you'll
find all of your favorite pages filed in your personal directory --
which you can access from any computer.
http://www.backflip.com/


ARTICLES


Where To Find Recruiters
http://www.purplesquirrel.com/articles/2001/april/articles/gutmacher.
shtml

HR Technology Investments Not Necessarily Paying Off, Study Finds
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=9777

From Junk Mail to Instant Celebrity
http://www.goodthink.com/$$tablecontents.html

Think Twice: Why Stars Switch Galaxies
http://www.workforce.com/section/01/feature/23/20/23/index.html

Can you really get a job via the Internet?
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-878667.html

Web search errors that can yield poor results
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/2995876.htm

Child care key in recruiting, keeping talent
http://tennessean.com/business/archives/02/04/16173754.shtml?
Element_ID=16173754

Background checks: Beware and be prepared
http://careers.usatoday.com/service/usa/national/content/news/switchi
ng/2002-04-10-background

E-Recruiting Ushers in Legal Dangers
http://www.workforce.com/section/03/article/23/20/03.html

7 complaints of employees are universal
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/kinsman/20011126-
9999_mz1b26kinsma.html


ODDS & ENDS


Just the thrill to have in your backyard when you've run out of
ideas or you're tired of mowing that yard of yours.
http://people.cedarville.edu/Student/s1270113/Blue-Flash-2002-2-
7.html

Design Gallery Live is the place to find clip art, photos, Web
animations, and sounds for free.
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
the UK connection - http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

Just released the largest resume database known to mankind. It
contains over 60 million free, fresh resumes.
http://resumezilla.cjb.net

COOL (Credentialing Opportunities On-Line) explains how Army
soldiers can meet civilian certification and license requirements
related to their Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).
http://www.armyeducation.army.mil/COOL/index.htm


BOOKMARKS


Internet Search Resources
http://www.infinisource.com/quick-search.html

The largest collection of free public records on the internet.
http://www.pac-info.com/

Government Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/govweb.html

Learn more about the Invisible Web.
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm

This is a free newsletter from Search Engine Watch featuring web
search news, reviews, tools, tips, and search engine headlines from
across the web.
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0409-or.html


FREEBIES


The complete list of jobs – for recruiters.
http://www.jobvertize.com/jobs/indexR6.html

Standard Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement
http://www.avert.com/hrdesktop/enrollment/noncompete.htm

Web Resume Exchange
http://www.passive-candidates.com/

Search 200+ websites, 500+ newspapers, 300+ news for your next job.
http://www.alljobsearch.com/

misc.jobs.resumes - postings of resumes and "situation wanted"
articles.
http://www.mailgate.org/misc/misc.jobs.resumes/

Free job postings to high school and college-aged students.
http://www.yojobster.com/wljr/rregister.asp

Free resume search and job postings.
http://employers.militaryhire.com/

Post unlimited jobs and search resumes for a free 10-day trial.
http://www.my4jobs.com/default.asp?page=freetrial

Get free filtered resumes sent to your inbox every day.
http://www.zhive.com/zhive/recruiters/

Receive resumes via email of job seekers who can satisfy your
recruiting needs.
http://www.iccweb.com/

Instant job feeds posted in the last minute from major job boards.
http://feed.comptab.net/


EVENTS


40th anniversary US Peace Corps Conference Career Workshop
Looking for a job or still need to find your life's purpose and
passion - June 21-22. Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=527


If you're serious about recruiting and want to gain the most
comprehensive knowledge for tapping the Internet to source and
identify any type of active or passive job seeker, you'll need to
be more than a classroom attendee. You need to participate in a real-
time workshop!  You don't need a trainer pointing to a large
screen using a canned Power-Point presentation. You do need an
expert instructor, who is both a current and accomplished recruiter,
to guide you through the vast and endless maze of Internet tools and
techniques! And we don't just give you a manual. How about a
comprehensive recruiter's toolkit that can provide you realistic
strategies to effectively source candidates in a timely and
efficient manner.
http://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/registerlist.asp?
m=114&s=2&p=140&sb=1

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SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE - March 2002 Issue

Volume 3, Issue 3
March 27, 2002

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________


HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


My road warrior duties have been re-engaged starting next month.
Having taken a 9-month sabbatical from crowded airports, delayed
flights, and peanut meals, I am committed to starting again.
Fortunately, I will be in the company of a new dream team of
HR/Recruitment trainers like Gale Heritage, Wendell Williams, Barbara
Ling, Shally Steckerl, and other expert luminaries. Now, every week,
I will have the chance to pick up mugs, keychains, t-shirts, and
assorted souvenirs from major cities throughout the United States.
And of course, lots of Southwest Airlines peanuts!!!


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


Corporate Gray Online assists you in rapidly and efficiently
identifying transitioning military, veterans, and spouses who meet
your desired profile. You may post open jobs and a company profile
for FREE.
http://www.bluetogray.com/
MS Word file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/03/cgo.doc

The Recruiter Course is a very informative how-to manual for both
aspiring recruiters and those needing a fresh perspective. David Fogg
lends his 12 years in the recruiting business into a very personal
journey mixed with lots of innovative strategies, useful forms, and
excellent research.
http://www.recruiting4less.com/

AIRS SearchStation 6 is a fee-based sourcing tool that embodies much
of which is taught in their internet recruiting classes. It presumes
that most recruiters who take either AIRS 1 or 2, or any of the other
sourcing venues, probably don't have the time or remember
everything taught in class and hence need a series of tools to do
their bidding.
PDF file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/02/ss.pdf


SITES


Arriving in late April and completely free is the first job
portal/resume site dedicated to the HR profession. The domain has
been purchased, but the site won't be active for a few more
weeks.
Just bookmark the URL and wait and see! The engine backbone is being
powered by JobMark.com.
http://www.hrjunctiom.com


SOFTWARE


From geekspeak to comprehension with a click of your mouse. Atomica
Personal gets instant answers on demand with a single click on any
word in any application! Valuable real-time and reference data from
various content providers is integrated by topic and delivered to you
in a pop-up browser window - Dictionary and encyclopedia references,
bios, technical terms, history, geography, and much more.
http://www.atomica.com/solutions_products_pc.html


ARTICLES


With hiring off, headhunters left looking for work
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1276620

You Are What You Read – Finding People Through Book Sellers
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/03/youread.doc

Human Resource Executive's HR Technology Conference & Expo 2nd
Annual
Electronic Recruiting Shootout Summary Report
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/03/shootout.pdf

Telephone Screening: The Time-Saving Extra Step
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/03/telscreen.doc

Staffing Performance Report
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030102/buzz_hiring_content.html

How to Assess the Effectiveness of Recruiting: Core Staffing
Performance Metrics
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/03/metrics.doc

Getting Your Recruiters To Use Your ATS
http://www.erexchange.com/articles/default.asp?d=H&CID={7BF70936-810A-
42CF-A9A5-8C524F18D24F}


ODDS & ENDS


Creative genius packed into thousands of scripts suitable for any web
site. And it's all free. From web site searching to form
processing
to file managers.
http://www.freecode.com/

Not a days goes by that I don't see yet another CD offering by
AOL
for a free trial. However, the only thing that seems to change is
amount of hours one has in one month of free use. This site caught my
eye because they offer two free months ISP use if you register
online.
http://www.dnadv.com/rd/sc.cgi?oid=310&lid=6295&sid=AOL5656293

This is a test. For the next minute or so, you will be subjected to a
really quirky test to determine how your mind works.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/03/thetest.doc


BOOKMARKS


Recruiting Resources
http://www.billradin.com/recruiting_resources.htm


FREEBIES


Java Professionals at JavaJobs.com – free resumes
http://www.javajobs.com/javajobs/resumes/

Job Magazine – free resumes
http://www.jobmag.com/resumes/

Free job postings and resume search
http://netjobsexpress.com/


TRAINING


Internet Sourcing and Recruiting Tools Workshop for Recruiters and HR
Professionals
If you're serious about recruiting and want to gain the most
comprehensive knowledge for tapping the Internet to source and
identify any type of active or passive job seeker, you'll need to
be more than a classroom attendee. You need to participate in a real-
time workshop!  You don't need a trainer pointing to a large
screen using a canned Power-Point presentation. You do need an expert
instructor, who is both a current and accomplished recruiter, to
guide you through the vast and endless maze of Internet tools and
techniques! And we don't just give you a manual. How about a
comprehensive recruiter's toolkit that can provide you realistic
strategies to effectively source candidates in a timely and efficient
manner.
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Volume 3, Issue 2
February 27, 2002

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


Spring is in the air, or at least there appears to be a sizable
springing out from the recession that seemed to envelope us this past
fall and winter. I'm not sure if it was the good feel of the
Olympics or just the balmy days of late for many of us here in the
Nation's capital, but I am definitely beginning to see more
companies reopening their pockets, and a small but noticeable return
to the wondrous times we had less than a year ago.

That is not say that we should still tread cautiously, but that more
emphasis should be placed on performance and delivery, and less on
talk and long-range forecasting. No one hates being in survival mode
more than I. Especially at the expense of not having the time to
offer one's knowledge and experience to assist those less
fortunate.

Let's spring forward and conquer whatever demons possessed us. I
wish you all success and a stress-free 2002.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


This month I reviewed a variety of stuff. From job/resume portals to
software applications. I've also turned a new leaf and begun to
rate the places I've been the way I see them. It may invoke some
wrath, but each review is based on my personal testing and evaluation
and not derived from testimonials, demos, or limited access. Each
product or site reviewed is seen from the same level of a full-
paying, full access user.

Each review has been converted into an Adobe PDF file, complete with
captured screens and a running commentary.

IntelligenceCareers.com – a niche job/resume site dedicated to
the intelligence community, or US Citizens with security clearances.
PDF file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/02/ic.pdf

TAOnline.com - is one of the very first niche e-recruiting sites for
transitioning military job seekers.
PDF file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/02/ta.pdf

PickaJob.com – a job/resume site claiming to showcase over 1.3
million unique resumes and nearly 8000 jobs.
PDF file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/02/pj.pdf

JobWarehouse.com – an Orlando-based job/resume site with a lot of
bells and whistles to satisfy many a employer.
PDF file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/02/jw.pdf

Aggregator - when a new job appears on Monster, Dice, HotJobs, it is
broadcasted within 5 minutes across the Aggregator software network.
PDF file: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/02/ag.pdf


SITES


Alljobsearch - searches 200+ websites, 500+ newspapers, 300+
newsgroups in real time.
http://www.alljobsearch.com/

FaxProducts.com - is a new web portal designed to make sense of the
saturated and overwhelming fax industry by providing consumers and
developers with a complete and up to date database of information
that can be used for research or to quickly find fax solutions.
http://www.faxproducts.com/fax_software.asp


ARTICLES


Access Thousands Of Hidden Customers Your Competitors Don't Know
Even Exist
http://www.own-business.com/

Out-Recruiting Fortune 500 Competitors on a Budget
http://newsforrecruiters.com/index.cfm?
tid=issue020402&news=issuemain.cfm

Trusted Sender Blocks Spam - the program is based on a set of best
practices and is designed to give spam-weary consumers some options
for turning off the junk mail flooding their in-boxes by identifying
direct-marketing e-mail from trusted companies.
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1603&a=22177,00.asp?
kc=PCNKT0107KTX1K0000360

Where To Find Recruiters
http://www.purplesquirrel.com/articles/2001/april/articles/gutmacher.s
html

Is Your ATS Killing Your Customer Service?
http://www.recruiterscafe.com/archive/2-12-02.htm

Résumé Spamming Brings an Online Backlash
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34840-2002Jan24.html

Tools: Search engines with less search, more find
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/02/13/tools.searchengines/index.
html

Big Billers understand the art of negotiation
http://www.recruiter.com/Perspectives/Perspective_story022102.cfm

A B C's of Internet Job Ads
http://www.newsforrecruiters.com/index.cfm?
tid=issue022102&news=issuemain.cfm


ODDS & ENDS


Credit Card Fraud Detection Tool - this is a group of search tools
that might assist you in cutting down on credit card fraud and/or to
help track down credit card criminals.
http://gamutphonecards.com/FraudDetect/frauddetect.htm

Design Gallery Live is your place to find great free clips, photos,
sounds, and Web animations for your web pages, brochures or
presentations.
http://dgl.microsoft.com/

PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting
almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and
user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source
database available anywhere and completely free.
http://www.us.postgresql.org/


BOOKMARKS


Internet Search Resources
http://www.infinisource.com/quick-search.html

Military Jargon: Security Clearance Classifications
http://www.dss.mil/isec/appendixc.htm#SECRET


FREEBIES


If you have job announcements specifically appropriate for Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers, then post here and have your positions listed
twice a month to a huge group of active job seekers.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/rpcv/hotline/postjobs.cfm#submit

Free 30 Day Trial - post jobs and search their resume database of
90,000 plus technical candidates for no charge or obligation.
http://www.techjobsonline.com/employer/

Free Job Search Tools
http://how2findajob.com/

Post a job, internship or certification absolutely FREE for one month.
http://www.willtrainjobs.com/

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Volume 3, Issue 1
January 30, 2002

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

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HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


While snooping around the other day for another volunteer effort, I
ran across this tidbit from the United Nations. According to Article
19 of its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN members and
citizens of the countries they represent "have the right to
freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to
hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas through any media and regardless of
frontiers."

Does this mean that anyone can send us anything they want,
electronically or otherwise as "freedom of expression"
regardless of our interpretation as spam or otherwise annoying
information.

I'd be interested in your personal observations. If I get enough
constructive comments, I may even shine a light on your journalistic
prose.

Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


Back in November of last year I received my first issue of
Cybersleuthing from CyberSleuth Shally Steckerl. Since then, I have
received four newsletters packed with incredible sourcing tips using
Google and Google Groups. You can join his free newsletter service as
well.
http://www.jobmachine.net/newsletter.htm
Volume 1, Issue 1, 11/16/01, Volume 1, Issue 2, 12/2/01
Volume 1, Issue 3. 1/2/02, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1/17/02
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/01/cybersle/

Besides being one of the most prolific writers I know, Barbara Ling
found enough time last year to have a baby as well. Her electronic
newsletter, RISE Entrepreneurial Twist, is always a delight to read.
Here are the titles of her most recent issues: Surviving and
Thriving, Busting up spam, Spying The Finish Line, Travel Back In
Time And Uncover Passive Candidates Today, and Creative customer care
Part I.
http://www.riseway.com/

AIRS recently updated its SearchStation application to version 6.
Here are a few snapshots of its new look. It is still primarily an
embodiment of what it teaches in their all-day internet recruiting
classes.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/01/searchsta/


SITES


Silenter Anonymous Surfing – this web site uses a proxy server to
hide your IP address and other computer-specific information from
sites you don't want anyone to know you visit. Unlike Anonymizer,
Silenter has no commercial version (at least, not at the moment), so
it doesn't keep prompting you to upgrade for bucks on visits to X-
rated sites. You can choose to filter out cookies, banner ads, and
scripts. http://www.silenter.com/

The Acronym Finder is a world wide web searchable database of more
than 221,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology,
telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations.
http://www.acronymfinder.com
Other terminology resources:
http://www.dictionary.com/
http://search.britannica.com/
http://www.medicinenet.com/
http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/
http://whatis.techtarget.com/
http://www.thesaurus.com/

Yahoo Launches Premium Search Service - continuing with its strategy
to charge for more services, Yahoo is launching a new subscription
search service to be called Premium Document Search. For prices
ranging from $1 to $4, or $5 per month, you will be able to search
over 70 million documents compiled from over 7,100 sources. At press
time, it's not clear what those documents were and why they would
command such a premium, but we suspect the product will include
academic periodicals and other for-pay magazines.
http://premium.search.yahoo.com/search/premium/splash


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


I can never say enough about a product that continues to perform over
and over with amazing results. Just the other day I had a major
government agency ask me to identify all potential passive job
seekers who were US Citizens and linguists in a variety of middle
eastern languages. With just a few keywords, I was able to quickly
compile tens of thousands of corresponding email addresses of folks
who were associated as linguists or translators in these languages.
Here are three examples of how I used MailHarvester to accomplish
this task.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/01/mailharv/
Product website: http://mailharvester.com/harvester/default.asp?
aid=100
Searching Discussion Forums Tutorial:
http://mailharvester.com/harvester/tutorials/forumtutorial.htm
Searching Ebay Listings Tutorial:
http://mailharvester.com/harvester/tutorials/ebaytutorial.htm


ARTICLES


Job sites produce few actual hires - It is hard to get a job in a
recessionary environment, no matter what means are used. But some job
seekers say they are becoming particularly disenchanted with big
online job sites.
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/680715.asp

Why Job Searching is the Second Most Popular Activity on the
Internet - With more than 20 million people registered on the
monster.com job search site, it's clear that we are a workforce on
the move. In a recent executive education session, Peter Cappelli,
director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, explained how a
dramatically different labor market is changing not just the way
people are hired and fired, but how they view their jobs, their
employers and their careers.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/articles.cfm?catid=3&articleid=471

Google Fires New Salvo in Search Engine Size Wars
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/01/sd1211-google.html

Evaluating the Value of Online Testing - A few years ago, online
testing was being touted as the recruiting tool of the future. Now,
at the height of a terrible job market with unemployment rising and
employers being buried under an avalanche of resumes, it's time to
consider how far online testing has actually come and how much weight
it carries in the recruiting process.
http://click.online.com/Click?q=dc-40zzQ0L-vOVSQU1BIVSKshPMHPyR

How To Write Headlines That Turn Your Ads Into "Client Magnets"
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/01/headline.doc

A Step-By-Step Guide to Improving Sourcing Performance
http://www.net-temps.com/infocus/index.htm?this=2

Some Good Online Ad News - Business Week reports that spending on
online advertising fell by 5% to $4.1 billion in 2001. That's not
good news for companies far and wide, including mighty Yahoo which
reported its fifth quarterly loss in a row. Blame the fall-off in
spending partly on the whole economic downturn thing and partly
because advertisers still don't really understand the medium. That
may be changing, however. Although the Internet can deliver mass
audiences, what it's really good at is connecting communities of
people who share specialized interests. By focusing on such interest
groups and concentrating on sectors such as cars, technology, drugs,
and travel where online ads seem to click, advertisers are beginning
to learn how to make the Internet work for them. This article
describes several companies that have gotten a pretty big bang for
their online advertising buck.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020117_0493.ht
m

The Light Went Out at NorthernLight.com - after providing free Web
searches to the public for the past six years, Northern Light moved
to a pay-for-service model on 1/16/02 that will focus on custom
online searches for businesses.
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67208,00.html

Creating More Time in a Busy Recruiter's Day
http://www.net-temps.com/infocus/index.htm?this=4

Are Unpaid Internships Illegal?
http://www.collegerecruiter.com/pages/questions/question129.html

Staffing Firm Do's & Don'ts (in a Slumping Economy)
http://www.napsweb.org/newsletters/current.htm#chairman

The Future of Human Capital Management
http://www.sao.org/newsletter/human-resources/Shah12-01.htm

Steer Clear of Scams
http://smallbiz.symantec.com/article.cfm?
ArticleID=514&PID=1067227&EID=82


ODDS & ENDS


I got my real estate property tax "notice of increase" the
other day. Of course, I want to appeal it. Initially I was bewildered
as what to use in my defense of their exagerated claim. Here is a
great site for defending or appealing those high numbers.
http://list.realestate.yahoo.com/re/homevalues

Regarding job layoffs in the U.S.: Joe Smith started the day early
having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. While his
coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric
razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI
LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN
KOREA).
   After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN
INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how
much he could  spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN)
to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) and
continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
   At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day, Joe
decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals  (MADE IN BRAZIL)
poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV
(MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why he can't find a good
paying job in.....AMERICA.....

Webmaster Tips and Resources - both beginners and pros will find well
presented info at Webmasterology.com, particularly in the
Articles/Tutorials section, which ranges from basic set-up and design
to PHP coding.
http://www.webmasterology.com/


BOOKMARKS


Search Systems - largest free public records database collection
http://www.pac-info.com/

Internet Search Resources
http://www.infinisource.com/quick-search.html

Unix Newsgroups
http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?help.bbs

The Best Research Spot on the Web
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf13/article1.asp

The Undisputed Center of Windows Software – is it 2Cows, Tucows,
or
your own interpretation
http://www.tucows.com/internet.html


FREEBIES


WorldJobMart – job posting & resume search
http://www.worldjobmart.com/wjm000.htm

Health Care Professionals – job posting & resume search
http://www.healthcarehiring.com/

Quality Assurance Jobs - job posting & resume search
http://qa-jobs.com/

Lee Hecht Harrison – outplacement resume search
http://www.lhh.com/us/resume/resres.html

Recruiter Connection – job posting & resume search
http://www.recruiterconnection.com/rec_home.asp

Jobs for Scientists - job posting & resume search
http://www.ajob4scientists.com/index.html

CapitalCareers.com - job posting & resume search
http://capitalcareers.com/

Accounting & Finance professionals in the Wash DC area - job posting
& resume search
http://www.dcaccountingjobs.com/

Local Jobs and Employment - job posting & resume search
http://areajobs.com/

Free 30 Day Trial - job posting & resume search
https://www.techjobsonline.com/Secure/Registration.asp?r=1

Free Translation - this site translates between English and Spanish,
French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Portuguese.
http://www.freetranslation.com/

Accelerate Your Job Search!
http://www.jobsniper.com/

Candidate Qualifying Form – a self evaluating form that a
candidate
provides to the employer or agency
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2002/01/cqf.doc

If you know of a company or nonprofit institution that employs
biologists and/or chemists, and they post their job openings on-line,
send them their URL of their home page and they'll post it for free.
http://www.scijobs.org/recommend.shtml


EVENTS


Chicago: 3/5-9/2002
New York: 3/12-16/2002
Tuesday: Sales Skills for the Staffing Industry
Tuesday: Behavioral Interviewing part 1
Wednesday: Behavioral Interviewing part 2
Wednesday: Computer Terminology and Technology
Thursday:  The Professional Recruiter
Friday:  Strategic Recruiting for Hiring Managers
Friday:  Internet Sourcing and Recruiting Strategies and Techniques
Saturday: Internet Sourcing and Recruiting Hands-on Workshop
Registration and information: mailto:frank.scarpelli@...

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Volume 2, Issue 12
December 28, 2001

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


Ask anyone what they will remember most from 2001. Depending on your
location, religious preference, occupation, or age, the answer may
not be as obvious as for people living in the US.

2001 ushered in a new national leadership, followed by a recession
paralleling one occurring a decade earlier, major layoffs and dot.com
failures, and a lot of us recruiters and HR professionals sitting on
fences wondering when the economy would turn.

Though Christmas sales suffered at the department stores, they soared
via online shopping. In a regular year, I could string out my Holiday
Greeting cards from fellow clients and friends across our living
room. This year the format was all electronic.

The point, if any is to be drawn, is that many of us are retreating
to the perceived safety of our home and utilizing the Internet for
more of our essential needs. This is great news for those of us
already entrenched in this venue and should be a wake-up call for all
others.

Remember, that whenever there is a bear prowling, there is also a
charging bull.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


SITES


Google comes in two flavors now. There's the usual, excellent
text-based retrieval whiz and, now, one that concentrates on images,
150 million of them. Naughty and nice, they are all here. And the
ever-popular "I'm feeling lucky" option is available,
too. The image search is a beta facility with a mature content filter
that you can toggle on and off. Google uses an inherently fuzzy
retrieval system that works by matching search terms to the titles of
image files or to adjacent text. In other words, it doesn't really
matter what the image is about - it's the label that counts. You
can
dig into the gory details yourself with the FAQ. Instead of lines of
textual search output, you get pages of thumbnail images. When you
click on a thumbnail, Google isolates the picture from its original
site so you can look at it without confusing, lurid distraction,
although, if you wish, you can also click on down into the site it
came from.
http://images.google.com/

WiseNut also feels like Google, in its stripped-down, no-frills
interface and its quick-draw results return. The list of results
groups pages from the same site under one result, which is useful
when webmasters have been particularly outstanding in meta-tagging
all their site's pages. WiseNut has introduced an organization
system called WiseGuide, a sort of index that groups pages into
categories and subcategories. It might reconsider the layout and
design of the WiseGuide section, though. Our reviewer completely
ignored the black of the master categories, not realizing that the
results in the gray bar were subcategories. Of course, that might be
the point - to get you to your actual results more swiftly.
http://www.wisenut.com/

AltaVista is either losing its audience because its listings are not
up to date, or it's failing to keep up because its lack of
visitors means it hasn't enough revenue to do so. CNet points out
that the company last fully updated its index last July. The story
details the problem and notes that Google has been gaining search
engine market share in almost exact inverse proportion to
AltaVista's decline. AltaVista used to be the most popular search
engine and was widely regarded as the most useful in its day, but
once it went all portalish, it lost a lot of interest.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7630946.html

Right now, it lags Lycos, but Picsearch can contend in the picture
search engine wars, especially if it focuses on its unique aspects.
Advanced search lets the user choose animated or static images, black
and white or color, or picture size. http://www.picsearch.com/
Example when searching for CCIE images:
http://cco.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/ccie_program/ccie_present.ht
ml


SOFTWARE


Advanced Newsgroup Email Extractor 2.4 is a full-featured shareware
email extractor, which is fast, accurate and allows you to extract e-
mail addresses from any newsgroup. The email lists can be exported to
CSV format (compatible with many mailing list software). Features
include the ability to work with up to 1000000 in one list; Extract e-
mails from specified server (all news servers) by NNTP protocol. You
can get list of all newsgroups from server and select many (up to
50000 groups) by one click for extract emails "as-quick-as-possible".
Extaction with First/Last name and email. ANEE calculates extraction
speed and show you progress bar with statistic and states.
http://www.softdepia.com/ie/download.asp?id=7

NewsBin is a multithreaded application that scans user-selected
Usenet newsgroups for binary attachments. Binaries are downloaded and
decoded automatically, allowing for simultaneous downloads that make
full use of your available bandwidth. NewsBin has a work-queue window
that shows the full subject fields of files to be downloaded. It
includes a built-in local Web server that allows you to use your
browser to view images downloaded by NewsBin, filtering capabilities
to bypass spam, HTML, cross-posted binaries, and file-name filters.
http://www.newsbin.com/downloads.htm
NewsBin User Forum: http://www.djii.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi

WorldCast is a bulk e-mail sender and e-mail address validator. It
detects invalid addresses that exist on e-mail listings, reports
errors including bad e-mail addresses and time-out operations, and
creates detailed logs of the e-mail delivery process. WorldCast also
features automatic subscription/unsubscription of e-mail addresses, a
syntax-oriented editor, mail-merge capabilities, HTML editing and
preview support, attachments, spelling checker, thesaurus, crash
recovery, and much more. And by using direct multi-threaded delivery,
it ensures 100 percent usage of your connection capabilities. By the
way, for personal use, this is FREEWARE.
http://www.fairlogic.com/

E-2000 is a human resource tool for employee and company information
cataloging. E-2000 helps you manage your employees, and offers a wide
variety of customizable reports. You can track an employee's entire
history, including job performance and warnings. In addition, you can
track your company's compliance with EEO standards.
http://www.softwaretech.com/

Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 allows you to view, navigate, browse, and
print portable document format (PDF) files that have been created by
Adobe Acrobat. It also enables you to fill in visually rich,
interactive PDF forms. An ActiveX control for Internet Explorer and a
plug-in for Netscape Navigator are included and automatically
installed in the browser of your choice. Some of the new features
include: the ability to save copies of files downloaded in Web
browsers; drag-and-drop toolbar icons, dynamic thumbnails generation,
and other usability improvements.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/main.html


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


Boolean Search Tutorial for Technical Recruiters
This tutorial on Boolean search strategies enables technical
recruiters to more effectively mine resume databases, whether they be
Monster, Headhunter, or AltaVista. Once you harness the power of
Boolean searches, you'll find that you will be able to drill down
through a resume database and find the right candidate with
incredible speed and accuracy!
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/12/boolsrch.html


ARTICLES


Effective Recruiting Begins at Home
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/12/effrec.html

Why Email Marketing? Five Great Reasons
http://www.roving.com/marketing/newsletters/hints-tips/volume2-
issue4.html

How Do I Find A Job When The Economy Sucks!!
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/12/jobsucks.html


ODDS & ENDS


Headquartered in Paris, Maporama has created the next generation of
online mapping services. Its cartographic databases contain 635,000
world cities, including comprehensive street-level maps for locations
in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Whereas the US and
Canada were pretty much your only viable map-questing option in the
past, now you have the ability to plan a trip seemingly anywhere.
City maps available from Maporama detail the living space of a
billion people inhabiting countries throughout the world. The
possibilities boggle the imagination, almost.
http://maporama.com/

PayPal processes 200,000 online payment transactions worth $10
million per day. What is the secret of its success? One reason,
according to this CommerceNet analysis, is "obsessive customer
orientation". PayPal devotes two-thirds of its organization to
customer support, and item one in the PayPal rulebook is "focus
on the customer". Developing an effective structure to combat
online fraud has also fortified the company's position - PayPal
sellers experience a fraud rate of only 0.5%, versus a rate of 2.6%
for all Internet transactions. Other key elements include a Net-
centric approach, an early viral marketing model, stringent internal
cost control, and a "start small, get feedback, add
functionality"
strategy. CommerceNet's excellent business analysis tells how
PayPal
seems to have done everything right.
http://www.commerce.net/research/ebusiness-
strategies/2k1/2k1_14_r.html

Columnist Robert X. Cringely has a nice piece about how you can set
up your own DSL connection between two locations. He basically
explains that you need to convince your phone company to sell you
what's known as a "dry pair" of copper wires between the
two locations. Most phone companies charge about $15-$45 per month
for this. Pop on a couple of cheap DSL modems on each end and you
basically have a private T1 line at considerably less than the $500
typically charged by the phone company. He also goes on to discuss
some neat hardware from Linksys which makes 802.11b wireless networks
more secure and finishes off with some "first get a million
dollars..." type advice on how to easily get into the DSL
business.
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010823.html

CREATIVEmoonlighter.com is a complete, one-stop resource for
companies needing temporary or part-time creative expertise and
moonlighters wanting to make an extra income and expand their client
base.
http://www.creativemoonlighter.com/

Google has assembled a search service for over 1,500 mail-order
catalogues. The service is still in the testing stage, and currently
is free for catalogue retailers. It's an awesome collection of
catalogues, ranging from 1-800-Flowers to Zany Brainy, covering just
about anything which can be remotely delivered. A random sample
includes biotech gear, exotic car accessories, socially aware tours
of Europe, king/queen-size clothing, waterfowl supply ("Hey, Frank,
we're low on grebes."), beauty products for older women, and -
brimming with shocking possibilities - Martha by Mail. If you're the
type, you'll have lots of fun browsing here.
http://catalogs.google.com/


BOOKMARKS

2001 Webby Award Nominees
http://www.webbyawards.com/main/webby_awards/nominees.html


FREEBIES


Print the names, and other information, of all folders and files on
your computer.
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.html

Top Freeware Downloads
http://www.webattack.com/fwtop100.shtml
http://www.top100freewaresites.com/
http://www.freewareweb.com/topdownloads.html
http://www.freewarepro.com/


EVENTS


Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program for only $995!
By attending this attendees will receive a comprehensive training
manual, and a powerful and working bookmark file for Internet
recruiting. Workshops are conveniently held at your place of
employment or compatible facility nearby.
http://netrecruiter.net/training.html

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_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 11
November 12, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Some of you have waited years for me to say this. Well, this monthly
edition is very short. I can squarely rest the blame on our economy
and the fact that many of our breathren have been sitting on a fence
for a long time and only collecting splinters. The focus now seems
for ways to reach out and network with fellow recruiters, discover
sources for new accounts, and of course, showcase any tools that can
seriously leverage your time and resources.

However, don't despair, in the last 45 days I've had time to
review job/resume portal sites and still offer some commentary.

It is often said that to best determine one's friends, all you
have to do is be backed into a corner and find out who comes to your
rescue or at least offers you a way out that is better than what you
have.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


During my one day review at USJobBoard.com, I randomly emailed back
to myself 50 resumes. Of the 50 tested for a valid email address,
only one was undeliverable. Further testing was conducted by
contacting ten phone numbers provided on ten different resumes. Of
the ten, only two had numbers that been either disconnected or no
longer in service. The only other observation was that many resumes
that identified a posted date of X were actually six months or more
older than the date reflected on their database. This was easily
discerned by the cover letter date on many profiles that also
displayed the resume. The cover letter date and the posted date
differed considerably. Though their site boasts that 7000+ resumes
were posted in the last 7 days since my review, I could not see those
numbers reflected in actual new resumes (by posted date) reflected in
a variety of searches. However, I was informed during my initial
review that their company had recently acquired PassportAccess (note
my September 2001 review).
http://www.usjobboard.com/


In my two-week review of FlipDog.com since its acquisition by TMP,
big brother to Monster.com, it was apparent that little had changed.
Though my initial review earlier this year was quite good, I had
expected to find newer bells and whistles now that they were
apparently flush with new cash. However, the only noticeable change
was that more resumes had been added to their web-based search
product. In talking with their member services rep who informed me
that over 4000 new resumes were posted daily into their in-house
database, I again could not ascertain where that number was derived
from based on my results. The only other observation was that
candidates submitting their resumes in response to my ads were
allowed to send their resume for each job posting. Hence, I received
the same resume at least 5-7 times. This has got to make you wonder
how either multi-versatile these professionals are or the market is
so tough that people will throw themselves at anything.
http://www.flipdog.com


FREE NETWORKING SITES

No, You're Not Seeing Double

Meeting place for Q&A's pertaining to recruitment and retention; info
on job availability in the recruitment field, recruiters looking for
work, and employers looking for recruiters.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Recruiters_Network

This forum is designed to exchange ideas and network with fellow HR
professionals and recruiters. The topic of the list is recruiting and
Internet recruiting issues.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/recruitersnetwork

Join the leading discussion forum for recruiting professionals on the
Internet!
http://www.erexchange.com/forum/

Recruiting Related and The Recruiter's Couch are their two most
prolific forums.
http://208.155.195.240/~trforum

The Real Sleeper for 2001. Who would have thought that by backdooring
Monster.com, you could find just as many candidates or even leads.
All it takes is a free user account. The real action can now be found
at the free Job Seeker Forum. Just ask any recruiter who subscribes
to the fee-based side.
http://forums.monster.com/forum.asp?forum=100


SOFTWARE


This month I revisited previously reviewed software to illustrate how
they can be used to help you either find and apply to a job or find a
job and match it to a potential account manager or recruiter who may
entertain some assistance. Both products are part of the Infogist
family of meta-searchers: Career infoFinder and Resume infoFinder
Platinum.
Download my "How-To" Account Acquisition MS Word file (in
zipped format)
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/11/acctacq.zip


ARTICLES


Your Rights on the Way Out the Door
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/emp/LoseLeav.html

Should You Offer Severance Pay?
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/emp/severance_pay.html

Marketing Without Spam
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/ilaw/nospam.html

How Much Are You Worth?
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/ic/howmuch.html

Getting Clients to Pay Up
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/ic/payup.html

You've Got Spam
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/ilaw/gotspam.html


FREEBIES


Need a virtual gal/guy Friday or just about any profession for that
matter. Reach one of the largest databases for job seekers seeking
virtual or work@home opportunities.
http://www.tjobs.com

Pre-Employment Screening Kit - everything any company large or small
needs in order to conduct pre-employment checks.
http://www.backgroundcheckgateway.com/pre-emp-kit.htm

Create powerful Rich Media HTML or Text email campaigns in just
minutes! Free 1-week trial.
http://www.auraline.com/emarketingdepot.html

250+ Free Resumes – in one zip file
http://www.pickajob.com/wordresumes.asp

500+ Free Resumes & accompanying email address list – in one zip
file
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/11/freeres.zip

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_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 9
September 28, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Putting together a newsletter this month was a challenge. I almost
just said the heck with it and was proposing to myself to release a
September/October issue.

Then I happened to catch a Letterman show the other night that re-
inspired me to push on and not let one tragedy catapult into another
one called inaction.

Not that I or anyone will ever forget what happened this month, but I
am luckily alive and my family is safe, and I must continue believing
that there is a future and that it will be safe and healthy and
enjoyable for both my children and their children to experience.

I was especially touched by the effort made by the staff at AIRS to
produce a web site called the Recruitment Help Center whereby your
firm can donate services to help those companies affected by the
terrible events earlier this month. You'll probably never hear
his name, but the genius behind the incredible success of AIRS as
well as the inspiration for this Help Center is none other than their
CEO, Michael Foster.
http://www.airsdirectory.com/help_center/

If you are not aware of the businesses that leased space at either of
the two WTC buildings, you can browse the hyperlinks below which
reflect either the North or South towers.

World Trade Center – North/South tower tenants
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/11/north-tower.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/11/south-tower.htm


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


SAMPLING OF YOUR RECRUITING HEROES


There is a recruiter in Silicon Valley who certainly deserves one of
your hero recognitions. Keith Halperin, kdhalperin@..., has
provided a great service for recruiters in Silicon Valley and the SF
Bay Area by coordinating a list of openings in that area.  At our
last contact, he was still looking for his next contract. The groups
also serve as idea clearinghouses. He has promoted recruiter get
togethers for networking purposes. None of what he does gives him a
direct benefit.  Good guy!

Bill Humbert
recruiterguy@...

+++++++++

It is hard, but I would like to nominate Joe Compton and Jon
Gundersgaard.  I might forget some obvious one for now but I will let
you know as soon as they come up in my mind. Another name of
such "Past" Contract recruiters would be Susan Raskin.

Frank Goudaillier
goudaillier@...

+++++++++

Wanted to send you some feedback on someone who I think has "industry
impact" - if we can't recommend you - then you really need to include
John Sumser and his staff at Interbiznet/Electronic Recruiting News.
Their daily articles are typically biting, full of insight and
they're willing to do a reality check on the internet recruiting
industry.

The other person I'd recommend is someone I'm pretty sure you've
profiled before, and that's Carl Kutsmode at Tiburon Group -
their "Tip of the Week" newsletter is excellent - they always pull up
new stuff.

Kelly Dingee
kellydingee@...


REVIEWS


Two resume/job posting sites were reviewed. The first is NETSHARE
that focuses on $100K+ executives; the second is PassportAccess that
draws its content from passive resumes found in public domain on the
web.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/09/rev0901.html


SITES


It's tough being #1. Google is presently the top search site,
both in indexed pages, speed, and quality of results. However, there
are several new gunslingers out there just waiting for their chance
to be number one.
http://www.wisenut.com/ -  1,495,332,308 Web pages and counting
http://www.teoma.com/ - returns more relevant search results
http://www.lasoo.com/ - limits the scope of searches geographically
http://vivisimo.com/ - a meta search engine


A guy named Boris Schaefer has used some of his own common - er,
uncommon sense to put together a one-page introduction to Usenet,
which is recommended for all newbies read before they jump into the
established culture of newsgroups. Basically, this summary is useful
for folks curious about the evolution of Usenet. It includes the
amusing "what is Usenet" posting by James "Kibo" Parry ("Usenet is a
Mobius strand of spaghetti"), the Great Renaming FAQ that runs down
the history of Usenet, and the net.legends FAQ, which talks about
such phenomena as the Usenet Oracle and
alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb.
http://www.uncommon-sense.net/interests/usenet/


Bookmarklets are free JavaScript applets that extend the surfing and
search capabilities of Netscape and Microsoft Web browsers. They can
be used to modify the way any Web page is viewed, extract data from a
Web page, and add a variety of new search techniques. The site offers
over 100 scripts, each identified as to which browsers it works with.
Most work with both, many work with Netscape 4.x; fewer work only
with recent versions of Internet Explorer. The scripts are platform
independent. The site's major drawback is that it hasn't been updated
in over two years. Some scripts don't like Netscape 6 and vice versa,
but most scripts still work.
http://www.bookmarklets.com/


SOFTWARE


Arkysoft List Manager allows you to load a list of email addresses
from a file, merge others into it, sort, de-dupe. The list can
be "cleaned" by using a "Remove" list, by specifying
text strings
that are filters such that if an email contains the text it is
deleted, and by specifying domains that are unwanted and any email
having that domain is deleted. Then, as one of your ideas, the list
can be validated online by looking each address up at a DNS server to
insure the domain of the email address has a mail server assigned to
it. I provided a "Caching" ability that will take domains
that have
already been verified and save them to a file so that the lookup is
performed locally when possible to make it faster. Last but not
least, there is an inbox monitor which will check an inbox every
interval. If an email comes in with the word "Remove" in the
subject, the "From Address" of the email is added to the
remove list
automatically and the email is deleted.
http://natlpark.net/arkylist/


ARTICLES


Tips on E-mailing the Candidate
http://www.newsforrecruiters.com/index.cfm?
tid=issue080801&news=issuemain.cfm

The Call Is Out for IT Experts
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46821,00.html

For many, the job search never sleeps
http://www.employmentreview.com/2001-09/features/CNfeat02.asp

Internet Advertising: Looking For How Low Is Up
http://www.forbes.com/2001/08/15/0815simons.html

Internet Promotion Forecast – 2001: What's Working and Why
http://www.cfriedel@ggcomm.com/internet.pdf

Driving Qualified Leads to Your Online Doorstep
http://www.e2communications.com/newsroom/pdf/healthaxis.pdf

How to Avoid the Top Five e-Business Mistakes
http://www2.butler.com/marketng/winprops.nsf/index/QButler+Whitepaper?
OpenDocument

Getting the Most Out of Recruiting Research Firms
http://www.recruitersworld.com/articles/RW/Christine/Research1.asp

Developing a Search Engine Strategy for Your Web Site
http://clients.webmediaservices.com/HOME/webmedia/www2/graphics/Search
EngineStrategy.pdf

Building loyalty: marketing through virtual communities
http://www.puca.ie/html/resources_paper3.htm

How to buy web design
http://www.myratech.net/advice/article.asp?article_id=82

If I Want to Hire a Vet, Do I Call the Pentagon?
http://nyc.kforce.com/kforce/kf004/me.get?
WEB.websections.show&KFORCE_1993

Moving From the Military Into a Civilian Job
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/change/19990211-burns.html

Why Hire Former Military Personnel?
http://www.cemjob.com/why_hire_military.htm

Transitioning from Military to Civilian Employment: How To Best
Present Yourself to Companies
http://www.headhunter.net/JobSeeker/CareerBYTES/hints1099.htm

A reserve of workplace goodwill
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/09/goodwill.html


ODDS & ENDS


Visit the Privacy.net site to see exactly what information sites can
easily collect about you and your computer. You're going to be very
shocked. After you calm down, check the rest of this helpful site for
information on protecting your privacy.
http://privacy.net/analyze/

Ever wanted to own Bill Gates's mansion complex? Now you can, sorta,
with this paper model. At the Papertoys intro page, you can get a
model of a PT Cruiser or DeLorean to park in the driveway. Now you
only need a printer that will print this thing out in real scale.
Mansion: http://papertoys.com/gates.htm
Papertoys: http://papertoys.com/


BOOKMARKS


Silicon Valley Women in Human Resources
http://pw1.netcom.com/~wj_cox/hr_women.html

Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA)
http://www.nehra.com/about.php3

Definitions for thousands of the most current IT-related words
http://whatis.techtarget.com/

Technical Work Forums for Computer/Engineering Professionals
http://www.tek-tips.com/
http://www.eng-tips.com/

Government Jobs: Public Service Employees Network
http://www.pse-net.com/

Military Offense
http://www.erexchange.com/articles/default.asp?d=H&CID={EDE5EF2F-DB24-
11D3-82E2-00105A12D660}

Useful HR Links
http://www.questcareer.com/useful_links.html


FREEBIES


Free Job Postings
http://www.CorporateGrayOnline.com

Free Resume Search/Job Posting Hub for Metro DC Area
http://www.dcareajobs.com/

Free Resume Samples
http://www.career-resumes.com/resume_samples.html


TRAINING


Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop
Monthly on the 4th Thursday throughout 2001, 8:30am-5:00pm,
University of Virginia,  Northern VA Center, Falls Church
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program. Workshops are
conveniently held at the University of Virginia in Falls Church, just
a few minutes away from Tysons Corner mall and across the street from
the West Falls Church metro station in the Washington DC area.
Students will each have their own state-of-the-art computer
workstation in a very modern training facility.
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html

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_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 8
August 14, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


While all of us were riding high the last two years, no one could
ever imagine or wonder what would happen when the bubble burst. Would
people continue to do all their extracurricular activities while
standing in line for their unemployment check? After reading almost
every profile in a recent "Time" issue on heroes, I often feel that
the heroes in our profession are those who continue giving without an
ulterior motive up their sleeve. Too often, many deeds are just
vehicles to promote oneself. To this end, I would like to put
together a list of the top ten people in recruiting who have made a
difference for you in 2001, but have never asked for anything in
return. I'll try to nudge you each month through November and then
hope to post the list and a bio of each "hero" in the December issue.
Please also note that since the editor of this of this newsletter
also acts as the final judge, any votes thrown this way will be tossed
into his special circular file!

Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


Don't ask me why, but I always get a kick from meeting or talking
with people from the land down under. A couple months ago, I got an
email from some Australian who said I had to see his software
product. Of course, understand that I get about 25-30 of these
requests every month. His product, called ResumePipe, claimed to
automatically extract and process all files either attached or
contained in the message area of Microsoft Outlook. For recruiters
using Outlook, this promised to be an incredible g-dsend.

So after several tests I became a believer. This wonderfully simple
application not only processes every attachment and message, but can
also recognize those files that are resumes and process them in any
set of predefined formats. It can also filter and automatically strip
out any extraneous header or footer data and give you that perfect
scannable resume. ResumePipe is but a small player in the arsenal of
killer apps that this Aussie has devised for us recruiters.
http://crystalsoftware.com.au


SITES


Direct search is a growing compilation of links to the search
interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely
searchable / accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista,
Google, or Hotbot. Although these "general" tools are essential for
the retrieval of Internet based data, searchers often fail to realize
that a massive amount of information is not easily or entirely found
via these search tools.  Material "hidden" from the general search
tools is said to reside on the Invisible Web.
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm


Yahoo Groups are great sites for networking. Still not convinced,
then look and see where this newsletter hails from. In my travels
this month I ran across some other notable public Yahoo sites.
http://groups.yahoo.com
Rocky Mountain Internet Users Group - miug-jobs (1150 members)
Recruiter's Network - recruiters_network (1975 members)
Performance Management - perfmgt (1390 members)
Oracle related jobs - a1a-oraclejobs (915 members)
Professional HR Association - Project_SAME (485 members)


If you like the Sourcerer's Apprentice e-zine, then you will also
like other resources to locate and find useful reading material for
recruiters.
E-zine Search - lists 100s of magazines by category
http://www.ezinesearch.com
E-Zine Seek - allows you to search for hundreds of e-zines
http://ezineseek.com/
E-zine Central - is another resource to find online magazines
http://ezinecentral.com/
InfoJump - is a large directory of over 4,000 e-zines
http://www.infojump.com


Here is someone's daily dose of must-reads for recruiters.
http://discussion.airsdirectory.com/AirsPost?forums@@
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/recruiters_network
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/recruitersnetwork
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SourcerersApprentice
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sourcer-Jobs
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/
http://www.barbaraling.com/
http://www.erexchange.com/forum
http://www.fastcompany.com/newsletter/index.htm
http://www.geniustechs.com/newsletter.html
http://www.intellisync.com/s1_services.shtml#mind-it
http://www.kenradio.com/
http://www.lockergnome.com/
http://www.technicalrecruiter.com
http://www.Vault.com/membership/membership.jsp


Corante is an independent news service that cuts through the clutter,
distilling the critical news and vital intelligence that
decision-makers need to keep their finger on the pulse of the
fast-paced world of technology.
http://www.corante.com/


Many independent recruiters or small firms cannot afford the hefty
price tags on most of the "popular" applicant tracking systems (ATS).
If you're like me, you might want to venture no further than a
commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software program like Act!. There are
other equally similar COTS programs like Goldmine or MS Access that
can get skins or overlays to transform them into a very robust ATS.
But in this case, Act! offers up some tips and tricks to maximize
this product like perform a mail merge to a group but have the mail
merge use your  e-mail client, or create a lookup of contacts based
on the activities that you have scheduled with them.
http://www.act.com/home/index.php3?cellid=309020011011


Yahoo! Mail is offering a way for its users to encrypt e-mail
messages. Simply check the box "Send via free SecureDelivery.com,"
which appears beneath the cc: field on the e-mail composition screen.
Another clever way to encrypt is through Spam Mimic. This free,
Web-based service actually encodes messages as spam (i.e., the
unsolicited junk mail you receive in your in-box). Recipients can
decode your e-mail by cutting and pasting it into the Spam Mimic site
and clicking Decode.
http://www.spammimic.com/


If you're a trainer or presenter in your secret life, then you'll
definitely want to mosey over to this site and grab every free
template there is, from Lesson Plans to Using PowerPoint.
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/templates/templates.html


Employers can verify if a social security number is legitimate by
contacting the Social Security Administration. It's a free service
and this site has all the details on how to do it.
http://www.ssa.gov/employer/ssnv.htm


SOFTWARE


Remember that the law on unsolicited faxes is ten times more severe
than unsolicited emails. You can actually be legally invoiced up to
$500 per unwanted fax. So use this killer app with the utmost
integrity, honesty, and dogooderism. From the maker of MailHarvester
comes FaxHarvester, an idea ready for primetime. A real harvester of
fax numbers - it's incredibly easy to use, cheap beyond belief, and
should be at the top of your Christmas shopping list.
http://natlpark.net/faxharvester/


Here is a new entrant for metasearchers. Similar to Copernic, it can
quickly search and find what you're looking for. With the free
version, you can set up filter arguments to include/exclude titles,
URLs, search engines, and the number of hits or returns you want. You
can also set up a semi-complex search like the one below which
assumes that most search engines understand a plus (+) to be a must
and a minus (-) to be a must not. Other features in the free version
include verification of URL and checking for dead links.
http://www.firststopwebsearch.com/
Resume URLs found: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/tssci.txt

+resume +education +experience +"ts/sci" -job -jobs -submit -reply
-send


ARTICLES


Though there is probably no better recruiter-friendly expert on the
use of meta keywords for site positioning than Barbara Ling, here are
some general guidelines.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/meta.doc

Direct Mail: The Recruiters' Best Weapon
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/dirmail.doc

Recruitment Advertising: Stay Sharp
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/recadv.doc

And here are some more Resume Do's And Don'ts
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/do&dont.doc

Netiquette Tips for E-mailing a Candidate - excerpts on an article by
Jamie Neilson
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/emailtip.doc

Key career links for IT professionals
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/keycareer.doc

Relocating at Internet Speed
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/relocate.doc


ODDS & ENDS


My local Staples knows me by name. They should. I visit them each
month for a fresh supply of ten reams or 5,000 sheets of paper. Why
would a self-professed electronic junkie buy so much paper? To feed
the fax that is being inundated every month with thousands of junk or
spam advertisements. I do this to determine who sits on my favorite
"I Hate Junk Fax Broadcasters" list. Do you have a special someone
that should belong to this club? BTW, everyone one on my list is
specifically niched in the world of recruiting. So, send me your
favorite poster and include their fax as an attachment.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/08/13/010813opfoster.xml

This definitely qualifies as an oddity for me, or what in the world
were you thinking when you offered this tidbit up to your subscribers
as an interesting site. Oh well, call me the fun loving guy. Point
your browser when you're not busy and the boss isn't on the prowl, to
Pogo. This is a free AOL site dedicated to the game enthusiast who
wants to play in real-time with live bodies all over the world.
Choose your addiction (to name a few): Backgammon, Bridge, Checkers,
Chess, Cribbage, Dominoes, Euchre, Hearts, Solitaire, or Spades.
http://aolcom.pogo.com/


BOOKMARKS


Postings of resumes and "situation wanted" articles
http://www.mailgate.org/misc/misc.jobs.resumes

The complete list of Jobs!
http://www.jobvertize.com/jobs/indexP8.htnl

Finding work or sharing work? Here is a good split resource for
recruiters.
http://www.airsdirectory.com/directory/e-resource_center/recruiters/sp
lit_networks/

Windows for Jobs is a busy IT discussion group for both professionals
and recruiters. Registration is required, and this list is hosted at
Delphi.
http://www0.delphi.com/windowsforjobs/


FREEBIES


Sample Contract for Independent Consultants
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/consult.doc

Sample Contingency Fee Agreement
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/08/contingcy.doc

Here is a great hyperlink to give your candidate who needs help in
writing their resume.
http://www.questcareer.com/tips.htm


RECRUITER TRAINING


Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop
Monthly on the 4th Thursday throughout 2001, 8:30am-5:00pm,
University of Virginia, Northern VA Center, Falls Church
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program for only $199!
By attending this students will receive a comprehensive training
manual, a powerful and working bookmark file for Internet recruiting,
and unlimited, ongoing support. Workshops are conveniently held at
the University of Virginia in Falls Church, just a few minutes away
from Tyson's Corner mall and across the street from the West Falls
Church metro station in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Students
will each have their own state-of-the-art computer workstation in a
very modern training facility, accessing the Internet at a lightning
fast speed that is 100 times faster than a 56K modem).
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW EVERYTHING


· In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke
in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
· You can put a t-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be
gone in two days.
· To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet
bowl....... Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean.
· The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
· To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper
with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in
Coca-Cola.
· To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of
Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
· To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola
to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
· To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking
pan wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before
the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix
with the Coke for sumptuous brown gravy.
· To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load
of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle.
The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road
haze from your windshield.
· FYI: The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH
is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
· To carry Coca Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial
truck must use the hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly
Corrosive materials.
· The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the
engines of their trucks for about 20 years!

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Volume 2, Issue 7
July 16, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Hey buddy, can you spare a dime? With the volume of downsizings,
mergers and acquisitions surging ahead of new start-ups or new
business, it's no wonder seeing a land scarred with so many HR types
looking for work. It seems everyone is feeling some sort of pinch,
being a big ouchie or just a warning to stay put.

What we need is a non-profit, non-dues paying organization of
volunteers in our profession who are willing to devote a few hours
per month to identify and promote opportunities and solutions so that
no one is ever sitting on a fence.

I know it sounds altruistic, but it is the Peace Corps Volunteer part
of me that often gurgles up when situations like this are occuring
daily. I was contemplating a organization called SAUSE, like in pass
the …

It could stand for the "Staffing Alliance of US Employers." I realize
that this might be a little snobby since there are many subscribers
to this newsletter that are not based in the US. No snub intended,
it's just that SAWE was not pronouncable!


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS


Named for businessman Gary Hoover, Hoover's Online was launched in
1995 and is an excellent resource for company and industry
information, and its "Company Capsules" provide information on more
than 17,000 public and private companies around the world, often with
extensive links to financials, operating information, and lists of
key competitors. Many of the sections provide just what you'd expect.
The News Center features the day's top business headlines, handpicked
by Hoover's editors, while the Money Channel offers current stock
market data, such as hot IPOs, portfolio tools, stock split
recommendations, and more. Content ranges from rudimentary
information for newcomers to in-depth information for financial
experts. The Industry Update section is a must for the market
watcher, with industries divided by sector and listed as weak or
strong. The site features e-mail alerts about changes regarding your
selected companies--a great way to keep track of your own employer or
competitors. Hoover's also provides tips and tools for the job
hunter. Powered by Monster.com, Hoover's Job Bank offers resources to
research employers and careers.
http://www.hoovers.com


SITES


Search engines that consistently return "expected" results based on
basic formulas are viewed by this author as ones to invest the time
in. Though not new, it is definitely well worth the daily visit when
sourcing for those elusive candidates.
http://www.alltheweb.com/advanced?t=all&c=web

Try this formula - put in whatever MUST skills you want.

Word Filters

Should include  resume  in the title
Should include  resume  in the URL
Should include  resume  in the text
Must not include  job jobs submit post reply send eoe opportunities
  in the text


Before the Net, many went to the public library to start hunting for
a job. JobStar has grown from a federally funded project at Alameda
County Library in northern California to an online resource for both
California (Bay area, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego) and New
Jersey (Jersey City). Like many public libraries, most of its
resources are wide but not deep. You'll find similar stuff - resume
guidelines, career guides, and tips on finding "hidden jobs" - at
other sites, including the Wall Street Journal, which provides
support for JobStar through Careerjournal.com. The best JobStar
resource is probably Profession-Specific Salary Surveys, a directory
to external surveys in 50 professions (from accounting to "wood and
paper").
http://jobstar.org/


SOFTWARE


WebQL allows you to easily extract valuable data from the Internet
(see review in April 2001 issue). Here is a free WebQL script,
courtesy of their top in-house programmer, to extract key officer
data on most major US corporations at Yahoo.com.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/07/yahoo.wql

If you use Notepad or WordPad for your minor text editing, here's a
super substitute for them that has a lot more features. It seems to
be almost as powerful as 'Word'. And it's free. Crypt Edit is one of
the most powerful freeware word processors. It is a nice replacement
for the standard Windows NotePad and WordPad. Crypt Edit requires
Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98/ME/2000 or Windows NT 4.0 or later to
run. No additional DLLs or whatever are required. It can easily
create, protect, modify, post and print your documents.
http://ps.yaroslavl.ru/


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


Proximity searches can become tedious without the right combination
of characters, Do you use a state abbreviation, spell out the state,
add an area code or two, or just try a few zip codes? Here is a
simple answer. Try using NorthernLight's GeoSearch.
http://www.northernlight.com/geosearch.html

The search below is for someone with unix and solaris in their
resume. The zip code of 20016 (downtown DC) and an approx. radius of
50 miles to indicate the greater metro DC area.

(url:resume OR title:resume OR resume) AND unix AND solaris AND NOT
(job* OR submit OR opening OR send OR apply OR post OR position OR
opportunities OR eoe OR candidate OR statistics*)


ARTICLES


Career Hubs: What Makes Them Tick - a comprehensive review of 4 top
job, resume and career management web sites from the job seekers'
point of view.
http://www.careerxroads.com/news/4careerhubs.html

Job Postings That Pack A Punch!
http://www.headhunter.net/JobPoster/Hireadigm/0601JobPosting.htm

Energy Industry Needs to Explore New Territory to Locate Needed
Employees
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/07/energy.html

10 Rules For Responsible Business Email
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/07/respmail.html

Guidelines for Submitting Your Resume via E-mail
http://www.beksdata.com/EMailResumeGuidelines.doc

Staffing Strategies - seven creative tips on how to effectively
rethink core staffing strategies, still get your work done, and stay
ahead during a sluggish economy
http://www.internetworld.com/050101/05.01.01feature1.jsp

The Garden Of Your Daily Living
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/07/garden.html


ODDS & ENDS


ListBot is a mailing list management site, recently acquired by
Microsoft when it bought LinkExchange. The basic service was free and
hosted a large number of mailing lists. Microsoft has now decided to
shut down ListBot and encourage users to migrate to their more
expensive and business-oriented List Builder service. The more you
pay, the more e-mail you can send.
http://www.bcentral.com

Need an attorney, but you can't afford one or just don't want to pay?
Take care of common legal matters from your home or office! Created
by top attorneys, LegalZoom uses the latest technology to help you
prepare reliable legal documents online. Once you complete a simple
questionnaire, your documents will be prepared within 48 hours. They
even review your documents and file them with the courts at no
additional cost.
http://www.legalzoom.com/

Pssst! Wanna buy a .biz name? If so, you'll have to wait. And don't
even think about sex.biz. VeriSign has released a list of the most
requested names in the .biz and .info top-level domains (TLDs), two
of the seven new TLDs approved last winter. Travel, sex, music,
business, real estate and computer are among the most popular with
both suffixes, Show is hot with .biz but a no-show in the .info top
ten. None of these names will be assigned until later this year, but
you can pre-register now. Multiple claims on a single domain name get
thrown into a drum for a draw. To discourage domain squatting, any
trademark issues must be settled before any of the new names can go
online.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,44534,00.html

A virtual organization of worldwide employees is just around the
corner. Now is the time to begin you basic geography lesson, starting
with the European Map Scramble. Warning: Do this on your lunch hour
or after work.
http://phc.mpr.org/activities/20010300_europe/index.html


BOOKMARKS


A Great Updated Page of Job Posting Sites
http://www.aotjobs.com/links.html

New Gobleygook defined
http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/

Almost Every file format in the world!
http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html#Top


FREEBIES


Search resumes and post jobs for free.
http://www.militaryhire.com

Free Forms/Letters
http://www.internetpi.com/findpeople/forms.htm

Free Forms & Agreements: Employment & HR
http://www.allbusiness.com/cmt/information/generic.jsp?fname=24700

If you want to reduce the amount of unsolicited national advertising
mail you receive at home, you may register with MPS, a free service.
http://www.ucan.org/consumer_info/fraud_squad/JM.htm


EVENTS


Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop
Monthly on the 4th Thursday throughout 2001, 8:30am-5:00pm,
University of Virginia,  Northern VA Center, Falls Church
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program for only $199.
Students will each have their computer workstation in
state-of-the-art training facility.
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html

_______________________________________________
Letters to Editor -> sourcerers_apprentice@...
Back Issues -------> http://netrecruiter.net/resource.html
Home Page --------->
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_______________________________________________
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE (c) 1999-2001 NETRECRUITER, All rights
reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 6
June 19, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Enjoy the summer. If you're on the fence and there is nothing on the
horizon except hazy days, consider alternatives you've never
explored. Believe it or not, there are still a ton of companies who
need assistance in finding the perfect candidate. They may not be
seeking full-time assistance, but the alternatives are limitless.
It's time to really begin thinking out-of-the-box. Did you know that
the average recruitment advertising display inch can cost anywhere
from $75-200 on a major print daily? Most companies spend thousands
of dollars to advertise just one position. Could you offer your
services at a much lower cost and provide a higher percentage of
qualified candidates? If you're still stumped for ideas and need some
handshaking, send me a nice and personal note about what you would
like to do, and I'll try to show you greener pastures to explore this
summer.

Bret Hollander
sourcerers_apprentice@...


REVIEWS


A lot of work went into preparing for my most recent attendance at
Computerworld. Therefore, I am making available both the PowerPoint
presentation and assorted materials presented. I hope you are all
able to considerably leverage your time with these killer apps.
PowerPoint Presentation: http://netrecruiter.net/show/CTRRC/ctrrc.ppt
Screen Shots of Killer APPs:
http://netrecruiter.net/show/CTRRC/Screen_Shots/
Bookmark for Internet Recruiting:
http://netrecruiter.net/show/CTRRC/bookmark.htm


Unfortunately, a lot of my colleagues are stomping the pavement
looking for their next opportunity. On any given day, I receive
between 15-20 resumes of prospective HR professionals all looking for
work. To this end, I began to scour the web looking for legitimate
firms that could take on recruiters who could virtually work from
home and still derive an excellent income. One such firm, EagleTech,
headed by Ralph Toole of Massachussetts, fit that description.
EagleTech currently employs over 25 recruiters who work in a virtual
world and perform both as account managers and recruiters.
Commissions
are very good and the opportunity to fill another recruiter's opening
is equally good. EagleTech also provides excellent and free training
for both prospective and seasoned recruiters in the full lifecycle of
this business.
http://www.eagletech.net/


SITES


Here is a sleeper site that truly awed the coauthors of CareerXRoads
at Computerworld. In fact, it's such a sleeper that even the author
admits it. Though there are many sites with pre-indexed databases of
resumes that can be searched, this site sports a tool,
unceremoniously known as "Match Candidates" that will automatically
extract your job description and parse it into a very accurate matrix
of skill sets and then search the resume database against these
criteria. This same parser could be used on a candidate's resume to
find similarly talented individuals or even be used as a skills
matrix
overview attachment when presenting to a hiring manager.
http://www.hirehub.com/

Find detailed information on 10,000 US public companies, 14,000
international companies and 44,000 recently added private companies:
profiles, executive biographies, financials, news and more!
http://www.business.com/companies/

You can't go wrong by a site that devotes so much time and assistance
to freely helping you find those illusive candidates. This is just
one example of the many free tools that are available here. The AIRS
Boolean Box acts as a metasearcher for the following five major
search engines: AltaVista, Snap, All the Web (Fast), Northern Light
and HotBot.
http://www.airssearchtools.com/searchstation/booleanbox.php

Knowing just who owns what in terms of intellectual property can be a
nightmare for authors and others trying to secure permission to use
copyright material. Now the US Copyright Office has come to the
rescue with a simple tool to search for ownership of rights in three
major categories: serials, documents, and registered works such as
films, music, software, and works of art. The search process is easy
and effective, covering works registered since 1978, with some 13
million search terms available.
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/search/

How Many Times Do You Use the Word "the"? - this site is very simple
and can easily make you, yes you, a better writer. Paste in any text
and get immediate word frequency feedback. It's fast, it works and
it's very useful.
http://www.wordcounter.com/


SOFTWARE


This free APP allows you to quickly and easily submit your web site
to 32 of the most popular search engines on the Web, including
AltaVista, Excite, Google, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, MSN, and
WebCrawler. You simply enter your personal and web site information,
select the search engines, and click the "Submit" button.
http://www.tweaknow.com/

Thinking about adding a dedicated telephone line for your computer so
you won't miss important phone calls? Think again! Now, you can surf
the Internet on your single phone line without worrying about missing
important calls. That's because this free APP makes it possible to
hear who's calling while you are surfing the Web. You no longer need
a dedicated fax line. They give you your very own, private fax number
that you can publish on your business cards and stationery. Sending a
fax to this number is no different than sending a fax to a standard
fax machine. Faxes are automatically routed to your e-mail inbox as
an e-mail attachment that you can view with standard viewing
applications. Now you can receive your faxes at the same time that
you check your e-mail - which means you can now receive faxes from
anywhere you can connect to the Internet!
http://www.callwave.com/


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


Here are an assortment of formulas to identify candidate resumes
using a variety of free web-based search engines.

http://groups.google.com/
resume <keyword(s) go here> -job -jobs -submit

AltaVista
(url:resume OR title:resume OR resume) AND <keyword(s) go here> AND
NOT (job OR jobs OR submit OR opening OR send OR apply OR post OR
position OR opportunities OR EEO OR candidate OR candidates)

AltaVista Canada
<keyword(s) go here> AND (resume OR curriculum-vitae) AND education
AND experience AND objective

Canada.com
curriculum-vitae AND <keyword(s) go here>

Excite
resume AND experience AND education AND <keyword(s) go here> NOT (job
OR jobs OR submit OR opening OR send OR apply OR post)

Google
resume <keyword(s) go here> -job -jobs -submit -apply -send -post
-opening -position -opportunities

HotBot / NBCi
SEARCH: <keyword(s) go here>
MUST HAVE: resume
MUST NOT: job* submit apply send candidate* service* post join salary
opening requirement opportunit* position* staffing

SEARCH: <keyword(s) go here>
MUST HAVE: title:resume
MUST NOT: job jobs submit

MSN
resume AND <keyword(s) go here> AND NOT (job OR jobs OR submit OR
apply OR send OR post OR opening OR position OR opportunities)

NorthernLight
(url:resume OR title:resume OR resume) AND <keyword(s) go here> AND
NOT (job* OR submit OR opening OR send OR apply OR post OR position
OR opportunities OR EEO OR candidate*)

Yahoo
resume <keyword(s) go here> -job -jobs -submit -apply -send -post
-opening -position -opportunities

resume <keyword(s) go here>

Yahoo Canada
+<keyword(s) go here> +resume +education +experience +objective
-interview -sample


ARTICLES


Finders Keepers:  How To Find People On (and Off) the Internet
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/06/findkeep.html

Power Tools for Successful Cold Calling: The Pretext
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/06/coldcall.html

Separating Military Members May Provide a Solution to Health Care
Worker Shortage
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/06/talbott.html

Four Things to Look For When Hiring a Recruiter
http://www.wetfeet.com/employer/articles/hiring_recruiter.asp?pxID=130


ODDS & ENDS


Find the Most Popular Books on CCIE
The URL of any web site is just the tip of the iceberg that leads to
greater riches when peeled back. The phrase "thinking out-of-the-box
implies that one looks beyond the obvious and reaches for the
possibilities.
http://www.geometry.net/Computer_and_Internet_Certification/CCIE.htm

Billionaire for 15 Minutes: as dot.com boom/bust stories go this one
is perhaps not so unusual if it weren't for the numbers involved.
Greg Raifman went form comfortable middle class to being worth almost
a billion dollars and back to where he started in about eighteen
months. This well written and lengthy story charts Greg's rise and
fall in the archetypal dot.com story arc, managing to paint a
character portrait of an ordinary guy who briefly flew in the
business stratosphere. While there, check out the link to Fortune's
Billion-Dollar Losers Club on the first page of the story. One
hapless member, MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor, managed to lose a
staggering $13.53 billion.
http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=202750

Tutorials on Web Design
http://www.echoecho.com/


BOOKMARKS


Computer and Communication Companies
http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/companies.html

Resources for the Internet Recruiter
http://www.jobmachine.net/

Infogist Fee & Free Job Banks
http://www.infogist.com/carinfolinks.htm

Internet News Network
http://netnewsnet.tripod.com


FREEBIES


Free resumes delivered to your email inbox.
http://www.seemeresumes.com/

Staffbots is the recruiters tool for finding and managing resumes
over the internet. They offer a free 14-trial.
http://www.staffbots.com/

Resume Robot is a search engine for resumes. Highly targeted
internet-wide search results are delivered straight to the
recruiter's desktop .They offer a free trial.
http://www.resumerobot.com/


EVENTS


Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop
Monthly on the 4th Thursday throughout 2001, 8:30am-5:00pm,
University of Virginia,  Northern VA Center, Falls Church
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program for only $199!
By attending this Attendees will receive a comprehensive training
manual, a powerful and working bookmark file for Internet recruiting,
and unlimited, ongoing support. Workshops are conveniently held at
the University of Virginia in Falls Church, just a few minutes away
from Tysons Corner mall and across the street from the West Falls
Church metro station in the Washington DC area. Students will each
have their own state-of-the-art computer workstation in a very modern
training facility, accessing the Internet at a lightning fast speed
of T-1 (30 times faster than a 56K modem).
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


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.

Get Weird - 101 Ways to Make Your Company a Great Place to Work
See review in May 2001 issue.
http://www.getweird.net | 1-866-GET_WEIRD

ZillionResumes, the world's foremost internet resume aggregator, uses
advanced robot technology to search the Internet 24 hours a day.
They've gathered resumes from over 62,000 different locations.
http://www.zillionresumes.com

_______________________________________________
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Back Issues ------> http://netrecruiter.net/resource.html
Home Page ------> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SourcerersApprentice
_______________________________________________
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE (c) 1999-2001 NETRECRUITER, All rights
reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 5
May 14, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER

When putting together this newsletter every month, I always wonder
what subscribers take away from the information presented. Is it
eye-opening, does it generate more candidates or more hires, or is it
just another pasttime to while away the hours at work.

This issue represents the 27th since its first debut in April 1999.
During that time, a lot has changed in how we recruit and a lot has
remained unchanged in how we identify candidates.

So here is my challenge to all you subscribers who apply what is
learned here and elsewhere. If you correctly answer all ten questions
and submit your answers no later than Friday, May 17, 2001, then you
will either win one of ten free conference passes to the upcoming
Computerworld's 10th Annual Technical Recruiting & Retention
Conference in Palm Desert California from June 3-6, and/or receive a
bio and writeup of your efforts in the June issue.

Point your browsers to this hyperlink that showcases my Challenge Cup.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/05/satest.html


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS

Get Weird - 101 Ways to Make Your Company a Great Place to Work
It's not often I get the time to sit down and read a book, let alone
a chapter or two. However, this was not the case in John Putzier's
first book on creative techniques to making work fun. The book is
divided into six major parts, each addressing a function of human
resources.

I focused on Part 2 entitled "Weird Ideas to Win Today's Talent."
Therein lies 22 innovative recruiting ideas. Idea 16 caught my eye
because it asked if your employment application uses a consent clause
to allow additional investigations on the candidate's background. If
so, then while conducting background reference checks on the
candidate, you could "in a rather casual, off-the-cuff way, say "Oh,
by the way, do you know anyone else who might know this person.""
This way, you can talk to people the candidate didn't expect you to
talk to.
http://www.firstepinc.com/Books/index.html


SITES


Boolean Search Tutorial for Technical Recruiters
Free tutorial on Boolean search strategies to enable technical
recruiters to more effectively mine resume databases, whether they be
Monster, Headhunter, or AltaVista.
http://www.geocities.com/jcrecruits/boolean_tutorial.html

Know Your Lingo
Over 20,000 technical IT terms for a non-geeky recruiter. My selected
term was VSAT. Here's the definition: (Very Small Aperture satellite
Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that
handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle
the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs."
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/


SOFTWARE / TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


May's technique uses two applications that seem perfectly suited for
this example, and are priced at a fraction of what it costs to do
this on other soup-to-nuts applicant acquisition systems. The two
applications are Mail Harvester (reviewed in the April 2001 issue)
and Copernic (reviewed in the May 2000 issue). I used the fee-based
version of Copernic to conduct this example. Copernic 2000 Pro allows
you to collect 300 results from each search engine, up to 3000
possible results (the free version allows allows up to 1000 possible
results).

I conducted a Web search on Copernic, using the following keywords:

url:res title:resume programmer c++ unix

The parameter set was: Search for all words

The results of that search can be found at:
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/05/copsrch.html

With the results displayed in the browser, choose the Edit function
and Select or block the entire results page and then Copy to your
Clipboard. Bring up your word processing software and then Paste the
entire results page. Next. Sort the results by Paragraph and strip
out all the information that is not a hyperlink (anything not
starting
with http://).

An example of the refined results page with all the other information
stripped out.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/05/httpfile.txt

Next, launch Mail Harvester. Open a New Session and give it a name.
Put in the following parameters for these subheadings:

Settings/Productivity Controls/Max URL subdirectories:  1
Save Files:
   Check the box for Save URL Documents.
   Set the Document Storage Location to: c:\temp
   Set Size in Bytes to: 3072
   Check the box for File Contains an Email Address
Search List:
   Copy and Paste contents of the file: httpfile.txt

Next, choose Search the List. Mail Harvester will now process and
save each of the hyperlinks as files to your c:\temp subdirectory (if
this subdirectory doesn't exist on your computer, you will have to
create it first before harvesting these resumes). The additional
parameters of the session file say that each resume must be at least
3k in size and have an email address present.


ARTICLES


7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Recruiting Skills
http://www.stevefinkel.com/improve_recruiting_skills.htm

Retaining Key Staff: What High-Tech Employees *Say* versus What They
*Do*" http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010304.html

Resume Database Search Techniques for Best Results
http://www.Headhunter.net/JobPoster/Hireadigm/Inside.htm

Maintaining Focus in a Strong Recruiting Market
http://www.stevefinkel.com/maintain_focus.htm

Separating Military Members May Provide a Solution to Health Care
Worker Shortage
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/05/caitlin.rtf

On Counteroffers
http://www.stevefinkel.com/counter_offers.htm

Staffing Strategies - Seven creative tips on how to effectively
rethink core staffing strategies, still get your work done, and stay
ahead during a sluggish economy.
http://www.internetworld.com/050101/05.01.01feature1.jsp

Intra - Office Referrals: A Radical Proposal for Recruiting Firms
http://www.stevefinkel.com/intra_office.htm


ODDS & ENDS


Guerrilla Advertising
IPO dollars are running low, ad rates are sky-high and even
billboards on California highways go for $100,000 a month. Struggling
dotcoms will do anything for mindshare as long as it's intrusive,
creative and cheap. Look out for:

· Candy-colored logo-wrapped taxis
· "Bag-vertising" on take-out sacks
· Billboard barges on San Francisco Bay
· Wrapped employee cars
· Wrapped airport luggage carousels
· Branded coffee sleeves, water bottles, sunscreen tubes,
dry-cleaning bags
· Employees leaving company pens and pint glasses everywhere
they go
· Mobbing the sidewalk outside the Today show (hint: baseball
caps show up better than T-shirts)
· Handing out placards to sports fans to wave -- team name on
one side, company logo on the other
· Fruit stickers (156 million from Ask Jeeves alone)
· Branded parking spaces
· Branded hitchhikers
· Branded chauffeurs
· Christmas carolers singing 'altered' songs
· Branded town: Halfway, Oregon agreed to change its name to
Half.com in exchange for 22 new computers and $5,000 for the local
fair

Adflip's Archive of Print Ads
An enormous archive of print ads from 1940 to the present. Search by
keyword and date, browse by decade and category, or go straight to
the "famous" ads.
http://www.adflip.com/

9 MUST HAVES on any Resume
1. I demand a salary commiserate with my experience.
2. Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far.
3. Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store.
4. Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year.
5. I am loyal to my employer at all costs.... Please feel free to
respond to my resume on my office voice mail.
6. It's best for employers that I not work with people.
7. The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous
employers.
8. You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time.
9. As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing investments.

Are You Playing Musical Chairs With Your Banners?
Here is a free JavaScript that you can embed into your HTML page to
automatically rotate an unlimited amount of banners. Banners can be
used in a variety of ways - even as a running billboard of upcoming
events.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/05/java.rtf


BOOKMARKS


Gary's Mega-recruiter list v1.0 - over 1200 Colorado recruiters with
e-mails, fax and website information
http://www.users.qwest.net/~garycarr/services.html

3rd Party Recruitment Firms
http://www.jobtoaster.com/Recruiter/recruiterlist.asp
http://www.empty.net/recruiter/
http://www.adminexchange.com/directory.html
http://www.jobmag.com/em2963.htm
http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Industries/Information_Techno
logy/Employment/Recruiters/

The Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) - provides comprehensive
personnel transition assistance and processing through field
operations worldwide and centrally plans, develops and manages the
Army's job assistance program
http://www.acap.army.mil/acap/home.shtml


FREEBIES

Free job posting and resume searching.
http://www.militaryhire.com/

Free job posting and resume searching.
http://accounts.jobnext.com/cgi-bin/employer/signup.cgi?ac=regfrm

Free Oracle job postings.
http://www.oraclefans.com/oraclefans/forum/jobs/

Free resumes of F1/H1-b IT candidates.
http://usawork.com/resumes.html

Free unlimited job postings.
http://www.jobsonline.com/Employers.asp

90 days of CareerSite.com Recruiter without cost or obligation.
http://www.careersite.com/perl/vrui/EmpRegister/top/

Free 30-day trial to search resumes and post jobs.
http://USTechJobs.com/ecreg.asp

Free Identity Theft Self-Protection Kit - includes step-by-step
instructions on how to avoid being targeted by identity thieves.  It
also discusses the actions you must take to prevent the ruination of
your credit standing if you do become victimized, and even includes
sample letters to be used in communicating with banks, check clearing
services, credit bureaus, and merchants.
http://www.backgroundcheckgateway.com/identity-theft.html


EVENTS


Computerworld's 10th Annual Technical Recruiting & Retention
Conference
Marriott's Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, California, June
3-6, 2001
Join me at this highly celebrated annual conference on workforce
recruitment and retention. With over 700 corporate HR professionals
from Fortune 1000 companies, and hot topics such as "Cutting Edge
Tools for the Internet Recruiter", "The Cross Cultural Implications
of Recruiting Globally on the Internet" and "Recruiting for Rapid
Growth," this is a high profile, can't-miss event! Catch up on the
latest tools and techniques for hiring IT talent, from Web-based
recruiting and automated screening, to optimizing college relations
and managing hiring managers. To celebrate their 10th Anniversary
they are offering a special 25% discount off the $850 conference
($637.50) per person that includes all networking events, meals,
receptions and conference materials.
Conference Website: http://www.itcareersrecruiting.com/conf/ctrrc/
Attendee Brochure (Adobe PDF format):
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/ctrrc.pdf
Testimonials: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/kudos.doc

Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop
Monthly on the 4th Thursday throughout 2001, 8:30am-5:00pm,
University of Virginia,  Northern VA Center, Falls Church
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program for only $199!
By attending this Attendees will receive a comprehensive training
manual, a powerful and working bookmark file for Internet recruiting,
and unlimited, ongoing support. Workshops are conveniently held at
the University of Virginia in Falls Church, just a few minutes away
from Tysons Corner mall and across the street from the West Falls
Church metro station in the Washington DC area. Students will each
have their own state-of-the-art computer workstation in a very modern
training facility, accessing the Internet at a lightning fast speed
of T-1 (30 times faster than a 56K modem).
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


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.

Considering the cost of posting jobs to single job boards is going
up, in many cases to over several hundred dollars per single posting,
we think that JobZapper gives HR Depts and Recruiters a cost
effective way to reach 10s of millions of jobseekers all for one low
price.
http://www.jobzapper.com

ZillionResumes, the world's foremost internet resume aggregator, uses
advanced robot technology to search the Internet 24 hours a day.
We've gathered resumes from over 62,000 different locations.
http://www.zillionresumes.com

FormSite.com is the most flexible and easy-to-use HTML Form Builder
available on the Internet. FormSite.com enjoys top 10 placement in
almost all major search engines and is continuing to grow rapidly
based almost solely on word of mouth. Companies using FormSite.com
range from small start-ups creating secure order/registration forms
to major corporations such as Lucent, UPS, Xerox, Lockheed Martin,
IBM, Motorola, and GE Capital using FormSite.com for customer surveys.
http://www.formsite.com/

_______________________________________________
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reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 4
April 13, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Spring 2001 will go down as discovery season. Killer apps for the
HR/recruiting world have emerged in alien bodies that most of us have
never seen. With a little tweaking, they launch us so far to the
forefront that we need a telescope to see who is in second place. As
our world get increasingly larger and more virtual, the not-so-new
concept of data mining will overtake most conventional personal
information managers or applicant tracking systems and be replaced
with multiple cross-referenced databases of applicants tied to
skills, skills tied to companies, companies tied competitors,
companies tied to industries, etc. The true embodiment of information
overload will be exemplified in this new "Big Brother"
profile of the candidate and their industry.

On a less "geeky" note, I was extended the opportunity to
talk
incessantly about how to find a job using the Internet. The
venue last month was a small AM radio station in Leesburg, Virginia
and the program was naturally called, "Geeks on the Radio."
You can
hear both my half-hour and following week full-hour dialogue by
following these two links. However, you will need RealPlayer or some
other app to listen to this streaming audio.
March 10 Radio: http://www.pctalent.com/realaudio/bhollander03-10-
01.ram
March 17 Radio: http://www.pctalent.com/realaudio/bhollander03-17-
01.ram
Real Player: http://proforma.real.com/real/player/player.html?
src=010322realhome_1,010320rpchoice_h1&dc=327326325

If you haven't filled up your dance card for early June, then
consider a nice relaxing break in the California desert and join me
for my Sunday afternoon session on "Cutting Edge Tools for the
Internet Recruiter" at the 10th Annual Technical Recruiting &
Retention Conference at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort & Spa in
Palm Desert, California. The last time it was held here in 1999, I
remember it was 65 degrees in Los Angeles and 90++ degrees there. But
no one noticed unless they opted for an 18-hole golf excursion on the
property.
Conference Agenda:
http://www.itcareersrecruiting.com/conf/ctrrc/agenda/index.htm


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


CUTTING EDGE TOOLS FOR THE INTERNET RECRUITER


Mail Harvester Advanced Edition
This KILLER APP includes powerful tools for anyone knowledgeable
about web pages and URLs to harvest gold mines of data from the web.
Here are some of its features:

· send email messages in HTML format...includes browser preview of
your message
· manually enter lists of proven, productive URLs to search
· use the URL generator to create thousands of incrementing URLs
that
harvest a site's entire database
· harvests documents from the web - collect entire databases of
resumes as fast as your connection will allow

See my review when used with Google's new Advanced Groups Search
to extract every resume found to your computer:
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/04/mhae.doc
Download Site: http://natlpark.net/harvester/dlformpro.asp


ReXpress
FINALLY, a visionary app that can automatically parse one or a
zillion resumes at the same time, plus a TON of other features such
as capturing the jobseeker's full name in the resume and resaving
the file by full name or any other attribute or subset of that can be
found on that resume into a rich text format (RTF) file. RTF is the
industry standard by which any word processor can read any
other's file so long as it's saved in this format.

Though this app is geared for the large corporation with a robust
applicant tracking system or the large resume/job portal like
monster.com, it is still a KILLER APP for anyone else who wants to
leverage or remove all that administrative downtime to process 1 or
1,000,000 resumes. And best of all, with little or no garbage
reintroduced from typos (unless they were already there)!

I wish there was time to showcase all the other marvelous bells and
whistles of this app. So if you're wowed by this tiny little
feature,
you can imagine the feeling you will have when you've seen the
other
built-in modules.
See my review: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/04/rex.doc
ReXpress is now available to qualified beta testers for FREE:
http://www.recruiter.ca/ResumeMirror/betaform.htm
Download the ReXpress brochure (MS Word document) and get further
details about Option Packs:
http://www.recruiter.ca/ResumeMirror/ReXpress.doc


REVIEWS


CollegeRecruiter.com has quickly become one of the busiest sites that
specifically targets college students and recent graduates who are
seeking employment or continuing education opportunities. Late last
year this niche job/resume portal completely replaced its separate
job search and resume bank systems with an integrated state-of-the-
art solution. Always moving forward, it became the 8th highest
traffic job site overall with 681,000 unique users and 6,000,000 page
views per month. Then, in February 2001, it began cross-posting the
jobs in its database to over 1,500 relevant Internet sites and news-
groups.

A really great tool is the Resume Match Agent that scours their
database of 123,000+ resumes, all of which are 90 days old or newer
and opt-in, and then emails you the new matches each day. You'll get
one email that summarizes the matches. Should any be of interest,
you'll click on the candidate's name and be taken to their full
resume. http://www.collegerecruiter.com/
Sample Email Message in Response to a Job Posting:
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/04/cr-email.txt
Attached Resume Example for Job Posting:
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/04/Woessner_439092.txt


SITES


Cultivating All Those Interested Jobseekers
Obtain permission to send future email messages to a given user using
the FormSite.com "mass mailing" facility. Potential
jobseekers who
initially choose to receive your "mass mailings" can, at any
time,
opt-out or decide not to receive any of your additional emailings.
This free service provides the opt-out facility to your users. Every
mass mailing contains a link that the user can click on to elect
never to receive your email again. Once they click on the link, their
email address, and only their email address is removed from your
database so that they will not receive further emails.
http://www.formsite.com/

What 5-Digit Zipcode is Washington, DC Best Known For?
20001 20002 20003 20004 20005 20006 20007 20008 20009 20010 20011
20012 20013 20015 20016 20017 20018 20019 20020 20024 20026 20029
20030 20032 20033 20035 20036 20037 20038 20039 20040 20041 20042
20043 20044 20045 20046 20047 20049 20050 20051 20052 20053 20055
20056 20057 20058 20059 20060 20061 20062 20063 20064 20065 20066
20067 20068 20069 20070 20071 20073 20074 20075 20076 20077 20078
20080 20081 20082 20088 20090 20091 20097 20098 20099 20201 20202
20203 20204 20206 20207 20208 20210 20211 20212 20213 20214 20215
20216 20217 20218 20219 20220 20221 20222 20223 20224 20226 20227
20228 20229 20230 20231 20232 20233 20235 20237 20238 20239 20240
20241 20242 20244 20245 20250 20251 20254 20260 20261 20262 20265
20266 20268 20270 20277 20289 20299 20301 20303 20306 20307 20310
20314 20315 20317 20318 20319 20330 20332 20336 20337 20338 20340
20350 20370 20372 20373 20374 20375 20376 20380 20388 20389 20390
20391 20392 20393 20394 20395 20398 20401 20402 20403 20404 20405
20406 20407 20408 20409 20410 20411 20412 20413 20414 20415 20416
20418 20419 20420 20421 20422 20423 20424 20425 20426 20427 20428
20429 20431 20433 20434 20435 20436 20437 20439 20440 20441 20442
20444 20447 20451 20453 20456 20460 20463 20468 20469 20470 20472
20500 20501 20502 20503 20504 20505 20506 20507 20508 20510 20515
20520 20521 20522 20523 20524 20525 20526 20527 20530 20531 20532
20533 20534 20535 20536 20537 20538 20539 20540 20541 20542 20543
20544 20546 20547 20548 20549 20550 20551 20552 20553 20554 20555
20557 20558 20559 20560 20565 20566 20570 20571 20572 20573 20575
20576 20577 20578 20579 20580 20581 20585 20586 20590 20591 20593
20594 20597 20599
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html

25 Internet Services at Your Fingertips
Here you can search resources from all over the net like phone books,
email directories, and trip planners. But this isn't just another
list of links. The form for each resource is integrated into the
site, and Javascript copies the information from one blank to another
so you can use everything out there with a minimum of time and effort.
http://www.theultimates.com/

Do-It-Yourself Talk Radio
Yes, you too can fire up your microphone and assault the world with
your blather (if you use Windows and Internet Explorer). Lycos Talk
Radio works with a little piece of software downloaded from
Wonderhorse. http://talkradio.lycos.com/talkradio/lycos/home/home.asp


SOFTWARE


WebQL
Here is the epitomy of a data mining KILLER APP. The secret is
knowing what or where you want the information from. WebQL then takes
the lead using either an existing script or one designed by yourself
to quickly extract out all the information from that page that you
feel is pertinent to your research. The key word here is pertinent.
You don't have to grab everything that's there and take the
time to weed out what you don't want. The scripting language is
very intuitive with a little initial hand-holding. After a few
scripts, you'll be able to strut around and feel like your
company's
senior programmer or researcher. A more detailed review will be
presented next month under the Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet
Recruiter section.
Recent Reviews: http://register.caesius.com/demo/
WebQL Demo Edition is 100% FREE:
http://register.caesius.com/demo/index.php?pageID=oBZAJrK7oF0j2
WebQL Script Repository: http://www.webql.com/index.php?
pageID=i37sJ0yDcdNDk


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


Permission Marketing

All jobseekers who apply to your jobs are SOLICITING you for
attention. All jobseekers who post on fee-based sites such as
Monster.com are SOLICITING you and any other company that is looking
for attention.

Therefore, if you SOLICIT back to the jobseekers YOU ARE NOT spamming
them. You are ENGAGING them, EDUCATING them, and LEARNING FROM them.

Anyone whom your recruiters, website, or advertising identifies as a
potentially employable jobseeker should be retained for a very long-
term relationship via a concept called Permission Marketing.

Permission Marketing or Opt-In Membership allows your company to
legally and regularly send information to the jobseeker related to
the topic for which they subscribed (opt-in). Other messages can be
added, so long as the initial information the candidate requested is
provided. This ongoing relationship provides an incredible sourcing
and referral network.

This newsletter is an example of permission marketing where you have
asked to receive this publication on exploring cutting edge tools for
the Internet recruiter. You may opt-out (unsubscribe) at any time.
You agree to receiving this newsletter based on what you were told
was to be included, or not included.

Many electronic newsletters, similar to this, further leverage their
distribution network, by adding advertising trailers, announcing new
events or opportunities.


ARTICLES


Effective Recruiting Begins At Home
http://www.careerxroads.com/news/pastarticles/p_1.html

Most Productive Sources Survey
In January 2001, 78 members of the Staffing Alliance of Virginia
Employers (Project SAVE) participated in a survey in which they were
asked to rate the most productive sources of hires for the year 2000.
A rating of 1 was deemed as the most productive recruiting source
they or their companies used, 2 as second most productive, up to a
maximum of 10 sources.
http://www.cluffassociates.com/cltitle4.html

The Essential Laws of Networking in the Connected Economy
http://www.schmoozemonger.com/content/schmoozemonger_laws_v1-1.PDF

Dipping into Another Labor Pool — E-Recruiting Sites for the
Military
Community.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/04/dipping.html

Driving home recruitment
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/01/02/05/010205caedc.xml

How to Search a Resume Database
http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/news/march2001.htm

Writing An Effective Internet Job Posting
http://www.operationit.com/articles/effjobpostings.html

An Example of an Excellent Job Ad according to Dice.com
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/04/dicead.html

Working to retain your employees is the insider's version of
recruiting
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/02/19/010219opbriefing.xml

Applicant Interviewing - The Top 10 Red Flags
http://www.recruiterscafe.com/recruitment_networking_online.htm

Where to Look for a Job
http://www.peacecorps.gov/rpcv/hotline/hotline100100.pdf

Tools of the Trade / Get Into Training - news of the latest products
and services that help you run your business
April 2001 edition of Purple Squirrel Magazine (free subscription)
http://www.purplesquirrel.com/

Interviewing Tips
http://www.peacecorps.gov/rpcv/hotline/hotline081500.pdf

Show Me the Money
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2687755,00.html

All About Extreme Telecommuting
http://www.officeodyssey.com/


ODDS & ENDS


Are you a Nerd?
Nerd? Geek? Just another wannabe? Subject yourself to the rigors of
formal testing:
http://www.empathy.com/nerdwhat.html

Spyware covers the broad range of software which takes information
from your system without your knowledge or consent.  There are two
major flavors of spyware, Advertiser spyware and Computer Monitoring
spyware.  This free app is designed specifically to detect the most
advertiser spyware.  Some examples of computer monitoring programs
are Spector, KeyKey, 007 STARR, Boss Everywhere and I-See-U.  There
are over 100 computer monitoring programs not listed here, some of
them freeware!  These spy programs are popular with suspicious
spouses and bosses, and you can use this app to protect your right to
privacy.
http://www.spycop.com/

Discover Anything About Anyone
Sometime ago I uncovered the lid on this scam "software"
called "The
Internet Spy and You 2000". It appears in so many different
flavors
boasting things such as, "Shows you how to get the facts on
anyone"
or the "SOFTWARE They Wanted BANNED In all 50 States!" If you
really
want your own "spy software," go here and download this
"incredible"
product for free. It's amazing what people will pay for hype.
http://www.pressroom.com/~cmo/idetect.exe

The Dotcom Lay-off Tax Return
For quick, if temporary, relief from tax-return blues, check out this
funny parody of Form 1040. It's a great takeoff on the demise of
dotcom euphoria. Any American who has filed the real tax McCoy is
likely to enjoy it. IT employees will love it.
http://www.thoughtpolice.com/bayboyz/1040.html

Give Up Recruiting If You Have any of These Phobias
Anthropophobia, Gerontophobia, Peladophobia, Sociophobia,
Teratophobia, Cyberphobia, Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia, Ponophobia
http://www.phobialist.com/


BOOKMARKS


A short tour of job hunting in the early 21st century
http://www.recruiting-online.com/jobhunting/

The Place on the Web for Lots of Newsletters in Lots of Languages
http://www.thenewslettersite.com/sourcerers.html

Bessemer Search Group - Recruiting Center - Internet Resources
http://www.bessemersearch.com/recruiting/resources.html

SHRM HR Links / Online Recruiting Services - Directories & Reviews
http://www.shrm.org/hrlinks/recruit.htm

Recruiting Resources
http://www.staffbots.com/links.html

ITtoolbox Portal for PeopleSoft offers forums for discussion, an
integrated directory, daily news, and many other services geared
towards PeopleSoft professionals and users of PeopleSoft products.
http://peoplesoft.ittoolbox.com/


FREEBIES


Are you interested in recruiting transitioning military?  If so, you
can post jobs on this military-specific recruitment site, for free.
Just visit and click on "CREATE NEW ACCOUNT" under Employers.  Once
you submit the form, you can post as many jobs as you like at no
charge.
http://www.CorporateGrayOnline.com/

There have been over 8000 fresh resume posted in the last 30 days at
UsJobBoard.com.  As always, it is FREE to search these resumes.  Job
Posting is also still completely FREE!
http://www.usjobboard.com/

JobsInLogistics.com is the world's largest career and recruiting
site for the Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation and Distribution
Management Professions. It is absolutely free to post Summer Intern
jobs.
http://www.jobsinlogistics.com

ResumeSendOut.com offers you FREE qualified resumes in the targeted
fields of your choice with no strings attached. Every resume is sent
directly to your email account with a cover letter and a candidate
profile.
http://www.resumesendout.com/

Resume Robot, the premier search engine for resumes, locates passive
candidates and delivers targeted resumes to the recruiter's desktop,
using the latest advances in internet search technology. Take a free
test drive at any time.
http://www.resumerobot.com/

No background-checking experience is needed to use this unique new
website to check out prospective employees, tenants, business
partners, or even dates and fiancés.  And there is no cost
whatsoever to utilize the huge store of resources provided in the
300+ page site.
http://www.BackgroundCheckGateway.Com/

ourblock.com has developed a neighborhood network that enables you to
keep in touch with the people, businesses, issues and events that
really matter to you — those in your own neighborhood. Anyone in
the U.S. with phone service can get a free web site.
http://www.ourblock.com/app?page=cHomePage&Phone=240-281-
7728&submitphone=Go&SType=


EVENTS


Computerworld's 10th Annual Technical Recruiting & Retention
Conference
Marriott's Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, California, June
3-6, 2001
Join me at this highly celebrated annual conference on workforce
recruitment and retention. With over 700 corporate HR professionals
from Fortune 1000 companies, and hot topics such as "Cutting Edge
Tools for the Internet Recruiter", "The Cross Cultural
Implications
of Recruiting Globally on the Internet" and "Recruiting for Rapid
Growth," this is a high profile, can't-miss event! Catch up
on the latest tools and techniques for hiring IT talent, from Web-
based recruiting and automated screening, to optimizing college
relations and managing hiring managers. To celebrate their 10th
Anniversary they are offering a special 10% discount off of the
current published rates. To take advantage of this offer, you must
act by April 16, 2001. Current published rates begin at $850 per
person and include all networking events, meals, receptions and
conference materials.
Conference Website: http://www.itcareersrecruiting.com/conf/ctrrc/
Attendee Brochure (Adobe PDF format):
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/ctrrc.pdf
Testimonials: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/kudos.doc

Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES
Monthly on the 4th Thursday throughout 2001, 8:30am-5:00pm, UVA
Northern VA Center, Falls Church, VA
The Workshop is a hands-on, full-day training program for only $199!
By attending this Attendees will receive a comprehensive training
manual, a powerful and working bookmark file for Internet recruiting,
and unlimited, ongoing support. Workshops are conveniently held at
the University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church,
just a few minutes away from Tysons Corner mall and across the street
from the West Falls Church metro station in the Washington DC area.
Students will each have their own state-of-the-art computer
workstation in a very modern training facility, accessing the
Internet at a lightning fast speed of T-1 (30 times faster than a 56K
modem).
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


NEWSLETTERS


Tiburon Tips of the Week

Something I discovered after 35+ years in Boy Scouting is that good
volunteers remain the faces you see year after year. This is also
true of practitioners in our art of recruiting who are always out
there volunteering their wealth of knowledge. Once such luminary is
Carl Kutsmode, President of Tiburon Group. Carl is a nationally
recognized consultant, speaker, author and trainer on Internet
recruiting. Since founding Tiburon in late 1996, Carl has kept
Tiburon at the forefront of the ever-changing e-Recruiting market.

What more can you say about his weekly electronic newsletter that is
up to issue number 84 through the first week of April 2001. Its topic
is "Hiring Hourly and Clerical Employees Just Got Easier:
NowHiring.com."
Carl's Company Homepage: http://www.tiburongroup.com/
View the Tiburon Tips of the Week Archive:
http://tiburontips.listbot.com/cgi-bin/subscriber?
Act=view_archive&list_id=tiburontips
Subscribe to the Tiburon Tips of the Week:
http://tiburontips.listbot.com/


ADVERTISERS


These are all the firms that have asked me to showcase their services
or post an announcement. This is for your information only.

CollegeRecruiter.com is the highest traffic job site targeted to
students and recent graduates and the 8th most popular job site
overall with 681,000 unique users by December 2000.
http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com

Simplify the process of posting jobs (and managing updates and
deletes) on your own site and virtually every major Internet
employment site, from one Website.
http://www.DataFrenzy.com

CareerXRoads 2001 is the #1 print directory to learn about job,
resume, and career management sites on the web. Each summer they
scour the web for new sites. They also re-review all of the existing
sites in our database. They looked at thousands of sites to get down
to what they consider the 500 best for CareerXRoads 2001. In
addition, more than 2,000 websites are identified and listed by
diversity, specialty, location, college, jobs (free and fee), resumes
(free and fee) and other criteria. Also included is a cross-reference
index of 2,000 job and resumes websites (with e-mail addresses from a
master list). The 2001 directory also includes articles by Dr. John
Sullivan, Bret Hollander, Dr. Wendall Williams, Yves Lermusiaux, and
more...
http://www.careerxroads.com/

Corporate Gray Online facilitates the matching process between the
candidates (transitioning military, veterans, military spouses) and
those companies seeking to hire them.  Companies can search their
resume database using a variety of fields, including: Type of
Applicant (military rank), Branch of Service, Occupation Preference,
Years of Experience, Salary Range, Type of Employment (Full vs Part-
Time vs Contract), Security Clearance, Required Education Level,
Required Travel Level, Schools Attended, Previous Employers, and
keywords.  They may also post jobs/buttons/banners, etc.
http://www.CorporateGrayOnline.com

VetJobs went live on 11/11/99 (Veterans Day) and is now 15 months
old. VetJobs is the first comprehensive international site to reach
the entire military market, which is comprised of over 40,000,000
people. Most focus on the 200,000 military personnel who transition
off active duty each year. VetJobs includes the 9.5 million Veterans
currently in the work force, their trailing spouses and work eligible
dependents. When you add in the Coast Guard, National Guard and
Merchant Marine, who are all nationalized in time of war, the total
market exceeds 40 million people!!
http://www.vetjobs.com

Our Resume Bank now contains over 100,000 IT/IS specific resumes.
These resumes are from candidates that have specifically asked us to
include their resume in our database. They are not spidered from the
Web. Additionally, for the 6,000 resumes we add each month,
Computerwork.com now offers Job Agents that do the matching for you.
Set up your job agents, and let our nightly program email you matches
that come in during the previous day.
http://www.computerwork.com/

Spectrum Apartment Search has the most experienced team of licensed
residential leasing professionals and they offer complete relocation
services.  They maintain a comprehensive computerized database of
thousands of apartments, condos, lofts, and town houses, giving you
immediate access to a wide range of properties to call home.
http://www.apartmentsearch.com/

JustTechJobs.com is a career portal with 44 technology specific
jobsites. Each with their own individually operated resume database
to ensure higher quality (i.e. JustJavaJobs.com, JustOracleJobs.com).
Our clients average 1-4 more hires per month using our service.
http://www.justtechjobs.com/

Whether you're a veteran internet recruiter or just starting out with
online posting, you can increase your job's exposure without adding
time to your advertising process. Our exclusive job requisition
management tool is designed to help you reach those hard to find
candidates while eliminating the time spent researching available
resources and filling out multiple forms. We've made it simple by
creating one online form that filters your job to all the applicable
free regional, local and niche-specific sites from a network of more
than 1400 job boards and newsgroups.
http://www.aios.com/

The Womens Executive Network is the first web-enhanced recruiting,
retention and career development company that focuses on professional
women. We offer secure job search and career development services for
professionals at any stage in their career. Our Web-based, people
driven community provides job placement assistance, mentoring,
networking and career development services unlike any other company,
for women, on the Web.
http://www.thewen.com/

ZillionResumes, the world's foremost internet resume aggregator, uses
advanced robot technology to search the Internet 24 hours a day.
We've gathered resumes from over 62,000 different locations.
http://www.zillionresumes.com

The JobNext Career Network provides job search and free resume
services to both recruiters and job seekers, and they target mostly
on university fresh graduates.
http://www.jobnext.com

The Frugal Recruiter is a resource guide containing over 800 free job
posting and/or resume searching sites that are divided into more than
30 categories with each category being further divided by region.
Since it's updated monthly to reflect changes in the sites
as well as add new ones, the information is always current.
http://www.frugalrecruiter.com

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SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE (c) 1999-2001 NETRECRUITER, All rights
reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 3
March 10, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER

I didn't realize how intriguing the review on distance learning
"institutions" was, but based on your overwhelming feedback it must
have struck a chord. My thanks goes out to Gerry Crispin and Mark
Mehler, who in their new printing release of CareerXRoads 2001, for
drawing attention to this newsletter and its "quirky resources." I
also want to mention that I'm introducing, beginning this month and
continuing through the remainder of this year, my favorite top ten
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter. The first in this new
review series is Resume infoFinder Platinum by Infogist.com. On the
conference side I'm sad to say that I was unable to attend the first
and instantly successful ERExpo in San Diego this month. Dave
Manaster and his once fledgling ERExchange website has come a long
way in a short time with great contributions by renowned experts in
our industry and a very popular and moderated forum discussion. My
yearly pilgrimage to Computerworld's Recruitment and Retention
Conference is just a few months away in early June and I'm already
chomping at the bit to give everyone attending a really good taste of
my 2001 tools in a special and free 4-hour Sunday pre-conference
warmup.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


CUTTING EDGE TOOLS FOR THE INTERNET RECRUITER


In the first installment of this new topic to the SOURCERER'S
APPRENTICE, my first and undoubtedly one of my favorites in the war
for talent and the leveraging of time and resources for the recruiter
is Resume infoFinder Platinum by Infogist.com. This flagship
application is not even mentioned on the company site. But after a
few peeks at its incredible arsenal of resume capture and
communication tools, you will quickly be a believer for life. This
amazing product evolved from a small group of geeky programmers who
specialized in developing intelligent applications that simplified
the finding and reading online of information. Lucky for us, they
also chose to target the resume market. For those of you in the hunt
for a new job in the HR industry, they also offer a great free job
metasearcher entitled, HR Jobs infoFinder. This program can instantly
and simultaneously search and rank order HR job leads from more than
40 job sites identified by CareerXroads (The Directory to Job, Resume
and Career Management Sites on the Web) as having quality
opportunities.
http://www.infogist.com/HRJOBSinfoFindersrc.htm#Register

To get a free taste or evaluation of the Platinum version for
14-days, you will need to contact their company's Vice President and
co-founder, Ron Crompton, at (937) 434-1500 x202. You'll probably
need to tell him that your read about his product here and you want
to become a believer too. Good luck and happy hunting.

Head-to-Head Comparison between Infogist and AIRS Searchstation
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/infoairs.doc

However, if you're gun shy and uncomfortable at talking on the phone
- LOL, you can still taste and try their Resume infoFinder Gold
product for 14-days as well. It has many of the Platinum features and
is also a great tool.
http://www.infogist.com/resumecareersrc.htm


REVIEWS

Still a youngster in the war for talent, but quickly becoming a major
force, is FlipDog.com. Where some of the better known sites live up
to their chosen namesake, specifically customer service, FlipDog is
truly a welcome bit of fresh air. Their staff is accessible, up to
the key vice presidents of their 150 plus company. I find them very
knowledgeable, resourceful, and fast on the turnaround if an answer
is not readily available. I have been given the opportunity to fully
evaluate their site, just like a paying customer, exploiting all
their bells and whistles like highlighting job postings, or profiling
my "company", or even drawing more attention through a series of very
well placed and read billboards.

One of the best parts about FlipDog is that job postings are 100%
free for corporate employers needing to hire people for in-house jobs.
That includes up to ten free resume agents called Automated
CandidateHunters that deliver a ton of targeted job seekers to your
doorstep every day. However, to view these candidates, you will need
to sign up for their resume service. All candidates who respond to
your free job postings come via email in the form of an easily laid
out resume that can be quickly scanned into your applicant tracking
system, and in many cases a detailed and personalized cover letter.

Batch uploading for all of your jobs is also free. The most used
format is the ASCII delimited file that can be exported from your
database manager. A simple email with your batch file attached is all
you need to get a major source of quality candidates freely flowing
into your recruiter's hands. One of their senior veeps informed me
that one company presently uploads its 3000+ jobs every day.

A new feature just released this week is their Executive Finder.
Basically, this is a new database of job seekers in the $100K+ market
who are either C-level executives or are seeking executive level
positions. It will be interesting to see how their new resume
database compares to other competitors such as 6FigureJobs.com or
BigWigs.net.

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE Evaluation Web Site at FlipDog
http://www.flipdog.com/skr/res/skr-coprofile.html?ID=246354

Inside SnapShots of FlipDog's Products
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/flipdog.html

SITES


ProFusion Version 2 Beta
Place this Boolean search formula in the Advanced Search box to
sample the power of this free metasearcher when looking for resumes.
Set search type to Boolean, show results to All, and results per
source to 30.

(url:resume OR title:resume OR resume) AND "software engineer" AND
NOT (job OR jobs OR submit OR opening OR send OR apply OR post OR
position OR opportunities OR EEO OR candidate OR candidates)
http://beta.profusion.com/CatNav.asp?PTH=ProFusion/Web&TTL=Web%20Searc
h%20Engines

A Free Site Indexing Service Plus Much More
Master.com provides free high value application services to your web
site with your site's look and feel. Now your site can have most of
the advanced features found on large portal sites, using the same
software they use but without the need for you to purchase and
install software on your web server.
http://www.master.com/texis/master/app/home.html


SOFTWARE


Grabbing All the Gusto
SuperBot 2.5a downloads entire websites automatically, and saves them
on your computer. Due to its HTML remapping technology, the copied
websites look and feel like the online versions, except they are much
faster to browse and don't require you to be online. This application
is small, efficient, and very easy to use. It can also be used to
capture all email addresses on a website or even all resumes from a
free resume database site.
http://www.sparkleware.com/prog/sb.exe

Ranking Your Website
Advanced Site Position (ASP) is designed to locate a website's
position in search engines using keywords. ASP supports two modes of
operation: find the position of one site using several sets of search
phrases or, find the position of several sites using one search
phrase. In both modes, search depth is unlimited.
http://www.mailutilities.com/asp/?CRj

Relationship Management
This totally free service keeps track of the emails of people who
wish to be notified of changes to your website.
http://www.MessageBot.com/

Was it g7WK35x or TCY16f3
How many passwords do you have? If you're like me you have one for
your email account, one for your free mail account (if you don't have
one you should), one to log on to your company's LAN, another to
access your online investment account, and probably a half dozen more
to access various web sites and applications located on your PC.
Those #@$% passwords! It's about darn time to get all your darn
passwords organized with Darn! Passwords!, an easy to use password
storage utility. Now you will only need one master password to access
all your user names and passwords held within Darn! Passwords!'
database. Setting up Darn! Passwords! is a snap. For each web site
that requires a password you simply enter the name of the site, the
user name, password, and the url. The same goes for an application
located on your PC, but instead of entering a URL you enter the
shortcut to that application. Another similar application, PassMate,
v. 1.1.9, was just released on 3/9/01. This one is freeware.
http://www.odarn.com/darnpw.html
http://members.home.net/scotttownsend/PassMate/PassMate.Zip

Desktop Organizer
Say goodbye to cluttered desktops and digging through browser windows
to find what you are looking for. DragStrip for Windows is the
ultimate desktop organization tool and much more! With a simple drag
and drop interface, you can create strips of files, folders,
applications and URLs that you use frequently and then they are all
only a click away. Each strip can have multiple pages so you can
organize them however you want and they will take up less space than
having lots of browser windows open or shortcuts all over your
desktop. You can anchor your strips to the edge of the screen and the
handy "Auto-Hide" feature keeps you from using up your valuable
screen real estate while still having all of the power of DragStrip
at your fingertips.
http://www.poppybank.com/DragStrip

Free Windows Stuff
Some say you get what you pay for; others swear that free is an
excellent price. Windows users here have a reference point to the
best available freeware in eight categories ranging from business to
systems and security. Whether you want Sun's powerful StarOffice
software or antivirus protection for your home system, you can find
and download it for free. Of course, some of these are pretty hefty
downloads for a dial-up connection; probably best accomplished in the
wee hours of the morning while you're examining your eyelids for
pinholes. While no site has ever been built that is truly
indispensable, this one comes close. Free is indeed an excellent
price, and this site features the most comprehensive set of links to
quality freeware that I've ever run across.
http://www.sover.net/~whoi/Priceless.html

Group Mailer & Mailing List Management Freeware
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/comm/fwbulk.shtml

Web Search Freeware Tools
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/searchtools/fwsearch.shtml


TECHNIQUES OF THE MONTH


Finding Newgroup (Usenet) Resumes
Most recruiters or researchers only use Deja.com to perform newsgroup
searches for resumes. However, Google.com, currently the largest
indexed search engine in the world, also offers a beta version called
Search Groups. Place this formula in its search window and go to the
races. You may want to also add one or more technical keywords to
further target your search. With your formula placed in the search
window, you can also elect to try out the Usenet Advanced Search and
set your viewing parameters to 100 results per screen vs. the default
of 10 in a simple search.
http://groups.google.com/

resume education experience -needed -wanted -vacancy -opportunity
-job -jobs -submit -opening -send -apply -post -position
-opportunities -eeo -candidate -jobbankusa -reply

Consolidate All Your Email Using Eudora or Outlook
In order to use an email client to send and receive Yahoo! Mail
messages, you must designate a new incoming (POP) mail server and a
new outgoing (SMTP) mail server. If you can't add new POP or SMTP
servers, you will need to change your current server settings. Write
down your current settings - you may need to revert to your original
settings later if you decide to send and receive messages from your
other email addresses.

Here are the basic server settings for Yahoo! Mail:

Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Account Name/Login Name: your Yahoo! Mail name (your address without
the "@yahoo.com")
E-mail address: your Yahoo! Mail address (i.e., user@...)
Password:  your Yahoo! Mail password


ARTICLES


Top Ten Rules for Successful Internet Sourcers
http://www.recruiters-aid.com/aidkit/beyondbasics/top_ten_rules.htm

HotJobs Challenges Monster to a Duel
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/duel.doc

Write On-line Job Ads That Get Response
http://www.medimorphus.com/newsletter/Q12001/Articles/WriteOnlineJobs.
shtml

The Importance of Job Descriptions and How to Prepare Them
http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=39193&d=101&h-0&f=0&d
ateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y

Follow Your E-Mail Everywhere
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0%2C1282%2C41686%2C00.html

Behavioral rules for e-mail
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SeattleTimes.woa/w
a/gotoArticle?zsection_id=268454830&text_only=0&slug=ptinbo18&document
_id=134268010

Email Wiretapping
http://www.privacyfoundation.org/advisories/advemailwiretap.html

Forwarding of E-Mail is NOW Punishable by 5 Years in Prison or Fines
up to $60,000
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1768268%5E421,00.html

The Top 10 Office 2000 Tips & Tricks
http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/tipstricks/tip1.htm

Web Site Design: The Finishing Touches
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/toolkits/design/tlk0397.html

Online Marketing
http://www.khgraphics.com/art-mc0004.htm

Law firm immigrates visa work to Web site
http://chicagotribune.com/tech/chicagoscene/article/0,2669,ART-50225,F
F.html


ODDS & ENDS


Encrypt Your E-mail as Spam
Governments and cabals are all watching, all listening. You know they
read every e-mail you write and send. Conspiracy theorists have
pointed it out for years, yet only now have you seen the truth.
Software helps combat this invasion - PGP and GnuPG integrate with an
awful lot of stuff these days and let you quickly encrypt your e-mail
to resemble a pile of noise. But why lean towards the complex? It's
too obvious that you're encrypting your mail to keep it from prying
eyes. Instead, let the Illuminati see plenty of your e-mail and bore
them to tears with it. SpamMimic encrypts any message as long
diatribes of order processing and plenty of ways to get rich quick.
The result can be fed back into this application by the recipient to
reveal the original message. http://www.spammimic.com/explain.shtml

Take This Job and Shove It
This UK-based website provide free advice for helping people resign
from their jobs. As well as offering a selection of resignation
letter templates (alongside about 30 hilarious spoof letters), they
also offer users a wealth of serious and sensible advice.
http://www.i-resign.com/

Add Fake Text to a Word Document
Here's a handy function you can use whenever you need to fill a page
with fake text for example, to demonstrate a feature in Word or to
work with page layout and design.

In a Microsoft Word document, type =rand(4,5) and then press ENTER.

The numbers in parentheses correspond to the number of paragraphs (4)
and the number of sentences per paragraph (5). You can change the
numbers in parentheses to put more or less text on the page. Or if
you want one long paragraph, just place one number in the
parentheses, which will designate the number of sentences that should
appear in the paragraph.

Caveman Grub
The PaleoDiet advocates merely eating the foods our pre-Neolithic
hunter-gatherer ancestors ate. In modern terms, that means simple
foods, minimally processed and varying daily depending on where you
are and what's available. This sounds like a joke, but it's actually
a highly scrutinized scientific method. It's a serious diet and, most
likely, a very healthy diet. If you choose to follow the diet, you
can find complete directions and sample menus at this Paleolithic
Diet Page and at other sites linked here. The biggest advantage you
have over the originators of the diet (who died out thousands of years
ago) is that you always have food sources. Pre-agricultural
communities didn't have that assurance. There's a ton of reference
material here including groups and sources lists.
http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/


BOOKMARKS


Yahoo IT/Software Individual Resumes
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Employment/Resume
s/Individual_Resumes/

Web Developers
http://developer.netscape.com/support/faqs/champions/meetchmp.html

Corel Alumni Listing
http://www.sulis.com/notcorellist.htm

Texas A&M University Computer Science People Pages
http://www.cs.tamu.edu/people/

South Florida Business Contacts
http://www.miamiinternetalliance.com/Board/board.htm

Actual Bumper Stickers
http://www.goodtimes2.com/bumper_stickers.htm


FREEBIES


A growing resource in the online recruiting world, Bigwigs.net is
offering free job posting and searching of our resume database of
$100K+ candidates to help companies find desired talent in the
executive arena. The search for quality executive and higher
compensated employees becomes more competitive everyday and our
services will save you valuable time and money.
http://www.Bigwigs.net/

FlipDog.com offers free, unlimited job postings to corporate
employers. You can even send them a batch upload for every one of
your 2000 jobs!
http://www.flipdog.com

Free job postings and resume search of over 17,000 military veterans.
http://www.militaryhire.com

There have been over 8000 fresh resume posted in the last 30 days at
UsJobBoard.com.  As always, it is free to search these resumes.  Job
Posting is also still completely free!
http://www.usjobboard.com

Free unlimited job postings searchable by multiple keys by job
seekers. Free resume search. Presently, there are 1295 US-based
resumes.
http://www.JobCatalog.com

Free multi-industry, nationwide job and resume post and search.
http://www.itsyourjobnow.com/

UC-Irvine MBA Free Resumes
Full-time students average more than five years of professional work
experience prior to entering UCI and their executive degree students
average more than fourteen years. More than 40% of their students
have a technical undergraduate degree in engineering, science or
computer science. Over 300 student resumes are available representing
MBA graduating classes 2001 and 2002.

University of California - Irvine
Christine Sjolander (Csjoland@...), Assistant Director, MBA
Career Services
Graduate School of Management
http://www.gsm.uci.edu/go/recruiters

Free subscription to Contract Professional today - courtesy of
ComputerJobs.com
http://www.cpuniverse.com/subscribe/computerjobs.shtml



EVENTS


Computerworld's 10th Annual Technical Recruiting & Retention
Conference
Marriott's Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, California, June
3-6, 2001
Join me at this highly celebrated annual conference on workforce
recruitment and retention. With over 700 corporate HR professionals
from Fortune 1000 companies, and hot topics such as "Cutting Edge
Tools for the Internet Recruiter", "The Cross Cultural Implications
of Recruiting Globally on the Internet" and "Recruiting for Rapid
Growth," this is a high profile, can't-miss event! Catch up on the
latest tools and techniques for hiring IT talent, from Web-based
recruiting and automated screening, to optimizing college relations
and managing hiring managers.
Testimonials: http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/kudos.doc
Attendee Brochure (Adobe PDF format):
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/ctrrc.pdf
Conference Website: http://www.itcareersrecruiting.com/conf/ctrrc/

Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES
Monthly throughout 2001, 8:30am-4:30pm, UVA Northern VA Center, Falls
Church, VA
The TECHNIQUES Workshop is the lowest priced, hands-on, full-day
training program in the world! By attending this Workshop, you will
receive a comprehensive training manual, a powerful and working
bookmark file for Internet recruiting, and unlimited, ongoing
support. Workshops are conveniently held at the University of Virginia
Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church, just a few minutes away
from Tysons Corner mall and across the street from the West Falls
Church metro station in the Washington DC area. Students will each
have their own state-of-the-art computer workstation in a very modern
training facility, accessing the Internet at a lightning fast speed
of
T-1 (hundreds of times faster than a 56K modem).
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


NEWSLETTERS

There are a lot of great electronic newsletters dedicated to Internet
recruiting. Because of the incredible insight and information derived
from many of these ezines, I am a regular subscriber. In ensuing
issues of the SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE, I will attempt to display as
many of the really good ones. For this month, I've chosen AIRS
RealTools.

AIRS currently offers a 5-day newsfeed on various subjects, each
presented on a different day. RealTools is distributed on Wednesdays.
Presented below are some of the recent hot tools reviewed in this
newsletter.
http://www.airsdirectory.com/news/newsfeed/realtools/

Search Tools
http://www.searchshots.com/
http://www.webbrain.com
http://www.dmoz.org/

Speed Tools (Web Browsing)
http://www.testmyspeed.com
http://www.internettrafficreport.com
http://www.netsonic.com
http://interquick.deerfield.com

Software Debugging Tools
http://www.bugnet.com
http://www.bigfix.com


ADVERTISERS


These are all the firms that have asked me to showcase their services
or post an announcement. This is for your information only.

CareerXRoads 2001 is the #1 print directory to learn about job,
resume, and career management sites on the web. Each summer they
scour the web for new sites. They also re-review all of the existing
sites in our database. They looked at thousands of sites to get down
to what they consider the 500 best for CareerXRoads 2001. In
addition, more than 2,000 websites are identified and listed by
diversity, specialty, location, college, jobs (free and fee), resumes
(free and fee) and other criteria. Also included is a cross-reference
index of 2,000 job and resumes websites (with e-mail addresses from a
master list). The 2001 directory also includes articles by Dr. John
Sullivan, Bret Hollander, Dr. Wendall Williams, Yves Lermusiaux, and
more...
http://www.careerxroads.com/

VetJobs went live on 11/11/99 (Veterans Day) and is now 15 months
old. VetJobs is the first comprehensive international site to reach
the entire military market, which is comprised of over 40,000,000
people. Most focus on the 200,000 military personnel who transition
off active duty each year. VetJobs includes the 9.5 million Veterans
currently in the work force, their trailing spouses and work eligible
dependents. When you add in the Coast Guard, National Guard and
Merchant Marine, who are all nationalized in time of war, the total
market exceeds 40 million people!!
http://www.vetjobs.com

Emailresume.org is a customized, confidential resource designed to
research company websites, identify career opportunities and submit
client resumes.  We surf the 'Net for our clients!  Emailresume.org
services are available for residents of continental USA.
http://www.emailresume.org/

Spectrum Apartment Search has the most experienced team of licensed
residential leasing professionals and they offer complete relocation
services.  They maintain a comprehensive computerized database of
thousands of apartments, condos, lofts, and town houses, giving you
immediate access to a wide range of properties to call home.
http://www.apartmentsearch.com/

Corporate Gray Online facilitates the matching process between the
candidates (transitioning military, veterans, military spouses) and
those companies seeking to hire them.  Companies can search their
resume database using a variety of fields, including: Type of
Applicant (military rank), Branch of Service, Occupation Preference,
Years of Experience, Salary Range, Type of Employment (Full vs
Part-Time vs Contract), Security Clearance, Required Education Level,
Required Travel Level, Schools Attended, Previous Employers, and
keywords.  They may also post jobs/buttons/banners, etc.
http://www.CorporateGrayOnline.com

Attention all recruiter's that are in the market for a new IT resume
database. 100's of IT professionals and engineers post their resume
to their site everyday.
http://www.jobwarehouse.com

CollegeRecruiter.com at http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com is the
highest traffic job site targeted to students and recent graduates
and the 8th most popular job site overall with 681,000 unique users
by
December 2000.

StaffLabs provides an Application Service whose functionality
enhances and accelerates the recruiting process while removing the
burden and headaches of non-online software administration. StaffLabs
software is targeted at recruiters and staffing professionals and
allows them to do their jobs more effectively, to draw meaningful
metrics from their data, network with other staffing professionals,
as well as provide their clients with more candidates whose profiles
more precisely correlate with client-company requirements. StaffLabs
enhances the commercial viability of its subscribers.
http://demo.stafflabs.com/

While candidates use our web site as a resource to match their
backgrounds with opportunities at companies, human resource personnel
utilize our services to more efficiently compete in the recruitment
of candidates on a worldwide level. Our two major recruitment service
offerings include our existing posting service and our database
search service, CandidateConnectTM.
http://www.campuscareercenter.com/

More advertisers found here…
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/03/advertis.html

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Volume 2, Issue 2
February 12, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER

Do you get a lot of unsolicited email? I do. I guess it's inevitable
when you do as much surfing as I do each week. What I especially love
are all those "get rich quick" ads, the snake oil cures, and the
"find anything about anyone" software programs. But my number one
favorite is the "instant degree of my choice" offerings. In this
month's issue, I've conducted over 20 hours of research on scam
universities (http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/scamuniv.doc),
including many articles written about them, bogus university
websites, and a slew of jobseekers, both at the pinnacle of
management and below, who list these universities and their degrees
"earned" on their resume. I hope no one is offended by my decision to
post the name and if possible contact information of the jobseeker.
Something about fabricating one's credentials for personal gain
clouded my sensibilities.

Most of you probably only know me by this newsletter or maybe by
classes or conferences where I have presented the subject of Cutting
Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter. A funny encounter occurred
last year at the Computerworld conference in Orlando. While looking
for a blender to mix my liquid protein diet, I stumbled across Gerry
Crispin, co-author of CareerXRoads, sitting at the bar chatting with
Mark Williams, COO of ITCareers.com. In the ensuing conversation,
Gerry remarked that he finally figured out, after more than a year,
what I did for a living. I laughed and joked that maybe he finally
"looked" at my site, versus just hearing who I was from other people
he met. So, I invite all my subscribers to also look at my site at
netrecruiter.net and maybe you too will finally know what puts butter
on my bread!


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


REVIEWS

FlipDog.com lists jobs from employer Web sites. Using breakthrough
technology, they claim to get jobs from five times more employers
each week than other job sources do in a year. They also claim to have
more jobs than Monster and HotJobs combined. If using Netscape, you
will probably need to download and save this file and then open it in
MS Word.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/flipdog.doc

HotResumes.com claims to be one of the fastest growing resume
databases on the internet. Their search team searches the net's free
resume databases (large, small, specialty, niche and general) plus
resume news groups and indexing 1000's monthly into our database for
you to search. If using Netscape, you will probably need to download
and save this file and then open it in MS Word.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/hotres.doc


SITES


A follow-up auto responder is an autoresponder that not only sends a
document automatically to a request but also sends message follow-ups
out at predetermined times. For example if you send an e-mail to a
follow-up responder you will automatically receive your information
in your mailbox but that is just the beginning of the process. Soon
you will receive another message (when depends on how the owner has
set their responders) maybe the next day asking you if you received
your information, what you thought of it, etc. A few days later you
may receive another message this time with another message and more
information. This can continue for the next couple weeks, months,
etc. The true power of this system is that the e-mail seems to come
from your email address as if it was actually written that day.
However it is the autoresponder silently doing it's job following up
on e-mail automatically. For a much better example of a follow-up
autoresponder in action send an e-mail to
nationwidejobopportunities@... and check your e-mail.
Imagine the time you could save and the increase in jobseeker
prospects you could generate if you could repeatedly and consistently
follow-up on all your leads automatically!
http://www.webmailstation.com

New Product Software Offerings Newsgroups - point your browser to
Deja.com and search for any new threads on either of the two
newsgroups listed below.
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.newprod

Phaster is an information portal that will help you search the web
for: reverse lookup phone numbers, MP3's, proxy hacks, stock quotes,
currency conversions, online maps, weather reports, eMail, free
submission services, etc.
http://www.phaster.com/

Sample Confidentiality Agreement for Consultants, Contractors, and
Outsourced Professionals
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/confide.html

Without your knowledge or explicit permission, the Windows networking
technology which connects your computer to the Internet may be
offering some or all of your computer's data to the entire world at
this very moment! Shields UP! quickly checks the SECURITY of YOUR
computer's connection to the Internet.
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

This a list of fee-based services that post jobs to multiple sites:
RecruitUSA, Net-Temps, CareerBuilder, CareerEngine, eQuest, GoJobs,
IIRC, All In One Submit, Boxwood, DICE, HRPal, WebHire, Who To
Choose,
DBK.


SOFTWARE


I wish I could easily schedule meetings with large numbers of people
- the meeting host invites people to the meeting and indicates which
time slots are preferable through a graphical interface. Additional
files may also be posted. Each participant then enters his or her
availability in a similar fashion. The host can send reminder emails
if participants forget to respond with their availability. Once
everyone has entered his or her schedule, an email will automatically
be sent to the host. The host can then view everyone's combined
schedule in color using several different filters. Finally, the host
selects a time slot and an email is sent out to the participants.
http://www.jovialgenie.com/

WebWader is a tool to automatically and thoroughly browse a Web site.
First it scans pages stored in the site, building a tree of HTML
pages. This tree is then traversed automatically and each page is
displayed by a browser. WebWader is especially useful for webmasters
who want to redesign a site with a complex hierarchy of files. The
program is neither a browser nor a link checker, but an 'aspect
checker:' it travels through a tree of HTML pages and displays each
one in a window, allowing for quick changes in the page's appearance.
It works with: Netscape, IExplorer, Opera, Emacs (Win32)
http://jeanpaul.lefevre.free.fr/java/webwader/


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


Playing Musical Chairs With Your Search Commands
There are so many formulas out there for finding prospective resumes.
Here are some sample searches I conducted on four web-based search
engines: AltaVista, NorthernLight, HotBot, and NBCi. If using
Netscape, you will probably need to download and save this file and
then open it in MS Word.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/musical.doc


ARTICLES


How to Search a Resume Database - do you know how to effectively use
resume databases? Are you unable to create intelligent searches,
because you usually look for what you need instead of how a candidate
would place their skills on their resume? Here are a few pointers.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/searching.html

Using Keywords Effectively to Promote Your Site
http://www.100promotiontips.com/keywords.htm

Unsentimental Education
http://www.inc.com/articles/details/0,,1_ART21447_CNT53,00.html

Standard Worldwide Staffing Metrics
http://www.staffing.org/resources/metricsdef.html

Working with Student Contractors
http://www.inc.com/articles/details/0,,ART21624_CHL2_CNT56_REG54_TOL11
654,00.html


ODDS & ENDS


Building Technology
Anyone in the building trade will appreciate this resource, which
offers a huge amount of trade-related information for the practical
side of building, as well as advanced techniques for integrating
technologies into various structures. Even outsiders can enjoy it. We
learned more than we ever thought possible about water-loop heat
pumps, got hopelessly lost in the not-as-exciting-as-it-sounds
Earthquake Friction Dampers page, and hovered helplessly in the Wind
Energy Systems section, entranced by the enormous horizontal axis
wind turbines.
http://www.advancedbuildings.org/

How to Write Online
Emily Vander Veer's writing site is relatively new, which means that
Writing for the Web is one of the few newsletter sites for "real"
writers that hasn't been purchased by an electronic publisher yet.
Vander Veer, an accomplished freelancer, provides on her pages advice
that comes from experience. For writers who write for a living, and
who care about things like electronic rights, hers is an important
voice. The site and accompanying free newsletter mark a path through
the still confusing and new world of Internet publication. While the
guides to paying e-markets, lists of writer's resources, and tips for
online self-promotion can help a good freelancer get the job done,
they also reinforce an underlying and pervasive message: a writer who
gives away work devalues every writer's work.
http://www.emilyv.com/

Baen Free Library Offers Free Books
One day SF author Eric Flint got into a virtual brawl with a number
of his peers over online piracy of copyrighted works and what to do
about it. One school of thought holds that the problem is best
handled with the "handcuffs and brass knucks" of tougher law
enforcement and technological fixes. Eric, on the other hand, feels
that online piracy is at most a nuisance, and that any losses it
causes are almost certainly offset by the additional publicity which
free book copies usually engender. His publisher, the extremely
experienced Jim Baen, told Eric to put his money where his mouth is
and make his own books available for free. Eric obliged, and after
some reflection so did a number of other prominent authors in the
Baen Books stable. And so we are blessed with the Baen Free Library,
where Eric Flint, David Drake, David Weber, and other top selling SF
authors offer some of their books for free: unabridged, no strings
attached, and with the full blessing of their publisher. Visit the
library if for no other reason than to read Eric's lucid take on the
whole issue of content piracy. While you're there, download the books
in several popular electronic formats.
http://www.baen.com/library/


BOOKMARKS


A Very Comprehensive List of Recruiting Sites - recent post on
Monster.com by Dr. Delos.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/02/recruit.html

Lycos Individual User Homepage Resume Listings
http://pagebuilder.lycos.com/resume/gallery/

College Pages

PEOPLE SEARCH for U.Va. student, faculty, and staff
http://www.virginia.edu/dir.html

University of Virginia Information Technology & Communication
http://www.people.virginia.edu/

University of California, Irvine Information and Computer Science
Directory Service
http://www.ics.uci.edu/icsdirserv/

Clemson University student, faculty, and staff resumes
http://people.clemson.edu
url:people.clemson.edu and url:resume (Boolean search on
AltaVista.com Advanced Search)

Purdue University Expert Home Pages
http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/homepages/homepages.html

Arizona State University Student, Faculty, and Staff Homepages
http://www.asu.edu/directory/homepages/

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Computing Support Services Staff
Directory
http://www.louisiana.edu/InfoTech/UCSS/Staff/

University of Michigan personal homepages
http://www-personal.umich.edu/
url:www-personal.umich.edu and url:resume (Boolean search on
AltaVista.com Advanced Search)

The University of Georgia Computing and Networking Services
Student/Faculty/Staff Pages
http://www.arches.uga.edu/pages/

Sam Houston State University personal homepages
http://www.shsu.edu/
url:www.shsu.edu and url:resume (Boolean search on AltaVista.com
Advanced Search)

Graphic Artists Sites

Graphics Artists Guild - they have local chapters as well
http://www.gag.org

American Institute of Graphic Arts
http://www.aiga.org

Graphic Designers Paradise Job Board
http://desktoppublishing.com/employ.html

http://www.roundtable.org
http://www.freelancers.com
http://www.adrecruiter.com
http://www.advertising-pr.com

Other Sites

MSN RedmondAve Directory Home Pages
http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/RedmondAve/listing.html

Tripod Member Homepages
http://members.tripod.com/
url:members.tripod.com and url:resume (Boolean search on
AltaVista.com Advanced Search)

Federal Aviation Administration co-ops and their resumes
http://ftp.tc.faa.gov/avi_edu/coop/resumes/

A network of over 400 Internet job sites
http://www.1-jobs.com/sites.htm

Various Recruiting-Related Forums
http://www.recruiterspeak.com

HRIS & Software Consulting Sites
http://www.iseekhr.com/dir/hrm/hsc/


FREEBIES


RecruiterWork.com officially launched on February 1, 2001. To
facilitate their early-stage growth of candidate flow they are
offering a free 90-day trial of their services. In order to maintain
your 90-day free trial you must post at least one position within a
week of signup.
http://www.recruiterwork.com

Resume infoFinder Gold lets you instantly and simultaneously search
top resume sources; and preview, speed-read, refine, save, and Email.
It also has the ability to search fee-based resume sites and resumes
on your computer and intranet; includes an Email Contact Wizard, and
has a premium add-on function for exporting resumes to applicant
tracking systems. Free 14-day trial.
http://www.infogist.com/resumecareer.htm

Recruiters Network, the Association for Internet Recruiting, is a
free organization for HR and recruiting professionals. It offers the
following freebies: membership, recruiting resource center, guide to
career sites, guide to free job posting sites, trials on business
magazines, recruiting newsletter, discounts and trials, participation
in listserv, and hr and recruiting calculators.
http://www.recruitersnetwork.com

Free 10 day full working version of the "Business Costs and Impacts
of Turnover" Excel spreadsheet is now available. Users of the
spreadsheet are reporting that the cost of employee turnover is far
greater than they had realized. Recently a New York City employer
calculated their cost of turnover at 146% of annual salary which for
them is an annual expense of  $9,000,000.
http://tools.addme.com/servlet/iStore?id=101316

The Frugal Recruiting Tips newsletter is e-mailed monthly and
features ways to help you save money while recruiting, both in and
out of the office.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Frugal-Recruiting-Tips



EVENTS


Internet Recruiting Strategies - Capture Tools, 3/15/01,
8:30am-4:30pm, UVA Northern VA Center, Falls Church, VA
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html

The Electronic Recruiting Expo 2001 - Future Directions in
Recruiting, 3/8-0/01, Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego,
CA - join the Internet's largest community of recruitment
professionals for two days of exciting speakers, lively panel
discussions, informative exhibitions, and valuable networking
opportunities!
http://www.erexpo.com/expo/agenda.asp?f=E3


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.

Skilled IT professionals are a scarce resource, especially in the
United States where business demand is high. 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/

ZillionResumes, the world's foremost internet resume aggregator, uses
advanced robot technology to search the Internet 24 hours a day,
gathering resumes from over 62,000 different locations.
http://www.zillionresumes.com

For $499.00 our 3 month package gets you unlimited access to our
resume database, unlimited job postings, a link to your web site and
a free resume agent that will deliver candidates to your inbox daily.
http://www.careercity.com

Recruiterseek.com (the only FREE Recruiter Job Board) has been live
just since late October of 2000.  Since then, over 1700 users have
registered! That includes 1200 recruiters, 500 employers and over 150
recruiting positions posted.
http://www.recruiterseek.com/

employMAX.com, Inc., recently recognized by Interactive Week as one
of the best 500 companies on the Internet, provides end-to-end
Web-based human capital management solutions for corporate HR and
third-party recruiters.
http://www.employmax.com/
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SourcerersApprentice
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SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE (c) 1999-2001 NETRECRUITER, All rights
reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 2, Issue 1
January 6, 2001

by Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE
Cutting Edge Tools for the Internet Recruiter

Circulation: a big number between 100 and 1,000,000
  _______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER

December is always remembered as the food binge month, the unloading
of my wallet month, and the endless walks through the shopping malls
month. But, it's also one of the more neighborly months when many
colleagues, clients, and/or friends get together for fun and festive
cheer and leave their business cards at the office. I took a small
respite early in the month with my wife and kids, and my parents,
sister and brother-in-law for a four-day cruise from Miami to the
Bahamas and back. Along the way, we got caught in a photo shoot
(http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/01/rc1.jpg) on the line's private
island.

I hope the New Year has started well for all of you.

In this month's issue, besides the fact that this newsletter never
seems to get smaller, I've included a digested version
(http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/01/usaf.html) (765K) of the many
comments, suggestions, and criticisms made by both active duty
military, reservists, retirees, civilian military, and HR
professionals on ways to improve recruiting and retention in the
armed services, specifically the US Air Force. Many of the insights
are directly relatable to the commercial sector so I hope all of you
take the time to read through these threads.

In the late part of December I also took the liberty of inviting many
HR professionals who may never heard about this newsletter, to either
visit my web site and read past issues, subscribe, or look at another
free beneficial site I created for assisting recruiters tapping the
Internet. What I wasn't prepared for or didn't know was that any
e-mail address that had invoked an autoresponder or as some of you
personally know it better, "your vacation message", sent a
confirmation message to my eGroups mailing list invitation to
subscribe. Hence, your autoresponder automatically opted you into
something you may not have wanted had you been able to see the
offering before the auto agent did its job. This can cause a lot of
bad feelings for folks who may have felt that someone subscribed them
without their express wishes. To that end, I am also devoting some of
this issue to showcase many of the autoresponse messages I received -
many of which are very good in possibly assisting your organization
in responding to candidate resume submittals.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


SITES


Here is an entire site devoted to helping you to navigate the
Internet using advanced tools and techniques that experts use. A
generic search for the word "resumes" reveals a hyperlink, entitled
"How do I...Find a new employee?" What follows are several search
steps for addressing this question.
http://www.lookoff.com/guru/guide.php3?id=103

ProFusion beta - search over 1000 authoritative sources including
over 200 invisible web sources.
http://beta.profusion.com

MetaCazar is a newcomer displaying all the better search engine sites
and allowing you to put in your search string and apply it
individually to any one of the sites. There's a ton of other useful
information on learning about search engines.
http://www.metacazar.com/

Headlines allows you to search the news headlines from over 350+ news
sites in 80+ countries. Every 60 minutes the sites in their database
are re-indexed thereby giving you access to the freshest possible
news.
http://www.nickelnews.com/headlines/

Imagine a Web site that averages over four hours a visit, according
to its press release. Before you sign up to advertise, you should
probably know that most of these visitors don't have a lot of
disposable income... but their parents might. Yes, in a society where
childhood passes in 30-minute, television-defined increments, NeoPets
has figured out how to get kids to sit in front of another screen. At
the site, visitors can adopt a critter, feed it, and play with it to
make it happy - like an online tamagotchi. Could this be an
innovative to prospecting for candidates through their offspring?
http://www.neopets.com/

Tracking Your Shadow - there's a neat trick you can play on the
companies that manage your free magazine and newsletter
subscriptions. When you fill out the subscription form for Bathroom
Rebuilding Monthly, instead of your full name you could use a
different first name - say, "Sourcerer O'Shea". Thus if that company
happens to sell your address for others to pester you, you'll know
who is ultimately responsible for that junk mail. Sneakemail models a
similar concept in the digital realm. You generate a disposable
e-mail address, which will (quietly) point at your real address. When
you give that Sneakemail address to a Web form or some other online
business, you avoid the risk of having your real e-mail address
abused or bought and sold. Instead, this pseudo-address works as an
extra guard, protecting you against unwanted solicitations. Messages
will still reach you, but in a way that you maintain; toss the address
away once trash starts to appear, and start afresh with a new
Sneakemail address.
http://sneakemail.com/


SOFTWARE


This freeware application is ideal for researchers and students or
anyone who wants to have a more systematic approach to web surfing.
You decide on the topic and the subtopics related to the topic. You
then look for the URLs related to the subtopic. Your topics,
subtopics and URLs are stored in application's database.
http://www.orgasurf.itgo.com/

Do you find yourself clicking the Refresh button in your Web browser
frequently to check for updated information on sites? If there's
nothing new, you will have refreshed unnecessarily. But if you wait
too long, you won't see the new information right away. Worse, new
data may replace the data you want before you've seen it. With this
utility, your browser is refreshed automatically if and when needed.
Options let you control how frequently to check for updates, and
whether refreshed browser windows are activated.
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,001DA1,.html

AOL recently unleashed the first non-beta release of Netscape 6.0,
built on open source technology developed by the Mozilla browser
project. Not to be outdone, the Mozilla developers themselves have
released Mozilla 0.6 with the express purpose of copying the look and
feel - and the features - of the commercial Netscape. If you love
netsurfing on the bleeding edge, give it a try. Compare and contrast
with the latest Netscape and see which you like best.
Mozilla 0.6: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.6/
Netscape 6.0: http://www.netscape.com/browsers/

Opera is a nice alternative browser notable for its small size and
zippy performance. If you're tired of the terminally bloated Netscape
and Explorer, give Opera a try. The free version of Opera displays
ads. This latest version has an integrated search facility and an
instant messaging client compatible with ICQ.
http://www.opera.com/

Trust Me, I Was Working at Office (err, the Movies…) - this
freeware makes your computer act like you're in front of it but
you're not. It makes the mouse move and your browser surf alone. You
can stay connected on the Internet as long as you want.
http://pages.infinit.net/fouz/download/MoveThis.exe


TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH


It is often said that imitation is the highest form of flattery. If
you are perplexed by how to develop an autoresponse to engage your
prospective applicants or think you need some tweaking on your
existing message, then consult over 100 autoresponses provided by the
HR community.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/01/autoresp.html


ARTICLES


Do's & Dont's on Using Search Engines
http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/queries_dosdonts.php3

Culture Chic - corporate cultures are all the rage when it comes to
attracting and keeping technology workers.
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO54918,00.html

Killer Copy: Words That are Like Magnets to Money
http://www.roibotlibrary.com/articles/00apr13.htm

Internet recruiting expert reveals top 10 online recruiting techniques
http://www.hrimmall.com/html/whitepapers/gutmacher_top_ten_for_2001.ht
m

Cold Calls
http://www.inc.com/articles/details/0,,ART19732_CNT56_REG46,00.html

Take This Job and Love It: PC Magazine evaluated six of the most
heavily trafficked job sites and opined their views.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2667183,00.html

What Makes an Ad Bad?
http://www.BadAds.org/

Networking In Discussion Groups
http://www.NewsForRecruiters.com/index.cfm?tid=Issue1206&news=art1.cfm

Unchaining the Net
http://salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/01/wireless_ethernet/index.html

Raw RECRUITS: Readers Grumble about Pricing, Emphasize Relationships
in Executive Recruiting
http://www.bizforward.com/archives/2000-12/buzzguide/index.shtml

Why Recruiters are Worth What They Charge
http://www.recruitersworld.com/articles/fordyce/worth.asp

Beware recruiters in sheep's clothing
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO46806,00.html

Dirty Tricks - opportunity and a competitive job market are pushing
recruiters to new lows.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19727,00.html

AltaVista drops free Net access - Only NetZero, Juno and
BlueLight.com remain as the major free Internet service providers,
with BlueLight's giveaway potentially coming to an end.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/invest/ina405.htm

Brave New World - self-publishers lead the way online
http://www.hocmag.net/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/09/01/3
a199fc19?inarc=1


ODDS & ENDS


The FBI has noticed a recent increase in cracking attempts against
e-commerce sites. The advisory states that most of the recent
attempts have been against systems running Windows NT, though Unix
systems are not exempt from danger. The crackers are exploiting
relatively old and well known vulnerabilities, several of which are
detailed here - along with fixes.
http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2000/00-060.htm

Tutorials on web design and promotion with a particular emphasis on
how authors can take advantage of search engine and directory
listings for the web pages they create to promote their books. The
site also carries news headlines of interest to the publishing and
e-publishing industries.
http://www.epubnews.com/

The Reputation Database - A potential disaster for rogues,
scoundrels, and villains around the world, This searchable database
will record any submitted information about anyone and deliver it to
you at the touch of a button. Services include: RepAlert, which
notifies you of any changes to a specified person's records;
RepSearch, which lets you locate professionals with strong
reputations; and RepMatch, which helps you get together with others
of your own sterling reputation.
http://www.repcheck.com/

Software for Techies or HRIS Types - BRL (Beautiful Report Language)
is a language designed for server-side WWW-based applications,
particularly database applications. Its facility for generating
output from databases makes it a report language. It hides powerful
semantics behind a simple syntax, resulting in code that is easy to
write, read and maintain.
http://brl.sourceforge.net/

Here are the seven TLDs (top level domains): .info (any site), .biz
(businesses), .aero (airline sites), .coop (cooperatives), .museum
(museums), .pro (professionals), .name (personal web sites) that were
chosen out of 47 applications, all of which were backed up by a
non-refundable $50,000 entrance fee.


BOOKMARKS


Job Search & Career Sites
http://webcruzr.www2.50megs.com/jobsearch/

Human Resources Free Tools - don't create human resources forms and
policies from scratch. Use ours. Among our wide selection are sample
personnel management forms and human resources policies, as well as
bookkeeping aids and OSHA forms.
http://www.inc.com/freetools/0,,AGD3,00.html

The Wireless Developer Network is an on-line community for
information technology professionals interested in mobile computing
and communications.
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/

555 Job & Resume Boards
http://www.recruitersworld.com/directory/DirectoryResults.asp?Searchin
g=1&X=1,2,3

Non-Immigrant Visa Information
http://www.recruitersworld.com/AllAboutVisas/VISAS/visas.asp


FREEBIES


Here is a risk-free offer to place unlimited job postings for 30 days
and not have to supply any financial information (other than a
billing address) to qualify. This offer is the same as their standard
Corporate Package that includes:
1. All jobs on their site in full detail either faxing them,
e-mailing them, or having their folks "pull" them from an existing
site. They do the work.
2. A detailed company profile that is linked back to every posting.
3. Free links to your home page in every listing.
4. Company logo in all postings and company profile.
5. Your own Custom Jobs Page (a mini-web site that they build for you
listing all your open positions, etc.
6. Featured Employer status on any one of theirr 31 current Specialty
Web Sites; (more are planned). A complete list can be viewed at
http://www.nationjob.com/frqsrc.html.
7. All positions will be cross-posted to America's Job Bank, Yahoo!
Classifieds, etc.
8. All positions will be e-mailed out weekly to their P.J. Scout
subscriber base who automatically receive your jobs if they're
qualified. P.J. Scout is one of the longest running Personal search
agents now totaling over 500,000 members!
NationJob was named the #1 job board in Overall Customer Satisfaction
in the Electronic Recruiting News 2000 Survey of 3,000 H.R.
professionals & recruiters.
http://www.nationjob.com/netrecruiter

Free 30 day trial account for recruiters.
http://www.aotjobs.com/

Free 30 day trial application
http://www.recruitersonline.com/members/members_add.phtml

Free resume search with more than 10,000 H1B qualified candidates for
5 days (IT and non-IT resumes)
http://www.h1bsponsors.com

Free resume search and job postings.
http://www.militaryhire.com/

Free resume search and 1 job posting.
http://www.latpro.com/

Free Resume Database
http://www.searchresumesfree.com/

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

Lycos has individual user homepage resume listings
http://pagebuilder.lycos.com/resume/gallery/

Colorado Independents has just opened a no-cost "Contract Jobs and
Opportunities" forum.  Talent hunters, agencies, company recruiters,
and anyone wishing to list contract-oriented job openings for
Colorado independents may do so for no charge and with no member
registration required.
http://www.coloradoindependents.com

Free mailing list to post jobs for sourcers and sourcers can post
their resumes.
http://www.egroups.com/group/sourcer-jobs

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/

EEO Applicant Survey - if you do business with the Federal Government
and are required to provide some sort of EEO report concerning the
candidates who you either source or receive electronically, consider
this MS Word template that can be attached to your autoresponse
message.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2001/01/eeo.rtf

Dialpad members can make free outbound international calls to South
Korea and national calls to any of the fifty states. Other
international calls can be made for a fraction (cost is cents per
minute) of normal Ma Bell rates, i.e. (Australia, Canada/3.9;
France/Germany/8; Japan/6)
http://www.dialpad.com


EVENTS


College Networking Resource Group meeting, Thursday, 1/11/01,
3:30-5:30pm, Freddie Mac, McLean, VA
sethfeit@...

Internet Recruiting Strategies - Techniques I, 1/25/01,
8:30am-5:30pm, UVA Northern VA Center, Falls Church, VA
http://netpreneur.org/calendar/event1_detail.cfm?EventID=3925

IQPC's 10th Annual College & University Recruiting Congress,
2/12-14/01, New Orleans, LA - This conference will provide concrete
strategies, tools, and techniques on how progressive organizations
are developing, implementing and managing alternative college
recruiting programs to broaden the pool of "quality" applicants and
meet long term business needs.
http://www.iqpc.com/inhpcollege

The Electronic Recruiting Expo 2001 - Future Directions in
Recruiting, 3/8-0/01, Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego,
CA - join the Internet's largest community of recruitment
professionals for two days of exciting speakers, lively panel
discussions, informative exhibitions, and valuable networking
opportunities!
http://www.erexpo.com/expo/agenda.asp?f=E3


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.

Orajobs.com is the career and recruiting portal focused exclusively
on the Oracle marketplace. Orajobs.com is not designed to benefit the
headhunter or staffing firms, but rather be a tool designed for
employers looking to fill specific positions.
http://www.orajobs.com/

The Big Five professional is known for bringing a unique array of
talent and experience to the most critical business functions of an
organization.  The Big Five alumni team is the largest, most-talented
pool of qualified professional resources - and the most sought after.
  The issue is -- what's the best way to find them. Introducing
exBigFive.com - a confidential recruiting website created by former
Big Five employees.
http://www.informationweek.com/812/bigfive.htm

As a recruiter, you are looking for the most convenient, reliable,
and timely method of finding qualified job seekers that match your
open job positions. This site is the undisputed leader in niche-ing
the cleared world of U.S. citizens with high-level clearances. They
maintain over 20,000 active resumes in their database and are
continually adding many more each day.
http://www.clearedjobs.com/

ReviewNet - the leader in high performance IT candidate sourcing,
screening, and interviewing solutions
1) Candidate Screening & AssessmentWare---Profiling, IT skills
assessment, & remote online interviewing tools;
2) Tech Interviewer's Console---(new for 2001) in-depth, real-time,
interactive remote technical interviewing on the internet covering
over 1000 topics in 200 technical disciplines with 9000 quality
questions to choose from;
3) WizardHunt ChallengeWare---Creative contests and guerilla sourcing
of passive IT talent thru private label experienced-hire and college
competitions, and employee referral programs branded and launched on
employment and career web sites;
4) Creative candidate sourcing partnerships with key national and
regional IT & technical communities and local job boards such as
www.challenge.techrepublic.com and www.philly.com
5) Custom, integrated, built-in sourcing, screening and skills
assessment technology for job boards, applicant tracking/staffing
automation & human capital management (HCM) software, HRMS and
workflow management systems, and HR consulting services vendors.
http://www.inc.com/articles/details/0,3532,ART21124_CNT53,00.html

The Recruiter's Bible organizes and presents web links to the sites
most important to you: free-resume banks, job-posting sites, college
career centers, associations, resume distribution lists, employment
mailing lists and newsgroups, sourcing directories, and much more! As
the Internet continues to evolve, depend on this proven resource to
guide you.
http://www.therecruitersbible.com/recbib1.html

College Recruiter Magazine Goes National - growing to a yearly
circulation of 10 million on 869 college campuses in 37 cities, with
an estimated readership of 30 million.
http://www.collegerecruiter.com

Best Practices In Online Recruiting - join ITworld.com for their
second Internet Recruiting Masters webcast featuring Peter Weddle.
http://www.itworld.com/itwebcast/masters_weddle

JobsInLogistics.com is the first and largest online recruiting website
serving people in logistics related fields (customer service,
distribution, inventory management, supply chain, transportation,
warehousing, etc.)
http://www.jobsinlogistics.com/

Placeum 2000 offers a database of thousands of technical resumes that
are maintained on a daily basis. For a limited time, Placeum 2000 is
offering a 25% discount for new subscribers who join before January
31, 2001. Call 1-866-PLACEUM or email ljclark@....
http://www.placeum.com

Build a Benefits Web Site - in just 20 minutes from now, you could be
looking at your company's own employee benefits Web site using Online
Benefits* Complete HR.
http://www.inc.com/tools/details/0,,CNT61_TOL13929,00.html

______________________________________
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Back Issues ---------> http://netrecruiter.net/resource.html
Home Page ---------> http://www.egroups.com/group/
SourcerersApprentice
_______________________________________________
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reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

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
_______________________________________________

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>

              ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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.

              ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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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SourcerersApprentice
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SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE (c) 1999-2000 NETRECRUITER, All rights
reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 1, Issue 20
November 6, 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
_______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


This is a very busy month for me. Beyond the obvious 2-3 days it
takes to research and prepare this newsletter, I will also be leaving
shortly for the NACCB conference in Miami where I will speaking on my
favorite topic of Cutting Edge Tools. Then a few days later it's
back-to-back workshops of the Techniques and Tools classes. The
following week I travel down to Richardson AFB in San Antonio and
brief the Air Force senior recruiting staff on some ideas I have on
how they can improve both their retention and recruiting. This last
event is at my expense, since I viewed it as an important public
service duty in lieu of the fact of my previous stint in the AF and
that maybe I could offer some new ideas that could be put quickly
into practice. Then comes Thanksgiving and then I leave at the
beginning of next month for a weeklong celebration of my Dad's 80th
birthday aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise from Miami to the Bahamas.

The only notable milestone that occurred the other day is that I
finally figured out a way to use a merchant account I acquired early
this year, and can now accept and process Mastercard and Visa credit
card charges. Often, the simplest things take forever to get running.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


SITES


Direct Hit is a popularity engine which gives results based upon what
other searchers have chosen on previous searches for the same terms.
By analyzing the activity of millions of previous Internet searchers,
Direct Hit determines the most relevant sites for your search
request. Direct Hit empowers millions of Internet users to
automatically organize the Internet as they search. Direct Hit is a
subsidiary of Ask Jeeves, Inc.
http://www.directhit.com

iHarvest - store remote pages, complete with all text and graphics,
on iHarvest's server so that you can retrieve the pages later and
search for any text they contain.
http://www.iharvest.com

Search engines just got a little smarter and a whole lot
cooler-looking with the launch of WebBrain.com, which put a graphical
interface on a database of websites. The database under WebBrain.com
is actually Netscape's Open Directory Project, a human-edited search
engine that lets users review and categorize sites. ODP has more than
24,000 contributors who have entered more than 1.7 million websites,
divided into 260,000 categories.
http://www.webbrain.com


SOFTWARE


GuruNet is an instant lookup utility that allows you to analyze the
context of any word that you select on the screen, instantly
displaying information about that word. You can select from various
category tabs to view different types of information about the word
or concept that you are looking up. "Dictionary" displays the
definition of the word based on the Houghton-Mifflin dictionary;
"Encyclopedia" displays an entry based on the Columbia University
Press Concise or Standard Encyclopedia; and "Company" displays a
profile of the Company (if any) from NewsAlert. Moreover, "Computer
gives you an overview information on computer-related words (if any);
"Health" supplies you with medical information (if any); and "Web
Links" lists user-added links to Web sites containing information
about the word. Please note that you can easily add your own Web
links. Finally, "Search" lets you search the Web for the word using
most search engines; and "Books" lets you search for books about the
word in an on-line bookstore. You can also look up acronyms, perform
translations, view biographies, look up US area codes, and more.
http://www.guru.net/

Nano finds articles related to the page you're viewing and delivers
them in four simple categories: What to Read, What to Buy, What to
Do, and Reference.
http://www.nano.com

Integrated into Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, netXtract
does "on-the-fly" indexing and context linking from Web pages. You
can easily create and apply discipline-specific custom dictionaries
(e.g. medical, legal, financial, business intelligence, etc.) to
filter document indexing results to help determine relevance. Any text
that you select in Internet Explorer can be stored locally in
netXtract's knowledgebase. You can also build your own local
knowledgebase. This lets you save, categorize, and retrieve the most
relevant information for your personal requirements, or to share with
others. netXtract's Knowledgebase Manager provides flexible
knowledgebase viewing, searching and editing capabilities.
http://www.netxtract.com/downloadhFREE.html

WebWasher - with this utility installed on your workstation, most
banner ads will never appear in your browser, and cookies that report
your activities are never sent to advertisers.
http://www.webwasher.com/download/wash221.exe

Combine 20 or so top-notch CD ROM reference works with a first-rate,
highly customizable Internet meta search engine. Toss in one of the
best natural language interpreters you've ever seen, hyperlink
everything, and you're just beginning to get an idea of the
capabilities offered. Worth A Look features reviews of search tools,
books, newsletters, and other helpful resources for Web searchers.
X-Portal seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Internet Explorer,
version 4.0 and higher (a version for Netscape 5.0 is in the works).
It has the look and feel of the search pane that opens on the left
side of the browser window. The program gives you access to over
300,000 entries contained in 22 built-in reference works, including
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, The
Columbia Encyclopedia, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, eight
Barron's business dictionaries, etc.
http://www.kcsl.ca/x-portal/


TRAINING SCHEDULE


Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES

Develop a focused Internet recruiting strategy for only $199!
Participate in an all-day, hands-on workshop on November 14 or
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

Internet Recruiting Strategies - TOOLS

Advanced sourcing strategies & techniques demonstrated from an actual
day of recruiting and sourcing any type of candidate. Witness actual
software, as well as unique scripts and techniques to successfully
develop relationships with potential candidates. This one-day
workshop on November 16 in Falls Church, Virginia, is intended for
recruiters or sourcing specialists who have already mastered basic
sourcing techniques through the use of fee-based sites, formula
searching on engines such as AltaVista or Google, and have taken an
existing all-day class on this topic by any of the top Internet
recruiting training firms.
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


SEARCH TIP OF THE MONTH

The Power of the URL Command

Oftentimes, while conducting a search for candidate resumes, home
pages, or employee listings, you are deposited at a page that
contains hundreds of hyperlinks with names corresponding to either a
local or remote URL. To drill through these links is both arduous and
waste of precious sourcing time.

A simple solution, using AltaVista's Advanced Search Engine, is
employing the URL command.  Let's say you visited the Department of
Computer Science/ University of Maryland User Home Pages and found
there lots and lots of hyperlinks pointing to individual home pages
of both students and alumni. To find students, who both had a resume
on their page and specialized in a certain field of study, could take
an inordinate amount of time. However, by placing the following
formula in the Boolean query box, you would easily uncover all the
pages that had either the word resume in them or had a hyperlink
pointing to another page on their site in which to find a resume.

url::www.cs.umd.edu/users/ AND (anchor:resume or title:resume or
url:resume or resume)


ARTICLES


Post It and They Will Come
http://www.hocmag.net/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2000/10/30/3
a0030549

Low-Tech Tips for High-Tech Success - down-to-earth presentation tips
http://www.techtamers.com/free_resources/index.htm

Why Confidential Resumes on Job Boards Are the Ones You Want to
Review First
http://www.galileoconsulting.com/article2.htm

Newsweek, 10/16/00 issue, reported that though the Web is still not
the primary place where folks find jobs, jobs posted online rose from
77K in July 1999 to 154K in July 2000. The big winner was referrals
at 40%; then newspapers at 23% -- all other sources were well below
10%. Unfortunately, Newsweek, like most publications, failed to
consider the power of mail or more aptly, the power of proactive
recruiting through the use of e-mail, autoresponders, discussion
forums, and other relationship marketing processes.

Coping With Telemarketers
http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/script.html

A study by the Saratoga Institute for American Management Association
cites three reasons people leave their jobs:
1. Poor supervisor skills
2. No growth opportunity
3. Inability to speak freely
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/nov/retain.tif

Sample Letter to a Candidate With a Clearance
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/nov/cleared.html

ODDS & ENDS


The Top 10 Country Domains

You would think that the United States should easily win this
ranking. However, the .us domain is uncommon because most folks prefer
to register the .com domain. The .us domain is normally associated
with all US elementary and secondary schools; local, regional and
state government; and junior colleges. Here are the top 10 country
domains.

1. United Kingdom (.uk) 2.2 million
2. Germany (.de) 2.0 million
3. Netherlands (.nl) 435 thousand
4. Argentina (.ar) 352 thousand
5. Italy (.it)  335 thousand
6. South Korea (.kr) 334 thousand
7. Brazil (.br)  312 thousand
8. Denmark (.dk) 224 thousand
9. Japan (.jp)  191 thousand
10. Australia (.au) 151 thousand


Testing 1-2-3 - You can never take enough tests. That's the guiding
principle of AllTheTests.com, a search directory of online tests that
measure IQ, EQ ("the social equivalent of IQ"), infotech
comprehension, and more. There is the fun category, which links to
the lipstick personality test, Find Your Star Wars Twin, "Are You A
Spammer?", and many other self-assessment challenges you'd likely
never find without this site. Relationship tests also abound,
including the Relationship Auto-Blender, the Two-Partner
Match-o-Matic, and Can You Survive a Long Distance Relationship? The
Knowledge category covers learning styles, plant and animal trivia,
and more - even the AA9PW Commercial Radio Exam. The site rates each
test with icons to indicate whether results are sent by e-mail,
whether the test requires paper and pencil, and whether you can take
it offline. As you might guess, this site has much to offer both
occasional and obsessive visitors.
http://www.allthetests.com/

Computer Tools Resource - Freesearchers presents a page full of links
to some good Net tools. A lot of these places have been around for a
good long time, like Zonelabs, Gibson Research, Anonymizer, PGP, and
more. Essentially, the site brings together links to top-rated
toolkit programs and services for PC users. Listings are sparse, but
the content that's included is as good as it gets. The main emphasis
seems to be on privacy links here, but you can find surfing and e-mail
tools, cleaning utilities, and even a few tools for multimedia or
linguistics (such as the venerable standby, BabelFish). The pages
load quickly and each entry briefly describes what you can expect.
It's a reasonable place to begin your search for useful tools, even if
you don't use Windows.
http://www.freesearchers.f2s.com/

Just Another Way to "Tap" the Power of the Internet or How to Get
Fired - At work, you often see people typing at their desks, their
lips moving not to the words they're writing but rather to the song
they're listening to with their headphones. Or perhaps they're
actually watching their favorite TV show, streamed from home using
SnapStream. Users can download the beta copy of the Personal Video
Station (PVS) and watch, manage, and record television and video on
their PC. Alas, it is only for Windows platforms.
http://www.snapstream.com/


BOOKMARKS


Health Care Recruitment
http://www.medimorphus.com

Disability Employment Sites
http://www.dol.gov/dol/_sec/public/programs/ptfead/joblinks.htm

National Science Foundation, Directory & Staff Listing
http://staff.nsf.gov/

NASA/Wallops Flight Facility, Observational Science Branch Resumes
http://osbl.wff.nasa.gov/resumes/

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Mission Enabling Office Staff
Resumes
http://eo3.gsfc.nasa.gov/resumes.htm

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Collider-Accelerator Program People
Pages
http://www.agshome.bnl.gov/People/

Capital PC Users (CPCUG) Members' and Groups' Pages
http://cpcug.org/user/

University of Chicago, Graduate School Of Business, Ph.D. Resumes
http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/programs/phd/phd_resume.html

MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Students and Staff Members
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/

Auburn University, College of Engineering User Resume Pages
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/resume.html

Brown University Student Pages
http://www.netspace.org/users/

Comparable Salary Evaluator Sites
http://www.salary.com
http://www.wageweb.com
http://www.nationjob.com
http://bls.gov/ocohome.htm
http://www4.webpoint.com/townnews_job/reloc_calc3.htm

The Association of Executive Search Consultants - quarterly online
journal provides stats on US and European executive hiring trends.
http://www.aesc.org

Corporate Data Mining Sites
http://www.careertech.com
http://www.hoovers.com
http://www.newslink.org
http://www.rileyguide.com
http://www.vault.com
http://www.vaultreports.com
http://www.wetfeet.com
http://www.work.com

Stybel Peabody & Associates - links to articles on executive hiring
trends and advice for the corporate executive job seeker.
http://www.stybelpeabody.com

Korn/Ferry International - features an executive hiring trend report.
http://www.kornferry.com/hiring.htm

Gamasutra draws game designers, programmers, digital artists,
animators, producers, audio engineers, and management & marketing
specialists to its site on a regular basis.
http://www.gamasutra.com


FREEBIES


Free job postings targeted at disabled workers - If your company or
organization is interested in recruiting and hiring qualified
individuals with disabilities and if you would like the address for
your Internet employment page(s) to be listed, send an e-mail to Dina
Dorich (dorich-bernadine@...)
http://www.pcepd.gov

Free Job Posting Sites
http://edit.classifieds.yahoo.com/employment/
http://www.flipdog.com

A free web site designed to bring together recruiters and employers
quickly and efficiently. This web-based connection offers employers a
faster, easier and cost-free way to find experienced recruiters
specializing in their specific industries. RecruiterSeek.com is not a
job board listing a wide spectrum of job openings; it is a highly
targeted website for professional recruiters only.
http://www.recruiterseek.com

Brainbench is currently offering 1 hour of free access on their
candidate database.   The Candidate Database contains over 1.5
million individuals and is the only online database that includes
certification test results.  Over 8,000 new professionals per day
register with us, take certification exams, and enter their career
preferences, resume, and contact data.  The Database will grow to
over 2 million qualified people by the end of this year.
erich.hottenstein@... or call 703-981-6189


ADVERTISERS


Invariably, when a subscription base reaches a certain level, many
vendors arrive at your doorstep offering their wares. At first, I
attempted to evaluate all these. But eventually it became almost a
full-time effort to test or pilot and then draft up the results.
Hence, now you will see a list of many new players or folks who have
enhanced their existing product or service and have asked for some
additional exposure. These are all the firms that asked me to
showcase their wares since the beginning of April. This is for your
information only. I do not support or represent any of these firms.


NewsForRecruiters is a FREE e-zine for the Recruitment, Staffing and
HR Professional
http://www.NewsForRecruiters.com

Coldcalling.com Newsletter
TelephoneProspectingTips-subscribe@egroups.com

www.DCAccountingJobs.com , the fastest growing career site for DC
accountants, finance professionals and employers has hundreds of
local accounting jobs and applicants.  You are free to post resumes,
jobs and create search agents as your needs demand.

JobsInLogistics.com has reached THE MILLION HIT MARK milestone.  We
continue to grow and gain widespread brand recognition as the largest
recruiting board for jobs in Logistics.
http://www.JobsInLogistics.com

Web-based solutions for recruiters and HR Departments, among them a
Job Bank, Employee Referral Generator, Job Order Tracker, and more.
Any of our Web Database solutions can be customized and "dropped"
right into a site with no programming or technical hassle--all the
site owner does is add a link.
http://www.surecode.com

RecruitMAX Software offers Executive Search firms and Human Resource
Dept. a true web based system that is fully customizable to meet each
companies work flow and internal processes. It has been developed in
Cold fusion utilizing an SQL database which allows for the tremendous
flexibility. The system is cost effective and can be brought in-house
or we will host the database for the client on our servers
eliminating intervention from an internal IT dept.
http://www.recruitmax.com

Unlimited job posting to multiple career sites across the internet;
unlimited resume and profile searches from our database; and auto
notification agents.
http://www.hrpal.com

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Letters to Editor -----> bret@...
Back Issues ---------> http://netrecruiter.net/resource.html
Home Page ---------->
http://www.egroups.com/group/SourcerersApprentice
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SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE (c) 1999-2000 NETRECRUITER, All rights
reserved.
SOURCERER'S APPRENTICE is a trademark of NETRECRUITER
_______________________________________________

Volume 1, Issue 19
October 9, 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
_______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


People always ask me why I spend so much time compiling this
newsletter. The answer is simple. I am lousy at keeping meticulous
notes and records and therefore, I use this newsletter as my
secretary for the month. It reflects all the new toys or gadgets or
sites that I have tried, liked, or quickly forgotten. Much of what
you see here is employed every day in our sourcing business. One of
my favorite freeware tools, which I am just now mentioning in this
issue, is called Web2Text. It basically and very quickly converts
multiple files or directories from HTML to text files. Then, with
another freeware tool called BK Replacem, previously reviewed in an
earlier newsletter, you can perform an exhaustive search and replace
of multiple conditions on a text file, performing this feat against
an entire directory of files. This cleaning up is especially useful
since many companies regularly pull down resumes from their
subscribed fee-based job boards.

I'd also like to take this time to ask any of you who subscribe to
suggest any new sites, software, articles, etc. that you feel would
prove useful to your fellow recruiters and researchers.

Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


SITES


Ahoy Mates

This is a free World Wide Web service designed to help you find the
home pages of individual people on the Web. Ahoy! relies primarily on
the Metacrawler to create a large list of web pages, some of which
may be close to the target page. Ahoy! then uses a technique
called "Dynamic Reference Sifting" to weed out the least promising
pages, leaving you with a manageable number of choices. The effect of
this "sifting" is that your search can proceed more quickly.
http://ahoy.cs.washington.edu:6060/

Find Your Cutting Edge Tools

Here is a great search engine to explore all the free software that
can enhance your Internet recruiting skills. All you need now are the
words to discover those diamonds in the rough.
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/pform.html

FBI Records Search

Memory is the first thing to go and I can't remember if I ever
mentioned this site in an earlier issue. Please exercise good
judgment in utilizing this site and don't be alarmed by the "results."
http://thecenter2000.com/access_public_records.htm

Bid on/for Web Jobs
Builder-Find.com seeks to match Web contractors - developers,
programmers, and graphic designers - with potential employers.
Employers submit job offers. Builders submit bids. The site claims
that "within hours you'll be receiving bids in your e-mail."
http://www.builder-find.com/


SOFTWARE


Site Snagger

Wouldn't it be nice if you could read all the content on your
favorite web sites at your leisure, and store it someplace safe until
you're finished? SiteSnagger is the perfect utility for "snagging"
and saving to your hard disk all or part of the web site(s) you're
interested in, from text to multimedia files. Site Snagger organizes
your saved material into "projects" that are displayed in tree format
for convenient access when you want to browse. It also creates a
Table of Contents for each project, listing links to each page you've
saved from a site, like a list of bookmarks for when you go back
online. So catch up on your reading via laptop while commuting in the
company car pool... or just save yourself the headache of slow
connections at peak hours.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/17/04/ut1704.001.html
http://www6.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/pcmag_info.html?
fcode=000P7Z

ResumeGrabber

Here is a fast way to transfer an address from a resume in a Web page
or email letter to ACT! or GoldMine. Running in your system tray, it
intelligently extracts the address data from the resume, separates
data fields, and enters them into the appropriate fields in your
contact manager. Resumes can be sent as an attachment or entered as
notes into your PIM. Reference letters, job orders, and emails can
also be attached to any contact. Just highlight the address and click
on the ResumeGrabber tray icon. The resume is automatically
transferred to your address book. The program's interface is clean,
and several options are provided.
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,0017C7,.html

SearchRocket

A free desktop tool that serves as your personal Internet search
agent. It's lightning-fast, compact, and very easy to use but isn't
as robust (or complex) as some similar offerings we've seen. Enter
your search phrase and  click your mouse to send the search to seven
major search engines and Amazon.com.

http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,0019QN,.html

ZoneAlarm

Here is an easy-to-use Internet security utility that sets up a
personal firewall that's particularly well suited to DSL and cable
modem users. Computers with such an always-on connection have a
permanent IP address, making them especially vulnerable to
information theft and other attacks. ZoneAlarm lets you select one of
three security levels to separately apply to local and Internet
traffic.
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,0015P7,.html

Mr. Cool

Here is a great freeware tool that saves you time hanging around on
line for pages and files to download from slow sites. Files are sent
by e-mail and you download later at high speed.
http://www.cix.co.uk/~net-services/mrcool/


TRAINING SCHEDULE


Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES

Develop a focused Internet recruiting strategy for only $199!
Participate in an all-day, hands-on workshop on October 19 or 26,
November 14 or December 7 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

Internet Recruiting Strategies - TOOLS

Advanced sourcing strategies & techniques demonstrated from an actual
day of recruiting by one of the best firms in the US on sourcing any
type of candidate. Witness actual software, as well as unique scripts
and techniques to successfully develop relationships with potential
candidates. This one-day workshop on November 16 in Falls Church,
Virginia, is intended for recruiters or sourcing specialists who have
already mastered basic sourcing techniques through the use of fee-
based sites, formula searching on engines such as AltaVista or
Google, and have taken an existing all-day class on this topic by any
of the top Internet recruiting training firms.
http://netrecruiter.net/calendar.html


EVENTS


NACCB 13th Annual Conference

Plan now to attend the 13th Annual NACCB Conference &
Exhibition, "CONNECTIONS: Taking Care of Business in the 21st
Century", Fontainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers, Miami Beach, Florida,
November 8-11, 2000. Attendees will benefit from an expanded format
that includes tracks, breakout sessions, seminars, group panels &
roundtables. Program tracks at this year's conference will focus on
vital information for Executives, Recruiting & Retention, Front
Office Operations, Back Office Operations, Sales & Marketing,
Specialties & Solutions, Legal & Legislative, Products, Services and
Personal Effectiveness. This year's schedule also features more time
for networking and affinity group events to allow you to discuss
experiences, successes, failures, insights, needs, and more with your
peers from other parts of the country.
http://www.naccb.org/programs/index.asp?P=42


SEARCH TIP OF THE MONTH

By using the Northern Light Geosearch feature, you can narrow down
your resume search to a specific geographic market, using area codes,
or cities and states. In the example below, I am generically
searching for any resume in the 301 area code, that has been since
June 1, 2000.
http://www.northernlight.com/geosearch.html

Search for:  (title:resume or url:resume or anchor:resume or resume)
and not (submit or reply or send or job or jobs or EOE)

Area code: 301
Start date: 06/01/2000


ARTICLES


Better Internet Searching
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/solutions/0,8224,2600071,00.html

Beat the Search Engines
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/18/13/ib1813.003.html

College Networking Resource Group
The first hyperlink point to the summary notes from the August 29
meeting; the second is the homepage.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/oct/cnrg0800.html
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/sethcnrg/myhomepage/business.html


ODDS & ENDS


Macro Magic

Watch your repetitive tasks vanish!  Using this ultimate time-saver,
you can set up "macros" that simplify complex or repetitive tasks and
operations into a single step.  Simply record anything once and then
play it back at any time at any speed with a single keystroke!
http://www.iolo.com/download/default1.htm

Web2Text

Unlike all the other such programs to be found on the net, this one
attempts to create a text file that retains some of the layout of the
web page being converted. Most other converters merely remove HTML
tags, which can leave you with a total mess, and lots more work to
do. Web2Text also keeps URLs intact.
http://www.jetman.dircon.co.uk/software/web2text.html

URL Address Book

This is a powerful Web address information manager. Featuring a clean-
looking hierarchical folder-type interface, it can sit on your
desktop (docked to either side or floating) or in your system tray
while you surf the Web, ready for you to drag and drop links to and
from your browser. Use it to store user IDs, passwords, email
addresses, and comments, as well as to associate local files (such as
a different browser) to each link saved.
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,000PMN,.html

Major Submit

A versatile website-submission application that allows you to submit
as many URLs as you like to some of the major Web search engines.
Just enter your name, email address, and your list of URLs. You can
then selectively send the submissions to AltaVista, Excite, HotBot,
InfoSeek, Lycos, Magellan, Northern Light, Planet Search, and Web
Crawler. Once the submission is complete, you can view an HTML
results log. If an attempt is unsuccessful, the search engine's
response page is downloaded and available for viewing.
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,000T5C,.html

Home Improvement

At some point, even the most reluctant homeowner has to become a do-
it-yourselfer, and so there's a large potential audience for
HomeProject.Com, which warns you on its splash page that it's
optimized for fast connections. The FAQ provides a good overview for
visitors who may wonder what the site wants to sell. Another good
place to start is the First-Time Users area, which contains three 1.3-
MB Windows applications for download: Garden Designer, Room Designer,
and Room Layout. Constructive thinkers who register can save projects
they create with these 3-D apps, collaborate with fellow home
improvers, and use other HomeProject.Com services. The My Projects
area lets you save projects and get advice. There are also home-
safety articles, a How-To Library (which covers carpentry,
electricity, painting, and other topics), and a tools library to help
you identify common tools.
http://www.homeproject.com/


BOOKMARKS

Who says Companies don't list their employees, their titles, and
their email address on their home page?
http://www.forcvec.com/contacts.htm

City/State/ZIP Code Associations
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html

Great Bookmark for Tapping the Top Search Engines
http://www.searchlores.org/main.htm


FREEBIES


Free Internet Access

The StartFree Network offers FREE access to the Internet through its
nationwide network of local dial up numbers. You can use any browser
you want, any email program and go anywhere you want! If you're an
AOL user, and would like to keep AOL, save over 50% on your monthly
fee. The Bring Your Own Access (BYOA) Plan is a flat $9.95 per month
for unlimited use of America Online. To qualify for this rate, you
must connect through any Internet Service Provider. Once you have
connected, you can launch AOL and connect using TCP/IP.
http://www.startfree.com/

Submit your site to 90,000 sites for free just for taking their tour!
http://powerpromotion.net/drspinusa

College Networking Resource Group
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/sethcnrg/myhomepage/business.html

www.DCAccountingJobs.com, the best career site for DC accountants,
finance professionals and employers offers free job postings and
resume searches.


ADVERTISERS


Invariably, when a subscription base reaches a certain level, many
vendors arrive at your doorstep offering their wares. At first, I
attempted to evaluate all these. But eventually it became almost a
full-time effort to test or pilot and then draft up the results.
Hence, now you will see a list of many new players or folks who have
enhanced their existing product or service and have asked for some
additional exposure. These are all the firms that asked me to
showcase their wares since the beginning of April. This is for your
information only. I do not support or represent any of these firms.

JobsInLogistics.com is America's largest online career and recruiting
board specializing in the niche field of Logistics (Supply Chain,
Distribution, Transportation, etc.).  If any of your clients need
management and executive level people for positions in this
profession, we invite you to post jobs on JobsInLogistics.com.
http://www.JobsInLogistics.com

CollegeRecruiter.com is a leading job site for students and recent
graduates. Over the past year, our traffic has increased from 80,000
to 400,000 visitors (individual job seekers / unique users) per
month. To compliment the 70,000 job postings currently running on our
website, earlier this month we integrated our resume bank of 60,000
fresh resumes so that all employers running job postings or packages
with us get unlimited access to the resume bank. All resumes are 90
days old or newer and all are from candidates that chose to add their
resume to our site. In addition, we also made arrangements so that
all of the job postings are cross-posted so that they also run on
about 80 other excellent career sites.
http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com

Net-Temps is a job posting and resume searching portal specializing
in the temporary and contract staffing industry. Net-Temps' features
and services include personalized recruiters desktop, online posting
of up to 200 jobs, a resume bank of tens of thousands of resumes,
daily hot list of new candidates, and cross posting to over 500
Internet sites.
http://www.net-temps.com

VetJobs.com offers a comprehensive full service job and resume web
site. For a fixed annual fee, members receive: unlimited job
postings; unlimited refreshing of job postings at no additional cost;
unlimited access to the fastest growing database of veteran's
resumes; direct toll-free access to a counselor who will assist your
HR representatives in assessing veteran skills and how they relate to
civilian occupations; and a host of educational resources through the
pages on the site for both the veteran and the employer.
http://www.vetjobs.com/

Purple Squirrel serves the business and information needs of IT
staffing professionals. Each month, Purple Squirrel gives staffing
professionals the latest strategies in recruitment and retention,
product reviews on software and hardware, Internet recruiting trends,
training and certification, testing, financial and business advice,
and expert opinion from some of the industry¹s fiercest minds.
Sign
up for your free subscription.
http://www.purplesquirrelmag.com/sub/sub5.html

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Volume 1, Issue 18
September 4, 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
_______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER

This issue should arrive on your doorstep on Labor Day, one of the
few days most Americans celebrate by leaving early on the previous
Friday for an extended weekend of bumper-to-bumper gridlock,
overbooked hotels, cancelled or delayed flights, and lots of fast
food.

Me, on the other hand, has been methodically compiling this month's
newsletter since about 3:00 this morning and expect to eventually
post this to the eGroups site around primetime tonight. But, its been
in air-conditioned bliss, surrounded by four walls and no windows,
with the kids and the missus out shopping with my parents who have
roosted on our new doorstep for a very nice week.

This issue is big, like in lots of information. Some of you like big,
others like small, while others don't care just so long as the
information is good, useful, and helps you in your recruiting and
sourcing. If you opt for the abbreviated, than I highly recommend
that you peruse the reviews on CareerMagic.com, StaffBots.com,
dtSearch.com, and TracerLock.


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


SITES


The Secret to Finding Well-Trained HighTech Professionals

Often the methodology that is used in discovering bright college
graduates is forgotten when it comes to technical or trade schools.
However, the same identification process works fine. Try writing a
letter to the school, include a sizzling description of your company,
your culture, your challenging opportunities, etc., etc. and ask them
to keep you on their distribution list of recently graduating
students. Here is one source of schools to begin with.
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/training/
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/careers/companies/training/

A Really Good & Free Search Agent

TracerLock is a free service that monitors the Web for sites matching
your interests, and sends you email when it finds a new match. All
user information is kept strictly confidential, and is entirely
advertiser-supported, so all features are free.
http://www.peacefire.org/tracerlock/

SearchToHelp

They say that kids are apathetic today. Too much television and too
little human contact has made them cold to the needs of others, and
the Internet is only exacerbating the problem. Andriy Mishchenko, a
16-year old Web designer in Toronto, begs to differ. SearchToHelp is
his result, a search engine using a combination of AltaVista and
Google's technology, wrapped into one big giving-back machine. Every
time someone uses the search engine, three cents are contributed to a
charity. If that user also clicks on ad banners, another quarter is
added to the donation. Where does the money go? The users decide.
Each month they vote on which charities they'd like their
contributions to go to. It sorta gives you warm fuzzies all over.
http://www.searchtohelp.com/

Finding College Resumes Just Got Easier

Google's University Search enables you to narrow your search to a
specific school website. Pick any university and for a simple test,
enter this search: resume.htm*
http://www.google.com/universities.html

Psst, Buddy - Wanna Buy a Mailing List?

Yahoo, eBay, and the little known Market Logistics Group (MLG) have
become the latest companies to dance in the tide of public privacy
concerns. MLG tried to auction a mailing list of 200,000 American
investors on both eBay and Yahoo. eBay refused to host the mailing
list auction and closed down both of MLG's attempts, while Yahoo
removed the offer there after three days. The selling of such lists
is an established industry that has translated successfully to Web
- this time, it was just a little too blatant. MLG will try it again
with AskAD.com, an auction site in beta. CNet has the story and
DMNews, a follow-up.
CNet: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2457350.html
DMNews: http://www.dmnews.com/articles/2000-08-07/9877.html
AskAD: http://www.Askad.com/

2000 InfoWorld Compensation Survey

Of the approximately 7,000 InfoWorld subscribers who received a
broadcast e-mail on February 15, inviting them to participate in the
study, a total of 3,291 completed questionnaires and submitted them
before the survey was closed on March 20. The survey data reflects
average salaries for IT professionals.
http://www.infoworld.com/supplements/00survey/000626catable.html

Another 2000 salary survey created by kforce.com
http://www.kforce.com/kforce/2000salary.htm

and Another survey created by a niche technical site - Java Salary
Survey 2000 Results
http://www.justjavajobs.com/jjavj.nsf/websurvey/1514EC9E6F1C33FA872568
5E0066C9F6?EditDocument

Making a Silk Purse From a Sow's Ear

As dot-coms fall ever faster, this site helps you keep up with the
body count (potential new employees for you), offering the most
recent news on layoffs, stocks going down the drain and flat-out
failures. Check out the TechDirt section for retrospective analysis
http://www.dotcomfailures.com/

I Need a Web Developer

An early first question to this request could be what scripting
language do you use on your corporate web site. Once known, and there
are only about a half dozen leading sources, one can easily target
the product manufacturer, focused usergroups or associations, or just
chat it up with several thousand special interest groups.
http://www.computeruser.com/articles/daily/7,3,1,0823,00.html

Blogging Paper

If you run a journal section on your site, you know hoe tedious
updating it can be. You don't want to have stale thoughts displayed
on your page, but it's such a drag to find the time to sit down and
write, then save it, then code it into your page, then upload it.
What's worse, sometimes you end up thinking up something great while
you're in a meeting or on the subway, and the series of thoughts
completely escapes your brain by the time you can FTP your idea to
the Web. Meet Blogger, a free Web-based tool that allows you to post
from any browser (including wireless), in any location, instantly to
your site. You set up everything once, providing a template and the
FTP information, and then your blogs (short for "weblogs") get on the
Web with the click of a single button.
http://www.blogger.com/

Domain Searching For Dummies

The days of whois, nslookup, dig, host, and traceroute are winding
down. Anyone wanting to troubleshoot or learn more of the Net once
needed these semi-obscure commands, but now you can use a Web site.
Amnesi lets you find out all of the details about a particular domain
with a click. If you don't remember a name you heard on the radio or
saw on TV, you can give Amnesi your best guess and it will try
possible alternatives. A system's connectivity can be qualified with
the traceroute interface from sites around the world. The global
nature of the Net becomes clear when you see how fast you can be
reached from Florida, yet so slowly from Australia. Those who
download their Web site's log files can resolve the raw IP addresses
in those logs by doing a reverse IP lookup. Offered a number like
12.34.5.67, Amnesi will give you back the actual name for that
system. Combined, these utilities can let casual queries be quick and
easy.
http://www.amnesi.com/

Getting Candidate Resumes for Peanuts

A major study conducted in 1999 by a well-known research group
determined that it cost the average employer over seven dollars to
collect one resume. This was measured from the initial identification
and write up of a need, the ensuing advertising, to the eventual
delivery or arrival of the resume. However, the key point unsaid or
not measured was what percentage of those received hit the mark at
least 50% or better. Major job portals like Monster.com spend
millions to attract job seekers, and their costs are stratospheric
and they too don't deliver consistent winners. How about a unique
resume sourcing service that is not contingency based and costs so
little you wonder how they make any money?
http://netrecruiter.net/sourcing.html

Opting Out of Faxes

It's amazing the laws and prevention tools now available to suppress
unwanted and unsolicited emails. Ever try to figure out how to stop
those same unwanted faxes? I could easily list some of the top ten
flagrant violators of this venue in the recruiting industry, but
here's a site that may make you more of a tolerated faxer, as well as
the opportunity to get off some of these prolific faxers.
http://www.nofax.com

A Dynamic Corporate Site For Free

Master.com delivers free privately branded application services to
your existing web site.  Increase your sites stickiness by offering
your users everything they want and need from the web.  Master.com
uses your site's look and feel to create a seamless flow.  There is
absolutely no software to install and, best of all, it's FREE!
Enhance your web site and the experience of your users with your own
message board or auction site.  Get your own search engine, search-
enable your web site, or increase your site's interactivity with your
own custom polls and forms.
http://www.master.com

A Free In-House Search Engine

Get a powerful search engine for your visitors to search your Web
site for free. Re-index your Web site whenever you change content.
You can have complete control over the look and feel of the search
form and search results on your Web site.
http://www.atomz.com/


CAREER PORTAL REVIEW


It's not often that anyone gets a chance to meet and discuss at
length, with both the President and the CEO, the merits and
suggestions one has about a career portal site. Fortunately, I happen
to live in a mecca of HR/recruiting software developers,
associations, and career sites. One such site, which was also one of
the early pioneers in non-web-based resume capture and delivery
services, is better known today as CareerMagic.com. Those who
remember its early acronym of CMB, knew it to be the only game in
town when it opened its doors in 1994.

For employers, CareerMagic.com offers cost-effective and efficient
recruiting solutions, including real-time job postings, complete
company profiles and resume screening, routing and searching of their
comprehensive resume database of more than 150,000 resumes.
Additionally, they offer resume private label functionality for
companies who want a full function career site of their own. Other
features include their MagicPost Job Wrapping service which
automatically spiders jobs from any company URL, and posts the jobs
to CareerMagic.com. In addition, their BroadcastMagic Cross-Posting
Service will send your jobs to over 30 other career sites. No other
career related website offers as much functionality. If only I had
three hands, I could give this site 3 thumbs up!
http://www.careermagic.com/


SOFTWARE


Searching Far and Wide

One of my favorite tools, that I talk about in any presentation or
training class, is dtSearch. Recently, this Bethesda, MD based
software developer released their much vaunted beta version 6.0. Its
last update or "build" occurred only a few days ago on August 30.
Among the many new features, some of the most notable include the
ability to create automatic index updates that can be scheduled; the
ability to index other people's web sites, even handling dynamically
created links (pages that were built for the requested search and
static pages); the ability to maintain your in-house jargon as it
pertains to a job description, but use search words that are in the
real world; and a lot, lot more.
http://www.dtsearch.com/ftp_pub/dts600t.exe

The Epitome of Spider Searching

Once you use Lonny's Staffbots site you may never go anywhere else to
find your resumes, pay exorbitant prices to other psuedo-search
sites, or even have to pony up hundreds of dollars to attend training
on how to perform web-based resume searches. This site also offers a
free 14-day trial and when that is up you will be "very" surprised by
the monthly cost!
http://www.staffbots.com/

A Great Free Autoresponder

Set up your e-mail software to automatically respond to incoming
messages using definable filters. Send out your scheduled mailings.
Accept registrations to your news letters and mailings. Send out your
scheduled Newsletters and/or mailings. Scheduled group mailings with
unlimited follow up messages. Filter out messages that you consider
to be Spam and delete them directly from your POP server and/or send
back a polite reply to be removed from the mailing list. Reply once
to mail from a certain person and then never again. Reply to a
specific person with a specific reply. Do a one time or scheduled
group mailing. Filter out important mail and forward then to a low
traffic email id. Manage an unlimited amount of mailing lists. Put a
form on your website (just like on this page) and automatically add
people to a specific mailing list and send back a reply. No need for
CGI. Put a form on your website and collect all data into a database
using the form handlers. Trap notification failure messages and
automatically add offending email id's to the blacklist. Deal with
mail sent to different accounts and reply differently depending on
who it was sent to. The free beta version text allows PS
Autoresponder to display banner adds on the replies, mailings and
newsletters sent out.
http://www.autoreplying.com/beta.htm

A Clean Page Is A Faster Page - A Gift For Your In-House Programmers

Here is a Windows and Macintosh utility that removes unneeded code
from most of the graphics and text files used to build web pages.
Reductions vary depending on file type, with multimedia files
dramatically reduced in size and text files reduced typically 8-12%.
Anything that makes web files smaller is good, and this software is
very good. Its best feature is that is does no harm. That's vital,
since removing necessary code is the worst possible thing it could
do. It's a worthwhile addition to the savvy Web creator's arsenal.
http://www.insidersoftware.com/

Clamp down on hackers with one of these 15 devices

Unfortunately, nothing is for free in this arena. I think hackers
collaborated here to find another lucrative way to advance their art!
http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no15/guide/2169-2.html


HARDWARE


Security at a Single Touch

As a mobile computer user, convenience and security are two of your
primary concerns. The Ethenticator's unique ability to grant access
to networks and protected websites without having to remember or type
passwords makes it a lifesaver while you're on the road with a
thousand other things on your mind. Its secure access features put
your mind at ease, too, with reliable protection from unauthorized
use and data theft. And the best part, it only costs $199!
http://www.ethentica.com/mobile.html


TRAINING SCHEDULE

Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES
Develop a focused Internet recruiting strategy for only $199!
Participate in an all-day, hands-on workshop on Thursday, September
21 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


EVENTS


NACCB 13th Annual Conference
Plan now to attend the 13th Annual NACCB Conference & Exhibition,
"CONNECTIONS: Taking Care of Business in the 21st Century",
Fontainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers, Miami Beach, Florida, November
8-11, 2000. Attendees will benefit from an expanded format that
includes tracks, breakout sessions, seminars, group panels &
roundtables. Program tracks at this year's conference will focus on
vital information for Executives, Recruiting & Retention, Front
Office Operations, Back Office Operations, Sales & Marketing,
Specialties & Solutions, Legal & Legislative, Products, Services and
Personal Effectiveness. This year's schedule also features more time
for networking and affinity group events to allow you to discuss
experiences, successes, failures, insights, needs, and more with your
peers from other parts of the country.
http://www.naccb.org/programs/index.asp?P=42


SEARCH TIPS OF THE MONTH


Glenn Gutmacher, President of Recruiting-Online.com offer theses new
tricks in locating top-notch talent.

1) Find user groups (those online enclaves where people who have a
certain software or hardware tool in common, share tips) and
2) Find exhibitor kits on the Web for industry conferences/events so
you can find names of panelists/speakers/presenters, their companies,
job titles and other keywords.

--------

Exploit a seldom used technique for extracting e-mail addresses from
mailing lists. Send a message to the following list
(majordomo@...) with this command in the message area
(which @). Leave the subject area blank. This command only works with
majordomo mailing lists.


ARTICLES


Triumphing in Today's Recruiting Reality
http://jobs.brainbuzz.com/EmpArticles/HT0807i.asp?R=S2MA0&CSRE=

How to Stop Searching and Start Finding
http://www.pcworld.com/current_issue/article/0,1212,17689+1+1,00.html

Retaining staff: A class act
http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2601709,00.html

Do your homework: Sites for company, industry research
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/06/05/000605cachart.xml

2000 AD: Recruiting in the New Era - a recent PowerPoint presentation
by the VP of Media for Monster.com
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/sep/2000ad.ppt

Search engines rev users' power
http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2608047,00.html

Putting More of Your "Self" into Your Cold Calls
http://www.coldcalling.com/library/newsletter07.html

Successful recruiting tactics
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/06/26/000626casurvey.xml

Keyword Selection - The Most Overlooked Element of Success
http://www.webposition.com/mp-current.htm#THREE

Risky recruitment ad practices
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/08/14/000814calist.xml

A frightening week in the shadows of cyberspace - The Dark Side of the
Internet, 8/28/00 cover story by U.S. News & World Report.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000828/nycu/internet2.htm

Get creative about IT recruiting
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/07/24/000724cacreative.xml

Actively Recruiting Passive Candidates
http://www.headhunter.net/JobPoster/Hireadigm/Inside.htm

Secrets of successful networking
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/07/03/000703calist.xml

To keep your best IT people, keep them learning
http://www2.itworld.com/cma/ett_article_frame/0,2848,1_1351,00.html

Job No. 1 at RDA: Keeping a skilled staff
http://bart.washtech.com/washtechway/1_14/techcap/2565-1.html

Options abound for Internet recruiting
http://www.infoworld.com/testcenter/tca/000724tcrec.html

Purple Squirrel - the first and only strategy magazine in the country
that exclusively serves the business and information needs of IT
staffing professionals. Each month, Purple Squirrel gives staffing
professionals the latest strategies in recruitment and retention,
product reviews on software and hardware, Internet recruiting trends,
training and certification, testing, financial and business advice,
and expert opinion from some of the industry¹s fiercest minds.
Sign up for your free subscription.
http://www.purplesquirrelmag.com/sub/sub5.html


ODDS & ENDS


Who Really Loves You?

Type your own name or company name. This web site asks some of the
best search engines for matching links to your name and then scores
their suggestions.
http://www.EgoSurf.com/

About Internet Security

Hideaway.net, a Net security content and service provider, would like
to sell you their services. To entice you into buying, it offers a
useful site on Windows 98 security (a subject big enough to warrant
its own section), server security, anti-virus software and issues,
and all manner of privacy software and issues. The up-to-date content
lets you find relevant material easily. As broadband Net access
proliferates, security issues increase dramatically in importance.
Drop in here, educate yourself, and just maybe save yourself a great
deal of grief down the road.
http://www.hideaway.net/

Compare Domain Registrars

The 1849 California Gold Rush brought forth the same blinding greed.
All and sundry are storming the gates of the Internet's many domain
name registrars to get every possible variant of their favorite word
or phrase as used in a domain name. RegSelect wants to help those
treasure seekers budget their exploration properly. Given the many
choices of registrars - more than 50 have been approved - it can be
more difficult than one might expect to find the right deal. Couple
to that the reality that of the ten or 20 domains registered by a
single person, perhaps two will prove to be useful or valuable; the
rest will establish themselves as nothing more than nuggets of fool's
gold untouched.
http://www.regselect.com/

The LIST of Domain Name Registrars

The previous tidbit wouldn't be complete without telling you about
all the domain registrar providers as well. It seems that anyone can
be a domain name registrar these days and take your money for
providing you a domain name. There are enough protections in place so
that you don't have to worry about spending your money for a name
someone else already owns. You should be looking at cost (the US
registrars here charge $10-35 per year for essentially the same end
result; foreign prices are often much higher) and service (how hard
is it to register, renew, and, most important, change your
registration data). There are big differences in the levels of
service, not directly tied to price. This site list an incredible 130
or so (remember, there was only one not that long ago) registration
services worldwide. It offers price comparisons for 13 US registrars
and a wealth of information about the whole process. A visit here
should result in lower costs when you buy your first or more domain
names.
http://www.newregistrars.com/registrars.html

A Vital Service for Those Glued to Their Monitors

You spend all day staring at your screens. But what would you do if a
storm was bearing down on your office? You'd never hear the emergency
sirens over your PC's sound system. You need the Emergency Email
Network. If e-mail rules your life, you need to join it. A simple
sign-up at this non-profit site can bring you all sorts of data,
ranging from regular weather reports to severe weather alerts and
warnings. If your local utilities join (more do regularly), you can
also receive outage reports from them.
http://www.emergencyemailnetwork.com/

Are You a Budding HR Writer?

kforce.com offers a very informative "Knowledge Cybrary " of articles
on business trends, hiring & retention; articles on all aspects of
job searching & career satisfaction; expert articles & information
for the industries we service; and lots more good stuff.  The web
site producers are also looking for informed article writers for
which they are willing to compensate you for. Send your pearls of
wisdom to Arlene Collins, Coordinating Editor at acollins@...
http://www.kforce.com/kforce/Cybrary/cyhome2.htm

All Talking Heads Welcome

Prometheon and Speakers Platform showcase some of the world's best
keynote speakers. You will find their programs, biographies,
articles, schedules, services and products listed within this
comprehensive web site.
http://www.prometheon.com/


BOOKMARKS


Nationwide IT User Groups
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/usergroups/

Web Resources for Human Resource Professionals
http://www.careernet.state.md.us/HR_Professionals.html

CPAnet is a website resource to help accountants interact in an
online community, find resourceful websites tailored to their needs,
utilize the Internet to gain new business, improve the quality of
client service and conduct efficient and effective research.
http://www.cpanet.com/

BABEL: a glossary of computer oriented abbreviations and acronyms
http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html

Directory of certification programs - should have read as directory
of commonly used IT certifications.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/99/09/20/990920cacert.xml

OutFront News is all about the Internet medium as it pertains to
today's Microsoft FrontPage webmaster.
http://www.outfront.net/

Places to Post Your Jobs nationwide
http://www.cco.purdue.edu/Student/geograph.htm

Target the Best Colleges with the Brightest Candidates
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/corank.htm

The New Media Society - this DC metro area group provides networking
opportunities for locals interested in the business and marketing
aspects of new media.
http://www.newmediasociety.org

DC Web Women - provides a forum for women involved or interested in
new media.
http://www.dcwebwomen.org/

Online job-hunting resource sites - finding candidates at the
employment trough.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/07/17/000717cacomp.xml

Yahoo/Education/Higher Education/Colleges and Universities
http://dir.yahoo.com/education/higher_education/colleges_and_universit
ies

Internet Professional Publisher's Association - an open forum to
discuss site design and development, a gallery featuring members'
site designs, and an open design competition.
http://www.ippa.org

Yahoo! College Search
http://features.yahoo.com/college/search.html

Association of Internet Professionals - information about networking
opportunities with chapters located in the United States and Europe.
http://www.association.org

Top Search Engine Sleepers - lots of lesser-known search sites
deliver the goods, including these five specialized services.
http://www.refdesk.com
http://www.ditto.com
http://www.searchbug.com
http://searchsport.com
http://www.metacrawler.com


FREEBIES


Create unlimited search agents for your open positions. Then wait
each week for the results. The results, gleaned from nine of the
major search engines, uncover anyone freshly minting or updating
their resume on the web. However, the key is knowing a good formula
to use. Here is an example: title:resume or url:resume or resume
+embedded +software +engineer +"tcp/ip" -job -jobs -submit -reply -
eoe -vacancy
http://www.profusion.com/

Here is a large collection of US government high quality maps that
you can freely view, print, and e-mail. There are three types of
maps: topographical; nautical; and aeronautical, including high
altitude photography of coastal regions. You can also buy large
printed charts.
http://www.maptech.com/mapserver/index.cfm

Get free articles on hiring, interviewing, employee retention.
http://www.recruit2hire.com/articles.html?Sourcerer

Customized Web Sites in About an Hour - this free software/site
enables you to assemble a very refined web site. Its templates are
intended for business sites, though they can serve other purposes.
OhGolly.com will host a ten-page Web site, plus a catalog featuring
up to a hundred products. If banner ads bother you, however, beware--
they'll be on your site. And the company name will be part of your
domain name (like JobsRUs.OhGolly.com)--though that suffix may not
project the image you want it to.
http://www.ohgolly.com/

This site is dedicated to providing comprehensive and helpful
services about Human Resources Management (HRM) including the best
practices and most current issues.
http://www.hrm.napawash.org/

FlipDog.com has added full support for third-party recruiters and
staffing agencies. With over 500,000 job listings from over 50,000
employers, FlipDog.com is among the top ten most visited recruiting
sites.
http://www.flipdog.com

Post up to 25 separate jobs with limited access to their resume bank
for a free two week demo.
http://computerwork.com

2nd Annual Hispanic Consumer Expo 2000
"The 1st and ONLY Hispanic Consumer Expo of its kind in the East
Coast" Washington DC Convention Center, October 28-29, Info: 1-888-
619-5222

Companies and recruiters can post $100K+ compensated employment
opportunities and search resumes for free until December 31, 2000.
http://www.Bigwigs.net/

Post your jobs, search for resumes and create search agents for free.
This site is a niche haven for career site for metro DC accountants
and finance professionals.
http://www.dcaccountingjobs.com/

Receive one day of complete access to the world's largest online
technical resume database. It is large, but that is a relative
statement. The percentage of resumes aged 0-60 days of "active"
and "current" job seekers is comparable to other smaller fee-based
resume portals.
http://www.passportaccess.com/demo.asp


ADVERTISERS


Invariably, when a subscription base reaches a certain level, many
vendors arrive at your doorstep offering their wares. At first, I
attempted to evaluate all these. But eventually it became almost a
full-time effort to test or pilot and then draft up the results.
Hence, now you will see a list of many new players or folks who have
enhanced their existing product or service and have asked for some
additional exposure. These are all the firms that asked me to
showcase their wares since the beginning of April. This is for your
information only. I do not support or represent any of these firms.

Get TWELVE months access to over 350,000 highly skilled and motivated
professionals for the price of just SIX months!
http://www.employmax.com

GeoWeb Interactive provides job/resume postings on the Internet.  You
can search over 110,000 online resumes with full resume text and
contact information. The resumes are never more than 90 days old. 85%
of the resumes in their database are in Computer/Engineering/IT
fields. Resume database subscribers enjoy unlimited job posting
privileges.
http://www.geowebjobs.com

Dice.com is the #1 high-tech job board in the country.  Get 2-months
of service for the price of 1-month of service.
http://www.dice.com

SeniorTechs is a database of The Senior Staff Job Information
Exchange, Inc., the largest databank in the U.S. devoted to
information technology (IT) professionals over the age of 35.
http://www.seniortechs.com/
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Volume 1, Issue 17
August 8, 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

DC is beginning to take on the persona of the monsoon season of
India. It rained 18 days in June, that many or more in July, and
almost every day so far in August. It's a boon to landscape services
and probably a death knoll to beachcombers. Temperatures normally in
the 90's for the summer, rarely have gone above the 80's. Some would
say this is heaven since the mosquitoes are absent as well.

For me, all I see is a lot of dirt, topsoil, mulch and mud; lots and
lots of mud. It's amazing to plan all the things to be done to the
outside of our new home, only to be pre-empted by Mother Nature on a
daily basis. I asked the painter if they used quick-drying enamel
paint. He said, this summer they had found a 'special blend!"

As promised, this issue sports some really neat stuff on college
recruiting found at the beginning of this newsletter. Please also
read about many free offerings: some are timed, some are first-come-
first-served, and many are just free all the time. I especially like
a newsletter coming out called "Purple Squirrel" and an interactive,
live technical screening of web-based professionals. A new addition
to the newsletter is a monthly review of a career or job portal that
normally offers either a resume or job posting database or both.

Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER

COLLEGE-BOUND

College Networking Resource Group
The CollegeNRG is a northern Virginia based group of college
recruiters. They meet 3-4 times a year and both discuss and
contribute on a great deal of useful information pertaining to
college recruiting. The group is moderated by Seth Feit, Staffing
Manager for America Online. During this past June, members met to
anonymously share their 1999-2000 College Recruiting Statistics to
benchmark with other CNRG members.  Their homework assignment
included the number of schools visited, schedules, campus interviews,
recommended hires, offers extended, and hires made. The other topics
discussed were: Trends -- What Went Well, Metrics, Technology &
Recruiting, and Business case for College Recruiting. The minutes and
results can been viewed by selecting the hyperlink below.
http://www.netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/aug/cnrg.html

The Student Recruitment Report 2000: Understanding The Student
Perspective
In February and March 2000, WetFeet.com did a quantitative survey of
869 students from more than 50 campuses, and conducted qualitative
interviews with 20 more. The goal of WetFeet.com's research was to
find out:
* What students experienced in their job search
* How they define their career preferences
* What they value in an employer
* How student recruitment is changing
http://www.erexchange.com/poffo/productd.asp?ProductID={92EDD0C6-4B48-
11D4-82EC-00105A12D660}

KPMG recently questioned college graduates and found that a casual
dress code may make the difference in where a graduate goes to launch
a career! Those students noted that clothing conveys a relaxed
culture much more inviting for young professionals making the
transition from college to corporate life.

"A Corporate Guide to College Recruiting" takes companies step-by-
step through the recruiting process from analyzing who should be part
of the recruiting team to leveraging the Internet to attracting
college students to making a final salary and benefit package offer.
http://www.collegehiring.com/

SITES

Building a Better Surfer
Buzz Notes has set out to make surfing a bit easier. The site claims
to customize search results based on your preferences. How does it
know your preferences? It asks you some demographic questions. If you
liked all the same Web sites as all the other folks with your age and
gender, this would be a brilliant initial setup. But in case you
don't, the engine learns. With an ever-enigmatic reference
to "proprietary software", Buzz Notes figures out what you like by
asking you to rate Web sites via a frame interface as you go, thus
enabling it to send you more relevant information every time you
interact with it. We're saying all of this theoretically, since it
didn't seem to get smarter while we surfed, but we only played with
it for a couple of days. Dang that short attention span.
http://www.buzznotes.com/

Instant Fame Through Self Publishing
MightyWords is the new secure digital marketplace for unique written
content. They provide you, famous authors, undiscovered authors,
academics and professionals, the control to instantly publish and
sell your intellectual property directly to an eager audience.
Search on any one of these books: EB00017311, EB00016547, EB00017141,
EB00016497, EB00002929, EB00002139
http://www.mightywords.com/

The Web's Reference Engine
Content aggregators are hot because they're useful and often more
focused than portals and directories. One fine example, Xrefer, cross-
references encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, and books of
quotations. Content providers include Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Market
House, Oxford University Press, and Penguin. There seems to be a
British influence, as you might gather from the results of a search
on "lawyer". The reference engine expands your search terms when you
submit a query - search on a topic, and you get results from one
source with links to related topics at other sources. You can use an
asterisk as a wildcard - a big advantage. Many entries are prefaced
by, or linked to, quotations by cultural figures. Lovers of crossword
puzzles may go nuts here. Teachers, librarians, editors, and
barristers will also find much of interest.
http://www.xrefer.com/

CAREER PORTAL REVIEW

During July, I was given unrestricted access to evaluate
JobWarehouse.com. This Orlando-based site has come a long way since
its start in 1997. JobWarehouse.com is an established online career
source specializing in I.T. jobs and candidates that receives over
1.1 million hits and 100,000+ unique visitors per month (measured by
a real-time software statistics program) The demographics consists of
U.S. professionals who are degreed with an IT focus. This is further
broken down to an average 4+ years professional experience with a BS
degree or better. There are approximately 20,000 resumes from 1 to 45
days old always in the database, plus an archive that can be
reactivated at any time of over 150,000 resumes. All resumes are
scanned and qualified before being placed in the database. Resumes
are maintained on the database for 45 days.

JobWarehouse.com has partnered with Vault.com and IIRC, and is
crosslinked to over a hundred high-traffic sites, and currently cross-
posted to Yahoo with several others in progress. Current methods of
advertising include magazine publications, newspaper, Internet,
direct mail, direct-call, billboard, fleet, and eventual radio and
television spots. Over 20,000 jobs are listed on the site.
JobWarehouse.com will also post any employer's jobs for free using a
format that can be batch uploaded by email. Subscribers may also use
FTP to immediately post jobs.

Several companies were invited to try out this service during the
evaluation phase. Here are two testimonials of recruiters who used
the service.

I was able to find some very useful resumes
John R., Huntsville, AL

I like the site and will even get a hire out of it.  They do have
access to a lot of resumes.
Mason S., Denver, CO

Standard pricing for one location (allowing password access for up to
5 users) is available both monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, and
annually. Additional branches receive a 50% discount.
http://www.jobwarehouse.com

SOFTWARE

A Custom In-House Search Engine
Intelliseek is offering you a free search box to put on you site.
This product is basically BullsEye on a server.   It is an adaptive
meta-search tool, which combines speed, ease-of-use, and a high
degree of relevance and efficiency in Web searches across hundreds of
targeted sources.  This service comes along with your co-branded
BullsEye and is completely free.
http://www.intelliseek.com

Make Your Help Interactive
Qarbon.com distributes Viewlets, which evolve standard text help
files into vivid "How To" demonstrations and easily play on any web
site. The company's business model Viewlet authors and participating
web sites, and a Viewlet syndication process designed to promote the
use of Viewlets across the web.
http://www.qarbon.com/

Copernic Us
Copernic consults multiple Internet search engines on the premise
that since no engine currently indexes the entire Web, the odds of
relevant data being uncovered will increase as the number of engines
consulted grows. And you don't need to know anything about Boolean
logic to use it. You can phrase your query in plain English (or five
other languages), and Copernic attempts to find an answer. So far,
pretty standard. But the software also validates the results and
removes most dead links, and so presents a cleaner and leaner list of
live, potentially relevant links.
http://www.copernic.com/products/free/

TRAINING SCHEDULE

Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES
Develop a focused Internet recruiting strategy for only $199!
Participate in an all-day, hands-on workshop on Thursday August 24 or
31 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

EVENTS

NetExpo Washington
This e-Business Expo and conference will be held at the Washington
Convention Center at 900 9th St., NW, in Hall D, on Thursday, August
16-17, 2000. My contribution is a 45-minute topic starting at 1pm on
Thursday, August 16 will be "Effective Recruiting Begins At Home".
Here is the intro: By applying some best practice models you can
effectively recruit the best hi-tech professionals for a fraction of
the cost of using conventional advertising methods. Learn how to
maximize on in-house applicants who have previously inquired or
applied to your firm. Learn about effective tools for building
productive relationships with both your employees and your
applicants.
http://www.netexpowashington.com

NACCB 13th Annual Conference
Plan now to attend the 13th Annual NACCB Conference &
Exhibition, "CONNECTIONS: Taking Care of Business in the 21st
Century", Fontainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers, Miami Beach, Florida,
November 8-11, 2000. Attendees will benefit from an expanded format
that includes tracks, breakout sessions, seminars, group panels &
roundtables. Program tracks at this year's conference will focus on
vital information for Executives, Recruiting & Retention, Front
Office Operations, Back Office Operations, Sales & Marketing,
Specialties & Solutions, Legal & Legislative, Products, Services and
Personal Effectiveness. This year's schedule also features more time
for networking and affinity group events to allow you to discuss
experiences, successes, failures, insights, needs, and more with your
peers from other parts of the country.
http://www.scan-ex.com/naccb/naccb.asp

SEARCH TIP OF THE MONTH

The tips this month come from a very informative newsletter produced
by the Tiburon Group. The newsletter is aptly named, "Tiburon Tip of
the Week," and distributes weekly.
http://tiburontips.listbot.com/

Active Sourcing Tips
Certified technology professionals are highly valued by recruiters in
today's marketplace.  However, finding these people with specific
certifications can sometimes be a daunting task.  Luckily, many
techies now include the image or logo for their certifications on
their online resume.
http://www.tiburongroup.com

1) Go to: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=aq&what=web

2) Type in this formula:

(image:mcse OR image:"Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer") AND
(url:resume OR title:resume OR resume)

3) Narrow the same results down to location. In this case, the
following formula looks for MSCEs in Chicago:

(image:mcse OR image:"Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer") AND
(url:resume OR title:resume OR resume) AND Chicago

4) This also works for Cisco certifications:

(image:"Cisco Certified Networking Associate" OR image:CCNA) as well
as Novell certifications
(image:"Certified Novell Engineer" OR image:CNE)

Acronyms vs. Full Text
Whether you are doing a simple keyword search or a complicated
Boolean search string, including both the acronym or abbreviation for
a keyword and the full text will improve results dramatically.  A few
common examples include:

Technical Terms:  ASP and Active Server Pages; VB and Visual Basic;
MCSE and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer; OO and object
oriented; AS400 or AS/400 or AS-400 etc...

Educational Institutions:  ASU and Arizona State University; NYU and
New York University; BC or Boston College etc...

Titles:  Dir. and Director; Eng. and Engineer; VP and Vice President;
Sr. and Senior; Mgr. and Manager etc...

Cities and States:  Use the abbreviation and the full name

In situations where you are doing a simple keyword search and not a
Boolean string, you may have to repeat the search several times, one
time with the abbreviation and one time with the full text.

Search Example:

Resumes of people from the University of Texas that are web skilled
with ASP experience. The full search string looked like this:

{resume.html OR resume.htm) AND ("web developer" OR "web designer")
AND (UT OR "University of Texas") AND (ASP OR "Active Server Pages")
AND NOT (careers OR position)}

For best results remember to include both the abbreviations/acronyms
and the full text of terms in all of your search strings.  The few
extra resumes that result may be link to the best candidates.

ARTICLES

Jobless Rate Holds Steady at 4 Percent - Wages Grow Faster Than
Expected
http://www.netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/aug/jobless.html

A Competitive Edge for Online Job Ad Performance
http://www.headhunter.net/JobPoster/Hireadigm/Inside.htm

Recruiter 10-point Check-Up
http://www.recruitsoft.com/checkUp/

The Hiring Crisis - How to find, keep, and motivate employees in the
new economy and steal the best ones from your competitors.
http://www.zdnet.com/smartbusinessmag/stories/all/0%2C6605%2C2577897%
2C00.html

8 Deadly Job Post Errors
http://www.recruitersonline.com/help/help_post_guide.html

It's Not Recruiting, It's Marketing
http://www.headhunter.net/JobPoster/Hireadigm/Biz.htm

How to Write On-line Position Descriptions that Attract Super Stars!
http://www.galileoconsulting.com/article11.htm

Benefits Top Money
http://www.careertv.net/newsbrief/062100.asp

The Forgotten Art of Listening
http://www.speaking.com/articles_html/EdBrodow_285.html

ODDS & ENDS

Kingdomality
My distinct "Medieval" personality is The Benevolent Ruler that was
found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. I am an
idealistic social dreamer. My overriding goal is to solve the people
problems of my world. I am a social reformer who wants everyone to be
happy in a world that I can visualize. I am exceptionally perceptive
about the woes and needs of humankind. I often have the understanding
and skill to readily conceive and implement the solutions to my
perceptions. On the positive side, I am creatively persuasive,
charismatic and ideologically concerned. On the negative side, I may
be unrealistically sentimental, scattered and impulsive, as well as
deviously manipulative. Interestingly, my preference is just as
applicable in today's corporate kingdoms.
http://www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html

Online Schedule Parser
Getting tired of trying to match up your dayplanner with everyone
else's? This Web-based meeting scheduler/reminder service employs
color and a scheduling matrix to compare your availability with those
of your co-workers. When all participants have input their schedules,
the software parses the information to generate a matrix showing the
best times for all participants. The results easily update to reflect
changes in any participant's schedule. A free version allows up to 10
participants to be scheduled per event; more participants and events
can be scheduled by purchasing a one-year license, which adds other
features as well. The format is easy to use, and seems ideal for
setting up teleconferencing or videoconferencing among widely
scattered participants.
http://www.jovialgenie.com/

What Year Was It?
A house cost $22K, car was $1,950, milk was $.92, a gallon of gas was
$.23, and a first-class stamp cost 3 cents.
http://dmarie.com/timecap/

How Nutritious Is Your Diet?
The first paragraph of RateYourself says it all: "the only site
focused solely on the World's most important person: YOU!" As if
living on the Internet wasn't self-absorbing enough, the site
provides a virtual navel you can gaze further into. Psychologists and
human resources experts have designed daily surveys ("Male: How
Romantic Are You?") and "self-probing" personality, career and
relationship tests. The career quiz turns up results ranging
from "You occupy a much sought after, but rarely achieved position in
life", to "It's time to think seriously about changing jobs". And if
you get "You are on your way to Splitsville" in the Love and Sex
quiz, maybe its time to hit that shut-down button.
http://www.rateyourself.com/poll.cfm?Subject_ID=3&Poll_ID=2421

How to Keep an Idiot Busy
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/wilsdf/idiot.html

The Images of Mother
http://www.funstun.com/mom.htm

BOOKMARKS

300+ Free Resume Databases
http://www.careerkey.com/resume%20databases.htm

WebHarbor.com provides corporate and individual users with the
quickest and easiest access to volumes of information on the
Application Service Provider (ASP) marketplace, which delivers
timeshare applications on a per-use basis.
http://www.webharbor.com/

Message Boards/Discussion Groups
http://www.careerkey.com/discussion%20groups.htm

Federal Government Pay Rate Calculator by Locality
http://www.fpmi.com/

Salary Surveys
http://www.careerkey.com/salary%20surveys.htm

FREEBIES

The Strategy Magazine for the IT Staffing/Services Industry
Purple Squirrel is the first and only strategy magazine in the
country that exclusively serves the business and information needs of
IT staffing professionals. Each month, Purple Squirrel gives staffing
professionals the latest strategies in recruitment and retention,
product reviews on software and hardware, internet recruiting trends,
training and certification, testing, financial and business advice,
and expert opinion from some of the industry¹s fiercest minds.
Sign
up for your Free subscription. All entries must be on or before
August 20, 2000, in order to start receive the first issue in
September.
http://www.purplesquirrelmag.com/sub/sub5.html

Free Unlimited account focusing on Systems Administrators- access
resumes, post unlimited jobs. Only the first 500 respondents will get
this, "no catch" offer.
http://www.sysadminsrus.com/offer/top500.htm

What's On Your Mind?
Create a free, web-based survey that allows the respondents to be
anonymous. Consider the following nine questions as a possible first
survey to your client base, derived from the Tiburon Tips issue
entitled Alternative Recruitment Strategies.
1) What is your job function? (Sales &
Marketing/Accounting/Technology ­ this will help categorize trends
by
department)
2) What web sites do you visit most frequently for your personal use?
(You can even break this down further into categories like: hobbies,
music, interactive games)
3) What search engines do you use most regularly?
4) Where do you get your news/weather online?
5) What kind of events do you participate in your time off?
6) How often do you frequent local community sites like the
citysearch or metromix sites?
7) What kinds of web sites do you use during the day for
work/interaction purposes?
8) What kind of sports do you enjoy watching or playing?  Are you
involved in any recreational sports teams (softball, volleyball,
hockey etc.)?
9) Also ask an open ended question like:  Can you think of any events
where your company should advertise job opportunities to attract
talented employees like yourselves?  (ie. local music festivals, fun
runs, art fairs etc..)
http://www.zoomerang.com/

CareerBank.com is a full-service career site designed exclusively for
accounting and finance professionals. Job postings are free.
http://www.careerbank.com/signup/freeregister.cfm

iTechScreen
Outsource the technical skills assessment of potential candidates to
objective experts using a live, interactive interview. Avoid
committing internal resources to the processes of scheduling and
conducting face-to-face interviews until after the candidate is found
to be technically qualified. Minimize the opportunity cost and
aggravation factor of utilizing existing IT staff for assessment
process. This is accomplished by on-line RecruitAgents, possessing
the IT skills required for a given vacancy, who test & assess the
candidates' technical aptitude through a focused interactive Q&A
session with live examples, using web-based live text chat technology
to conveniently reach candidates. The comprehensive process consists
of a repository of interview questions of 200 questions per supported
specialty. Upon interview completion, the client will be furnished
within 24 hours an  assessment report that reflects the candidate's
scoring. The first 100 firms who sign up will receive three free
assessments that can be used within a 14-day period.

http://www.fatsplash.com
An overview of the program is detailed in this PowerPoint
presentation.
http://www.netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/aug/itech.ppt

Get your own free anything.has.it URL.
http://www.has.it/home.html

Turn Your License Plate into E-Mail
Your license plate number becomes your username at this free e-mail
site. If everyone used this service, you could e-mail folks you run
into on the road. There are a lot of ifs here, and so-so service, but
it's a cute idea, and who knows....
http://www.bumpertag.com/

Free, unlimited Job Posting to the CareerPal.com Jobs Database
http://www.careerpal.com/postjob_public.html

Post up to 25 separate jobs with limited access to their Resume Bank
(limited free two week demo)
http://www.computerwork.com/cfm-bin/recruiters/packages.cfm?promo=DEMO

Xtreme Recruiting: Human Capital Management in the New Millennium
http://www.intralect.com/event_form.html

Free biweekly webcast series titled IDC Live
http://events.network24.com/A350/sessions/Home/pages/preview/page$.asp
?eid=A350&sid=Home

Post jobs for free with Vayamundo.com e-recruiting. This is a new job
search site focused towards highly qualified Bilingual/Spanish
speaking employees.  Vayamundo.com is allowing jobs to be posted for
free until October 1, 2000.
http://www.vayamundo.com/

Turn Your Phone Number into E-Mail
This is pretty good for free e-mail. Once you sign up, anyone knowing
your phone number has a working e-mail address for you. For example,
send a message to 3013657728@.... You're encouraged to
autoforward your phonenumber@... address to your most often
read e-mail address. This idea's a winner.
http://www.phone.net/

ADVERTISERS

Invariably, when a subscription base reaches a certain level, many
vendors arrive at your doorstep offering their wares. At first, I
attempted to evaluate all these. But eventually it became almost a
full-time effort to test or pilot and then draft up the results.
Hence, now you will see a list of many new players or folks who have
enhanced their existing product or service and have asked for some
additional exposure. These are all the firms that asked me to
showcase their wares since the beginning of April. This is for your
information only. I do not support or represent any of these firms.

A Targeted Resume for Peanuts
A major study conducted in 1999 by a well-known HR organization
determined that it cost the average employer over seven dollars to
collect one resume. This was measured from the initial identification
and write up of a need, the ensuing advertising, and the eventual
delivery or arrival of the resume. However, the key point unsaid or
not measured was what percentage of those received hit the mark at
least 50% or better. Major job portals like Monster.com spend
millions to attract job seekers, and their costs are about half of
that figure and they too don't deliver consistent winners. How about
a unique resume sourcing service that is not contingency based and
costs so little you wonder how they make any money?
http://netrecruiter.net/sourcing.html

Internet Job Search support for job seekers. Free resume distribution
to employers.
http://www.emailresume.org/

Resume Robot has developed a search engine for resumes, to find the
resumes of "passive" candidates who are not listed on the resume
posting sites.  Resume Robot uses the entire internet as a gigantic
database, and delivers web page resumes to the recruiter's desktop
with the click of a button.
http://www.resumerobot.com

2000 Electronic Recruiting Index Rated NationJob #1 Site Overall
http://www.nationjob.com/comparefind/

The Oracle Job Network now has a Resume Database of over 11,500
Oracle candidates.
http://www.oracjobs.com

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Volume 1, Issue 16
July 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
_______________________________________________

HELLO FROM YOUR EDITMASTER


Each month I say the next issue is going to be smaller and then I find
a bevy of new and interesting topics and tools. Actually, with the
wife and kids away on vacation in Korea, I've had much more
uninterrupted time to conduct research for this newsletter. This is
probably one of the longest, but I sincerely hope you read all the
articles and try out all the sites. I realize it will probably consume
about twenty hours or more of your time, but with these hazy, hot
Summer days upon us, it will be great to be in front of your computer
in air-conditioned bliss.

We made the move to our new home on June 12th and now I am busily
contracting with a landscaper, painter, plumber, handyman, carper
installer, electrician, etc. to literally do a complete makeover. I
even ventured to Home Depot and Lowes to arm myself with a power
drill, cross-cutting saw, chainsaw, and other devices to officially
don myself as a future handyperson.

In next month's issue, I will focus on College Recruiting. Two new and
interesting surveys revealed that only 4% of all college hires were
attributed to on campus interviewing. Over 26% of hires came from
networking and relationship building over the Internet. The other
survey on IT worker availability determined that there would be over
1.6MM new IT jobs created in the US in the year 2000. Unfortunately,
843,328 will go unfilled. The implication is that we need to
re-evaluate our position on using college graduates with little
industry experience, because there are few alternatives available.

Finally, many of you responded to three survey questions I posted in
early June via the eGroups list. Unfortunately, I was not aware that I
could not control the timing and delivery of each question. Hence,
some subscribers elected to unsubscribe thinking that this was an
uninvited intrusion. Anyway, thanks to those who answered and here are
the results of the Internet Survey.

1. What is the best fee-based, high-tech job board that offers both
resume access and job posting?

Monster.com  53.64%
Dice.com  13.64%
HotJobs.com  7.27%
InfoWorksUSA.com 6.36%
ComputerJobs.com 5.45%
Headhunter.net             3.64%
Net-Temps.com 1.82%
JobOptions.com 1.82%

2. Which is the best online search engine (not meta-search) for
identifying candidates or resumes?

AltaVista.com  60.38%
NorthernLight.com 22.64%
HotBot.com  7.55%

3. What is your cost per permanent (non-contract) hire when using the
Internet as your primary sourcing tool. In the cost, factor all
administrative and overhead charges associated with this venue?

$1000-$1999  29.03%
$2000-$2999  16.13%
$500-$999  16.13%
$250-$499  16.13%


Bret Hollander
NETRECRUITER


FEATURED TOOL OF THE MONTH


All Your Mail, All in One Place
The ePrompter Web site performs a very useful chore for Windows users.
(Sorry, only Windows users.) It automatically checks up to eight AOL,
Hotmail, Yahoo, and POP3 e-mail accounts. Since many e-mail services
won't forward mail to a mailbox of your choice, your previous option
was usually to check your inboxes one after another. The interface is
a screensaver that tells you at a glance how many unread messages are
held in each account. When the screensaver isn't up, a rotating tray
icon serves the same function. You can view the password-protected
subjects of your messages or the entire messages. Autodial capability
checks messages even when you're offline.
http://www.ePrompter.com/


SITES


Power Web Searching
This is an incredibly informative site that also offers free online
tutorials. The Teaching Library was created in order to meet the
challenge of rapidly changing information resources and research
tools. Check out the table on features of selected meta-search
engines.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/NetWorkshops.html

Search Engine Showdown
This site compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the
searcher's perspective. Developed originally as a way to keep track of
the search engines and share that information, the site has grown to
include: search engine features chart, detailed search engine reviews,
an online newsletter, statistical analysis, and search strategies.
http://www.notess.com/search/

Email Wizardry
The Internet is a great place to perform many business and personal
tasks. But, oftentimes an individual is limited in the tools one needs
to perform those tasks. The information in this article will show how
Internet users, armed only with a simple email account, can do such
things as browse and search the Web, get files via FTP, finger an
address, read and post articles in newsgroups, use Archie to find
files, and send anonymous email.
http://www.webnovice.com/index2.html

Excite's New Precision Search
http://www.excite.com/search/advanced/

Inference Find
This meta-searcher sends your query to six search engines, and
displays a clustered list of returned documents. Clustering could be
useful if a query returns lots of hits and you want some help in
organizing the information. The advantage of clustering is offset in
part by the absence of any abstracts or content summaries. According
to the site's rather limited documentation, Inference Find passes on
your query as you enter it without attempting to do any translation to
match the query formats of the engines that it uses.
http://www.infind.com/

The Blue Window
Ran across this fascinating search engine by accident. Though it gives
you only three conditions of search: AND, OR, or a phrase, this is
what the formula of: "url:resume vb developer 703 VA" turned up when
choosing ALL the words.
http://search.bluewindow.ch/search?pg=q&lang=en&what=web&q=url%3Aresum
e+vb+developer+703+VA&engine=World&advmeth=2&kl=en

More Weird Uses for Search Engines
The Search Rocket - http://www.kanoodle.com/
MetaCrawler MetaSpy - http://www.metaspy.com/
Magellan Search Voyeur - http://voyeur.mckinley.com/cgi-bin/voyeur.cgi
Ask Jeeves Peek Through The Keyhole -
http://www.askjeeves.com/docs/peek/
SavvySearch SavvySnoop - http://savvy.search.com/snoop

CleverSearch Meta-Meta Search
CleverSearch sends your query to the major Meta Search Engines in
parallel. CleverSearch improves your searches with the aid of
CleverJava keyword generator. This is a new generation "meta-meta"
search tool. This search engine searches the major meta search engines
and returns only the most relevant results.
http://cleversearch.hypermart.net/meta-metasearch.pl

Constructing and refining searches in Alta Vista Advanced Search
Alta Vista is a very large database (275 million) with powerful
features in its Advanced Search for refining searches and extracting
the documents you want. It offers two levels of searching: Simple and
Advanced. The Simple Search does not offer Boolean logic or Sorting
(by which you control Results Ranking), two of the finest features
available in any of the search tools currently in existence.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/AltaVista.html

NetCraft
Find a lot of sites based on their own name and then, as an added
commodity, you also discover immediately what are they running on
http://www.netcraft.com/

Yahoo's Member Directory
Here's a fun tool, using a free homepage provider. Just plug in a
keyword or skillset and then look at all the profiles that correspond
to your search. In most cases, the individual provides not only a home
of record, but their email address as well. The only downside is that
many of the profiles are old and the search works best with just one
word, preferably something that is unique.
http://members.yahoo.com/

Switchboard's People Search
One of the best people locators. After you've lassoed a particular
candidate in Yahoo, go to this site and put in their last name, first
initial, and state. In most cases, you'll get back what you're looking
for, the person's full name, home address, and home phone number.
http://www.switchboard.com/

PeopleSearch 101 - A tutorial on Online Searches
Are you looking for innovative online resources for finding people
using the Internet?
http://209.67.4.116/cgi-bin/101/101.cgi
Also Skiptracing 101
http://209.67.4.116/bountyhunt/inquiry.shtml

Picture Yourself Here
Free or inexpensive, Web apps are utilities or programs on distant
servers that run in your browser. Apps.com has a nice introductory
help applet you can't miss when you hit the home page of this large,
excellent portal. Call this site a bookmark service, an organizer, a
consolidator - you're bound to find something pretty quickly that
you'll want to use over and over, especially if you've already used
some of the popular apps linked to these directory pages. The
categories will entice you to register so that you can build your own
collection for access wherever you can get on the Web. I especially
like the topics under HR/Recruiting; not so much for who they are, but
how to get posted there for free.
http://www.apps.com:80/category.asp?catid=279

Why email Only?
This site is a work in progress trying to provide everything by email
as a comprehensive reference tool showing the email only user how to
make the most of the Internet.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/

Internet Privacy and Anonymity
PrivacyX empowers you to take control of your online privacy. Your
email messages are completely private and secure.
https://www.privacyx.com/


SOFTWARE


Generate Web Traffic
Search Spy is a massive, constantly updated database of well over
3,000,000 words and phrases captured directly from the web's leading
search engines.
http://www.searchspy.com/getspy.htm


TRAINING SCHEDULE


Internet Recruiting Strategies - TECHNIQUES
Develop a focused Internet recruiting strategy for only $199!
Participate in an all-day, hands-on workshop on Thursday, July 27 or
August 24 or 31 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/training.html


EVENTS


NetExpo Washington
This e-Business Expo and conference will be held at the Washington
Convention Center at 900 9th St., NW, in Hall D, on Thursday, August
16-17, 2000. My contribution is a 45-minute topic starting at 1pm on
Thursday, August 16 will be "Effective Recruiting Begins At Home".
Here is the intro: By applying some best practice models you can
effectively recruit the best hi-tech professionals for a fraction of
the cost of using conventional advertising methods. Learn how to
maximize on an in-house referral program and tap applicants who have
previously inquired or applied to your firm. Learn about effective
tools for building productive relationships with both your employees
and your applicants.
http://www.netexpowashington.com


SEARCH TIP OF THE MONTH


Accessing FTP Via Email
You can use your email account to access anonymous ftp servers, such
as Microsoft's FTP site, to download files. Downloading this way can
put the files you want right in your email inbox.
http://netrecruiter.net/sa/2000/jul/ftpemail.txt


ARTICLES


A Neophyte's Guide to Effective E-Mail
http://www.webnovice.com/email.htm

Online and Unidentifiable?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21689-2000Jun29.html

Join A Mailing List
http://www.webnovice.com/mailing_lists.htm

Start Your Own Newsgroup
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html

Keyword your way to Success
http://100promotiontips.com/keywords.htm

More Visas for Techies?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21713-2000Jun29.html

Exploring Usenet Newsgroups
http://www.webnovice.com/newsgrps.htm

A Guide to Successful (and safe!) Newsgroup Marketing
http://www.webmistressatwork.com/newsgroups.html

Dealing With Spam
http://specials.about.com/channels/internet/netlets/zxfnl_spam_p3.htm

Control Spam
http://www.webnovice.com/spam.htm

Getting listed in Yahoo!
http://100promotiontips.com/yahoo.htm

Search Term Suggestion List
http://www.goto.com/d/about/advertisers/othertools.jhtml

Advanced Web Searching Techniques
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/77advanc.htm

Spending Money on TV Ads - No Customers, but Maybe Investors
A boatload of dotcoms spent millions of dollars to buy advertising
time on this year's Superbowl TV broadcast. The results? Well, not
much in the way of new users. In fact, from a user acquisition
standpoint, the proposition was a spectacular and expensive failure.
On the other hand, according to this CNet story, a number of Net
companies scored venture funding simply by raising their visibility
with the spots. Salute the new Net business model: raise $3 million in
seed capital; blow it all on one Superbowl commercial that attracts
the interest of venture capitalists; raise more capital; and wash,
rinse, repeat, until you go bankrupt. SourceTV lists all this year's
Superbowl commercials, while Superbowl-Ads.com has more media coverage
of the topic then anyone can possibly digest.
Story: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2077741.html
SourceTV: http://www.sourcetv.com/superbowl2000.html
Superbowl-Ads.com: http://www.superbowl-ads.com/


ODDS & ENDS


Modify a Web Page Using Another Web Page
You're a Webmaster and you've just found a typo on your home page.
However, you're at a trade show and your tools and files are 2500
miles away. No problem. Using any computer with Web access (like the
one where you saw the typo), log onto this site. Then, just use this
site to fix your page. Omniupdate works better for Windows users (more
tools), but is useful when run on a Mac.
http://www.omniupdate.com/

Resume Writing Guide
http://www.umt.edu/career/resume.html

Who.Has.It?
Three Swedes have a URL redirection service with a domain name easy to
remember: has.it. Neat. There are some conditions, but free is free.
That's easy to remember. By the way, rules.it, knows.it, shows.it, and
does.it are also up for grabs.
http://www.has.it/

Executive Compensation in Silicon Valley
Nothing like a bit of financial voyeurism. SiliconValley.com studied
various public documents and came up with a list of who made what in
1999, all the way from Apple's Steve Jobs ($1 in salary) to Lewis
Platt, CEO of Hewlett-Packard ($1,000,000 in salary, a $910,000 bonus,
and tons of options). You won't find mention of Steve's new jet,
though, a reward from a grateful Board of Directors. An eyeball
estimate indicates that an average executive, VP level and above, gets
a salary in the mid-$200,000 range, usually with generous options.
Other companies go the big options route. Yahoo execs generally earn
less than $200,000 in salary, but take home options worth millions of
dollars. Now you'll know what to ask for when they offer you the
chairmanship.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/companies/bossmakes/charts/chart99
.htm

How to Occupy a Child's Mind When Working from Home
Featuring a Java reading applet, Classic Bookshelf presents texts that
you can customize by font size and color to suit your tastes. The site
offers readers access to a large collection of public domain e-texts.
Authors include Dickens, Twain, and Wilde, among others - use the Site
Map link at the top to get a complete list.
http://www.classicbookshelf.com/Reader/Search.htm

The Word Spy
This web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recently
coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance,
and older words that are now being used in new ways.
http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/


BOOKMARKS


College E-Mail Addresses
http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/college.html

University Pages
http://isl-garnet.uah.edu/Universities/universitiestx.html

Mailing List Manager Commands
http://lawwww.cwru.edu/cwrulaw/faculty/milles/mailser.html

Meta-List Mailing List Network
http://www.meta-list.net/

Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
http://paml.net/

Finding Information on the Internet
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Glossary of Internet Terms
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Where to find and keep what's cool on the web
http://www.hotlinks.com/home.html


FREEBIES


Resume On-Line
http://www.resume-online.com/rcol.htm

Free Email Account
http://www.888.nu/

AOL Hometown - Resumes
http://hometown.aol.com/cat.adp?cid=19155&l=english

Members AOL.com IT Resumes
http://search.aol.com/cat.adp?id=185646

Lycos Resume Pages Gallery
http://pagebuilder.lycos.com/resume/gallery/

Baan Job Postings/Resumes
http://www.baanfans.com/baanfans/forum/jobs/

Seattle Resumes
http://cgi.soba.net/resumes.html

CareerLab - 200 FREE Cover Letters for Job Hunters
http://www.careerlab.com/letters/


ADVERTISERS


Invariably, when a subscription base reaches a certain level, many
vendors arrive at your doorstep offering their wares. At first, I
attempted to evaluate all these. But eventually it became almost a
full-time effort to test or pilot and then draft up the results.
Hence, now you will see a list of many new players or folks who have
enhanced their existing product or service and have asked for some
additional exposure. These are all the firms that asked me to showcase
their wares since the beginning of April. This is for your information
only. I do not support or represent any of these firms.

FatSplash - outsource the technical skills assessment of potential
candidates to objective experts using a live, interactive interview.
Avoid committing internal resources to the processes of scheduling and
conducting Face-to-Face interviews until after the candidate is found
to be technically qualified. Minimize the Opportunity Cost and
Aggravation Factor of utilizing existing IT staff for assessment
process. This is accomplished by On-Line RecruitAgents, possessing the
IT skills required for a given vacancy, who test & assess the
candidates' technical aptitude through a focused interactive Q&A
session with live examples, using web-based live text chat technology
to conveniently reach candidates. As an Introductory Offer to the
first 100 firms to sign up, you will receive three free assessments
that can be used with a 14-day period. Should you elect and/or find
the service beneficial, you will receive an additional two free
assessments with purchase of minimum 25 bundle subscription (5%
discount applies).
http://www.fatsplash.com

Life insurance company that offers free online quotes for auto,
health, homeowners, whole and term life insurance. Also provides a
list of insurance resources and glossary terms.
http://www.lifeinsurancewiz.com/

As the #1 finance-dedicated job site on the net, jobsinthemoney is the
best source for experienced finance and accounting professionals.
We have more finance professional users and resumes than any other job
site targeting this niche.
http://www.jobsinthemoney.com

The Recruiters Cafe is a networking and split placement site for
third-party recruiters and corporate hiring managers.
http://www.recruiterscafe.com/

Winning Strategies for College & University Recruiting - the July
17-20 conference will feature case-studies and practical solutions
from over 50
organizations who are paving the way in new techniques for recruiting
the best and brightest college graduates.
http://www.recruitingoncampus.com/

CareerCity.com is a cutting edge job-matching vehicle on the Internet.
Companies advertise positions on its web site. Using the Internet's
filtering process, job-seekers search out positions in their field,
area of expertise and desired location.  Because of the amount and the
detail of information included in job postings, applicants find this
on-line method far preferable to traditional methods.  In addition,
CareerCity.com has an extensive bank of resumes to make a two-way
search feasible.
http://www.careercity.com

Xtreme Recruiting: Human Capital Management in the New Millennium -
the free all-day seminar on July 12 is focused on presenting how the
industry's leading experts are solving the challenges of attracting,
identifying and retaining top talent.
http://www.intralect.com/event_form.html

DIVERSITY EXPO 2000 on July 19th at New York's Manhattan Center.
http:/www.diversityexpo.com/exhibiting.html

Short clips from upcoming Masters Series on Internet Recruiting.
http://www.itworld.com/itwebcast/masters.html

GeoWeb Interactive offers job postings, resume searching and
recruiting on the Internet.   They have more than 1,000 clients,
ranging from
small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
http://www.geowebjobs.com
_______________________________________________

ResSource - in 1999, Forrester Group determined that it cost the
average company about $7.38 to collect one resume. This was measured
from the initial identification and write up of a need, the ensuing
advertising, and the eventual delivery or arrival of the resume.
However, the key point unsaid or not measured was what percentage of
those received hit the mark at least 50% or better. Major job portals
like Monster.com spend millions to attract job seekers, and their
costs are about half of that figure and they too don't deliver
consistent winners. How about a unique resume sourcing service that
costs so little you wonder how they make any money?
http://netrecruiter.net/sourcing.html

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