A Recruiter’s Advanced Cheat Sheet Sampler
Advanced Search Strings + Innovative Uses of Special Commands = Better Sourcing Results!
Retail Value: $19.97 © 2007 Shally Steckerl www.jobmachine.net
! Instead of the Boolean OR between two choices, use pipe character above the Enter key. Example: (me | my)
! To eliminate a term from your results, precede with - (single dash), which is the NOT Boolean, and no space after the dash
! 2+ word phrases, surround with quotation marks or add a period or asterisk between (i.e.: business.analyst is the same as "business analyst")
TYPE OF
SEARCH
COPY AND PASTE EVERYTHING INTO SITE INDICATED
REPLACE UNDERLINED TERMS WITH YOUR OWN.
Find Resumes
Using Google
KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 KEYWORD3 (inurl:~resume | intitle:~resume)
KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 KEYWORD3 ~resume (me | my) -~job
KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 KEYWORD3 (ext:pdf | ext:doc | ext:rtf) ~resume -~jobs
KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 (~resumé|~rèsumè|~résumé|~CV|~Vitae|~vitæ) -intitle:~job -intitle:~jobs
[Append a zip code number range to any of the above and instantly localize your search results.
Example: ASIC Embedded (inurl:resume | intitle:resume) 30002..31999 returns only results in GA]
Find Resumes
Using Live.com
inbody:resume KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 KEYWORD3 -job -jobs -send -submit -you
Find Mailing
List Archives
KEYWORD1 KEYWORD2 archive (inurl:list | inurl:mail | intitle:list | intitle:mail)
Find Association
Member List
ASSOCIATIONNAME (directory | contact | list) (inurl:member | intitle:member)
LinkedIn Hack
site:www.linkedin.com intitle:linkedin KEYWORDS -intitle:answers -intitle:updated -intitle:directory
MySpace Hack
(works on Google)
KEYWORDS ~cv site:myspace.com (CityName | AreaCode1 | AreaCode2) ST
Ex: software (engineer OR developer) ~cv site:myspace.com (Atlanta | 404 | 678) “, GA” -intitle:jobs
JigSaw Hack
site:jigsaw.com intitle:in.jigsaw's COMPANYNAME -intitle:from -intitle:contacts
Resumes on Blogs
KEYWORDS resume (me OR my) (inurl:blog OR intitle:blog OR inurl:weblog OR intitle:weblog)
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