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3. Jim Stroud
Director, Sourcing & Social Strategy
Bernard Hodes Group
www.linkedin.com/in/jimstroud

5. Grads rule!

6. I call it…

7. Boo-yah!

8. Quite simple,
really. All you need
is a free LinkedIn
account.
And some time to
do a bit of research.
But LinkedIn makes
it easy, so not a
whole lot of time is
needed. Yay!

9. GO TO: www.linkedin.com/alumni

12. This is what you do. Look up stats on students who attended a
certain college 10 years back, 5 years and 2 years back. Use
option A to search years and option B to change the school
focus.

13. What
next?
What
next?
Look at the student data and figure out…
Do they tend to live where you recruit?
Do they tend to work in your industry?
Do they tend to work for your competitor?
Bottom line: Target schools that consistently turn out
grads that tend to live where you recruit, stay in your
industry and work for your competitors.

16. My new book “Resume
Forensics” teaches you
how to find free resumes
and passive candidates
on the web. Look for it on
Amazon.com!