Katharine robinson aka The Sourceress shares 5 simple searches that every recruiter should do in our first Australian focus group

1. 5 Simple Searches
Katharine Robinson
Internet Sourcer & Trainer
Sourcing Hat Ltd
The FIRM, Melbourne
23rd March 2016

2. Top Sites in Australia
1. Google
2. Facebook
3. YouTube
4. Live.com
5. Yahoo!
6. Ebay
7. Wikipedia
8. Commbank
9. Amazon
10. LinkedIn
11. Gumtree
12. MSN
13. Bing
14. Twitter
15. Paypal
Based on Alexa 1 month traffic rankings

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

4. 1. The Colleague
• Remember to save your searches on LinkedIn.

5. 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.

6. 3. The X-Ray
• Also called a site search. This Google trick lets you
search pages from just one website.

7. 3. The X-Ray
This is also useful
for searching any
website with a lot of
user profiles
(like LinkedIn).

8. LinkedIn Search Tool
I built a Google Custom Search Engine to find just
Australian LinkedIn profiles.
Find it here: http://uksourcers.co.uk/australian-linkedin-
profiles-cse/

9. 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.

10. 4. The #Hashtag

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Any Questions?
Contact me:
Katharine Robinson
Sourcing Hat Ltd
Twitter: @TheSourceress / @SourcingHat
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katharinerobinson
That LinkedIn search tool again:
http://uksourcers.co.uk/useful-tools/australian-linkedin-
profiles-cse/