5 Simple SearchesKatharine RobinsonInternet Sourcer & TrainerSourcing Hat Ltd

The FIRM, Melbourne 23rd March 2016

Top Sites in Australia

1. Google 2. Facebook3. YouTube4. Live.com5. Yahoo!6. Ebay7. Wikipedia8. Commbank

9. Amazon10. LinkedIn11. Gumtree12. MSN13. Bing14. Twitter15. Paypal

Based on Alexa 1 month traffic rankings

1. The Colleague (LinkedIn Basic)• Networking begins at home!• Check out your LinkedIn company page to find more

people to connect to.

1. The Colleague

• Remember to save your searches on LinkedIn.

1. The Lion (LinkedIn Basic)

• A LION is a LinkedIn Open Networker.

• Your candidates are probably not LIONs.

• LIONs generally tend to be recruiters or sales

people.

• You can invite them to connect without fear of

DNK.

• LIONs usually have larger networks so can help

you to grow yours quickly.

• Connecting to LIONs isn’t for everyone.

3. The X-Ray• Also called a site search. This Google trick lets you

search pages from just one website.

3. The X-Ray

This is also useful for searching any website with a lot of user profiles (like LinkedIn).

LinkedIn Search ToolI built a Google Custom Search Engine to find just Australian LinkedIn profiles.

Find it here: http://uksourcers.co.uk/australian-linkedin-profiles-cse/

4. The #Hashtag• Hashtags are probably the easiest way to find relevant

people to follow on social networks like Twitter and Instagram.

• Event hashtags are particularly great.

• If you wanted to find other in-house recruiters using Twitter or Instagram, you could check out #SoSuAu (Sourcing Summit Australia). The event took place last summer, but you will still find the tweets and photos.

4. The #Hashtag

5. The Face(book)• Facebook is so big that it’s hard to ignore as a souce of

candidates. • It’s great for finding those who do not sit at a desk all day

like • Store / Restaurant Managers• Bus Drivers• Oil Rig Workers

• It’s not easy or clear how to find people based on their job by searching Facebook.

• Try out Shane McCusker’s Facebook Search Tool.

5. The Face(book)Shane’s Facebook Search tool: http://intel-sw.com/blog/facebook-search/

Make sure you are logged into Facebook before you hit the search button.

Any Questions?Contact me:

Katharine RobinsonSourcing Hat Ltd

Twitter: @TheSourceress / @SourcingHatLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katharinerobinson

That LinkedIn search tool again: http://uksourcers.co.uk/useful-tools/australian-linkedin-profiles-cse/