Oftentimes candidates are happily employed and may not be looking for a new position. Much of the research recruiters do involves scouring the Web to find these candidates. There are a great deal of resume and job posting services on the Web which can be very useful to recruiters. These services provide a place for recruiters to place job postings as well as view resumes of possible candidates. There are also many places that offer professional develpment services offered in this field.
Many programs give seminars in online searching.
Many of the places that offer professional development services also supply suggestions or resources for candidate searching. Many of these include directories, newsletters, industry publications, and databases. This section of this Web site lists the resources in drop down menu form, based on categories such as databases, books, listserv's, etc. If you are only looking for a certain kind of resources this may be your best place to start. If you have questions or comments about this site, please use the section of the page to let me know what you're thinking.