How to Send Large Files using FileCatalyst..

How to Send Larger Files using Emails…


Many people asked me how to send large files. Where all Email providers like (yahoo, MSN, Gmail, etc.) restricts sending large files.

A great alternative for sending files is FileCatalyst, they have many products and services related to file transferring that make life much easier! They also have a free service where you can use their Fast File Transfer
software. You don’t have to sign up for anything you just simply go to the FileCatalyst website, fill out the necessary information, and upload the file! To try it out for yourself, Send Large Files @ Filecatalyst.

Go to FileCatalyst

Click on Free Large File Transfers and you will see below screen..

Enter you Email Id and the Recipient Email and upload the file. It’s very fast and simple to use…

Enjoy Sending Large Files using FileCatalyst...

Thanks

Santosh Kumar Kandula

Google Tricks.....

Basic Usage:

• Use quotation marks ” “ to locate an entire string.

eg. “bill gates conference” will only return results with that exact string.

• Mark essential words with a +

If a search term must contain certain words or phrases, mark it with a + symbol. eg: +”bill gates” conference will return all results containing “bill gates” but not necessarily those pertaining to a conference

• Negate unwanted words with a -

You may wish to search for the term bass, pertaining to the fish and be returned a list of music links as well. To narrow down your search a bit more, try: bass -music. This will return all results with “bass” and NOT “music”.

General Tips:

• site:www.cyberwyre.com

This will search only pages which reside on this domain.

• related:www.cyberwyre.com

This will display all pages which Google finds to be related to your URL

• link:www.cyberwyre.com

This will display a list of all pages which Google has found to be linking to your site. Useful to see how popular your site is

• spell:word

Runs a spell check on your word

• define:word

Returns the definition of the word

• stocks: [symbol, symbol, etc]

Returns stock information. eg. stock: msft

• maps:

A shortcut to Google Maps

• phone: name_here

Attempts to lookup the phone number for a given name

• cache:

If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, cache:www.cyberwyre.com web will show the cached content with the word “web” highlighted.

• info:

The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance, info:www.cyberwyre.com will show information about the CyberWyre homepage. Note there can be no space between the “info:” and the web page url.

• weather:

Used to find the weather in a particular city. eg. weather: new york

Advanced Tips:

• filetype:

Does a search for a specific file type, or, if you put a minus sign (-) in front of it, it won’t list any results with that filetype. Try it with .mp3, .mpg or .avi if you like.

• daterange:

Is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.

• allinurl:

If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the url.

• inurl:

If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url. For instance, [inurl:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their url, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the “inurl:” and the following word.

• allintitle:

If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the title.

• intitle:

If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their title, and mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the “intitle:” and the following word.

• allinlinks:

Searches only within links, not text or title.

• allintext:

Searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title.

• bphonebook:

If you start your query with bphonebook:, Google shows U.S. business white page listings for the query terms you specify. For example, [ bphonebook: google mountain view ] will show the phonebook listing for Google in Mountain View.

• phonebook:

If you start your query with phonebook:, Google shows all U.S. white page listings for the query terms you specify. For example, [ phonebook: Krispy Kreme Mountain View ] will show the phonebook listing of Krispy Kreme donut shops in Mountain View.

• rphonebook:

If you start your query with rphonebook:, Google shows U.S. residential white page listings for the query terms you specify. For example, [ rphonebook: John Doe New York ] will show the phonebook listings for John Doe in New York (city or state). Abbreviations like [ rphonebook: John Doe NY ] generally also work.


Hope you Enjoy this Post....

Kandula Santosh Kumar
http://www.asksantosh.blogspot.com/

How to Find Resumes on the Internet with Google..

Want to learn how to find resumes on the Internet
using Google ? You’ve come to the right place!

Whether you are new to searching the Internet for
resumes or you are a veteran Interent sourcer, I’ve
 included some tips, tricks, and observations for the
 novice and expert alike.





Targeting Resumes

When using Google to search specifically for resumes, it’s a good idea to begin by searching for the word “resume” in the title and/or the url of web pages.

For example: (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume)

Here is a sample result to illustrate how this works – we can see the word “Resume” in the blue TITLE line, as well as in the green URL line. The first line of any search result is the title of the webpage, and the url is the specific web page’s address.

Targeting the word “resume” in the title and/or url is very handy, because for many people, it’s simply common sense/instinct to either title the web page containing their resume with the word “resume,” and/or save their resume using the word “resume” in the name of the file.

Eliminating False Positive Results

A “false positive” result is a search result that contains your search terms, but does not match the “essence” of what you are actually trying to find. For example – if you’re searching for resumes, there are many sites that will be returned in your search results that are in fact not resumes, such as sites advertising resume samples and job postings that mention phrases such as, “submit resumes to…”

In order to remove most non-resume false positive results, you can use Google’s version of the Boolean NOT operator, which is the minus sign, to prevent your search from returning results with words such as sample, job, etc.

For example:

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples

Other ideas of terms you can try to eliminate that may return false positive results:

-eoe -submit -free -”resume service”

Targeting Local Resumes

Area Codes

Some people who decide to make their resume available on the Internet also decide to publish a phone number. To find these folks, you can try and include local area codes in your search in attempt to find them.

Here is my favorite area code lookup site

Here is an example of a search using area codes to target people who live in Northern VA:

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” (703 OR 571)

What you’ll notice, however, is that searching for area codes can easily produce false positive results, as can be seen in the screenshot below – which are the first 4 results from the search. Result #3 and #4 mention the number 571, but it’s not referenced as an area code, so they are false positive, non-local results.

To clean up the false positive results that mention 571 or 703 but are not of resumes of people who live in VA, you can add the state and state abbreviation to the search:

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” (703 OR 571) (VA OR Virginia)

As you can see from the screenshot below – coupling appropriate state abbreviations and area codes in your search strings helps to clean up the results by increasing the probability that the 3 digit numbers will in fact be area codes of phone numbers listed on resumes of people who live in the state you are trying to find candidates in.

Zip Codes

Another way to search for local resumes is to target a zip code radius. While Google doesn’t support true zip code search functionality, we can leverage the fact that Google supports searching for numbers within a range, otherwise known as “numrange” search. You can perform a numrange search on any sequential (low to high) set of numbers by typing two periods between the numbers without any spaces. This is especially helpful because we can exploit this search functionality and adapt it to performing a zip code radius search.

For example, take your target zip code and use this handy zip code radius lookup application, which automatically returns all zip codes within the radius, sorted from low to high. Using a central zip code of 75201 in Dallas, TX and targeting a 20 mile radius, we can use that zip code radius application to get a range of zip codes from a low zip code of 75001 to a high zip code of 76155.

Using Google’s numrange search syntax, here is an example of a search string targeting people within a 20 mile radius of 75201 in TX:

Java (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Sample results: you can see the zip code search worked beautifully:

Be Aware

– A couple of things to keep in mind when searching for local resumes:

• Not everyone will publish a phone number on their resume

• If they do publish a phone number on their resume, it could be a cell phone with a non-local area code if they relocated from another area – this is why is can be helpful to search for zip codes as well as area codes

• If they don’t publish a phone number at all, they should at least mention a city and/or state

Targeting Resumes That Are Not Titled As “Resume”

Although plenty of people do title their resume or the web page containing their resume with the word “resume,” there are some people who don’t. After searching for all of the results that DO contain the word “resume” in the url or title of the web page, you need to try and eliminate them from future search results using Google’s NOT operator, the minus sign, to specifically target the results that don’t mention resume in the title or url. For example:

-inurl:resume -intitle:resume

Don’t be tempted to try and write that as -(inurl:resume OR intitle:resume), because Google does not support full Boolean logic. Instead of eliminating results with the word “resume” in either the url or the title, Google will in fact will do the exact opposite. Sorry Google.

Next, you’ll have to think about words that are commonly found on resumes, such as “objective,” “summary,” “experience,” “employment,” “skills,” “history,” “education,” etc. Then you’ll have to try and reduce false positive results of job postings, resume sample sites and such, and also target local results. Putting it all together, your search string could look like this:

Java -intitle:resume -inurl:resume (objective OR summary) (experience OR history) education -job -jobs -sample -samples (301 OR 240 OR 410) (MD OR Maryland)

First page results:

Analyzing the Results

We can see that the first result is essentially of a resume, yet the person saved their work history as “biodata.” See? Some people don’t use the word resume.

Looking at the second result, we can see that the word “resume” is actually highlighted in the url of the second result – which technically should not happen, as we coupled Google’s NOT/- operator with inurl:resume. Yet more proof that Boolean search does not = Internet search. That’s 2 strikes, Google.

The third result is definitely not a resume – it is a computer programming course description for Montgomery College.

When You Stray, You Pay

I have found that when you stray from targeting the word “resume” in web page titles and urls, you can quickly find yourself swimming in a sea of false positive results, which is a huge time drain.

Conclusion

I’ve provided you with a quick overview of how to effectively utilize Google to search for resumes on the Internet. Be aware though - all is not perfect in when hunting for resumes in Google land – if you have not already, please read these 2 posts: The Internet has Free Resumes – So What?and Boolean search does not = Internet search.

Have Unanswered Questions?

For those of you who read this post and asked why I:

• didn’t talk about searching for CV’s

• didn’t suggest using the tilde ~ operator in conjuntion with the word “resume”

• didn’t use -~job when trying to eliminate false positive results

• didn’t talk about targeting filetypes

• didn’t talk about just searching for the word “resume” without using it in conjunction with inurl: or intitle:

…you’re in luck. All you have to do is read Below Post Challenging Google Resume Search Assumptions



This content is copied from. http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/2009/02/how-to-find-resumes-on-the-internet-with-google/

Thanks for booleanblackbelt

Challenging Google Resume Search Assumptions

This post is second in a series focused on using Google to search for resumes on the Internet. I left some unasnwered questions in the First Post such as why:

• I didn’t talk about searching for CV’s

• I didn’t suggest using the tilde ~ operator in conjuntion with the word “resume”

• I didn’t use -~job when trying to eliminate false positive results

• I didn’t talk about targeting filetypes

• I didn’t talk about just searching for the word “resume” without using it in conjunction with inurl: or intitle:

Whether or not you had those questions burning in your mind, I will address them all in this post.

Challenging Google Resume Search Assumptions

I read my fair share of recruiting blogs and online discussions between recruiters and sourcers. As such, I encounter quite a bit of advice regarding tips and tricks to use when searching for resumes on the Internet using Google. Some of the suggestions I see make sense at first, but being the inquisitive guy that I am, I don’t just take the suggestions and run with them, assuming they accomplish what they seem to accomplish. I take the time to test search tips, tricks, and suggestions to make sure they add value to my search efforts and that they do EXACTLY what they claim to do.

Today, you get to benefit from some of these tests, as I am going to challenge some of the suggestions I’ve come across over the years when it comes to searching for resumes on the Internet using Google. Let’s get going, shall we?

Using ~Job To Eliminate The Words Job And Jobs From Results

Google has a special operator that allows you to search for synonyms, as well as alternate endings for any word that is preceded by the tilde ~ symbol. For example, let’s see what kinds of results are returned by this simple search: ~car

You can see that Google returned results including the word “car,” but also highlighting words such as “BMW,” and ”cars” - words Google’s search engine thinks are synonymous with the word “car.” The fact that Google thinks the word “car” is synonymous with BMW is powerful and free advertizing for BMW – but that’s for another post.

I’ve seen some sourcers and recruiters suggest coupling the tilde ~ symbol with the word “job” in an attempt to eliminate results with the words “job” and “jobs,” instead of using both -job and -jobs, as I recommend.

HOWEVER - I have found that using -~job does NOT in fact eliminate all results that mention word variants, or words with alternate endings, such as “jobs.”

For example – run this on Google: (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -~job

On page 2 of the results, you can find this:

Yep – I see the word “jobs” in there, don’t you? —> “I’ve had too many jobs.”

Let’s see what happens if we actually try to use -~job and also search specifically for the word “jobs” in the same search:

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -~job “jobs”

Click here for the results. 475,000 results at the time of the search.

If Google actually interpreted -~job as both -job and -jobs, we shouldn’t get ANY results, let alone nearly half a million, because the search is written to actually look for a word we are trying to eliminate. You will essentially get the same results if you run the search this way: (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -~job +jobs

But wait, the Google search weirdness continues! Let’s see what happens when we use -~job and also try and make Google search for “job” at the same time:

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -~job “job”

Click here for the results. You get 5 results that become 10 if you click “repeat the search with the omitted results included.”

I hope you can appreciate how strange those results actually are. Confused by the results? Me too!

It actually takes using Google’s “exactly as is” search symbol, the plus + sign to finally see that at least using -~job will in fact eliminate the word “job” from search results.

What this testing demonstrates is that trying to eliminate the 2 words “job” and “jobs” from being returned in search results by using -~jobs DOES NOT WORK. It appears that the tilde operator on Google does not in fact also search for and return (or eliminate) words with alternate endings, such as plural words. For the word “car,” yes, but not when it comes to the word job.

As such, it’s safer to simply write out -job -jobs.

Using ~Resume To Search for Resumes and CV’s

I’ve heard some people suggest coupling the tilde with the word resume, in order to find results that have words synonymous with the word “resume,” such as CV or Curriculum Vitae in their url or the title of web results.

For example:

Java (intitle:~resume OR inurl:~resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Let’s test this theory.

Search #1 No Tilde

Java (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Click here for the results. 294 results at the time of the search.

Search #2 WITH Tilde

Java (intitle:~resume OR inurl:~resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Click here for the results. 2760 at the time of the search.

Wow! 2760 results when we used the tilde vs 294 without the tilde – seems like a no-brainer to always throw in the tilde when searching for resumes, right?

Not so fast…let’s take a look at the search results past result #300 when using the tilde and see what we find:

Click here to see the page.

Some pretty uigly results, right? Yuck!

So where are the 2400 extra resumes we were expecting to get? Keep searching past the 300 mark and you will see tons of junk results. That’s why I can’t in good conscience recommend using the tidle ~ in conjunction with the word “resume” when searching for resumes.

Where are the CV’s Anyway?

If you’re wondering where the CV’s were in the results, you can simply target them with a search string like this:

Java (intitle:cv OR inurl:cv OR intitle:”curriculum vitae” OR inurl:”curriculum vitae”) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Click here for the results. 82 results at the time of the search.

More on Searching for CV’s

You could of course search for both “resume” and CV in the titles and urls in web pages and documents, like this:

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume OR intitle:cv OR inurl:cv OR intitle:”curriculum vitae” OR inurl:”curriculum vitae”)

But when I have searched for CV’s, I have noticed that many people who save their resumes online who use the term CV are in school, are educators at a university, or are international (non-US) folks, whom you may or may not be able to engage depeding on your location and need.

Did you notice that 4 out of the 5 results from the last screenshot have .edu in the url? That means they are from university sites, and I have found many of these .edu CV’s to be of people with no paid work experience – which depending on your hiring needs, you may not be able to hire.

Auto-Stemming: Trying to Use -Job to Eliminate “Jobs” From Results

When it comes to your search terms, Google claims that they will look for some word variants automatically, such as words with alternate endings or pluralization. However, it does not appear to work on the word “job.” For example, if you are trying to eliminate false positive results of the word “jobs” when searching for resumes, using -job does not eliminate results with the word “jobs,” although if Google were in fact truly auto-stemming the word job, we could assume it should.

For example, let’s try this: (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job

Here is a result from page 2:

That result does in fact mention the word “jobs.”

So once again I have to recommend simply spelling out -job -jobs when trying to eliminate job-related false positive results, because Google does not auto-stem -job to also include -jobs.

Not Searching for the Word “Resume” in Titles and URLs

I’ve heard some sourcers and recruiters say that it is unecessary to search for the word “resume” specifically in titles and URLs, through the use of (inurl:resume OR intitle:resume). This is because simply searching for the word “resume” should return results with the word “resume” in the body of the website/page as well as in the url and title.

This is accurate, for example - let’s see what happens if we run this search:

Java “resume” -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Click here for the results. About 1400 at the time of the search.

You can see that the word “resume” is in fact highlighted in the blue title and green url lines, as well as in the “body” of the search results.

If you remember, the search I used previously that did specifically target (inurl:resume OR intitle:resume) only returned 294 results. When I searched for “resume” without specifying that the word had to be in either the url or title, I got 1390 results. That’s a big difference!

However, let’s not get too excited about the “extra” 1100 results we get from just searching for the word “resume” and not limiting the search to only results mentioning “resume” in the url and/or title. Let’s take a look at the results past #300 to see what we’re really getting:

Click here for the results.

Umm…those aren’t resumes – those are false positives!

Quality vs Quantity

Don’t ever be impressed by large quantities of results until you check in the “deep” end and make sure that they are just as high quality as the first few pages.

This test has shown that simply searching for the word “resume” anywhere and not forcing Google to specifically target results that mention the word “resume” in the title and/or url of results does not in fact yield more high quality results. What it does is get you more junk in most cases.

So I recommend always beginning your resume searches using the (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) syntax like this, specifically targeting urls and titles that contain the word “resume”:

Java (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

Here is a snippet from the the LAST page of the results:

Yep – resumes all the way to the last page.

Searching for Filetypes

The last assumption I will challenge is that it’s always a good idea to search for specific file types when searching for resumes on the Internet. Google does support searching for results of specific filetypes – here is an example of a search targeting PDF files:

Java (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas) filetype:pdf

All of the results are PDF files.

While searching for specific filetypes can be handy, there are many filetypes available to people when saving their resume online. Back in 2007, I read Jim Stroud’s Resume Sourcing Survey and it was an eye-opener – there are so many different filetypes people use when creating and saving resumes online. While you may think you are uncovering a lot of resumes when searching for doc, html, php and pdf fileytpes, you’re probably not searching for ASP, XML, PID, PHTML, MHT, DOT, CGI, XSL, WPD, and SDW filetypes.

I am not exactly sure why some people suggest searching for specific filetypes when searching for resumes. If I had to guess, I would say it has something to do with trying to get rid of false positive non-resume results. Perhaps the thought process is that job postings and such are not typically DOC or PDF files?

In any event, searching for specific filetypes is unnecessary, because when you use a search string that doesn’t specify filestypes such as this one:

Java (intitle:~resume OR inurl:~resume) -job -jobs -sample -samples -”resume service” 75001..76155 (TX OR Texas)

…you’ll get every resume result available, REGARDLESS OF FILETYPE. You can see from the results below that it returns ALL results, regardless of filetype. In the screenshot, you can see we snagged 4 different filetypes from the first 4 results: HTM, PDF, DOC, and HTML.

That’s why I don’t recommend targeting specific filetypes – because if you do, unless you actually search for every possible filetype available, you will be missing results.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed me walking you through testing some of the more common Google resume search suggestions I’ve come across over the years. It can be both easy and dangerous to follow search advice from anyone, regardless of their experience or reputation, and take their suggestions and immediately begin putting them to use. I strongly recommend that you take the time to thoroughly test any sourcing/recruiting advice you read or hear about before making the assumption that it works as intended and that can help you achieve your goals.

As I’ve shown you today – some suggestions such as searching for specific filetypes can actually prevent you from finding all of the resumes available online, and others such as searching for ~resume can yield more junk than viable results.


Thank you for visiting my blog.


Regarding Google Search and Google Operators if you have any query you can reach me at
kandulasantosh@gmail.com


Thanks
Kandula Santosh Kumar

Facebook Privacy

I've switched from Myspace to Facebook because I was unhappy with the privacy controls there, and I've been told that Facebook lets you control this much better. Would you please go over the Facebook privacy settings and recommend which ones I should focus on?"

Privacy Options In Facebook

The amount of privacy control on Facebook is amazing. And the settings on which you need to focus are really up to you. But here's a rundown on the privacy options that you can twiddle to make sure you're sharing only the personal information as you want to share, with the people that you choose. To get started, login to your Facebook profile, and click the privacy link at the top right part of the Facebook window, and decide what you're comfortable allowing others to view.

On the Privacy Overview page, you have the option of controlling who can see your profile, your findability on Facebook and other search engines, and how much of your Facebook activity will be public. As you change the options, you'll see that the little bar graphs on the right will change, giving you a quick visual indication of the privacy strength of each setting.

Edit Your Facebook Privacy Settings

Click Edit Settings next to Profile and you can control who can sees your profile (or various portions of it), by selecting something along the spectrum of the inclusive "All my networks and all my friends" or "Only my friends" to the more private "Only me" or "No one" options. The same applies to your status, videos, photos, friends list, and your wall comments. You also have fine control over your contact information, including your address, phone, website and e-mail address. Remember that if you opt to leave that wide open, plan on getting some unwanted emails. If you want others to know what Applications you are running, this page is also where you make that choice. Press Save down at the bottom of the page when you're done, and you'll be returned to the Privacy Overview page.

When it comes to Search on Facebook, you control who can find you and what appears in your listing. In addition, you have the option of being listed by external search engines, good if you want others to freely Google you, not good if you would prefer to keep on the quiet side of the Internet. Finally, once someone has found you, you can choose what they can figuratively do with you, such as send you a picture, poke you, send you a message, or view your other friends. Watch that last one if you have a nosy boss, friend or neighbor.

When I first discovered Facebook, I found it unnerving that every time I checked in, a Newsfeed let everyone know what I was doing on Facebook. I didn’t think I wanted to be quite that demonstrative, so that was the first box that I un-checked. You can also control just how much your actions show up in your friends’ news feeds. Although the feeds will never divulge information you have marked as private, they do let your entire network know what events you attended, free gifts you have received, groups you belong to, etc.

You can also Block those pesky former college roommates that you didn’t like back then, much less want to put up with now. This is also very handy if you met someone online that turned out to be a mega-loser. You can select a Limited Profile, again a good thing if you tend to go online during office hours. Oh, and remember that when you get a friend request from someone else, you can choose right then if you want that person to view your full profile, or just the limited profile.

There so much that you can control, if you're not sure at first what you want to release, unclick all your options, set your limit to "Only Me" and gradually add what is best for you. If you have kids using Facebook, it's a good idea to fill these in together so that you can advise them of privacy concerns. Since the family unit typically spends more time these days on a computer rather than a dinner table, Facebook might be your own version of family unity.

What is Bluetooth?

This is the age of wireless devices. Information is relevant only if it is accessible anywhere and everywhere. From phones to computers, every device is aiming at becoming wireless and providing more accessibility to the users. Read on to learn how Bluetooth technology is making wireless connections at home, at the office, and on the go...

How Does Bluetooth Work?

Bluetooth enables two devices, usually within a short range, to connect to each other without cables or wires. The obvious advantage of Bluetooth technology is that it reduces the clutter of wires! But it also enables people to be in contact with each other and carry on with their work even when they are on the move. Bluetooth technology can be applied to a wide range of devices in areas like medicine, software, and mobile communications. Bluetooth is simple to install, easy to use, and can be used in number of devices such as digital cameras, mobile laptops, phones, printers, PCs, and video game consoles over a globally unlicensed, secure, short-range radio frequency.

Two Bluetooth enabled devices can communicate with each other using low power radio waves, and to eliminate interfering with other Bluetooth enabled devices, the signal is kept extremely weak. When two Bluetooth enabled devices come within the range of each another, they automatically form a network between themselves and start communicating with each other. Usually, a Bluetooth device can connect to another Bluetooth device only when it comes within a 10 meter radius (about 30 feet) of that device. Within this range, a Bluetooth enabled device can simultaneously connect with up to 8 devices. But to avoid cluttering, Bluetooth uses a technology called spread-spectrum frequency hopping, which does not allow more than one device to transmit on the same frequency at the same time.

Where is Bluetooth Used?

In practical usage, bluetooth enables wireless communication between a headset and a mobile phone, or a mouse and the computer. Bluetooth-enabled PDAs can wirelessly sync up to a desktop, and in automobiles the technology can be used to enable a GPS or cell phone to "broadcast" audio to your car speakers. The technology is also being used in game controllers, digital cameras and medical monitoring devices.

The term "toothing" refers to the process of discovering other nearby Bluetooth enabled devices. A few years back, a hoax perpetrated the notion that toothing was being widely used to arrange random sexual encounters on trains and subways. And in a classic case of "Life imitates Art and then Art gets even" there are now bluetooth dating devices available -- and one was referenced in a "CSI Miami" television episode featuring a cop who gets his badge stolen in the midst of a bluetooth-enabled rendezvous.

Security in Bluetooth

While receiving or transferring data, security is a concern in any device that uses wireless connection. The automatic connection of Bluetooth devices enables people to send you data without your permission. To avoid this misuse, almost all the Bluetooth enabled devices carry an option that asks the users whether they wish to grant access to another Bluetooth enabled device that is trying to gain access to the user's device. The user can establish a list of trusted devices that can automatically gain access to his device. Other devices have to ask permission before they are granted access.

Bluetooth Health Concerns

Since Bluetooth uses the microwave radio frequency spectrum to establish communication with other devices, there are concerns about the effect of these frequencies on health. But studies have confirmed that the microwave frequency emitted by Bluetooth devices is within the permissible range and they do not cause any damage to the human tissues. Also, the microwave frequency emitted by Bluetooth devices is much lower than that of the mobile devices. All these factors make Bluetooth devices a safe and convenient device to use. (See Cell Phones Cause Cancer?  for a related story.)

Bluetooth devices are becoming an integral part of our lifestyles and they will be used in many of the devices of the future. Do you have comments about Bluetooth? Post your thoughts below...

Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

Are you concerned about the risk of getting cancer from long-term cell phone usage? Finally, some scientific studies assessing the link between cell phones and cancer have been conducted. The results are in, and I for one was surprised...

Cell Phones and Cancer: No Evidence

A study published today by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute should put chronic cell phone users at ease. Researchers in Denmark studied 420,000 cell phone users whose cases were followed for up to 21 years. The study focused on both men and women who began using cellular telephone service between 1982 and 1995, and followed them through 2002 for signs of cancer. The bottom line:

"We found no evidence for an association between tumor risk and cellular telephone use among either short-term or long-term users."

Researchers took advantage of the fact that Denmark maintains a national cancer registry, and correlated that to cell phone subscriber records. Statistically, they expected to find 15,000 incidences of cancer (brain tumors, acoustic neuromas, leukemias, etc.) in the group, but the number turned out to be less -- only 14,249 indicents of cancer were noted in the group.

Just to clarify, I don't mean to say they expected to find 15,000 cancers related to cell phones... I'm saying that based on medical stats they knew that in ANY group of 400,000 people, they could expect to find that many cases of cancer. If there was a definitive link between cell phones and cancer, you'd expect the numbers for this group, comprised ONLY of cell phone users, to be much higher.

But contrary to the widely-held suspicion that cell phone usage causes cancer, this study indicates a lower rate of cancer among long-term cell phone users. The study also found no link between the side of the head on which brain cancers occurred and the side on which the cellular phone was used. If you want more details on the study, you can see the facts and figures for yourself.

Other Cell Phone Studies Concur

Just in case you're inclined to dismiss this study because it was conducted in Denmark, consider the fact that other studies conducted elsewhere have drawn the same conclusion.

• Dr. Joshua Muscat, of the American Health Foundation in Valhalla NY, reported in the April 2002 issue of Neurology that use of cellular telephones does not appear to increase the risk of acoustic neuromas or benign tumors. His study focused on brain cancer patients in New York, Providence and Boston.

• Another study conducted by Dr. Peter Inskip looked at 782 hospital patients in Phoenix, Arizona, Boston and Pittsburgh. His findings, published in the January 2001 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine do not support the claim that use of cellular telephones causes brain tumors.

• The Food and Drug Administration did a study in 2000 on the possible  negative health effects from the low levels of electromagnetic energy emitted by mobile phones and found that the current scientific evidence did not support such a link. The FDA report cited experts who said that even if a cell phone's antenna is right up against the skull, the six-tenths of a watt of power emitted couldn't possibly affect human health. John E. Moulder, a Ph.D. cancer researcher and professor of radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin is quoted as saying that biological effects from mobile phones are "somewhere between impossible and implausible."



Have You Tried the Caveat?



Even though these studies seem to clearly debunk the "cell phone cancer" theory, it's interesting that several of the researchers mentioned that ongoing research is needed to make sure the results hold true for those who use cell phones for 10 years or more.

It makes sense to me to minimize cell phone use, and exposure to the radio waves they emit, just to be on the safe side. I find that cell phone technology still has not advanced to the point where a clear, uninterrupted conversation is possible, even when there is a strong signal. So if I have a choice, I'll pick up a conventional phone with a land line any time. If you must spend countless hours on a cell phone, consider using a headset to place more distance between the antenna and your brain.

Got comments about cell phones and health risks? Post your thoughts below...

Hubs, Switches and Routers

Many people wonder what the difference is between a networking hub, switch, and router. Some people don't know and don't want to know. But if you need to know, here is what you need to know...

Hub, Switch, Router - What's the Difference?

Hubs, switches, and routers are all electronic black boxes that let you connect computers and other devices in a network. In classic hardwired networking, each type of black box has two or more cable connectors into which you plug wires that physically connect devices. The wires can be of different types: Ethernet, serial, USB, etc. But Ethernet is by far the most common cable. The hub, switch, or router allows devices connected to it to communicate with one another in a network. This type of networking allows for files and folders to be shared by multiple computers, and also allows the sharing of printers and other devices.

The difference between hubs, switches, and routers lies in how much they control such communication.

A hub does not exert much control. It just accepts whatever data any device sends into it and broadcasts that data to every other device connected to it. A hub is simple and easy to set up for a small peer-to-peer network, or local area network (LAN). But a hub generates a lot of unnecessary data "chatter". Computer A may not need to know what computer B is sending to computer C, but the hub tells it anyway.

A switch is a little smarter than a hub. It "knows" which devices are connected to which ports. It keeps track of the addresses of all devices and delivers to each device only data that is addressed to it. This smart addressing cuts down on network traffic and increases the speed at which data is delivered to where it needs to be. Switches are intelligent but still fairly simple. They don't slow down data flow by "thinking" too much.

What is a Router?

Routers are the most complex of the three networking devices. A router includes the local networking features of a hub or switch, plus the ability to manage a connection to the Internet. A router is essentially a full-blown computer in its own right, programmable and complex in its firmware or operating system. A router can manipulate and change data, not just receive and send it.

This intelligence gives routers the ability to run firewalls, for example, which "hide" one or more devices from others on the network. Firewalls based in routers are primary lines of defense against bad guys out there on the Internet. If the bad guy can't find your computer behind a firewall then he can't hack his way into it. Firewall protection is just one example of what routers can do. The ability to act as a Network Address Translator (NAT) , a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, and a Domain Name Service (DNS) server are other features that you can explore on your own. Some routers even have wireless access points built into them.

Typically, routers are used on the "edge" of a home or office network, connecting it to the great wide word via the Internet or a private Wide Area Network (WAN). In fact, you may see the label "WAN" on the port on the back of your router; that's where you plug in the cable that connects the router to the Internet.

In summary, a hub is a simple device that can connect computers or devices on a network, a switch is a smart hub with the ability to route network traffic more efficiently, and a router does all that plus manages connections to multiple networks and the Internet.

Got something to say about networking equipment? Post your comment or question below...

Nigerian Scammers

Have you gotten a message from someone claiming to be a representative of the Nigerian government, promising a multi-million dollar reward for your help in transferring a huge sum of money? Are you soon to be rich, filthy rich -- or could this be a scam

The 419 Scam

Sorry to dash your hopes for a share of the ill-gotten booty, but the letter below (and many variations on the theme) is a well-known scam that pre-dates the Internet. But unfortunately, alarming numbers of people are taking the bait in what has been dubbed "The 419 Scam".

FROM THE DESK OF MR. JOHN EBERE -- NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION -- PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL 

Dear friend, Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information Gathered from the Nigerian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of (45,500,000.00) FORTY-FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS, into your accounts.

The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, Commissioned and paid for about three years ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Nigeria Apex Bank. We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you come in.


The total sum will be shared as follows: 60% for us, 35% for you and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer. The transfer is risk free on both sides.


When a potential victim reponds to the scammer, they are asked for their bank account and other personal information. The fraudster then tries to establish credibility by providing documents bearing Nigerian government letterhead. But invariably a "problem" arises. The victim is then pressured or threatened to provide one or more large sums of money to save the venture. According to the U.S. Treasury, this scam grosses hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and in a few cases scam victims have been killed.


To learn more about the Nigerian 419 Scam, check out this link. I think you'll also enjoy the very funny Annual Nigerian EMail Conference parody.


Got something to say about those wacky Nigerian scammers?

Post your comments below...

Consolidate Email Accounts

I have three email accounts, and it's a nuisance to check each one. I also have trouble keeping my address books in sync, and when I'm looking for a certain message, I have to check in three places. Is there an easy way to consolidate all my email accounts in one place?"

How to Move All Email and Contacts Into One Account

I understand your dilemma. For various reasons, people often end up with multiple email accounts on several hosts: Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc. It gets confusing and hard to keep track of. It also takes a lot of time to check for new mail on all the services.

The good news is that it is possible to consolidate all those email accounts into one, without losing anything stored on the other services.

You'll probably want to keep all your email accounts active and receiving mail, at least for a while. Those addresses are out there and if people don't know your new address, they have no other way to reach you. But you want mail sent to Yahoo, AOL, etc., to be forwarded to your One Address. That way, you only need to log onto one place, saving lots of time. Simple is better.

I chose Google's Gmail for my One Address. It's reliable. The gmail.com name is a respected brand widely used by both personal and business users. Gmail is searchable in many useful ways, and its spam filter is highly effective. Best of all, Gmail now lets you consolidate all your other email accounts very easily.
You could just logon to all your email accounts, and send a change of address message to everyone in your address books. And you should do that, but it won't really help you consolidate everything without a lot of extra effort.

Of course you want to import to your One Address all your email contacts from the other services, AND your old email saved on those services. Gmail lets you do all that with a few simple steps.

Using Gmail's Import Feature

After logging into Gmail, in the upper right corner, click on Settings, then click the "Accounts and Import" tab. Next, click on "Import Mail and Contacts" and just follow directions. One by one, you will enter the email address and password for each of your other accounts.

You'll be given the option to import contacts and old mail; import new mail arriving at the old address for 30 days; and to add the old mail address to the imported mail as a tag to tell you where it came from. Click "Start Import" and go do the same for your other email accounts.

Google advises you that the import process may take several hours, even up to two days, before you start seeing imported mail. In actual practice, I started receiving imported old mail within minutes. Your experience may vary. But importing goes on without you, you don't even have to be logged on to Gmail.

Be forewarned that you will be inundated with "new" mail at your One Address during the import process. This is a good opportunity to review and delete old mail you really don't need, and keep the keepers. Since Gmail has a "filters" function, you may want to set up a rule that routes mail from each old account into a specified subfolder, rather than have everything pile up in your main Inbox.

From here on, you have only one webmail site to bookmark, and just one username and password to remember. Email checking will go much faster with only one account to check. And you'll have all your contacts and messages in one place.

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Send Large Files By Email

When you need to send a file to someone, attaching it to an email is the simplest and most intuitive method for sender and receiver. But there are limits on the size of file attachments. If you want to send a really big file via email you need an intermediary. Here's how….

How to Send a Large File

Okay, let's clarify one possible misconception at the outset... These "large file emails" don't actually include the file you want to send. Instead, you upload your file to an online dropbox, and then enter the recipient's email address and (optionally) a message to the recipient. The recipient gets an email containing a URL he/she can click on to download the file through a Web browser.

Ease-of-use is one benefit of this technique. Almost everyone is well accustomed to downloading files by clicking on a URL. But relatively few people are used to FTP file transfers, which can lead to much confusion, delays, and aggravation on both sides.

Security is another advantage of sending large files via an intermediary dropbox Web site. Email and its attachments can be intercepted and read, unless encrypted with Pretty Good Privacy or some other cumbersome method. Intermediary sites such as DropSend.com, and Dropbox.com receive uploads and deliver downloads using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Web protocol, and password protection can be assigned to files.

Intermediary sites limit the exposure of your sensitive large files too. If you use Webmail and save copies of all mail you send, a copy of your file remains on the Webmail server indefinitely. But services such as SendThisFile.com, and the others mentioned above can delete your file once it's been downloaded by the recipient. Alternatively, your file can remain online until it's been downloaded a specified number of times or until a specified expiration date.
Delivery verification is another benefit. A third-party service provides a record of when a file you uploaded was downloaded, and the email address or other user ID of the downloader. Some services offer a "dropbox" Web page where people can upload files to you. You receive an email notification when a file is awaiting your download. Customized email templates with your company logo, colors, etc., can be designed to go with every large file you send.

Most large-file transfer services offer free trials with 500 MB to 2 GB file size limits. Regular users who need to send larger files pay anywhere from $10 to $50 a month, depending on their size and frequency needs.
Some intermediaries employ Bittorrent technology to provide faster downloads. Large files are distributed among multiple Bittorrent servers and parts of the file are downloaded simultaneously by the user's Bittorrent client, which then stitches the parts together into a copy of the original file. This is the same sort of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology that millions of people use to trade music, videos, and software. But this is a legal use of Bittorrent.

Sending large files through an intermediary Web site is a technique used by many video production companies; architectural and engineering design firms; law firms; government agencies; and many other types of entities that deal with large files. For the occasional user, it can be very handy to send a couple of gigabytes via one of these services.
Have you used a dropbox service to send a large file by email? Post your comment or question below...

How To Verify An Email Address Before You Send An Email

1. Go to Verify-Email.org and type in an email address.

2. Verify-Email goes to the mail server, checks to see if the address is legitimate, then returns a report that says “Ok” if its a valid email address or “Bad” if its not.

If you are emailing passive candidates a lot or trying to track down people from old documents found online, this FREE product should (at least) let you know that you are not wasting your time in sending your email; only that the person on the other end does not want to reply. (Hey, it happens.)
Add this one to your bag of tricks people.

- Kandula Santosh Kumar

Finding People Online

Whenever people ask me this question, I tell them about my favorite name, phone and address search tool --Infospace (http://www.infospace.com/). At the InfoSpace home page, click on White Pages then you can key in the last name, first name, city and state to start your search for someone in the USA. Here's are some helpful tips to speed up your InfoSpace searching:

• Don't enter a first name, or try using just a first initial. The person may be listed under a nickname or a spouse's name.

• If a very specific search fails, try leaving one or more of the fields blank.

If you're after someone outside the USA, Infospace (http://www.infospace.com/) also has listings for Canada, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and a page with links to other phone directories around the world. Click on "World Directories" at the Infospace home page to get there.

Finding Businesses

To do a search for a Business, click on the Yellow Pages tab at the Infospace (http://www.infospace.com/) home page. You can enter a business name or type, and the city, state to search in. The same tips apply here - sometimes being vague is better.

Reverse Lookups


In addition to white (individual) and yellow (business) page listings for the USA and many other countries, InfoSpace offers reverse lookups

on Phone Numbers, Street Addresses, Email Addresses, and Area Codes. This means you can find a person's name and address if all you know is

the phone number. Or you could find someone's name and phone number if you know just the street address. From the InfoSpace home page,

click on search by phone or near an address.

This can come in handy if you're browsing the classifieds. Imagine this scenario... You see a car advertised in your local newspaper, and you'd like to know more about it. Just do a reverse phone number search at Infospace and you now know the name and address of the person selling the car. You could even drive by and have a look at the car, since Infospace also provides a map and driving directions.

Get To Know The Neighbors


Here's a little trick I stumbled into: Infospace can tell you the names of everyone on your street. Just omit the street number on the Search by Phone/Address Lookup screen, and it will return ALL of the listings for that street.


When you find a person through Infospace, whether it's via a regular name search or reverse lookup, Infospace also provides handy links to business, government offices, and a city guide for the city where the person lives.


Jane... Get Me Off This Crazy Thing!


That's handy. But some people find it scary. So if you DON'T want to be found in an online directory, use the Remove feature. At Infospace, just find yourself with a search, then click the "Update/Remove" link to change or remove your own listing. You should also visit the other popular people directories listed below and take a similar action.

It's good to know about these alternate people finders for another reason. Even though the Infospace directory is quite extensive, and is updated several times a year, you may not find the person you're looking for. If that's the case, try the other sites since they all use different databases.


Hope this help you to find people on internet........

Thanks
Kandula Santosh

Google Search Using Advance Search Operators To Source Resumes

How to Search for resumes in Google

There are N number of resumes on the internet, but there are some keywords that are very common among them.
Consider this list and you will see what I mean.

1) Objective
2) Summary
3) Education
4) Additional Skills
5) References
6) Phone
7) Email

Above words which are very commonly seen in any resume or CV. By using combination of these words with google operators we can source the resumes.


Google Advance Search Operators:


1) intitle
2) inurl
3) define
4) phonebook
5) (~) tilde
6) (-) exclude
7) (OR) “” (Vertical Bar)
8) Filetype
9) .. (Range Operator)


Let's see each operator in detail......

intitle:

The query intitle:term restricts results to documents containing term in the title. For instance, [ java developer intitle:resume ] will return documents
that mention the word “resume” in their titles, and mention the words “java” and “developer” anywhere in the document (title or not).

Note: There must be no space between the intitle: and the following word.

Example: java developer intitle:resume


inurl:


If you include inurl: in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the URL. For instance,


[ inurl:healthy eating ] will return documents that mention the words “healthy” in their URL, and mention the word “eating” anywhere in the document.


Note: There must be no space between the inurl: and the following word.


Example: inurl:healthy eating
www.indianchild.com/Recipes/healthy-eating-tips.htm


Phonebook:

If you start your query with phonebook: Google shows all public U.S. residence telephone listings (name, address, phone number) for the person you specify.

For example, [ phonebook: John Doe New York NY ] will show phonebook listings of everyone named John Doe in New York, NY.



TILDE SEARCH “~”

Google finds synonyms for word immediately following tilde. (No spaces) identifies words you may not have considered.
“~CV”, not “~resume”.

Example: ~:java developer ~CV


Minus “-” Operator:

(-) this minus symbol work as not to include. if we keep this symbol in prefix to any word it will restrict that word in our search.

Example: intitle:oracle developer -job -jobs ~resumes

The above example which restrict all jobs postings.


The “OR” and Vertical Bar “” Operators

The OR operator, for which you may also use (vertical bar).

Example: (Java OR J2ee)
(JavaJ2ee)

Both results give the same results.


FILETYPE

Filetype:pdf

PDF file is the most common resume format online. Others include doc, rtf, txt, ps, xls…

Example:
Filetype:pdf ~cv(“software sales” OR “software sell” (“.Net”) ASP


(..) NUMBER RANGE OPERATOR

Finds WebPages that contain a number between a listed range To specify range, place two periods between low and high values:

Example: 60521..60532


Sample string for Java developer with EJB, JSP skills in California Location….

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) (javaj2ee) (EjBJSP) (filetype:doc OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:txt OR filetype:rtf) 90101..95101 (CACalifornia)


Below are the strings which restrict your search to particular state


35004..36925 (AL Alabama)
99501..99950 (AK Alaska)
71601..72959 (AR Arkansas)
85001..86556 (AZ Arizona)
90001..96162 (CA California)
80001..81658 (CO Colorado)
6001..6928 (CT Connecticut)
19701..19980 (DE Delaware)
32004..34997 (FL Florida)
30002..39901 (GA Georgia)
96701..96898 (HI Hawaii)
50001..52809 (IA Iowa)
83201..83888 (ID Idaho)
60001..62999 (IL Illinois)
46001..47997 (IN Indiana)
66002..67954 (KS Kansas)
40003..42788 (KY Kentucky)
70001..71497 (LA Louisiana
1001..5544 (MA Massachusetts)
20601..21930 (MD Maryland)
3901..4992 (ME Maine)
48001..49971 (MI Michigan)
55001..56763 (MN Minnesota)
63001..65899 (MO Missouri)
38601..39776 (MS Mississippi)
59001..59937 (MT Montana)
27006..28909 (NC North Carolina)
58001..58856 (ND North Dakota)
68001..69367 (NE Nebraska)
210..3897 (NH New Hampshire)
7001..8989 (NJ New Jersey)
87001..88441 (NM New Mexico)
88901..89883 (NV Nevada)
88901..89883 (NV Nevada)
43001..45999 (OH Ohio)
73001..74966 (OK Oklahoma)
97001..97920 (OR Oregon)
15001..19640 (PA Pennsylvania)
2801..2940 (RI Rhode Island)
29001..29945 (SC South Carolina)
57001..57799 (SD South Dakota)
37010..38589 (TN Tennessee)
73301..88595 (TX Texas)
84001..84791 (UT Utah)
20101..24658 (VA Virginia)
5001..5907 (VT Vermont)
98001..99403 (WA Washington)
53001..54990 (WI Wisconsin)
24701..26886 (WV West Virginia)

Happy SourcingUsing Advance Google
Search Operators

Recruiting Through Social Networking Sites

Recruiting Through Social Networking Sites

Social networking (Facebook, Squidoo etc) is one of the newest ways in which to advertise. Recruiting through social networking sites can perhaps bring you great results in a short space of time, though it can be questionable seeing the amount of companies that are beginning to ban such sites from being accessed via company servers.
That aside, social networking and recruitment can work well together. Why? It could perhaps be the way the sites visitors are young and open to online marketing, and are regular visitors to such sites.
The new Human Resources trend is to advertise jobs on sites like Facebook, simply to enable them to target a good range of potential applicants and this could even take over the job boards for popularity alone.
Benefits of Recruiting through Social Networking
The superior technology alone is good enough reason to hire new employees through social networking sites. An alternative to traditional methods, like recruiting via printed media and even through recruitment websites, the networking sites can allow a business to target their recruitment campaign to various areas.
Cons of Social Network Recruitment
The drawbacks are apparent when you use social networking in the wrong way. Not having a good strategy in the first place can really undermine the work you have put in, with disappointing results. You also need to use the information intelligently since these are not recruitment or business boards, but social.
Top performers, as always, may be difficult to track down so even the most dedicated recruiter might find that efforts may not bring the results they had hoped for. Given the amount of publicity given to social networking sites as sources for recruitment more and more job seekers are creating profiles and hoping to be spotted. Thus the ability to stumble across top talent is balanced by the need to sift through a lot of details on a lot of individuals.
Decisions
Hopefully when you take up the chance to recruit in this kind of way you will not be swept off your feet by the hype - stay grounded. It is important to know and realise that your campaign still requires lots of input. You should actively be searching profiles for potential candidates as you would in the usual way. However, those candidate searches are made easier by these websites and you are able to contact them directly which cuts out any hassle you might have going via recruitment companies.
Job boards and larger recruitment agency websites may already be doing the work for you. As many companies are getting more involved with today’s trends, you may find that they save you the time researching this new media - for a fee. Make sure this is a question you ask if you are serious about recruiting on Social media.
In the end, you make the decision on what is best for your company. Despite being seen as innovative and modern, recruitment through social networking is just as involved as other advertising media and needs the planning and input that comes with finding that top talent

Some of the Social Networking Organizations

** LINKEDIN** BIZNIK** VISABLEPATH** ERE** FACEBOOK** SPOKE** RECRUITINGBLOGS** PEEKYOU** ZOODANGO** DOOSTANG** BEBO** TRIBE** HI5** 43THINGS** REPVINE** ZIGGS** MYSPACE** BACKTYPE** SECONDLIFE** SECONDBRAIN** SPOCK** FRIENDFEED** DIGG** STUMBLEUPON** SOCIALFRIENDS** RYZE** ECADEMY** MEETUP** WINK** TUMBLR** TWITTER** TWIRL** TWEETDECK** TWEETERFEED** TWELLO** FRIENDSTER** AARP** BRIGHTKITE** NETWORKING.BIZJOURNALS** NAYMZ** FORBES** LABROOTS** PLAXO** ROLLYO** KONNECTS** UNYK** MZINGA** SQUIDOO** RIVALMAP** COMPETITIOUS** eHOW** TALENTEVENT** TOOSTEP** VISUALCV** FLICKR** VOICES** MEETUP** GITHUB** OHLOH** DELICIOUS** AFFINITYCIRCLES** BIOSPACE** TALENTBAR** SOURCECON** RECRUITEREARTH** JOBERTALK** SECRETSOFTHEJOBHUNT** NEWMEDIAHIRE**EXPERTISEFORHIRE** ONRECRUITMENT** OPENNETWORKERS**GREENLIGHTCOMMUNITY** FRAPPR** OU** BLITZTIME**STAFFINGPROFESSIONALSONLINKEDIN**FRONTENDRECRUITING** RECRUITERS AND SOURCES EXCHANGE**SOURCING TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES** XING** RYZE

Hope this information helps you..........

Thanks

Kandula Santosh Kumar

http://in.linkedin.com/in/kandulasantosh