This Thursday, September 18th from 1PM-3PM EST, Geoff Peterson, Managing Principal of General Lead (http://www.generallead.com/) and Editor of StaffBytes (http://www.staffbytes.com/) will conduct a fast-paced and detailed webinar for recruiters and sourcers, The War for Talent: 400+ Ways to Source Passive Talent.

Today, there is a “War for Talent” being waged amongst recruiters and sourcers to find and attract the best candidates. In this loaded webinar, you will discover 400+ leads to pursue in addition to easy-to-implement tips, ideas and strategies for uncovering passive candidates.

BONUS!! For Attending the webinar, you get:

FREE copy of The War for Talent: Starter Guide, which details 400+ sites, networks, communities and tools detailed in the webinar; 14-day trial of Broadlook Diver; and PowerPoint deck of 400+ slides to reference at a later date.

In this fast-paced interactive webinar, Geoff will tackle the following:

-Scores of newly emerging places online to find talent, such as Scribd, Koders, Backtype and Squidoo
-Example sites include Facebook, Technorati, Google, LinkedIn, Jigsaw and Twitter
-More examples include Digg, Ning, Indeed and many other sites, networks and communities
-Sourcing tools & tips referenced, including Joopz, Xobni, Broadlook, eGrabber and Google Alerts
-Live examples of dozens of sites including The Blogosphere & Social/Business Networks
-Demonstrations of Name Search Sites, Search Engines, Groups, Listserves and more
-Detailed searches conducted for IT/IS, Finance, Healthcare, Medical, Sales and more
-Live “mashup” examples: How to leverage one site with another (Google, Jigsaw and more)
-Advanced boolean search string examples for finding passive candidates online
-Overview of how to build a passive candidate talent pool on your own beyond the Webinar
-Live interactive Q&A conducted with examples on the spot

*Sign-up for the Webinar today at http://thewarfortalent.eventbrite.com/. Pay for one line and have your whole team join.

Title:        LinkedIn for Recruiters and Sourcers: Live Demo, Search Strings, Mashups, Groups and More
Date:       Thursday, August 7, 2008
Time:       1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

This coming Thursday, July 24th at 1PM EST, I will be giving a fast-paced 60 minute webinar presentation for Kennedy Information on “Microblogging: The Hot New Sourcing Tool for Today’s Recruiters“.

In this presentation, I will fully demonstrate Twitter by walking through its search capabilities and will show you and your team how to build a “following” which benefits recruiters as they promote open positions and search for active and passive job seekers. I will also demonstrate backdoor tips and tricks of using other sites including Friendfeed and Pownce and review how recruiters and sourcers can use them to begin building relationships within online communities.

• Learn how to utilize microblogs to recruit and source candidates
• Discover fast-growing social networking communities online
• Find active and passive candidates who “live” online
• Watch a live demonstration of how to recruit on Twitter, an online network of more than 7 million people
• Learn how to grow your microblog networks in seconds
• Uncover hundreds of “leads” through sites such as Twitter, Pownce, Friendfeed and more

If you are interested in learning more or would like to sign up, click here.

This Thursday, May 22nd at 1PM EST, I will be conducting an interactive live webinar presentation for Kennedy Information titled: Emerging Tools, Techniques, Trends and Technologies for Recruiters and Internet Sourcers.

In this one hour webinar, I plan to cover:

• How to use news site online to find experts that lead to high value candidates
• How to build your own social network and the benefits of doing so (highlighting Ning and other emerging sites)
• Examples of automated sourcing and search tools that save you valuable time
• Live demonstrations of numerous internet sites designed for research and sourcing
• Emerging trends in recruiting media including text messaging, wikis, portals, podcasting, bookmarklets and microblogging

*I will have a valuable and very detailed HANDOUT for all attendees at the conclusion of the webinar that will detail all the sites covered in addition to more tips and techniques to put to good use.

Additional information on this webinar can be found here.

To register for the webinar, click here.

Now that StaffBytes is live‚ I want to bring up an important feature of the site, the Recruit Chute.‚ 

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Recruit Chute is located at the top right hand corner of the site and is the big orange logo sticking out up there. It is an area where anyone can “get involved” with this site and discuss and share all things recruiting. Recruit Chute was added to the site so that Recruiters, Internet Sourcers, Researchers and others can add:

• Tips
• Techniques
• Tutorials
• Videos
• Audio Messages‚ 
• White Papers
• Resumes
• eBooks
• Pictures/Illustrations
• Site Reviews
• Comments
• And More

By using Recruit Chute you can learn from others, share expertise and get your name out there in the industry. All users of Recruit Chute can either remain annonymous or have their name proudly displayed by their posting. I look forward to your contributions.

Welcome to StaffBytes - we are officially up and running. This site is exclusively dedicated to the staffing world, specifically created for recruiters, sourcers, researchers and  all other professionals who ”search” for people as part of their job description, hobby or passion. The goal of StaffBytes is to share expert tips, techniques, strategies and knowledge for recruiting and sourcing.

I am seeking all others who see value in StaffBytes, and want to contribute to this site, whether it be daily, weekly, monthly or on a one-time occasion. I am looking for other people who want to share their recruiting and sourcing knowledge, show tips, make suggestions, express viewpoints, experiences or simply have a new website to share. The “Recruit Chute” located in the upper right hand corner of the site is put into place for just this reason. 

Subscribe today and get a daily dose of “Bytes” solely focused on recruiting and sourcing. Please feel free to contact with any suggestions or to discuss further involvement with this site.