Boolean Searches
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Mastering search engines Boolean
searches
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If I were to ask you, What is the VERY first thing
you need to begin an online search for acandidate?
A) A Job Description
B) A meeting with the hiring manager to discuss theparameters of opportunity
C) Basic knowledge on how to research resumes andleads online
D) Time to perform the search
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Search engines what is it?
Search Engine = Information
Billions of Pages = Resources = Sourcing
Sourcing= Recruiting
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Stop Words
All search enginesignore "stop" ornoise words
because they haveminimal informationalvalue and are foundso commonly in all
language.
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Keyword Quick Tips
Put your most important keywords first in thestring.
Most search engines are insensitive to whetheryou use upper, lower, or mixed cases in your
search.Start with basic search and keep filteringKeep trying different ways to write the keyword
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Basic Google Operators
AND (JUST A SPACE IN GOOGLE)OR = |
NOT = -
()
~ Tilde (or synonyms)
* WILD CARD
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Comparing Search Engines
Search Engine GOOGLE YAHOO LIVE / MSN
Boolean Logic -, OR AND, OR,NOT,
( ), -
AND, OR, NOT,( ), -
Fields intitle,inurl, site,more
intitle,inurl, site,more
intitle, site, loc, url
Specials Asterisk *
tilde ~
Use ofstop
word
instead of*
| - Pipe
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Lets see an example on how to go about it
Chartered Accountant (intitle: resume | inurl: resume)
Chartered Accountant (intitle: resume | inurl: resume)
submitopeningstemplatetipssubmissionsamplesexamples
Chartered Accountant (India) (intitle: resume | inurl:
resume)submitopeningstemplatetipssubmission samplesexamples
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Specific file types
Narrow your search by looking for specific file types:Good for weeding out HTML files, and job postings.
Word = Doc
PDF = PDF
PPT = PowerPoint XLS = Excel TXT = Text RTF = Rich Text Format
(intitle:resume | inurl:resume | intitle:cv | inurl:cv |intitle:vitae | inurl:vitae) ("sap hro" | sap. payroll)filetype:doc (India) -jobs -job
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Adding a minus sign in front of certain keywords in yoursearch will reduce searchengine noise.
Here are few list that may be used during the booleanstrings:
Apply , submit , Openings , templates , sample , example ,careers , post , reply , search , jobs , tips etc
SYNTAX (for YAHOO)
Linkdomain this finds the pages that links anywhere on aparticular domain (and not just the homepage)
Eg: linkdomain: ibm.com intitle: resume C++Region this allows you to target your searches tospecific geographic areas
Eg:region: asia intitle: resume C++ apply jobs
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X-raying Linkedin on Google
Any profile data that:cannot be searched inside LinkedInis available on the openwebWhich can be searched using Google.
Few examples:
site:www.linkedin.com location * Mumbai area java sql
We can search for people who have worked at their
current job for 2-10 years:
site:www.linkedin.com F&A (india) present 10..20 years
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people who have worked at two (or more) givencompanies:
site:www.linkedin.com at google atfacebook marketing manager (india)
people who stopped working in 2011:
site:www.linkedin.com inurl:in OR inurl:pub productmanager 2011 * years OR months (india) -present -inurl:dir
Easiest way to get profiles from the X-ray method:
[inurl:linkedin.com{SCM}]
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Other Ways
X-raying Google+ profiles on Google
Yahoo Groups
Groups and associations pertaining to the specific skill
set, that is available on webPlease follow Jim Stroud on LI, FB, Twitter for constantupdates on web research
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Happy researching/recruiting
thank you