The document discusses leveraging Meetup.com for talent sourcing. It describes Meetup.com as an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings. It provides tips for joining groups on Meetup.com, searching for profiles using keywords on Google site searches, and developing a strategy to host your own Meetup groups related to target interests to build a pipeline of candidates. The strategy suggests gamifying the process with competitions and challenges to interact with candidates.
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Sharath Kumar
Training Partner
SourcePro
Sharath has held key leadership positions at Aditi Technologies heading
the US staffing business unit and at OS2i heading the sourcing functions
for international clients. He has extensive experience leading large
teams to success on recruitment and staffing projects across a broad
spectrum of industries and geographies. He has been a core part of the
training systems in place at both these organizations and has
contributed to the growth of his teams and businesses by fostering a
learning driven culture.
About the Host
Leveraging Meetup.com for Sourcing
3. Introduction to Meetup.com
Joining Meetup Groups and Networking
Sourcing Profiles Using Google
Strategy for Building a Strong Pipeline – Meetup & Gamification
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4. Launched June 12, 2002
Meetup is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline
group meetings in various locations around the world.
Meetup allows members to find and join groups unified by a common
interest, such as politics, books, games, movies, health, pets, careers or
hobbies.
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Meetup.com
6. Only 5 basic filters related to Distance and Activity levels available on Meetup.com
to sort results.
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Looking Inside Meetup.com
7. Clicking on the Members tab will bring up a list of Group Members.
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Looking Inside Meetup.com
8. Provides information on common groups between you and the target member.
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Looking Inside Meetup.com
9. Can send a direct message to members.
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10. Can join any group that don’t need membership approval.
Certain groups need approval from the Admin to be included/accepted into the
group.
Can message members directly.
Some Members have emails listed.
Use it as one of the tools to mine candidates and build a target list. Additional
information can be sourced using the internet.
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Meetup.com (Recap)
11. Example search string:
To look for specific groups within a target location and with specific skills:
site:meetup.com hadoop intitle:Pune “meetups are scheduled”
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Googling Meetup.com
12. Example search string:
To look for specific candidates within a target location and with specific skills:
site:meetup.com hadoop intitle:pune “member since”
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Googling Meetup.com
13. Hosting a Meetup group costs as little as Rs. 300/Month.
Host Meetup group with common (Target) interest.
Sponsor & Organize Meetups at the local level.
Gamify the process by organizing Competitions, Challenges & Events
Create a Competitive, Challenging & Interactive Ecosystem backed by
Effective Relationship and Data Management to Build a Pipeline of the
Best Talent.
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