AIRS Introduces New, Targeted Googling for Candidates Workshops

AIRS, announced today new, targeted versions of its most popular half-day e-learning course, Googling for Candidates. The new courses start in April 2007 and include: Googling for Healthcare, Googling for IT, Googling for Accounting/Finance and Googling for Government Candidates. For course descriptions and a current training schedule, please visit www.airsdirectory.com.

Google’s simple user interface is why millions of people visit its home page every day. But, just below the surface there is a world of search power that reaches farther into the Web to bring back precision results youíve never thought possible. Targeted Googling courses provide recruiters and HR professionals with ground-breaking new ways to not only tap into the billions of Web pages indexed by Google, but focus on targeted industries with a concentration on finding specific types of qualified, passive candidates.

Googling for Candidates has always been one of our most popular seminars and weíve just given recruiters 4 new versions to pinpoint the candidates they need for their toughest REQs, said Laura Stoker, Senior Director of AIRS Training. Our research team has spent hundreds of hours mining Google to find the newest and most creative ways for recruiters to uncover the targeted passive candidates they need in some of the toughest industries.

Googling attendees will learn tactics and techniques such as:

Leveraging the power of Googleís search functionality to pinpoint specific types of candidates

Unearthing membership lists, attendee lists, alumni lists for industry-related organizations and resumes of industry-specific professionals

Becoming savvy at utilizing resources such as Google alerts, Google news, and filetype searches

Probing blogs for candidates discussing their specialties and interests

Using Google maps to find candidates in a specific geographic location

Conducting Google specialized searches to uncover alumni specific to certain industries

Creating customized search engines at Google to focus on finding professionals in a targeted cities

Googling for Candidates courses are taught by seasoned AIRS professionals with over 100 combined years of first-hand recruiting. All AIRS trainers are Certified Internet Recruiters who have cutting-edge, e-recruiting skills and technical knowledge, as well as expert sourcing, contact, assessment and hiring skills.

Students who take AIRS training receive a comprehensive course manual, job aids and detailed tutorials. Once they complete a course and become an AIRS Alumni, they have access to AIRS recruitment newsletters, library, forums, directories, recruiting tools, community discussions and exclusive Alumni discounts. Plus, AIRS LIVECHAT is always available to offer live help and unlimited toll-free support.

To register for Googling for Healthcare, IT, Accounting/Finance or Government Candidates and to learn more about other AIRS e-learning seminars or regional workshops, visit: