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Irina Shamaeva replied to Jerry Albright's discussion 'If you need me'
Hi Jerry - Thanks for sharing. The drawing looks like a nice introduction to Boolean. :) Irina
1 hour ago
Stewart Roberts 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.
13 hours ago
Irina Shamaeva replied to Irina Shamaeva's discussion 'Sourcing Quiz. Practice Boolean and Win a Guest Pass to SourceCon.'
Today is the last day to submit your answers! The quiz is not difficult and should take more than 15 minutes. Tomorrow (Tue) I will be holding a webinar for all participants https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/825565755 Irina
yesterday
#SourceCon Quiz Explanations and Sourcing Q&A http://bit.ly/d1FFxP #recruiting - next Tue 2/9 @ noon EST
on Friday
Irina Shamaeva added a discussion
Sourcing Quiz. Practice Boolean and Win a Guest Pass to SourceCon.
Dear All, If you haven’t registered for SourceCon yet, here is your chance to attend it for free by submitting your answers to the Sourcing Quiz (#SourceQuiz). Please email your submissions to contest@booleanstrings.com. The deadline is next Monday,…
February 2
Webinar for recruiters tomorrow: Boolean Strings Made Easy. Feb 1st (Mon) @ noon EST Read the outline and register at http://ning.it/bWi4dm
January 31
Steve Allen replied to Irina Shamaeva's discussion 'SplitsRUs.com - here's the deal, FYI'
I'm pretty sure it didn't survive because the guy running the site lives in Hawaii and the time difference from the East to there, even Pacific time was too much. Plus communication if there was any was very hard to come by.
January 30
A discussion started by Irina Shamaeva was featured
Sourcing Contest. Win a pass to #trulondon/#trusource
1. If you want to only find profiles for people from the UK in LinkedIn, searching from Google, what would be the best search string?Hint: use the site: operator.2. Some people include the symbol @ in their searches for email addresses on Google. If…
January 28
And the winner is... read here: http://ning.it/d0Vj5m
January 28
http://www.recruitingblogs.com/group/booleanstrings/forum/topics/sourcing-contest-win-a-pass-to
January 22
Irina Shamaeva is attending Geoff Webb's event
TRU London II at Twitter Job Search HQ in Soho
February 18, 2010 at 8am to February 19, 2010 at 5pm
An unconference is an event that has no fixed structure and only two rules, no power point and no presentations. The day is split in to sessions during which a series of “tracks” run on a theme with a track leader hosting the discussion, debate and…
January 21
Karyin Li 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.
January 18
Irina Shamaeva replied to Joshua Letourneau's discussion 'Twitter List Analysis? (Anyone know of interesting, useful, or competent analysis of lists on Twitter?)'
Josh, Speaking of the twitter lists functionality, I am not sure I see the value of it other than expressing your views through lists and, more importantly, coming across as an expert: if someone (TwitterID X) creates a list Y about subject Z that…
January 16
Irina Shamaeva replied to Irina Shamaeva's discussion '"Flying Sourcer", a Custom Search Engine' in the group Boolean Strings
That is SO nice to hear! :)
January 11
Irina Shamaeva added a discussion to the group Boolean Strings
"Flying Sourcer", a Custom Search Engine
Check it out on the home page at http://booleanstrings.ning.com/
January 11
Kevin Morris replied to Irina Shamaeva's discussion 'SplitsRUs.com - here's the deal, FYI'
Hi Irina, I hope you had a wonderful holiday and are ready to get back to work. I just went to the site to check it out but seems to be no longer in operation. Do you have any additional information? Best regards, Kevin
January 6
Irina Shamaeva and Craig Robins are now friends
January 4
Irina Shamaeva replied to Dave Mendoza's discussion 'Meet Russ Moon, Sourcing Samurai: "Warrior in the War for Talent"'
Hi Russ, Congratulations on a nice interview. I enjoyed reading and it's so well written that I almost feel like I met Russ in person once again. We share the passion about new sourcing tools and techniques. Very much looking forward to your upcomin…
January 4
Boolean and Semantic Search for Recruiters – Dec 29th 2 PM EST https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/382207058
December 28, 2009
Irina Shamaeva and Tina Carson are now friends
December 24, 2009

Profile Information

Name
Irina Shamaeva
Location
Berkeley
Company
Brain Gain Recruiting; "Boolean Strings" Network
Which best describes your profession?
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 interested in split placements?
yes
Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?
ERE, SourceCon
What kind of networking are you open to?
Open networking, Referrals between friends
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
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
Website
http://www.braingainrecruiting.com
Blog
http://booleanstrings.wordpress.com
Online profile/Homepage
http://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva
LinkedIn Profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/irinashamaeva
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.
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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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