RSS for Recruiting / Sourcing – Part 2
You already heard on how to set up your RSS on my previous posting RSS for Recruiting / Sourcing – Part 2
So once you choose a feedreader; for instance I like NewsGator. I used Google reader but moved on to NewsGator for nearly a year now as it allows me Sync with my mobile and the interface is better. Both are good and depends on which ever is easier for you to access.
So for example I need to hear anyone who mentions about KPMG ( I work for them) in Twitter. Yes you can go to search.twitter.com but how many times in a day you are going to do that? Now all you have to do is to search ONE time and “click feed for this query” and subscribe it.
Its a breeze If you use Internet Explorer 7.. as RSS is inbuilt. All you have to do is subscribe it.
So I want to track anyone who mentions “KPMG” on Twitter.. I create a search and click “feed this query” and add it to my feedreader.
Now I don’t have to do a search anymore but it automatically populates in my feedreader everytime someone mentions “KPMG” or any keyword you choose . So if this works so when for one fee why not for sourcing resumes from web.
Long time back I mentioned about using Google Alerts to monitor brands, clients , competitors and even to source resumes. Now you can have that as a feed to NewsGator in a organized folder instead of emails which becomes clumpsy after a while.
Typically you won’t have a problem getting the feeds from a blog but you may need to create a feed for your Google searches or for sites which doesn’t support RSS. The easiet way to do is feedmysearch.com . It turns your usual Google searches into tiny rss feeds which you can add to your feedreader. See pic below .. insert your string, click “feed my search” and subscribe it to the feedreader you want. In my case NewsGator
I use the feedreader to feed resumes, linkedin searches, competitor intelligence, top blogs I read, twitter searches, news.. you name it and sky is the limit or rather cloud is the limit.
Article by Rithesh Nair
Courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates seeking entry-level jobs and other career opportunities, and posted on Boston Technical Recruiter.
