When I was a baby sourcer, and didn’t have the crutch LinkedIn to jumpstart my searches, I’d go to the Internet (this was before ZoomInfo - formerly Eliyon) and the other Internet strippers really got started, and I would google (back then I think it was dogpile or altavista I used before I kinda’ understood the magic of algorithms and the brains behind them) the name of the company I was trying to penetrate and the title I was working on. Mind you, if you’re going to do this still-effective technique - if your company name has two or more words make sure you put them into quotes and likewise for your title; however, remember LESS IS MORE in internet search so the better you limit your commands the better your results will be. (Be sure you spell things right!)
I still do this exercise when I can’t find any LinkedIn results and I need those precious “few names in” to get inside.

To continue, and the reason for these meanderings, is, as follows: More here.

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