I would like to specially thank Glen Gutmacher at Jobmachine.net for conducting our first webinar session.

In the discussion Glen pointed out how to use Google and other search engines to find candidates resume on the internet. All you need to know are various search operators and place them into the search bar.

In fact,  listed below are some  examples which you can start using right away.

allintext: mountain people peru


This will find indexed items with the words “mountain” and “people” and “peru” in the text

intext:mountain people peru
This will find items with the words “mountain” or “people” or “peru” in the text
NOTE:  do not have a space between the intext: and the following word

allintitle: mountain people peru


This will find indexed items with the words “mountain” and “people” and “peru” in the title

intitle:mountain people peru
This will find indexed items with the words “mountain” or “people” or “peru” in the title
NOTE:  do not have a space between the intitle: and the following word

allinurl: mountain people peru



This will find indexed items with the words “mountain” and “people” and “peru” in the URL

inurl:mountain people peru
This will find indexed items with the words “mountain” or “people” or “peru” in the URL
NOTE:  do not have a space between the inurl: and the following word.

Now this is Cool!

Now what is really cool is that you can start to join up the queries for example
(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND “747 Pilot”



This will search look for the word resume in the title OR the URL and the string “747 Pilot”
 
(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND “snake charmer" AND "fire eater"



Now the above examples will by their very nature bring back very targeted results (how many snake charmers do you know that can eat fire?).

Here is another example of a search string that will help you find people with Sydney and Melbourne who have Sarbane Oxley experience and technology experience.
(inurl:resume OR intitle:resume) sydney melbourne (SOX OR sarbane AND technology).



But you can narrow the search even further by focusing on the document type.

Document Types
 
Most resumes are saved as Microsoft Word (doc), Rich Text Format (rtf), Ascii Text (txt), Adobe (pdf), WordPerfect (wpd), Microsoft Works (wps).  So a query such as to one below can yield some interesting results.

(filetype:doc OR filetype:wpd OR filetype:wps OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:rtf OR filetype:txt) AND (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND "management accountant"



This search query including the file types brought back only 42 resumes.  If you didn’t use the file type in the query you would be presented with 1650 documents to sift through.

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND "management accountant"



Some other cool search operators are

Google also has other search operators that may help in your search for candidates in a passive manner.
Such as

(i)    The related: command.  This command will find other web sites that are similar to the web site domain that you have placed in the search engine.

For example if you know that the Australian Stock Exchange has a domain of asx.com.au, then you can find the other stock exchanges by inputting the following.



This can be useful if you want to search for candidates in highly specialized areas that may be members of associations.  Find the people listed on the association web site and give them a call!

For example the Australian Dental Association has a domain of www.ada.org.au.

The related: command yields similar organizations which you can find possible candidates to contact.



(ii)    The site: DOMAIN command.  This command allows you to search for items within a particular domain.

For example if you had used the above search to find domains related to the Australian Dental Association, then this command will let you find items within the chosen domain.  Let’s search the Australian Medical Association for items!

The command could be- Site:ama.com.au (“spinal surgeon”)



These are very practical skills that you can start using right away. If you have any comment please share your thoughts by clicking on the comment button listed below. If you would like to know more about  about Jobmaschine.net and their consulting services please visit jobmachine.net.

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