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Whether you are a job recruiter or a business owner doing the work yourself, you can find qualified job candidates via the Talent Finder. This neat application searches thousands of websites for you and pulls up relevant resumes when you search with a relevant keyword or keyword phrase. Your results all depend on your searches, so here are some helpful tips.

Search with a Job Title: This method of searching tends to produce the best results. You find resumes of individuals with previous work experience in the same type of position. Please note that you might want to experiment with different phrases since some companies have different job titles for specific positions. A job seeker is going to post the title they are accustomed to on their resume. For instance, you might consider an office manager an office manager, but a job seeker might have been referred to as an office coordinator so that is what she posted on her resume.

Search with a Company Name: Your best option for finding qualified job candidates is to search with a position name. However, you can also do a search with a company name. For example, do a search with Wal-Mart and you will see resumes where individuals have worked at Wal-Mart before often in a management position. Lets say you are a business owner or recruiter looking for a small retail store manager. You know that Wal-Mart is twice the size and their manager have loads of experience; therefore, they might be the perfect fit.

Search with Job Duties: This method of searching will produce the largest results, but those results might not always be targeted. For example say that you are a website owner looking for a contract freelance writer. Search with write or type and you will likely get resumes from office workers whose job duties including writing or typing.

Don’t Stay Local: If given the chance, most job seekers would love a local job that doesn’t require them to relocate, but today’s bad job market has changed things. More job seekers are willing to relocate for a well-paying and stable job. If you cannot find a good candidate locally, expand your search. Do this simply by expanding the radius you search with the Talent Finder.