Top 10 Technique - Advanced Google Operators

4. December 2009 by admin.

daterange: Returns documents modified in the given time interval. Dates should be entered in Julian format. For example, go to: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php to convert Calendar date to Julian date. Using java programmer daterange:2455139-2454466 you can find who talked about java programmers from November 4-December 4, 2009.

 

filetype: returns links to documents with the given file type. For example searching for programmers filetype:java will find portable and object-oriented programmers. Supported file types are pdf, ps, wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku, lwp, mw, xls, ppt, doc, wks, wps, wdb, wri, rtf, swf, ans, txt, but other are supported as well, like xml, cpp, java etc.

 

site: restricts the results to the given domain. site:panerabread.com will find all indexed page on www.panerabread.com, while site:panerabread.com bagels will find all bagel-related pages on www.panerabread.com

 

update: you can use the site operator also to find your supplemental results using this query: site:www.panerabread.com ***

 

cache: shows the cached version of given webpage. Other words in the query will be highlighted in the returned page,cache:www.panerabread.com bagels

 

link: lists webpages that link to the given webpage. link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/java programmer will list webpages with links pointing to wikipedia’s voice for java programmer

 

related: returns pages that Google somehow thinks are related to the given page.

 

info: returns some information about the given web page. Typically website and description.

 

define: returns the definition of a given word. define:programmer

 

phonebook: search in residential phone book. phonebook:jones dc

 

stocks: returns stock info: stocks:aapl

 

weather: weather information for the given city. weather:bethesda

 

movie: returns all movies related to the search term given. movie:2012  You can also find movies by locations: movie:dc , movie:20817

 

flights: search for flights inside USA using the airport code (does not work for every airport). flights:dca

 

SEO-Oriented Operators

 

allintitle: Search for documents with the given words in their title. allintitle:bagels cheese will find all the documents with title containing ‘bagels’ and ‘cheese’. This operator cannot be combined with others.

 

intitle: Search for documents with the first word after the intitle operator in their title. intitle:bagels cheese will find all the documents with title containing ‘bagels’ and talking about cheese. Note that the word ‘cheese’ is not necessarily in the title.

 

allintext: Search for documents with the given words in their text. allintext:bagels cheese will find all the documents with text containing ‘bagels’ and ‘cheese’. This operator cannot be combined with others.

 

intext: Search for documents with the first word after the intext operator in their text. intext:bagels cheese will find all the documents with text containing ‘bagels’ and talking about cheese. Note that the word ‘cheese’ is not necessarily in the text

 

allinurl: Search for documents with the given words in their url. allinurl:bagels cheese will find all the documents with url containing ‘bagels’ and ‘cheese’. This operator cannot be combined with others.

 

inurl: Search for documents with the first word after the inurl operator in their url. inurl:bagels cheese will find all the documents with url containing ‘bagels’ and talking about cheese. Note that the word ‘cheese’ is not necessarily in the text

 

allinanchor: Search for documents with the given words in an anchor. allinurl:bagels cheese will find all the documents with anchor text containing ‘bagels’ and ‘cheese’. This operator cannot be combined with others.

 

inanchor: Search for documents with the first word after the operator in an anchor. inanchor:bagels cheese will find all the documents with anchor containing ‘bagels’ and talking about cheese. Note that the word ‘cheese’ is not necessarily in an anchor.

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Top 10 Technique - Using Boolean Logic in Search Strings

3. December 2009 by admin.

With over 15 billion web pages and over 40,000 job boards and resume databases, how does a recruiter sift through the data to discover the candidates who truly shine?

The answer lies in effective search methods.  One of the most popular methods is the use of Boolean logic in the search criteria.  Click here to download a MS Word file that lists some of the most common Boolean operators.

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Top 10 Technique - Finding Resumes on Twitter

3. December 2009 by admin.

Here is my latest search string to identify more resumes than jobs on twitter.com using Google search. Please feel free to share your enhancement to this string to derive better results.

site:twitter.com <keyword(s)> resume OR “my resume” OR vitae -recruiter -job -jobs -submit -apply -”looking for” -recruiting -hiring -send -”email to” -”email resume” -opening -”to resume”

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Strategies - eGrabber Newsletter

2. December 2009 by admin.

Smart companies know that to effectively sell their product they must provide value-added content for their readers that is both valuable and completely free. eGrabber publishes its Tips for Recruiters newsletter twice a month. Here is a sampling of what they’ve offered up over the last year.

Use Google to Build Lists of Targeted Companies, July 2008

Industry-related conferences and the companies taking part in them are a good way to build a list of targeted companies.

The Google search syntax to find information on conferences pertaining to a particular industry is

(intitle:conference OR intitle:symposium OR intitle:expo) Industry

For example, to find information on conferences about the pharmaceutical industry, the search string will be

(intitle:conference OR intitle:symposium OR intitle:expo) pharmaceutical

Of particular interest would be the speakers, industry experts, sponsors and the companies they represent.

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‘linkdomain’ Command in Yahoo!, September 2008

The linkdomain is a lesser known command in Yahoo!. It finds resumes that contain links to a particular website. The search syntax for this command is as follows:

linkdomain:website intitle:resume keyword

For example, if you are looking for the resume of a software engineer who is related in some way to projects at IBM, the search string is as follows

linkdomain:www.ibm.com intitle:resume “Software Engineer”

This could be a great way for you to get in touch with corporate alumni.

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Find Companies that Layoff or Downsize in your State, October 2008

A recession is a time when top talent finds itself unexpectedly out of work. This provides an opportunity for you to hire them. Do a search on Google News to find companies in your city or state that layoff or downsize their staff. The Google search syntax is as follows:

Company Name/ Industry (layoff OR downsize) (State)

For example, if you are looking for layoff related news in the manufacturing sector, the search string will be

Manufacturing (layoff OR downsize)

You can also set Google Alerts to receive news on current and future planned layoffs.

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Automate Part of your Sourcing Process, November 2008

Sourcing candidates manually from the Internet is a time consuming process, even if you have the right search strings. But, there are ways to automate parts of the process. For example, you can use Google Alerts to receive links to new resume postings straight to your inbox. Here’s how:

1) Go to the Google Alerts website
2) In the ‘Search terms’ box, enter your search string. For example, if you would like to receive information in new resume postings/ updates for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the state of California, enter the following search string* in the box

intitle:resume (CPA) (California | CA)
3) In the ‘Type’ box, select Web from the drop-down
4) Enter your email and click on the Create Alert button

Now you will start receiving updates from Google through emails. All you need to do is check your inbox for info on links to new / updated resumes.

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Search College Honor Societies for Resumes, December 2008

You can use the intitle and inurl command in Google to look for resumes in College Honor societies. The Google syntax is as follows:

(intitle:resume | inurl:resume | inurl:cv | intitle:cv) “Society name” (keyword)

For example, Alpha Sigma Mu is the Honor Society for Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. If you are searching for someone with experience in Metallurgical engineering, the syntax will be

(intitle:resume | inurl:resume | inurl:cv | intitle:cv) “Alpha Sigma Mu” (Metallurgy | Metallurgical) Industrial Design

Similarly, there are societies for Business and Management, Criminal Justice, Journalism and more.

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Using Social Networks for Background Screening, April 2009

A recent survey titled “Background Screening - Top Technology Trends 2009″ said that 1 in 5 employers use social networking sites to make a hiring decision. The trends indicate a considerable, if not major, shift in focus to using non traditional sources - social networks, forums and blogs - for background screening.

Here is a simple Google search script that will help you research people’s profiles on LinkedIn, MySpace, ZoomInfo, etc.

<Candidate’s Name> site:xyz.com

For example, to search for Chandra Bodapati’s (Founder & CEO of eGrabber) profile on LinkedIn, the script will be

Chandra Bodapati site:linkedin.com

Similarly you can use zoominfo.com, myspace.com, friendster.com and more.

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Search Resumes on Free-For-Recruiters.com, May 2009

Free-For-Recruiters.com has a resume directory with thousands of resumes. The Google syntax to search resumes on Free-For-Recruiters.com is as follows:

Keyword site:Free-For-Recruiters.com inurl:resumes State

For example, to search for resumes of software engineers in the state of California, your search script will be

Software Engineer site:Free-For-Recruiters.com inurl:resumes CA

You can replace the keyword and the state in the above script to search for resumes of your choice from preferred locations.

Note: You can also use the inbuilt Google search option on this website to search resumes.

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Include Related Job Titles in your Resume Search, July 2009

You might sometimes have the tendency to get stuck by a single title that your client (company) may use to describe a job position. In today’s industry, job titles are changing frequently. For example, software programmer, software developer, software engineer, etc. are different job titles for the same job function. So, unless you use all the related titles in your search, you are likely to miss out on some good candidate leads.

One way to find all relevant job titles is to first search the career sites using the (only) job title given by your client. Take note of the job titles that come up. Most sites provide a “View similar jobs” link beside the job titles in the results. Clicking that link will get you a series of similar positions categorized by Freshness, Overlooked, Relevant, etc. Under the Relevant category, you will find jobs similar in content to the position you are searching for.

You can include all such relevant job titles to expand your search.

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Search profiles on Pipl.com using Google, October 2009

Pipl is a search engine to find addresses and other information that can help locate someone - a business contact or a prospective candidate.

The Google search syntax to find profiles on pipl.com is

site:pipl.com (inurl:people OR intitle:profile) -jobs

For example, to search for profiles of Business Analysts, the search string will be

Business Analyst site:pipl.com (inurl:people OR intitle:profile) -jobs

You can even make the search location specific as follows

(Business Analyst) (California OR CA) site:pipl.com (inurl:people OR intitle:profile) -jobs

Try different variations of the above search string or replace the keyword with related terms to get desired search results.

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Use Online News Sites to Find Passive Candidates, December 2009

Did you know that you can use online news websites to prospect for passive candidates? The Google search syntax to search news sites is

site:online news website “keyword”

For example, if you are interested in sourcing Software Architects from The Seattle Times’ website, the search string will be as follows

site:seattletimes.nwsource.com “software architect”

You can also use the OR operator to search multiple news sites

(site:seattletimes.nwsource.com OR site:al.com) “software architect”

If you do not know the URLs of websites of newspapers, go to www.onlinenewspapers.com to look them up.

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Top 10 Tool - BlackWidow

2. December 2009 by admin.

BlackWidow Search Engine Spider is an internal website spidering utility that will index your entire web server and create an ASCII output file of urls. Explores subdirectory structures.  The script runs and creates a flatfile database of every single url on your server.

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Top 10 Tool - QuickBooks

2. December 2009 by admin.

In these tough times, it’s great to find a totally free and great addition to track your income and expenditures. It’s so easy to use. With Intuit QuickBooks Simple Start Free Edition 2009, you’ll spend more time growing your business and making money, not bookkeeping. Track sales & expenses for up to 20 customers. Instantly create invoices, pay bills, & print checks. Organize finances in one place. Stay organized. Track the money flowing in and out of your business. Know who it comes from and where it goes. Simple Start Free keeps sales, expense, and customer information in one place, so it’s easy to find what you need when you need it. Be ready at tax time. As you complete everyday transactions, you’ll be automatically tracking tax-related income and expenses, making tax time a snap. Simple to learn and use. Get started quickly. Step-by-step tutorials show you how to create invoices, record expenses, and more.

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Top 10 Tool - BrownRecluse

2. December 2009 by admin.

BrownRecluse is a programmable spider. It lets you pull and/or download web pages or files and save or display them to your hard drive in just a few lines of simple code. It is also used to scan web sites and process the information retrieved, and optionally, create databases of the processed information. It lets you scan and manipulate the data in every way possible. Unlike normal spiders, it does not need filters, options and plugins to accomplish a task. You program it to make it do just what you want. It lets you write your own scripts, or download already made scripts from their web site.

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