Passive candidates are some of the most qualified people to choose from when trying to fill an employment position. There are many high-quality professionals that are gainfully employed, yet compile passive resumes as they are open to the possibility of switching jobs should the right opportunity present itself.

However, as these people are not actively seeking new employment and do not generally visit job boards, it can sometimes take quite a bit of time and resources to find passive candidates that fit the profile you are searching for. Making use of a resume database that focuses on sourcing passive candidates is an easier way to take a lot of the work out of the recruitment process.

Sourcing currently employed candidates is much easier when employers choose to search a resume database that has already compiled these highly-qualified professionals. If you use a search engine and look for "Passive candidates" or Passive Candidate Database you will find services that may offer this type of service. This can be a major time saver over using search engines directly in your attempt to find these candidates. Using search engines will unearth candidates but they will always return lots of false matches, search results that meet your search criteria but that are not actual resumes. No matter how creative our exacting your search criteria, you will always end up getting false matches or you will not see all the possible relevant results since your search was either too broad or too specific.

Services which gather resumes from diverse sources and validate that the data collected is actual resumes can save you time and present candidates you would not have found through search engines or other means.

An indisputable fact is that the majority of the top employees already have jobs. Research has shown that less than 20% of the workforce actually visits job boards. By posting a job and hoping to get good candidates or by searching traditional job board resume databases, you are only able to engage a small portion of the possible candidates you are seeking. In short, you are picking from the unemployed or the unsatisfied. To find quality job candidates you need to use tools and techniques that will uncover the other 80% of the workforce.

Try using search engines. There are many places on the Internet where you can find search suggestions for finding resumes with search engines. Once you have seen the results. You may want to try services that consolidate passive candidate resumes from across many sources and save you time and effort.

For further information on passive candidate sourcing strategies please contact me.