Hack: Use 500 Keywords, Not 32, on Google
Google’s limit of keywords is 32. It’s a challenge for long OR searches, especially for diversity sourcing – for...
Category: Boolean Strings
Googling: Science or Art?
When Google started out, it had a database of indexed pages searchable by keywords and advanced search operators such...
Only 20% Queries Need to Be Boolean
Sourcing includes three types of search: Research – finding info on terminology, target companies, schools, job titles, locations, and...
Numrange, BERT, and Natural Intelligence
There are two significant recent developments in Google’s algorithm. Google’s Operator Numrange is back! Numrange seems to be...
Knowledge Graph Objects in Google CSEs (True Semantic Search!)
As I was finishing the “Hacks” slides for my favorite conference, Sourcing Summit Europe, I stumbled across something...
New: Google College Search
While Google has posted a blog about college search, they did not tell us how to get to that...
Talent Pipeline Decline?
One of the few paid Sourcing tools I use is RPS (LinkedIn Recruiter, or LIR, for Agencies). It is...
How to Restore Image Search Functions
Quite unfortunately, Google has just removed three useful options in its Image Search: Option “Face” from “Types”, Option “Photos”...
Do You Do Executive Job Title Research?
Often, especially when sourcing for executives, we need to answer questions like these): What are possible job titles at...
How to Do Executive Job Title Research
Often, especially when sourcing for executives, we need to answer questions like these): What are possible job titles at...
Custom Search Engines for You
Here are some Google Custom Search Engines for Sourcing I have created: Google No-Captchas(a.k.a. Search Like a Human) Public...
17 Custom Search Engines
Here are some Google Custom Search Engines for Sourcing I have created: Google No-Captchas(a.k.a. Search Like a Human) Public...
Three LinkedIn Recruiter Sourcing Secrets
LinkedIn Recruiter and the Talent Pipeline When we talk with our sourcing and recruiting clients and our students about...
How to Scrape Github Profiles in One Minute
Here is a delightfully easy way to get an Excel spreadsheet from a search for Github users. Install Chome...
Non-Technical Scraping in Sourcing
Web Scraping tools are rapidly gaining popularity among Sourcers and Recruiters. They are an essential part of a...
Google filetype: News
Google.com has quietly improved its filetype: searches. Previously, it was looking (simply) for the part of a page URL...
The Complete Guide to X-Raying LinkedIn
Have you been finding that you are not getting the right results with some LinkedIn X-Ray strings that used...
The Job Function Hack
So, LinkedIn operators have briefly reappeared last week and are now gone again. Oh well. Let me show you...
New Hacks Replace Old Hacks
It’s never boring with sourcing tools and sites. Things change all the time and, at times, we lose tools....
Bye, Facebook Graph Search
On Friday, June 7th, Facebook Graph Search stopped working. “Hand-made” URLs and tools Intelligence Search, SearchIsBack, StalkScan, and others,...