CareerBuilder is Sharing Your Social Networking Info with Recruiters

June 30, 2009

From SearchEngineWatch

At the Society for Human Resource Management Conference,
CareerBuilder announced a new recruiting tool built with the Bing API.
It's called Applicant Explorer and it uses the API to integrate online
results such as social networking sites, blogs, and corporate websites
with CareerBuilder's results.

"One of our key goals with Bing is to simplify search and make it
easier for people to find what they are looking for online; searching
for the ideal job candidate is no exception," said Alessandro
Catorcini, senior program manager, Bing. "By combining Bing
functionality with the extensive CareerBuilder database, Applicant
Explorer helps recruiters and employers customize their search criteria
and dynamically sort through and display hundreds of data sources in
one easy to use interface, cutting the manual search time
substantially."

The idea was to streamline the candidate search process for human
resources professionals. Instead of sifting through CareerBuilder
results and then conducting the same search on a separate search
engine, now recruiters can do it all in one place.

"With so many employers already utilizing the Internet to research
candidates, Applicant Explorer was created to help employers do that
necessary research in the most efficient and simple way possible -
helping them go beyond the resume," said Greg Brass, director of
profile search at CareerBuilder. "In addition, job seekers can benefit
from the clearer picture employers can gather of their qualifications
and background."

Applicant Explorer is free for those using CareerBuilder's resume database.

Watch CareerBuilder's Video advertising Applicant Explorer.