Why is Google Missing Available Search Results?
When you’re searching the Internet for potential candidates, it’s quite common (and practical) to search for resumes of people who are likely to be local to your opportunity. The two main ways of doing this are searching by area code and searching by zip code range.
While there are limitations of both approaches (not everyone includes [...]
Searching LinkedIn with Google and Yahoo for Free
When it comes to searching LinkedIn using Internet search engines such as Google or Yahoo, there are many different ways to construct your search string (”X-Ray” or otherwise) and get results.
Ultimately, the goal of any good sourcer or recruiter is to find all of the best available potential candidates that a particular source has to [...]
What to do if Google Thinks You’re Not Human
Have you ever been searching the Internet with Google to find resumes or LinkedIn profiles, and instead of getting your search results, you get a nice apology from Google saying that your computer or network might be sending automated queries and can’t process your request?
In the past week alone I have received a number of [...]
Google Search: The Asterisk Wildcard and Punctuation
Think you know all there is to know about Google search?
I was recently asked a question regarding the use of the asterisk when searching on Google, specifically in conjunction with certain punctuation.
This person was under the impression that if you used the equal sign on either side of an asterisk when searching Google, it would function as a multiple word wildcard operator. [...]
Maximizing Your E-Sourcing Efforts
I define E-sourcing as leveraging information systems for active talent identification – searching the Internet, social media, job board resume databases, and applicant tracking systems to find candidates. The proper use of technology in the sourcing and recruiting process should increase your efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness. I’ve created the SlideShare presentation below to cover a number of [...]
Challenging Google Resume Search Assumptions
This post is second in a series focused on using Google to search for resumes on the Internet. I left some unasnwered questions in the first post , such as why:
I didn’t talk about searching for CV’s
I didn’t suggest using the tilde ~ operator in conjuntion with the word “resume”
I didn’t use -~job when trying to eliminate false positive results
I didn’t [...]
How to Find Resumes on the Internet with Google
Want to learn how to find resumes on the Internet using Google? You’ve come to the right place!
Whether you are new to searching the Internet for resumes or you are a veteran Interent sourcer, I’ve included some tips, tricks, and observations for the novice and expert alike.
Targeting Resumes
When using Google to search specifically for resumes, it’s a [...]
Boolean Search Strings for a Sales Tax Manager
Boolean Search Strings for a Sales/Use Tax Manager
NOTE!
For those who have absolutely no interest in seeing search examples for a tax manager position, the search principles and tips contained in the post can be applied to ANY SEARCH, and you may also be interested in a demonstration of the NEAR operator, as well as a couple [...]
The Internet has Free Resumes – SO WHAT?
BEWARE: This post takes a contrarian (yet fact-based!) view of the Internet as a sourcing tool that may be unsuitable to some readers. If you don’t want to hear anything other than how awesome the Internet is for sourcing and recruiting, please stop reading now.
The Internet has Free Resumes – SO WHAT?
Okay, so you can find free [...]
Where can you find the most Bilingual WAN Engineers?
I was reading a discussion in the Boolean Strings group on LinkedIn and someone was having difficulty in locating a bilingual (Spanish) WAN Engineer in the Denver, CO area. It sounded like as good of a challenge as any, so I decided to take a crack at seeing what I could find by searching the Internet via [...]
