Part of the Tech Sourcing Course provided by Amazing Hiring 2020. This is the part where we explain Boolean Search and Xray to more than 3600 participants from all over the world. find it also at crowdcast.io

1. Boolean Search + Xray
Tech Sourcing Course
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2. The Lokenbergs, in recruitment together for the last 7yrs,
speaking at conferences, training sales, sourcing and recruitment teams,
filling the pipeline of candidates for startups and corporates all over the
world.
Kim grew up in an international marketing/advertisement background
and started in recruitment in 2006.
Gordon started his recruitment career in 1999…
Kim & Gordon “The Lokenbergs”
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3. Content in the next 60 minutes
• The Briefing
• Keywords
• The internet
• Google
• How
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4. Client:
Job Title:
Hiring manager:
Date:
Alternative languages
Department
Start date
Relocation Y/N
Salary
Job description
Job responsibilities
Desired profile
Previous job titles
Where they work now
Keywords
Start your briefing
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5. The Job Requirements for the Java Developer
•BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
•Proven hands-on Software Development experience
•Proven working experience in Java development
•Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
•Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
•Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
•Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
•Experience in the Spring Framework
•Experience as a Sun Certified Java Developer
•Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
•Experience with test-driven development
Tactical keywords – get what you want: e.g. what you need to find on a profile/resume
vs
Strategic keywords – get more insights: e.g. where do they work now, what university they went to
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6. Use of Strategic keyword like e.g. “team”
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8. The Job Requirements for the Java Developer
•BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
•Proven hands-on Software Development experience
•Proven working experience in Java development
•Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
•Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
•Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management
etc)
•Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
•Experience in the Spring Framework
•Experience as a Sun Certified Java Developer
•Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT,
Spring MVC)
•Experience with test-driven development
Keywords
software
developer
engineer
java
spring
sql
desarrollador
ontwikkelaar
dezvoltator
Entwickler
”java software developer”
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9. Surfaced Web Spiders / Index
Deep Web Behind Login
Dark Web Onion router
Static Sites vs User generated content
What is the web like?!
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10. Name + Interest + Contact detail = Reach out
Social network
Company site
Conference
Meet-up
Forum
Blog
Files > CV’s <
News
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11. Cheat sheet
Boolean Search:
keyword1 keyword2
keyword1|keyword2
keyword1 -keyword2
“exact word order”
Where to find:
in the url
in the title
in the text
on what site
Wildcard *
type file
AND OR NOT
using space for the AND operator
use Pipe instead of typing OR
use minus to exclude keywords
by using quotation marks you create 1 keyword
inurl:keyword1
intitle:keyword1
intext:keyword1
site:nl or site:linkedin.com/in
like in “senior * developer” or site:*.website.com
filetype:pdf
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12. Create your search string in Google
• In this exercise you have 3 minutes to create your search string using all or some of these
keywords
• Make use of the commands from the Cheat sheet
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Keywords:
developer
engineer
java
spring
sql

13. This is what it could have been
inurl:resume|cv java spring sql filetype:pdf
intitle:cv|resume java spring sql filetype:doc
inurl:”about me” java spring sql
inurl:”about me” “i am * developer” java
“i am coding in java”
“i love java”
resume search
blog search
I say so
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14. Let’s do some X-ray searches
Target your site and go deep!
site:linkedin.com “view all 1001..5000 employees”
site:xing.com/profile tech recruiter
site:facebook.com “to present” java developer ukraine
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..
numbers range
url “hacking”
what is written on
the page

15. Do extreme shizzle!
site:instagram.com java developer -jobs -inurl:company
site:meetup.com inurl:members java developer
site:twitter.com inurl:lists java
site:de.linkedin.com/in "play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=“
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16. 1 - Understand what you are looking for, do you have all the info?
2 - Where will you search: In the url, in the title, on a site?
3 - What are your tactical and strategic keywords?
4 - What do you want to exclude?
5 - Please do 1 search at the time, the less data the quicker you crunch!
Remember this
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17. Call or WhatsApp
Gordon via +31 612 065 768, if you have more questions during this
week, see you all on the 5th of May!
Only so much for today!
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