12 Power Searches

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12 Power Searches

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12 Power Searches Techniques

Open Web1. People on the Move

2. List Searching

3. Searching the first Person

4. Proximity Search

5. Facebook Groups6. Recently Update Profiles

Unique Techniques1.TLD: Top Level Domain Searching

2. Spelling variations and notations

3. What does your candidate say?

4. Fill in the blank _______ * ________

5. Around the Town search6. Follower Search [ Twitter ]


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Power Search 1: People on the Move

Search Credit: Amitai Givertz: BrownBagRecruiter.com

People on the Move is great for:

Movers and Shakers

Promotions and company announcements of employees

Identifying prospective names for leads and conversations

Targeting Newspapers, Journals, Magazines etc.

The Search:

People on the Move (your keyword | Your keyword) (appointed |

joined | announced | promoted | transferred | was named |

resignation | resigned)
http://brownbagrecruiter.com/2011/07/04/searching-for-candidates-on-google-an-online-primer/http://brownbagrecruiter.com/2011/07/04/searching-for-candidates-on-google-an-online-primer/


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Power Search 2: Lists and Associations

List and Association Searching:

Use for associations, committees, staff and memberships emails and contacts

Targets emails and contacts but you can adjust to target additionalinformation

I use this search to identify target lists of competitors that may have

attended a conference and or public listsThe Search:

(Keyword" OR Keyword OR Keyword) (inurl:list | inurl:~members |inurl:directory | intitle:list | intitle:~members | intitle:~directory | inurl:staff |inurl:association | inurl:board | inurl:committee | intitle:association | intitle:board |

intitle:committee | intitle:staff) (email | contact) ext:xls


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Power Search 3: Searching the first person

Searching the first person will

Allow you to find candidates that are writing in conversational form

All you to find candidates that generally communicate better

Get creative with targeting natural language and real sentences

The Search:

(I | I have | Ive) (work | worked) (with | for | at) (merck | pfizer) (salesmanager | business development)


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Power Search 4: Proximity Searching with Bing

Proximity search will allow you to

Search terms or phrases within a specified distance from each other

Find candidates that have relevant experience that may not clearly be calledout on their resumes

Control your variables. Keep a tighter search target.

The Search:

I want to search a software development manger that has managed a group ofdevelopers. By default I keep finding resume of software design mangers butthe candidates never managed people. My HM wants to see someone withpeople management.

Software (engineer OR engineering) managed NEAR:3 people (resume OR cv)


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1. Software (engineer OR engineering) Targeting the specific job title / skills set

2. managed NEAR:3 people Calling out the candidates management skills. NEAR is aBing operator telling the search that manage and people need to be within 3 words of

each other

3. (resume OR cv) Not necessary but helps to tighten your search

Software (engineer OR engineering) managed NEAR:3 people (resume OR cv)


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Power Search 5: Find more Facebook Groups on the Open Web

Facebook Groups Searching is great for:

Easier than searching on Facebook

Quicker to connect

More control over your search criteria. Facebook is just awful for search

The Search:

site:facebook.com Keyword for group inurl:group


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1. site:facebook.comX-Ray search targeting Facebook Groups

2. (Your keyword | Your keyword) Enter your keyword or descriptors

3. Inurl:group Through pattern recognition we know that a groups URL on Facebookshows the term Group

site:facebook.com software engineer inurl:group

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site:facebook.com software engineer inurl:group

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Power Search 6: Searching Recently Updated Profiles

Searching recently updated profiles Helps to find active candidates

Stop making the sour passive candidate faceActive candidates include layoffs,downsizing, voluntary retirement

If you skip these types of resumes you are properly missing a big fee or your HM isnot getting the best service.

The Search:

(resume | CV) "software engineer "last updated * 2011" -job -jobs -template -example -submit

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1. (resume | CV) Distinguish that we are looking for resumes

2. software engineer Enter your keyword or descriptors

3. "last updated * 2011" We are looking for recently updated files. You can becreative here and search Recently updated *2011 as well.

4. -job -jobs -template -example -submit Be cautious of what you are excluding.This will cancel many quality results

(resume | CV) "software engineer "last updated * 2011" -job -jobs-template -example -submit

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Power Search 7: Top Level Domains

Searching Top Level Domains (TLD)

Will find candidates that others can never find

Usually returns less results because they are less used

TLD explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain

The Search:

(intitle:resume | inurl:resume) education programmer java site:cc

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain


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1. (intitle:resume | inurl:resume) Distinguish that we are looking for resumes

2. Education Education is a variable in most resumes of profiles. This helps to targetthese types of results.

3. Programmer Java Keyword


(intitle:resume | inurl:resume) education programmer java site:cc

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Power Search 8: Spelling Variations

Resume, Resum, Rsum

Different dialects and country spellings

Resume will not return results for rsum

Alt E (and there are other ways)

The Search:

(Resum | Rsum) "software engineer" -job -jobs -sample -submit

(Intitle:rsum) education science chemistry -submit -apply

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Power Search 8: Spelling Variations


1. (Resum | Rsum) Distinguish that we are looking for resumes

2. Education Education is a variable in most resumes of profiles. This helps to targetthese types of results.

3. software Engineer Keyword




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Power Search 9 & 10: What is your candidate saying / Fill in the blank

I worked * microsoft

People like to write like they talk. Not everyone is a resume writing robot

You do not need to use resume tags, but you can

Think of anything and use the * to manipulate the search outcome

The Search:

I worked * microsoftI managed * people.*Joined verizon as a software * engineer

I used to work * merck

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Power Search 9 & 10: What is your candidate saying / Fill in the blank

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Power Search 11: Around the Town

Around: Google hidden search

Functions the same of Bings NEAR operator

Allows you to target keywords and job titles AROUND or near specific targetcompanies etc.

The Search:

(resume | CV) software engineer AROUND(3) philadelphia -job -jobs -apply -submit

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1. (resume | CV) Distinguish that we are looking for resumes

2. software engineer AROUND(3) Philadelphia Targeting a job title in andaround the Philadelphia area.

3. -job -jobs -applysubmit Be cautious of what you are excluding. This will cancelmany quality results

(resume | CV) software engineer AROUND(3) philadelphia -job -jobs -apply -submit

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Power Search 12: Follower Search

Leveraging twitter to find connections and your targets followers

Twitter is used to connect not recruit (Recruiting is done on the phone)

Target a candidate based on job title and keyword, and number ofconnections

The Search:

2000..35000 followers site:twitter.com java developer inurl:lists

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Power Search 12: Follower Search


1. 2000..35000 followers Targeting number of followers the user has on Twitter.Shows usefulness to connect based on user activity

2. site:twitter.com Basic site (x-ray) search to target Twitter.com

3. java developer inurl:lists Target keywords and exclusion list. We areexcluding lists as we want to see single profiles in this example. We can also target list

to see larger group, but this will not be as targeted. You are depending on the users

list at that point.

2000..35000 followers site:twitter.com java developer inurl:lists

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