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Definitions

o X-Raying - searches for pages that are all on the same host.
o Flipping - searches for pages that link to a specific page.
o Page Title - searches for pages that has specific words in page title.
o URL Search - searches for pages that has specific words in the URL or web
address.
o Have you come accross some "Private" profiles?
o If Yes, how do i get the complete details of that profile?
The above questions have been answered...

You can find the details of the Private LinkedIn profile by performing an X-Ray search
on Search Engines.

Here you go.... Just use the below starters on respective search strings with keywords of
the "Private" LinkedIn profile. You will find your results.

Google - site:linkedin.com (inurl:pub OR inurl:in) -intitle:directory LOCATION PHRASE
TITLE/KEYWORDS

Yahoo and Bing - site:linkedin.com LOCATION PHRASE TITLE/KEYWORDS

*Takeaway: Bing results have been proved more accurate than Google for "X-Ray
search". Try it out
Internet Recruiting
Internet recruiting is slowly but surely catching on in this part of the world. Time is not
far off when we will have to increasingly employ internet search for finding resumes,
but of course this is besides the traditional method of sourcing.
I've been doing a bit of research on the net and managed to compile some of the most
commonly used techniques for internet recruiting and am glad to share this with you.

Before we try and understand the techniques for internet recruiting let us first
understand what are the search engines mostly used by experience recruiters.

Some recommended search engines on the Web:
o http://www.Google.com
o http://www.live.com
o http://www.Yahoo.com
o http://www.MetaCrawler.com
o http://www.Atlavista.com
o http://www.Dogpile.com


The search strings for each of these search engines will vary and therefore to maximize
your search please do read the tutorials in advance from the respective search engines
site.

What techniques to use and when and under what circumstances to use will depend on
how well you master each techniques. To achieve optimum success one must also have
a fairly good idea about the recruitment industry, the specific job requirement, the key
words within the requirement and also differentiate the "mandatory skills" from "good
to have skills."

Some of the most common internet search techniques are as given below.

X-RAYING:
A method of looking inside a specific web site to find what's there. Using this technique,
recruiters can find documents and web pages that aren't directly accessible via links on
the main public home page. When you 'x-ray' a website, you effectively get to examine
every document that resides there so long as they are not behind firewalls or password
protected.

Example: To find any "software engineer" - could be a document/file or a word/phrase
within a document that resides within the website Oracle.com.
In Altavista search - host: oracle.com AND software engineer
In Google search - site:www.oracle.com AND software engineer

FLIPPING:
Flipping is an effective method used to find the relationships between web pages based
on how they are hyperlinked together. This search is especially useful for finding people
who have links to the company or have worked for a specific company.

Example: To find any "software engineer" could be a document/file or word/phrase
that links back to Oracle.com.
In Altavista search - link: oracle.com AND software engineer
In Google search - link:www.oracle.com AND software engineer

PEELING BACK:
As the name suggest Peeling back is the process of "retracing the path" of the url
especially when one gets an Error 404 (File not found). This process is engage so as to
locate the information elsewhere on the site or locate the specific "root" folder where
one can find similar or additional data specific or related to the search.

Example: By peeling back or keying backspace starting from the point where the url
ends we can then access the people link from the ce.uta.edu homepage and find the
names of all the faculty members.
url: http://www-ce.uta.edu/people/faculty/hoyos/research.html

HARVESTING OR MINING:
Harvesting involves reviewing a document, such as a resume or home page, and finding
key words, links, references and locations that assist with subsequent searches.

SEARCH STRINGS USING BOOLEAN KEYS:
By constructing complex search strings and conducting the search in major search
engines one can hone in on the exact information/resources with great accuracy.

Some of the commonly used key words for a search string are given as below.

Common resume Words: Resume, Homepage, CV, Vitae, Bio, Qualifications, Objective,
Experience, Education, References, "Work History", "Technical skills", "Project
duration"

Common words to avoid: Submit, Opening, Recruiter, Send, Benefits, Requirements,
Opportunity, Apply, Job, Jobs, Careers, Eoe, Reply, "my client".

Example on how to construct a complex search strings:

Requirement: A project manager with PMI certification or a 6 Sigma black belt having
atleast 5 years of project management within an Investment bank in the areas of
Equities connectivity or trading software development. Must have good technical skills
in J2EE, EJB, Websphere, XML and DB2.

Search strings credit to Glen Glutmacher of Advanced Online Recruiting Techniques.

Google:
(intitle:~cv OR inurl:~cv OR intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) "project manager" Java
"investment bank" ("equities connectivity" OR trading software) -inurl:~efinancial*
Search result: 87 pages

Yahoo:
(intitle:cv OR inurl:cv OR intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) "project manager" Java
"investment bank" "equities connectivity" OR trading software -eoe -opening -post -
preferred -reply -send submit
Search result: 1,740 pages

Live Search:
(intitle:cv inurl:cv intitle:resume inurl:resume) prefer:resume "project manager" Java
"investment bank" "equities connectivity" trading software -job -jobs careers
Search result: 10,038 pages

The search results from the above three searches gives us different amount of results
and the task of sieving through the hundreds of pages sounds rather a dauting task.
However, the strings above could still be further refined so as to achieve a much more
specific results. For example by including SCJP or Sun certification or SDLC, etc I believe
one can derived at a much more accurate results.

Caveat:
If you, by applying the techniques as discussed above expects resumes to pop out every
time you hit the search button you might end up disappointed and even frustrated. The
internet is a storehouse of information and is just an augment to a recruiting process
vis-a-vis bigger and better hunting ground and not a complete substitute.
Other Tips on Internet sourcing
o Distinctive On-Target Keyword Choices
o Whether you use online resume searches or a Google resume search, it is
critical that you choose distinctive keywords. This means the more
specific the keyword, the more on target the resumes you will find. This is
not always true but it is an accurate rule of thumb.
o For example, suppose you are looking for an HR manager who has
worked in the safety belt manufacturing industry.
o If you search on the word safety and HR, you will get thousands of HR
managers because many have responsibilities that include safety. A better
choice would be HR and 'Safety Equipment' or better yet HR and 'safety
belt' and manufacturing.
o Broaden Your Search
o Just to prove this is more an art than a science (and there really is no such
thing as easy sourcing!), sometimes you need to expand your search. This
may seem to contradict the previous tip but it does not.
o In the previous example, it may be that since Safety Belt Manufacturing
industry is such a narrow industry there may not be too many HR
managers with that background. So we need to broaden the search.
o This means searching on something like HR and "safety equipment' and
manufacturing.
o Think Laterally
o When doing online resume sourcing, sometimes you need to think outside
of the box and look at things from a different perspective. Rather than
focusing on specific keywords or your job description, focus on the skills
required.
o In the example above, is there anything specific about safety belts that an
HR manager would need to know? Probably not, even if the HR manager
were responsible for plant safety. It is likely there are similar jobs or
manufacturing operations that would lend a great deal of insight on the
core functions of the position. Possible there may be other functions that
are equally if not more important.
o In the example above with the HR Manager position at the safety belt
company, instead of the specific industry of safety belt manufacturing,
what the HR manager might need to know is about safety and injury
prevention on sewing machines used to manufacture the safety belts. Or
maybe if the shop is a union shop and it is important to know how to deal
with a union shop.
o Focus on Competitors
o When you have tried all else, look for candidates who have worked in the
position at other companies that are your competitors. So as to dance
around the legal aspects of taking people from your competitors, which is
fraught with risks, (sounds like a good topic for another web page!), let's
focus on finding people who have worked at your competitors in past
positions.
o In the search above you would search for HR and 'Name of Company'. You
can use a little bit of Boolean logic and some "OR" operators to speed up
the search process. What you are basically looking for is someone who
held the position in the past at one of your competitors or left that job to
get a promotion.
How To Flip Search
How To Flip Search
By Brian Weis
Recruiters Network

The use of Flip Searching or Flipping is a technique to mine the Internet for potential
candidates. A Flip Search is a simple search that can be performed in some of the major
search engines for example www.hotbot.com and www.altavista.com. The search
simply finds people who link to a specific site. The uses are endless. For example, John
Recruiter is looking for ORACLE Programmers. This technique can be used to find the
various sites that are linked to oracle.com. In theory, John will find people who have
on-line resumes with Oracle skills because they may have linked to Oracle on their
online resume.

So to do the search visit www.altavista.com and enter the following: "link:
oracle.com" The results once again will be all the sites that have linked to Oracle.com.
Surf through the results and you will find individuals resumes.

The search can be done with any skill set or for any company. For example, lets say
John Recruiter's company's major competitor is XYZ company. He could do a search on
that company, for example: "link: xyz.com" The results will turn up resumes from
people who work or who have worked for the xyz company.

You can also build longer Boolean search strings to drill down the results faster. (Click
here for Boolean String Cheat Sheet)

For example:
link:oracle.com AND (url:resume OR title:resume) AND Oracle Developer

One warning about this tactic: Flip searching may pull up company directories, email
lists, and other company related information. In some rare cases, you may flip search
yourself into a companies internal intranet.

Flip Searching by some has been view as negative and others as a brilliant strategy. My
personal stance, anything published on the Internet is public information for the world
to view. Companies should be cautious on what content appears on their site. As far as
restricted areas and internal intranets, this is private information and people accessing
or hacking into these areas is blatantly unethical. Also, a word for those who might be
tempted... you leave an electronic footprint on every page and site you visit.

Flip Searching is a powerful tool that can uncover many hidden resumes and
candidates. Performing the searches on various search engines will give different
results. Trying adding different companies and skill sets to uncover different results.
Below you can find the links where we can mine resumes and post requisitions :)
Free Resume database:
o www.free-for-recruiters.com
o www.cvfox.com
o www.referyes.com
o www.oddskills.com
o www.resumebucket.com
o www.websearch.recruiting.com
o www.jobvertise.com
o www.kabroo.com
o EGrabber
Social networking sites:

o www.linkedin.com
o www.twitter.com
o www.facebook.com
o www.myspace.com
o www.ryze.com
o www.ecademy.com
o www.konnects.com
o www.openBC.com
o www.zing.com
o www.jigsaw.com
People search sites:

o www.plaxo.com
o www.plurk.com
o www.yelp.com
o www.zoominfo.com
o www.zabasearch.com
o www.spoke.com
o www.whoozy.com
o www.123people.com
o www.pipl.com
o www.wink.com
Free portals for posting:

o www.careerjet.com
o www.jobshelf.com
o www.thecircuit.net
o www.resumark.com
o www.jobvertise.com
o www.jobzoom.com
o www.jobspider.com
o www.jobs4jobs.com
o www.jobaline.com
Search Engines:
o www.alltheweb.com
o www.google.com
o www.yahoo.com
o www.bing.com
o www.altavista.com
o www.about.com
o www.whatis.com
o www.brupt.com
Paid Portals for posting and mining:

o www.hiring.monster.com
o www.careerbuilder.com
o www.dice.com
o www.hotjobs.com
o www.linkedin.com
o www.craigslist.org
Meta Search Engines
o www.sortfix.com
o www.browsys.com
o www.dogpile.com
o www.keotag.com
o www.oneriot.com
o www.zapmeta.com
o www.zuula.com
o www.whonu.com
o www.searchzooka.com
Use a resume search engine such as CV Fox or search for a different one.

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