Comments on: On the Hunt for Passive Candidates

By: David

David — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:51:00 +0000

I think that all systems (linkedin, monster, careerbuilder etc) seperate passive candidates from active candidates and this is a fundamental flaw. You can post for free on realmatch.com and they include both passive and active job seekers for the job. I also like how monster makes resumes of passive candidates avaiable when you post but you have to pay-to-post and the resumes are extra. Seriously, I dont have a stake but try realmatch.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:52:27 +0000

Hello Patrick and Richard – thank you both for those useful links.

What do you think of Cynthia’s suggestion that there is a potential pool of passive candidates in LinkedIn – people currently selfemployed or entrepreneurs who are not trying to use LinkedIn to find a job, but rather as a promotional tool? It might not be easy to change their mindset away from self-employment, but there might be options for outsourcing or contract work …

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:38:49 +0000

3 places to find the best passive candiates.

http://www.realmatch.com – They have an enormous database and posting automatically pulls resumes from the database from 1200 sites.

http://www.linkedin.com – Scan Indsutry groups and you can see the membership list of all groups. I also do advanced searches on Linkedin.

http://www.Monster.com – Our sister company has an account and we can search for free. Its a great source but man is it expensive.

By: Patrick OMalley

Patrick OMalley — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:36:44 +0000

Good article.

Another idea is to look for candidates that have just joinded LinkedIn, since they may now be looking for a new job. This is something that you can do with Advanced Search, but very few people realize it.

I actually have a blog entry that describes it at

http://www.the-linkedin-speaker.com/blog/2009/03/09/linkedin-training-tip-for-hr-and-recruiters-%e2%80%93-a-clever-talent-management-technique/