ZoomInfo for Recruiters in the UK

Last week I posted something about using the web for name id.  A couple of people have subsequently asked me for a bit more information on ZoomInfo.  I wrote about ZoomInfo back in October 2006 - so if you want the background on the company and site you could read that blog post.  Since then I covered it in an article called My Findings for Recruiters using People Search Engines (snappy title huh!).  Here's a quick overview for those of unfamiliar with how you can use ZoomInfo as a recruiter.

They have a free service offering and a paid for full service.  With the free service you can do a search on a potential candidate or client by their name and a profile on that individual is returned.   Depending on what information is available on the internet it can include details on history, contact details and web references (to see a good example search for "Tim Elkington" and click on the first result returned).

You can also search for information on companies.  Again the detail varies but search for "Uniq" for an example of a fair bit of detail on a less well known organisation.

All of this is free.  However, with the paid for service you can do so much more.  Y ou can identify people by sector, job title and specific company.  You can create lists of companies by quite detailed criteria and you can create "talent maps" of individuals within companies.

They have about 40 million profiles on the site. Sadly only about 1 million of them are for UK individuals.  However, it's still a very worthwhile resource to have in your toolbox.  I always run "candidates" through Google, LinkedIn and ZoomInfo.

Comments

[IT Recruitment from Cititec, London]

Great Stuff!