Boolean Search tool to find professionals
Boolean Search in Recruitment
This service can help recruiters to use Google in a better way to find professionals. They can use these strings to speed up their recruitment. It is cost effective as it is totally free and users don't have to pay other job boards and services to find professional candidates. Its not only for sourcing candidates, but professionals can find and network with other professionals.
Example:
Finding resume/CVs search strings
(intitle:"curriculum vitae" OR inurl:vitae OR intitle:vitae OR intitle:resume) -about -jobs -inanchor:apply -inanchor:submit
(intitle:"resume for" OR intitle:"resume of") -inanchor:apply -inanchor:submit -inanchor:sample -intitle:how -intitle:write
Some common search strings
| Search Keywords | Description |
| allintext: | Find pages containing all of th text |
| allinurl: | Find pages having the given all text in the urls |
| inurl: | Find pages having the given text in the urls |
| intitle: | Find pages having the given text in the title of the page |
| site: | Find pages from the given website |
| filetype: | Find pages having the filetype, like docx, pdf |
| - | Find pages and exclude the given words |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this boolean search tool free?
Yes, the tool is totally free and can be accessed from anywhere without any limitations.
What is boolean Search?
Many small business recruiters rely on search engines to look for professionals. Also not all professionals have registered in job boards. So they can use these boolean searches to find professionals and connect with them. Please use these tools wisely and do not spam.
How is this boolean search tool better?
Recruiters can also see the work and activity of the professionals on these websites. This can give then initial indication of the skills of the professionals.