Tips and tools

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Tips and tools

Tips and Tools

Web sites recommended for CGIAR recruitment

Internet research tools

Example position description – Scientist

Print media position announcement – Scientist

Web site position announcement – Scientist

Sample candidate assessment form

Briefing selection committees

Practical assessment tasks

Checking references

Diversity-positive salary setting

Internet research tools

There are many search engines (see box 1) that will search the Web for you, finding the résumés of low-profile job seekers who have posted their résumés on their home pages or on the sites of professional associations.

Each search engine has its own tutorial with tips and examples. To maximize your search, review the tutorial in advance.

Most engines will find résumés by using keywords also known as “strings”. For best results, enter many combinations of key words, terms, acronyms, names, etc., to find as many sites as possible and then edit to make the choices more specific.

Some recommended search engines on the Web:

http://www.Google.com
http://www.Yahoo.com
http://www.MetaCrawler.com
http://www.Atlavista.com
http://www.Dogpile.com

Résumé search:
When looking for a specific skill, such as an agroforester, type combinations of associated words such as “agroforester”, “résumé”, “html”, etc., into the search field. The search engines will do the rest for you.

The engines will find a lot of extraneous information but, chances are, a bumper crop of résumés will be unearthed. For instance, a search in http://www.google.com for “agroforestry resume” nets 1,270 possible sites of which more than 500 are personal résumés. It is important to continue trying combinations of the key words, both with, and without, “and”.

Try subscribing to an international Web-based resume
management system

Career.com: A free service that is international in scope:
http://www.career.com
Careers in Business: international in scope, this site allows users to search by keyword, job category and region: http://www.careers-in-business.com/
Job Source India: http://www.jobsourceindia.com/index.asp
MyAngel: E-recruitment solutions provider, Asia
http://www.myangel.net/RecruitWings/index.shtml
Resume Express: http://www.resumexpress.com e.com.ph/

E-mail address:
Finding personal e-mail addresses of candidates currently employed by comparable organizations can lead to passive candidates. Search using the name of the person you are trying to find. If you do not know the name, search using the name of the organization.

For example, on google.com, entering: e-mail worldbank.org nets 66,000 sites. Adding the word “forestry”, i.e. e-mail worldbank.org forestry, narrows the list to 2460. Adding the word “Africa”, i.e. e-mail worldbank.org forestry africa, again narrows the list to 1420. This will unveil various departments and projects where names will emerge that may be of interest. It also will unveil how the World Bank assigns e-mail addresses, so staff members whose names have been unveiled can then be addressed in individual e-mails.

Flipping:
Flipping is a method for finding applicants linked to a specific organization. Applicants will list seminars attended, certifications and employment history, all of which include the names of organizations.

For these searches, typing: link:orgname.com will flip candidates for you to contact. By flipping a site, you can find resumes or conference rosters. These listings also may yield biographies, e-mail addresses and other details about potential job candidates.
For example, on Yahoo.com, type in exactly as follows: Link:International Foundation for Science and Biography. link: link:orgname.com and title:resume would yield resumes of employees of an organization. Typing link:orgname.com and software engineer and title:resume would yield resumes of that organization’s software engineers

X-Raying:
Using this technique, recruiters can identify key employees by traveling to those places on a company's Web site that aren't directly accessible via links on the main public home page.

For example, typing host:orgname.com and "business development" would reveal pages and sites with leads on key business development employees in that organization.

Peeling:
Embedded inside many long Web addresses are links to staff directories or contact lists. Many Web addresses, or URLs, are filled with clues for recruiting searches, such as the words “résumés” or “people” or “attendees”. Peeling helps recruiters find the links to these sites.

For example, a hypothetical site with the address
www.widgetcompany.com/people/joedoe/myfavoritething/ can be "peeled back" to www.widgetcompany.com/people/ Voila! A staff list!

Harvesting:
Harvesting involves reviewing a document, such as a résumé or home page, and finding key words, links, references and locations that assist with subsequent searches within the Web site.

The key word, ‘scientist’ could lead to Asian scientist, African scientist, forest scientist, life scientist, marine scientist, etc. Apply those key words to subsequent searches.

Spiders and Robots (or ‘bots’):
These are automated programs that explore the Web, looking for information. The most common kinds of spiders are the ones that collect Web addresses for the search engines to catalogue. They can be downloaded, some are free, and all offer free trials.