Combined Boolean Slideshare

Boolean is not an Alien language

PresentersAaro

n Lintz aka Mr.

Spock 2

Kevin

Walters aka

Captain

Kirk

Captain's LogKevin Walters

aka “Captain Kirk” is the fearless leader with more than 17 years of staffing expertise, mostly focused in technology. He fell into the field of recruiting because

of his love of technology and helping people. His mission is to travel the galaxy to share his knowledge

and wisdom with his fellow recruiting/sourcing community.

Aaron Lintz aka “Mr. Spock” is the logical one. He is heavily

involved in technical sourcing methods and underlying data that leads to recruiting success.

Together they can solve any challenge 3

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Our Purpose Today

What is Boolean? Syntax Commands

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3 Types of Search Engines

Best Practices for Practical Use

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Our Purpose Today cont.

Automated Boolean Tools

Google Search Engine (CSE)

Organizing and sharing your work

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5 Good vs Great Boolean use

What is Boolean?Boolean is the use of logical commands/operators to perform searches:

Search Engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo),

Resume databases (CareerBuilder, Monster etc.) Applicant tracking systems

Internal systems and social media sites

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What is Boolean?Boolean operators help you find results more closely related to profiles or resumes you are looking for.

QuotesANDORNOTParentheses

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Boolean Operators“Quotes” Tell your string exactly

what to look for in the search “Systems Engineer”

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“Systems

Engineer”

Boolean OperatorsAND - Tells your string to join different

concepts or aspects of the search. Separate terms using upper-case AND

Systems AND Engineer

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Systems Enginee

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WARP

Boolean OperatorsOR Tells your string to connect similar

concepts, terms that mean the same thing. Separate terms using upper-case OR

Systems OR Engineer

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Systems

Engineer

Boolean OperatorsNOT Tells your string to exclude a

particular terms from your search, use a uppercase NOT before the term

“Systems Engineer” NOT developer

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Systems Engineer

Developer

Boolean OperatorsParentheses – For more complex searches allows you to nest terms and modifiers ( )

(“Sales Engineer” OR “Technical Sales Engineer”) AND territory

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Sales Engineer Territor

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Technical Sales

WARP

Syntax CommandsInurl: keywords in the URL of the page or file

Intitle: keywords in the title of the page or file

Filetype: Restricts results to a specific format (i.e. Docx, PDF)

Site: Restricts results to a single domain13

Syntax Commands inurl:

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inurl:linkedin.com/pub emc “account manager” enterprise

Syntax Commands intitle:

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About 22,100 results

(intitle:”resume for” OR intitle:”resume of” OR intitle:”Curriculum Vitae” OR intitle:”’s resume”) EMC ("cloud systems engineer“ OR "storage engineer")-submit -jobs -apply -example -sample

intitle: & filetype:

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(intitle:portfolio OR intitle:resume OR intitle:CV OR intitle:vitae) (filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc OR filetype:docx) Atlanta, GA "cloud" “systems engineer” -job -apply –submit -postjob

Syntax Commands LinkedIn

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site:www.linkedin.com/in OR site:www.linkedin.com/pub -pub.dir "Atlanta area" emc “account manager” enterprise

Types of Search Engines

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• Crawler Based Engines: (Google & Bing)

• Meta- Search Engines: (ixQuick, Dogpile, Torrentz)

• All-Purpose Search Engines: Business, Image, News, Forum, Games, Human Search, International, Job, Legal, Maps, Medical, Multimedia, Peoplehttp://www.thesearchengin

elist.com/

http://www.searchenginedir.com

Best PracticesUse multiple search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo)

Try using crawler / meta-search engines like www.dogpile.com

Learn the keywords and syntax commands to help maximize your searches 19

What is the difference betweengood & great Boolean?QUIZ

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Which keywords give you the best results on LinkedIn?

A "Presidents Club"

B "President's Club"C "Presidents' Club"D President's Club 21

Best is not the same as most results

A "Presidents Club" 59,051 B "President's Club" 87,175C "Presidents' Club" 59,047D President's Club 1,341,514

"Presidents Club" OR "President's Club“LI Currently ignores apostrophe after wordFree LinkedIn, keyword only as shown

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Context matters"Presidents Club" OR "President's Club" = 139,333

Title = Sales (Current or Past)

Remove 40% junk = 85,505Free LinkedIn, keyword only as shown

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Industry MattersTop CompaniesADP, Oracle, Cintas, Medtronic, Avon = 3k

Let’s chip away and find moreNovartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, AT&T, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard =1.5k

Correct Boolean in Company facet to remove top 10 companies from resultsNOT(ADP OR Oracle OR Cintas OR Medtronic OR Avon OR "Novartis" OR "Boehringer" OR "Ingelheim" OR "AT&T" OR Xerox OR "Hewlett-Packard")

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Not an Alien LanguageIf I recruit pharma, I only want theseMedtronic IngelheimBoehringer Novartis

When I speak to someone from these companies, I will always ask about recent president’s club success

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Stay organized

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 Sync iPhone bookmarks to chrome

Official from apple so safe

Shared bookmarks with multiple editors

Group by category

Automated Boolean tools

http://recruitin.net/

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Automated Boolean tools cont.

mentor.socialtalent.co

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Google Search Engine (CSE)

https://cse.google.com/cse/

Write the Boolean once so searching is simpleSynonym engine or turn offSchema meta data controlSearch only listed sites or emphasize or excludeSuggested sitesLabel refinements to filter results

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Useful example CSEs

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Diversity SourcingCarlos GarciaDiversity Associationsbooleanstrings.comGoogle-Plussourcebreaker.comLinkedIn Newsourcebreaker.comAnother LinkedIn Onerecruitingtools.comHidden Resumesbooleanstrings.comRESUME SEARCHairsdirectory.comDocument Finder booleanstrings.comEmail Formatbooleanstrings.com

Thank YouAaron Lintzaka Mr. Spock

@aaronlintz

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Kevin

Walters

aka Captain

Kirk

@top2krecruiter