We explored in the last posting how to use a People Search engine to find your candidate. Some candidates you find out, are just not on any search engine and barely have any web presence at all. This usually happens more with technical candidates who are so busy with their work that they do not have time to network and be as involved with others online as we are.
You can use Linkedin, which is a good resource provided you have Inmails available to you or the prospective candidate is within your extended network. There is always possibility that the candidate refuses your Inmail, so the next best thing is to search for their email on Google. Start off by searching their full name in Google, but pay attention to pages that could lead you to a personal site or blog:
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Join us next time when we talk about searching for corporate emails and emails that are found in Google Groups.
- Mark