iSEEK is a search utility that combines a number of features that analyze your search results with each query. As a result you can drill down on specific areas of interest to produce targeted, filtered and highly relevant results.
iSEEK is included in the G-Recruiters’ Dashboard collection of search engines found in the Search Bar, filed under Deep Web.
This playlist runs through some of the basic features but, to see it applied in recruiting scenarios, check out the Become a Search Whiz series of webinars and recordings over on our sister site BROWN BAG RECRUITER. Better still, try it yourself.
Here are few examples of what you can do with custom search:
G-Recruiters Profile Finder A useful way to search for people, by skill sets and job titles etc. with results coming back from resume databases social networks, personal homepages, blogs and so on.
G-Recruiters Gurus’ String Finder A fun tool for people who want to see how the best practitioners put search syntax together plus excellent tips and tutorials for the masters.
G-Recruiters Microblog Search A search engine for finding people and topics from Twitteresque sites from around the globe.
Vertical Intelligence is a series of “blog-enabled” search engines. This site links to different types of example and includes a video tutorial that will walk you through the steps of creating your own.
One of the advantages of G-Recruiting, and cloud recruiting in general, is the ability to share and collaborate. Because data is stored in the cloud anyone who has a link, permission and internet access can find, share, edit, publish and file anything — everything from a job description to a full-blown site, landing page and apply online to boot. Because changes are made in realtime the pain of emailing stuff back and forth can be avoided. No more worrying about who has which version, or where you filed that precious document. It is also an efficient way to manage large volumes of data, like resumes.
One of the disadvantages, at least for people habituated to Microsoft, is having to figure out how to do stuff that is second nature in a new system like Google. Not that it is that hard, Google has addressed that and more with Google Cloud for Microsoft Office.
In answer to a question posed on the G-Recruiters’ Forum, how to copy the custom settings and add-ons that come with the G-Recruiters’ Dashboard [Firefox Portable] to a local installation of the Pale Moon browser.
Google is partnering with Sprint to bring a seamless Google Voice integration to Sprint customers. Sprint customers can take advantage of the full set of Google Voice features without changing or porting their number, or opt to use their existing Google Voice number when making and receiving calls, without the need for an app.
A decent step-by-step slide-show from Kaspersky Lab’s Security News Service: Threatpost.
Make sure you read the comments before changing anything! Some excellent points are made, not clearing out your web history being a case in point. Remember, Firefox add-ons like Location Bar pull data from your history.
I also happen to like the presentation format. I will be experimenting with something similar for a few of the G-Recruiter tutorials…stay posted for that.
One of the drawbacks with using Gmail as a resume database is that you cannot search within attached PDF and Word docs. For small numbers of resumes there are a simple ways to overcome this using Google Docs. However, the problem is a real issue when uploading large numbers of resumes from your computer.
There is little to no point bulk uploading documents to Gmail if you cannot search for them later. The easiest way to deal with this is to convert them to a searchable format beforehand, either text or HTML formats.
There is no shortage of bulk converters out there. Many are free and do a passable job. I’ve tested a lot of free PDF2TXT and PDF2HTML converters. The ones that cost $200 plus may be worth every penny. That depends on what you need
The dashboard set-up for downloading hasn’t been updated since February. A makeover was long overdue anyway but with new users joining the ranks I wanted the latest and greatest version available for all.
There are new add-ons and the theme has been spruced up to make the whole thing, in my humble opinion, pretty damn slick! I’ve also tweaked some stuff on the back-end to speed things up.
One of the advantages of G-Recruiting, and 
