Mastering search engines Boolean searches

If I were to ask you, What is the VERY first thing you need to begin an online search for a candidate?
A) A Job Description B) A meeting with the hiring manager to discuss the parameters of opportunity C) Basic knowledge on how to research resumes and leads online D) Time to perform the search

Search engines what is it?

Search Engine = Information Billions of Pages = Resources = Sourcing Sourcing= Recruiting

Stop Words
All search engines ignore "stop" or noise words because they have minimal informational value and are found so commonly in all language.

Keyword Quick Tips

Put your most important keywords first in the string. Most search engines are insensitive to whether you use upper, lower, or mixed cases in your search. Start with basic search and keep filtering Keep trying different ways to write the keyword

Basic Google Operators

AND (JUST A SPACE IN GOOGLE) OR = | NOT = () ~ Tilde (or synonyms) * WILD CARD

Comparing Search Engines

Search Engine GOOGLE Boolean Logic -, OR

YAHOO AND, OR, NOT, ( ), intitle, inurl, site, more Use of stop word instead of *

LIVE / MSN AND, OR, NOT, ( ), -

Fields

intitle, inurl, site, more Asterisk * tilde ~

intitle, site, loc, url

Specials

| - Pipe

Lets see an example on how to go about it

Chartered Accountant (intitle: resume | inurl: resume) Chartered Accountant (intitle: resume | inurl: resume) submit openings template tips submission samples examples Chartered Accountant (India) (intitle: resume | inurl: resume) submit openings template tips submission samples examples

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

Adding a minus sign in front of certain keywords in your search will reduce searchengine noise. Here are few list that may be used during the boolean strings: 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 a particular domain (and not just the homepage) Eg: linkdomain: ibm.com intitle: resume C++ Region this allows you to target your searches to specific geographic areas Eg: region: asia intitle: resume C++ apply jobs

X-raying Linkedin on Google

Any profile data that: cannot be searched inside LinkedIn is available on the open web Which 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

people who have worked at two (or more) given companies: site:www.linkedin.com at google at facebook marketing manager (india)
people who stopped working in 2011: site:www.linkedin.com inurl:in OR inurl:pub product manager 2011 * years OR months (india) -present inurl:dir
Easiest way to get profiles from the X-ray method:

[inurl:linkedin.com{SCM}]

Other Ways
X-raying Google+ profiles on Google Yahoo Groups Groups and associations pertaining to the specific skill set, that is available on web Please follow Jim Stroud on LI, FB, Twitter for constant updates on web research

Happy researching/recruiting

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