Search or mine your ATS with a tool like this or this. Search coding academies like this for free resumes Find a targeted job board in this directory Get a referral from an incumbent X-ray an industry site X-ray Twitter Post to Angel List — it’s free Search email discussion…

It’s taken me longer than I predicted, but I’ve finally gotten around to adding comments to RecruiterHunt. Here is an example: This is a big step toward helping recruiters figure out what’s worth trying, and/or how to use tools. Have you tried Facebook Intelligence Search? If so, drop us a note to let us know what you think. How often do you use it? For which positions? Does it work as promised? Leave us a comment, ask a question or start a discussion!

If you’re a tech recruiter, and you have to ask “What is Github?”, you’re not ready for prime time. Chances are, you’ve already tried to find a developer on Github. If you haven’t tried, here are a few ways to source from this rich pool of open source enthusiasts. Before…

Whois.com tracks domain name ownership; search the Whois database for domain names to find the owner’s address, phone number and email address. When to use this tactic: When sourcing, you might come upon a lead’s personal website or blog. Use the URL to search the Whois database to find the owner’s contact info. In the example above, we searched recruiterhunt.com. Website owners can pay for extra security to hide their personal info. Many website owners are too cheap to pay for that extra security, yours truly included.

Well, I blew up my “whisper launch” plan. I couldn’t help myself. I let the cat out of the bag at Sourcecon. Which means that close to 500 people now know about Recruiter Hunt, plus the folks who were reading the Twitter stream. My initial plan was to reach out…

For more than a year, I have been promising Recruiter Hunt. In fact, it’s been more than a year. It’s been more than a decade. I’ve always wanted a way to share recruiting tools with other recruiters. Some things I’ve tried over the years: Bookmarks. Bookmarking doesn’t work because it’s…