Google Search Using Advance Search Operators To Source Resumes

How to Search for resumes in Google

There are N number of resumes on the internet, but there are some keywords that are very common among them.
Consider this list and you will see what I mean.

1) Objective
2) Summary
3) Education
4) Additional Skills
5) References
6) Phone
7) Email

Above words which are very commonly seen in any resume or CV. By using combination of these words with google operators we can source the resumes.


Google Advance Search Operators:


1) intitle
2) inurl
3) define
4) phonebook
5) (~) tilde
6) (-) exclude
7) (OR) “” (Vertical Bar)
8) Filetype
9) .. (Range Operator)


Let's see each operator in detail......

intitle:

The query intitle:term restricts results to documents containing term in the title. For instance, [ java developer intitle:resume ] will return documents
that mention the word “resume” in their titles, and mention the words “java” and “developer” anywhere in the document (title or not).

Note: There must be no space between the intitle: and the following word.

Example: java developer intitle:resume


inurl:


If you include inurl: in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the URL. For instance,


[ inurl:healthy eating ] will return documents that mention the words “healthy” in their URL, and mention the word “eating” anywhere in the document.


Note: There must be no space between the inurl: and the following word.


Example: inurl:healthy eating
www.indianchild.com/Recipes/healthy-eating-tips.htm


Phonebook:

If you start your query with phonebook: Google shows all public U.S. residence telephone listings (name, address, phone number) for the person you specify.

For example, [ phonebook: John Doe New York NY ] will show phonebook listings of everyone named John Doe in New York, NY.



TILDE SEARCH “~”

Google finds synonyms for word immediately following tilde. (No spaces) identifies words you may not have considered.
“~CV”, not “~resume”.

Example: ~:java developer ~CV


Minus “-” Operator:

(-) this minus symbol work as not to include. if we keep this symbol in prefix to any word it will restrict that word in our search.

Example: intitle:oracle developer -job -jobs ~resumes

The above example which restrict all jobs postings.


The “OR” and Vertical Bar “” Operators

The OR operator, for which you may also use (vertical bar).

Example: (Java OR J2ee)
(JavaJ2ee)

Both results give the same results.


FILETYPE

Filetype:pdf

PDF file is the most common resume format online. Others include doc, rtf, txt, ps, xls…

Example:
Filetype:pdf ~cv(“software sales” OR “software sell” (“.Net”) ASP


(..) NUMBER RANGE OPERATOR

Finds WebPages that contain a number between a listed range To specify range, place two periods between low and high values:

Example: 60521..60532


Sample string for Java developer with EJB, JSP skills in California Location….

(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) (javaj2ee) (EjBJSP) (filetype:doc OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:txt OR filetype:rtf) 90101..95101 (CACalifornia)


Below are the strings which restrict your search to particular state


35004..36925 (AL Alabama)
99501..99950 (AK Alaska)
71601..72959 (AR Arkansas)
85001..86556 (AZ Arizona)
90001..96162 (CA California)
80001..81658 (CO Colorado)
6001..6928 (CT Connecticut)
19701..19980 (DE Delaware)
32004..34997 (FL Florida)
30002..39901 (GA Georgia)
96701..96898 (HI Hawaii)
50001..52809 (IA Iowa)
83201..83888 (ID Idaho)
60001..62999 (IL Illinois)
46001..47997 (IN Indiana)
66002..67954 (KS Kansas)
40003..42788 (KY Kentucky)
70001..71497 (LA Louisiana
1001..5544 (MA Massachusetts)
20601..21930 (MD Maryland)
3901..4992 (ME Maine)
48001..49971 (MI Michigan)
55001..56763 (MN Minnesota)
63001..65899 (MO Missouri)
38601..39776 (MS Mississippi)
59001..59937 (MT Montana)
27006..28909 (NC North Carolina)
58001..58856 (ND North Dakota)
68001..69367 (NE Nebraska)
210..3897 (NH New Hampshire)
7001..8989 (NJ New Jersey)
87001..88441 (NM New Mexico)
88901..89883 (NV Nevada)
88901..89883 (NV Nevada)
43001..45999 (OH Ohio)
73001..74966 (OK Oklahoma)
97001..97920 (OR Oregon)
15001..19640 (PA Pennsylvania)
2801..2940 (RI Rhode Island)
29001..29945 (SC South Carolina)
57001..57799 (SD South Dakota)
37010..38589 (TN Tennessee)
73301..88595 (TX Texas)
84001..84791 (UT Utah)
20101..24658 (VA Virginia)
5001..5907 (VT Vermont)
98001..99403 (WA Washington)
53001..54990 (WI Wisconsin)
24701..26886 (WV West Virginia)

Happy SourcingUsing Advance Google
Search Operators