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Include Related Job Titles in your Resume Search

Source: eGrabber Newsletters You might sometimes have the tendency to get stuck by a single title that your client (company) may use to describe a job position. In today's industry, job titles are changing frequently. For example, software programmer, software developer, software engineer, etc. are different job titles for the same job function. So, unless you use all the related titles in your search, you are likely to miss out on some good candidate leads. One way to find all relevant job titles is to first search the career sites using the (only) job title given by your client. Take note of the job titles that come up. Most sites provide a "View similar jobs" link beside the job titles in the results. Clicking that link will get you a series of similar positions categorized by Freshness, Overlooked, Relevant, etc. Under the Relevant category, you will find jobs similar in content to the position you are searching for. You can include all such relevant job titles to exp

Conduct Precise Resume Searches on Google

Source: eGrabber Newsletters In the past year or so, eGrabber has published a number of Google resume search strings (scripts) and techniques in its newsletter for the recruiting community. But, these search scripts when used one at a time might not give you desired results. Often, a combination of these scripts can get the best results. For, example, to search for resumes of Certified Public Accountants in Missouri that contain phone numbers, you could use the following search string: CPA (intitle:resume | inurl:resume) (Missouri | MO) (314 | 636) -job -apply -submit In the above example, we have used the intitle and inurl Google logics. We have also programmed Google to remove job openings from the results. By mentioning the area code / phone code we make sure that we get resumes with phone numbers. Similarly, you can search resumes of candidates that are location specific, from websites, communities and networks of your choice, and more.