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Irina Shamaeva added a discussion to the group Boolean Strings
Social Media Sourcing from A to Z Tue Nov 17th noon ET/ 9 am PT 90 min long, packed with info
Knowing how to build Boolean strings has become even more important. Syntax is different on different social media sites. Read more about the webinar and register at http://bit.ly/2sxVBS Space is limited.
20 hours ago
Irina Shamaeva replied to Barbara Ling's discussion 'Twitter lists and Internet recruiting'
Barbara, Great video!
on Tuesday
Irina Shamaeva added an event
October 21, 2009 from 12pm to 1:30pm
Webinar with Bill Radin. Read more, watch a video, and sign up at http://billradin.com/webinars.htm Date: Wednesday, Oct. 21 Time 12:00 PM EDT (US) 9:00 AM PDT (US) 5:00 PM (UK) Length: 90 minutes
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Irina Shamaeva replied to Barbara Ling's discussion 'Twitter lists and Internet recruiting'
Hi Barbara, Thanks for posting the link to my list! http://twitter.com/braingain/sourcers (and thanks to Maureen for posting it on her site) This is pretty much everybody who says "sourcer" or "sourcing" in their bio. I created the list using a ...
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Starting Your Own Business
Discuss challenges and advantages of starting your own recruiting or sourcing business and sharing experience, advice and business development tips.
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SourceCon Challenge #1
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November 6
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Sudip joined Irina Shamaeva's group
Starting Your Own Business
Discuss challenges and advantages of starting your own recruiting or sourcing business and sharing experience, advice and business development tips.
November 5
Irina Shamaeva and Max wilson are now friends
November 4
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Boolean Strings
Place to publish samples of search strings, such as for collecting resumes or contact info. Share information about search engines and add-on tools. Site www.booleanstrings.com is to be designed.
October 30
Barbara Ling, Tina Carson and Christy DiVenere joined Irina Shamaeva's group
Boolean Strings
Place to publish samples of search strings, such as for collecting resumes or contact info. Share information about search engines and add-on tools. Site www.booleanstrings.com is to be designed.
October 28
Irina Shamaeva added a discussion to the group Boolean Strings
Boolean and Semantic Search for Recruiters, Thu, Oct 29, noon ET
Boolean and Semantic Search for Recruiters Outline: Boolean Search Syntax for Recruiting * Google * Search Engines * Metasearch Engines * Social Networks * People Search Engines Elements of Advanced Boolean Syntax What is Semantic Search? * Boole...
October 26
Irina Shamaeva is attending Ryan Frazier's event
ERE Expo 2010 Spring at San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
March 15, 2010 at 10am to March 17, 2010 at 5pm
Recruiting. Talent management. Process improvement. The incomparable recruiting conference that delivers it all. There are other events, but none that feature real practitioners sharing their successes and secrets with you. Now entering its 10th ...
October 19
Irina Shamaeva replied to Jason Urban's discussion 'Sourcing Software ... what's the best ie. egrabber, talenthook, diver etc?'
Karen, Glad you asked, and you are not the first person to ask me a question like this. I have good relationships with several vendors, am using a number of products as a sourcer, and try to see demos of most interesting sourcing tools that come ...
October 19
Kevin Gibbs joined Irina Shamaeva's group
Starting Your Own Business
Discuss challenges and advantages of starting your own recruiting or sourcing business and sharing experience, advice and business development tips.
October 13

Profile Information

Name:
Irina Shamaeva
City:
Berkeley
ZIP/Postal Code
94530
State/Region (spell it out please, no abbreviations!):
California
Country:
USA
How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?
Partner, Brain Gain Recruiting; Internet Sourcing Trainer
Name someone you most admire
My Dad
Company or business name:
Brain Gain Recruiting; "Boolean Strings" Network
Website:
http://www.braingainrecruiting.com
Blog:
http://booleanstrings.wordpress.com
Online profile/Homepage
http://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva
What kind of networking are you open to?
Open networking, Referrals between friends
Who referred you to RecruitingBlogs.com?
Slouch
Which combination best describes your professional profile?
Agency, Contract, Independent, Sourcer/Researcher, Recruiter, Virtual, Manager, Executive, Vendor/Consultant
How many years have you been in the business?
5 - 9 years
Which industries do you work in now?
All Industries, Financial, Technology, Other
Are you open to split placements
yes
Which online communities do you actively participate in?
LinkedIn
Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?
ERE, SourceCon
What recruiting tools can you not live without?
eGrabber [http://tinyurl.com/ResumeGrabber
http://tinyurl.com/ResumeFinder]
Contact Capture and Diver [www.broadlook.com/braingain]
Jigsaw [http://www.jigsaw.com/join/freetrial]
What do you like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...
Being able to connect with interesting people
LinkedIN URL
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Twitter Profile
http://twitter.com/braingain

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Irina Shamaeva

Sourcing on the Web: Two Key Areas to Master

I wanted to share some notes with those who are interested in improving their skills in web sourcing. This is based on my experience with the "Boolean" community. I host the "Boolean Strings" group here on RBC and a large group "Boolean Strings" on LinkedIn. I ran the "Worldwide Boolean Contest" in December (toget… Continue

Posted on January 12, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Irina Shamaeva

What makes me a Smart Recruiter

1. To start with, the name of my company speaks for itself!

2. I have a smart Partner, Julia Tverskaya , who is a great recruiter and also an International Master in Chess.

3. I network with other smart recruiters here and I love it. I think JD has done a great job helping us all network.… Continue

Posted on December 23, 2008 at 7:56pm — 3 Comments

Irina Shamaeva

Two Common Misconceptions about Searching Google for Resumes

... (or for anything). It seems that there's a lot of interest in mastering one's skills to look for resumes and contact information on the web. Some people think that creating a search string is straightforward and all you need to know is AND NOT and OR - those operators you learned in college x years ago. Well, it turns out that just refreshing your mind about these operators in not enough. There are several ways in which Google syntax is different form the "classical" Boolean search st… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 12:02pm — 4 Comments

Irina Shamaeva

Jason Gorham's Sharkstrike and other tools

I spoke with Jason Gorham about his tools today. I just tried his Sharkstrike product and was curious about it and the Careermetasearch site. Here's what I understand now - I wanted to share this with others.

Jason is an expert in keyword marketing. He and his company have collected very valuable data over the years: the keywords people and companies use when they search on Google, and when they advertise on Google.
This collection can be taken advantage of in many ways.

Sharkstrike allows rec… Continue

Posted on November 3, 2008 at 5:08pm —

Irina Shamaeva

LinkedIn Tutorial, Part 2

Searching within LinkedIn groups' members is limited to keywords only. If you search from within a group it may take a lot of time to sort out the results. However there is a way to do an advanced search within groups (one or more) and contact members - for free, without a paid account required.

Here is an example.

Looking for J2EE Engineers on LinkedIn (as an example).

1. Join all LinkedIn groups that are relevant. Search for groups in the group section by the keyword J2EE or Java or… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2008 at 4:57pm — 2 Comments

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At 2:32pm on April 17, 2009, mwilson said…
Hi every one I am new to this networking site.I want all your help.
looking forward..
Thanks in advance
Max wilson
Internal Recruiting Specialist
Sai People Solutions, Inc.
"Celebrating 25 Years of Customer Commitment"
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At 4:52pm on March 27, 2009, Sophia Simon said…
Irina,

The tips you mentioned in your comment are very useful. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge.
At 7:42pm on February 7, 2009, Janet said…
thanks for adding me.hope we can work together and achieve our goal and share our thoughts

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