Advanced LinkedIn Sourcing#sosueu Amsterdam, 2014

Irina Shamaevahttp://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva

http://sourcingcertification.com

Note

• This is a shortened version of the presentation at the Sourcing Summit Europe-2014

LinkedIn SearchGalene Replaces Lucene

• Lucene: open source code. Needed to be scaled

• Galene: very much based on Lucene, adds some semantic processing

New (side effect): Personal vs. LinkedIn Recruiter

Discrepancies

Personal vs. LIR (LinkedIn Recruiter) Example #1

Personal vs. LIR Example #2

The “Black Box”

Let’s First Look at Google Search StringsInterpretation: Example #1

Google Example #2

LinkedIn Search EffectsExplained

• “computer games” example:– Personal search looks for Industries

• “Jim Stroud” example:• - Personal search moves first/last names into the

first/last name fields, then searches

… Search Everywhere

• To get better results:

– Have LIR? Use personal search too

– Also X-Ray

• Watch for the internal search interpretations

LinkedIn SearchAnatomy

The Search URL

https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=certified&title=accountant&postalCode=1000&openAdvancedForm=true&titleScope=CP&locationType=I&countryCode=nl&distance=10&f_N=F,S,A,O&rsid=17692001411384449618&orig=MDYS&openFacets=N,G,CC,PC

URL Anatomy

• People search

• Parameters

• Display parameters

• Internal tracking (ignore)

Useful Search Template

• https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?keywords=construction&openFacets=N,G,CC,PC,L,I,PC,ED,LF,FG,TE,FA,SE,P,DR,CS,F&f_N=F,S,A,O

(opens all facets)

Productivity Hackon Chrome

New: Search by Major

Search in Europe

• http://bit.ly/LI-Europe– No keywords!

– All the European countries

Locations for X-Raying

• Name them right

– Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

– Birmingham, United Kingdom

– Brighton, United Kingdom

– Paris Area, France

– (etc.)

"The Hague Area, Netherlands" site:linkedin.com/in OR site:linkedin.com/pub -dir

Don’t Forget Profilesin Other Languages

Find Native Dutch

Speakers

Bilingual Members

• http://bit.ly/LI-bilingual

New:Download Your Data

• https://www.linkedin.com/settings/data-export-page

#sosuhack

• (Please keep it quiet!!!)

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Additional Tip: Search by the Last Name for the Fullest View

• Combined with the #sosuhack you only need to search for full names as keywords

Verifying/ Cross-Referencing Lists

• The “Talent Pipeline” LIR (LinkedIn Recruiter) functionality… for free

Verifying, Cross-Referencing ListsStep 1

• Use Outlook-Export-Format. Paste the list in this column:

Step 2

• Use LinkedIn Import

Step 3

• Wait

Done

• See the results in the Contacts (sort by “new”)

Let’s Connect!

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva

• irina@braingainrecruiting.com

• I will invite you back

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– With any questions, please contact George Glikman, the Customer Support Manager, at george@sourcingcertification.com or 1-510-384-8262