AIRS announced overwhelming success today for itís advanced Internet recruitment workshop ñ XtremeLab. Seventy-five attendees have completed the workshop in January of 2007, 21 of which have already tested and achieved their Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter (ACIR) designations. Over the next 12 months, more than 50 XtremeLab workshops will be held in 26 major cities around the world, in addition to convenient online courses.
XtremeLab has opened to unbelievable reviews, said Laura Stoker, Senior Director of Training for AIRS, This course is truly breaking new ground where advanced Internet sourcing is concerned, and SearchLab alumni are wowed by AIRSí continued innovation in the field. Recruiters who compete for the same talent on a daily basis gain a huge competitive advantage by learning these cutting-edge techniques that have never been publicly taught before.î
Over 88% of attendees gave XtremeLab a rating of excellent and provided feedback such as:
ìGreat ideas for sourcing and using new search techniques!î
ìAlthough I was skeptical that there would be more to learn after SearchLab, I was pleasantly surprised at how XtremeLab expanded on the course. I will definitely be able to use the new tools to search more efficiently and effectively.î
ìI liked the new websites and modifiers. I also liked new developments on search engines, and the new field commands were very helpful.î
ìThe most valuable part of the course was not only the new commands, but all the things that are really above and beyond what other recruiters are doing ñ helping you find candidates that your competitors havenít gotten to!î
AIRS is the only organization with a research organization dedicated to monitoring and researching the web with the goal of developing next generation sourcing tactics that guarantee recruiters are on the cutting edge of candidate generation concepts and strategies. XtremeLab provides this cutting-edge training, as well as offers a new industry standard in recruiter certification with the Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter designation (ACIR). All attendees who pass a certification exam are given this elite certification to prove that they have mastered these advanced sourcing techniques.
Among the many techniques taught in the class, recruiters will learn:
* How to find the secret ’back-doors’ that lead to staff directories, employee lists and unique documents
* New Xtreme strings and commands that return the highest caliber names faster than ever before
* How to configure free web crawlers that build networking databases automatically
* Up to five ways to find more names from professional organizations and blogs
* The latest and greatest tools for browsers that allow recruiters to powersurf the net -- making sourcing faster, easier, and more structured
* New search commands that return the freshest names and profiles on the web
* Three ways to tap into the hidden web - to find the names, contact information, and directories that have been removed because they were so valuable to recruiters
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AIRS XtremeLab opens to rave reviews
88% of attendees rate workshop as ìExcellentî
