Most recruiters realize the some of the most desirable candidates are those who are highly qualified but not actively searching for work.  Leopard Solutions offers the best search engine for finding passive candidates offering recruiters up-to-date information on candidate's professional lives. But once you find your passive candidate using Leopard Solutions how do discover more personal things about them (their hobbies, interests, the text of an article they wrote etc.) so that you can add that personal touch to your cold call?  Google may offer one solution. Google allows advance searches that can provide specific and highly relevant search results using the candidate's name and other relevant information.  Let's take a look at how it works:

Step 1: Go to www.google.com and you can also click on the "advanced search" link.  

Step 2: To find an exact phrase enter the phrase with (") quotation marks.  For example: "Laura Leopard"  This technique will only produce web pages with the exact phrase you entered.

Step 3:  Choose phrases or words to exclude. To exclude a word or phrase include the minus (-) sign directly in front of the word that you want to exclude preceded by a space.  For example: (Laura Leopard  -travel) will tell the search engine to find pages with the word "bankruptcy attorney" and not the word "travel."

Step 4: If you like, search within a specific website by writing your search term proceeded by the word "site," a colon and the name of the website.  For example: (Laura Leopard site:leopardsolutions.com).

To find out more about Google search engine tips and tricks visit http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861.

NOTE: This week's webinar will be on how to search for potential candidates using Google, LinkedIn and Facebook.  Wednesday, 4:00 EDT.  Details to join will be on User Home Page and in your Update Email.