It is an honor yet again to share a guest posting, by way of the Great Blogswap, full of very useful recruiting information. This week, my guest is Jim Stroud, a great blogger and all around versatile thinker.

In support of the Blogswap sponsored by Job Syntax and Recruiting.com, here is a sourcing strategy I hope proves useful.

Sourcing the best from the best

How do you decide which companies to target in your recruitment initiatives? Sure major competitors come to mind immediately, but why stop there? Why not create your list based on the best companies operating in your field? (Especially those companies with award-winning products!) Do you know them all? Are you sure? You may want to do a search in MSN for top companies in your space using the following string: [ intitle:award.winning keyword ]

I tried this strategy on MSN to find leads for top companies operating in the electronics space. My search string looked like this:

[intitle:award.winning intitle:electronics ]

Here are a few examples of what I found:

LG Electronics Unveils Next Generation of Award-Winning TV ...

Wallingford Electronics is Austin's award-winning computer integrator ...

econoSTACK - an award winning project in power electronics

Philips Innovation Campus Delivers Award Winning Video and Audio ...

To switch things up a bit, let’s do a similar search on Yahoo with the following search string:

[ intitle:best.of  intitle:electronics ]

Here are a few examples of what I found:

Best of CES Awards - CES 2006 - Consumer Electronics Show Las Vegas - CNET.com

Best Of CES 2005 - Hot Products Shown At The 2005 Consumer Electronics Show - CES Photo Gallery Two

Cobra Electronics Wins Prestigious ICES Best of Innovations Award

Article | Arrow Electronics Named to Forbes ``Best of the Web B2B''

And (why not?) here is the same search (more or less) on Google with the following search string:

[ (intitle:award.winning | intitle:nominated.for ) consumer.electronics ]

Here are a few examples of what I found:

Cirrus Logic Powers SONICblue’s Award-Winning Rio Riot

Plantronics Showcases Award-Winning Headsets at Consumer ...

Sling Media :: Sling Media Develops PAL Version of Award-Winning ...

So, with a quick scan I have discerned that some of the top (award-winning) electronic companies are: SlingMedia, Plantronics, Cirrus Logic, Arrow Electronics, Cobra Electronics, LG Electronics and Philips. Not to mention those cited in some of the articles linked above. Hmmm… if these companies are winning awards, I might want to recruit some of their people.(Smile) Additional search terms you may want to consider are: “Best of,” “Top 100,” “Best Companies,” “Award Winning,” “Nominated For,” “Best of Breed” and “Fastest Growing.”

If you like this kind of thing, check out my Digability guides and add a few more strategies to your bag of tricks.

Happy Hunting!

Posted with pleasure by:

Jim Stroud
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