https://recruitin.

net/

First, well start by telling Google that we only want to look at LinkedIn.com. This is
accomplished via the site: search operator.

site:www.linkedin.com

Option 1: (inurl:com/pub | inurl:com/in) -inurl:pub/dir

Option 2: people you know

Tip: You must enclose the term (people you know) in quotes () for it to be effective.

Option 3: (site:www.linkedin.com/pub | site:www.linkedin.com/in) -inurl:pub/dir

This is certainly the most specific way to target profiles but its unnecessary to use two (site)
operators when one will do.

Github/Uploaded Resumes

Uploaded Resumes: [ site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:resume|cv|vitae) -

inurl:https|format ]

EX: [ site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:resume|cv|vitae) -inurl:https|format ] |

Romania - About 121,000 results

Uploaded Resumes 2: [ site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:com/resume

| inurl:com/cv | inurl:com/vitae) -inurl:https|format ]

EX: [ site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:com/resume | inurl:com/cv | inurl:com/vitae) -

inurl:https|format ] | Romania - About 99,400 results

Installation and usage instructions:

With your mouse/trackpad, drag the links below to your favorite browsers Bookmarks/Favorites
toolbar.

To use, highlight the potential candidates first and last name listed on the web page where you
identified them. (LinkedIn, Google, MeetUp, Web Based ATS Systems and so on..)

Once youve highlighted the name, simply click on the Bookmarklet in your bookmarks toolbar, a
new tab will open where the search will be executed.

Bookmarklet Github User Search

Once youve found the correct profile, highlight the username and use the following
Bookmarklet. Once executed, search for the users email address via the search function in your
browser by pressing Ctrl/Cmd + F and typing email

Bookmarklet Github Email Search

Google Search Operators and More

Search within a specific Use the site: operator to search for information within a specific
site or domain website or type of site (.org, .edu).

[ site:linkedin.com ] or [ site:edu ]
site:
Also search within specific sub-domains. [ site:www.linkedin.com or
site:plus.google.com ]

Placeholder / Fill in the Use an asterisk (*) as a placeholder for any unknown or wildcard
blank terms. Results will vary depending on its use, how Google has
indexed the content of the page or what Google feels is relevant.
query * query
[ senior * recruiter ] will include results for [
senior technical recruiter ]

[ senior * * recruiter ] will include results for [ senior interactive

marketing recruiter ]

Tip: Its important to know that an asterisk (*) can include results
providing a single term, special character OR phrase and you
should experiment with it until you get the desired results.

Search for a specific Place intitle: immediately in front of your query to search for a
term within the Title of specific term or phrase within the Title of a website or page.
a website
[ intitle:resume ] or [ intitle:resume software engineer ]
intitle:
Tip: Use quotes when searching for specific phrases.

Search for terms within Search for a specific term or terms within the URL of a website.
the URL of a website
[ inurl:resume ]
inurl:
 Tip: The query must be a complete or whole term, meaning that
you cannot extract a term from a string of consecutive letters or
numbers.

Using the above example, the following demonstrates what is and

is not possible when using the inurl: operator.

Yes: [ my-resume-123 ] or [ my/resume/123 ]

No: [ myresume123 ]

Search for pages with Use the link: operator to search websites or pages that contain
links links to another page or website.

link: [ link:google.com ]

Tip: Its common to use the site: operator in conjunction with

the link: operator [ site:query link:query ]

Search for an exact Use quotes ( ) to search for an exact word or set of words in a
word or phrase specific order.

search query [ software engineer ]

Tip: Only use this if youre looking for a very precise word or
phrase, because otherwise you could be excluding helpful results
by mistake.

Exclude a word or Add a dash (-) immediately in front of a word to exclude all results
phrase that include that word.

[ -job -jobs ]
-query
You can also exclude results based on other operators, like
excluding all results from a specific site.

[ developer -site:linkedin.com ]

Include similar words At times, Google may replace some words in your original search
with the Tilde query with synonyms. To tell Google that you want synonyms
included, add a tilde sign (~) immediately in front of a word to
search for that word as well as synonyms.
~query
[ software ~engineer ] will also include results for [ software
developer ]
 Tip: Do not use quotes () if you are wanting synonyms returned in
your search results.

Search for all words To search for pages that need to have all words, include AND
(capitalized) or a space between the words. Google assumes AND
query query when there is simply a space between terms.

query AND query [ software engineer seattle washington ] or [ software AND

engineer AND seattle washington ]

Tip: In the examples above, Google will search for software AND
engineer AND seattle washington

Search for either word To search for pages that need to have only one of several words,
include OR (capitalized) or a pipe (|) between the words.
query | query
[ software engineer seattle | san francisco] or [ software engineer
query OR query seattle OR san francisco]

Tip: In the examples above, Google will search for software AND
engineer, but will search for either seattle OR san francisco

most important Boolean operators to know are:

Quotes quotes signal that the phrase between the quotation marks must be in the

search results exactly as shown

AND words or phrases on either side of AND must be in entry to be included in the

search results

OR words or phrases on either side of the OR are included in the search results

Parentheses just like algebra, the parentheses identify the order of operation as

anything between the parentheses are acted upon first

Getting Started Here are the steps to issue an X-Ray search in Google:

1. Open up Google search www.google.com

2. Copy the following command and paste it into the Google search box
((site:www.linkedin.com AND (inurl:linkedin.com/pub/ OR inurl:linkedin.com/in/)) AND -dir)

1. Add in any additional search phrases such as a job title, skill or geography or all three:

Title: i.e. customer service ,(admin OR administrative), business analyst

Skill: i.e. black belt, lotus notes

Geography: i.e. greater los angeles, Chicago, sacramento, california area

((site:www.linkedin.com AND (inurl:linkedin.com/pub/ OR inurl:linkedin.com/in/)) AND -dir) AND

(Developer OR software ~ developer OR programmer) AND Bucharest AND (Java OR JEE

OR J2EE OR JSE)

How recruiters can use boolean commands

Using Boolean strings will improve your recruitment search results and eventually get you closer
to your potential candidates. Crafting effective commands can be a little tricky, at first, if youre
not familiar with Boolean logic. Heres a short guide to help you with common searches.

site:

A site: search is also known as an x-ray search. You can search through a specific site for
candidates with your desired skill set or any additional details that are a top priority for you. The
key here is to look in the right place. LinkedIn is useful to search for all kinds of professionals,
but for more targeted searches you should crawl niche websites instead.
AND, OR

When searching, you need to think from your ideal candidates point of view. Lets say you want
to hire a Software developer. If you only look for Web developer youll probably miss a lot of
good profiles that use a different title, like Software developer or Web programmer. You could
combine AND and OR commands to search multiple terms.

The wild card (*)

You could use an asterisk (*) to get more results for the term youre looking for. For example,
account* will provide you with results both for accounting and accountant. Lets say youre
looking for writers or counselors with an expertise in business investment. Medium is a good
place to start looking; you just need to search for posts included related terms.

If youre searching specific job titles on LinkedIn, the asterisk could help you create a shorter
string. For example, you could type administr* instead of administrative OR administrator OR
administration and get the same results. Likewise, recruit* is a simpler alternative of recruiter
OR recruiting OR recruitment.

intitle: or inurl:

Most people name their resume files using the word resume. So, if you want to search Google
for candidates resumes, its best to look for pages that include this word in their title or URL.

The minus sign (-)

If youre wondering why we used the minus sign (-) in the previous example, the answer is
simple: to narrow down our results. Once you play around with Boolean search, youll realize
that you need to exclude some results to get what youre looking for. Its usually helpful to get rid
of jobs, templates and examples when youre looking for candidates resumes.
filetype:

Google offers you the chance to search the web for files, which is useful if you want to get
access to online resumes or portfolios.