Boolean Search Secrets for Recruiters

Find Candidates You Can’t Find on Job Boards

Sorting through thousands of job applicationsIf Internet recruiting feels like finding a needle in a haystack, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a series of articles where we share our secrets for finding passive job candidates online.

Topics: Mining Google and LinkedIn for passive candidates, boolean search techniques and more.

Get more out of LinkedIn with Google Site Search

Using Google Site Search String to Find Job CandidatesAn explanation of Google Site Search, (a search string that allows you to search through one website at a time to reveal candidates that may not be accessible through the sites own search feature), including 3 tips to get even more out of your site searches.

Read more: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/linkedin-google-site-search

Boolean Search Tips: On the Hunt for IT Candidates

Boolean Search Tips: On the Hunt for IT Job CandidatesWhen it comes to recruiting the best candidates aren’t easily found. Locate great candidates using Google Search Syntax “inurl:” which tells Google to only return pages with a particular word in them.

Read more: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/recruiting-boolean-search-tips
 

Tip me Tuesday: Boolean Search Strings Part 2

Searching for CandidatsThe Google Search Syntax “filetype:” allows you to identify the type of file you are looking for which can help you target resumes. Find out how to combine “filetype:” with the “inurl:” syntax to further target your search for resumes online.

Read More: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/tip-me-tuesday-boolean-search-strings

Tip me Tuesday: Boolean Search Strings Part 3

Sharing Boolean Search Secrets for Recruiting Job CandidatesGoogle indexes all web pages which you can access even after they have been taken down or while they are under maintenance. Using a helpful syntax called “cache” you can find passive offline candidates.

Read More: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/tip-tuesday-boolean-search-strings-part-3
 

Flip Flip Hooray: Boolean Search Strings Part 4

Find Out How to Use Flip Search to Source Job CandidatesUsing a little known search engine called ‘Exalead’ and the power of flip search, you can track candidates resumes from websites of their past employers, educational institutes or their social media profiles (think LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook).

Read More http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/flip-flip-hooray-boolean-search-strings

Tip me Tuesday: Boolean Search Strings Part 5

Long Tail Google Searches for Sourcing Passive Job CandidatesWhat’s the best search engine to use for recruiting purposes?  Use this list of limitations and commands to help you determine which search engine to use and how to create an effective search string for each engine.

Read More: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/tip-tuesday-boolean-search-strings-part-5

Metasearch Engines: Boolean Search Strings Part 6

Finding your job candidates on Google and other search enginesUsing a variety of search engines is essential as a recruiter, but metasearch engines help make life easier by amalgamating information from multiple search engines. Here are tips for creating Boolean search strings for metasearch engines.

Read More: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/metasearch-engines-boolean-search-strings-part-6

What’s a Synonym for Synonym? Boolean Search Strings Part 7

Using Keyword Synonyms to Search for Job CandidatesBeing a recruiter means knowing as many synonyms as possible for various skills, jobs, and titles. Learn about Google’s “tilde”/ “~” command to save time, increase your search results, and help you become a keyword specialist.

Read More: http://blog.stafflink.ca/recruiting-tips/what-is-a-synonym-for-synonym-boolean-search-strings-part-7

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