Hung Lee asked me on the recent Brainfood on Air show dedicated to LinkedIn, whether the comparison chart between X-Ray and LinkedIn Recruiter remains the same as in October 2022 when I published it. Not quite. Thanks to David Galley for helping me to update it.
The changes are mostly subtle though. X-Ray remains a powerful tool.
Enjoy!
| LinkedIn.com | LinkedIn Recruiter | Google X-Ray (finds public profiles) | Google Template | Example |
| Name | Y | Y | intitle:<name> | site:linkedin.com/in intitle:”phil tusing” |
| Current Job Title | Y (false positives) | Y (false positives) | Y – intitle:<title> | site:linkedin.com/in intitle:”executive assistant” |
| Current Company | Y (false positives) | Y (false positives) | Y – intitle:<company> | site:linkedin.com/in intitle:seekout |
| Last Company on Profile (even if left) | N | N | Y – inanchor:<company> | site:linkedin.com/in inanchor:”morgan stanley” |
| Last School on Profile | N | N | Y – inanchor:<school> | site:linkedin.com/in inanchor:ucla |
| Headline | N | Y – headline: secret operator | Y – inanchor:<headline> | site:linkedin.com/in inanchor:”open to work” |
| Summary | N | Y – summary: secret operator | N | |
| Current Job Title | Y | Y | Y | site:linkedin.com/in intitle:machinist |
| Job descriptions | N | N | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in “scaled up” start-up cloud bay area |
| Self-Entered Skills | Y – in Company Employees and School Alums search | Y – skills: secret operator | N | |
| Skills and Assessments | N | Y but works almost like keywords | ||
| Past Company | Y | Y | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in -intitle:chevron inanchor:chevron |
| Past Job Locations | N | N | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in “united kingdom” canada AROUND(3) present |
| Past Job – <title at company> | N | N | Y – use AROUND(X) | site:linkedin.com/in “CFO” CFO AROUND(3) google |
| YOE | N | Y (but rounded) | N | |
| True Years at Company | N | Y (but rounded) | Y – with AROUND(X) or Asterisks | “present” site:linkedin.com/in “present” AROUND “2..6 years” operations manager |
| Years in Position | N | Y (but rounded) | N | |
| Current Location | Y – by Area Name | Y by Area Name or Zip/Radius | Y – by Area Name | site:linkedin.com/in present AROUND(3) “greater new york” operations manager “new york” |
| Profile in Language | Y | Y | Y – secondary profiles end in /<lg> – 2-letter country abbreviation | site:fr.linkedin.com/in/*/fr |
| Spoken Languages | N | Y | Y – approximate | site:linkedin.com/in “Native or bilingual proficiency” tagalog |
| Function (calculated) | N | Y | N | |
| Seniority (calculated) | N | Y | N | |
| Company Type (calculated) | N | Y | N | |
| Company Size (calculated) | N | Y | N | |
| School | Y (Boolean) | Y (selection only) | Y (by keywords; imprecise) | site:linkedin.com/in “school of arts and enterprise” -intitle:”school of arts” |
| Last School | N | N | Y – inanchor:<school> | site:linkedin.com/in scientist inanchor:sorbonne “sorbonne” |
| Field of study | N | Y | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in “quantum physics” university Phd |
| Industry | Y | Y | N | |
| Years of study | N (but see school alumni search) | Y (but not tied to a school) | N | |
| Degree | N | Y (but may be incomplete) | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in mba AROUND(3) wharton management consultant big 4 |
| Grades at School | N | N | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in GPA AROUND(3) “4.0” accounting |
| Other accomplishments – Publications/Projects/Courses/Licenses/etc | N | N | Y (by keywords) | site:linkedin.com/in/ “credential ID” AROUND(2) CDSP |
| Recommendations | N | N | Y (by keywords) | |
| Open to Work Status | N | Y | N | |
| Network Relationships | Y (buggy) | Y (buggy) | N | |
| Followers of | Y | N | N | |
| Connections Of | Y | N | N | |
| Group Member | N | Y | N | |
| Open to Volunteering | Y | N | N | |
| Service categories | Y | N | Y (some) | |
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