Bing has very limited documentation at the search site. There’s much more available if you just dig a little deeper. Here is the full operator documentation posted to the Boolean Strings Network, take a look. Here are some examples of using the advanced syntax: Looking for an Email Pattern Searching for Resumes Searching for LinkedIn Profiles (thanks for the hint …

Being a really slow typer I love to be helped. However, I don’t think that recently introduced instant search is likely to become a favorite tool. Here’s just a few reasons: I use Google operators, and if you do, too, you may notice that it’s slower with instant search than without. Just try typing intitle:resume OR inurl:resume with and without instant …

In our practice as recruiters once in a while we look at “confidential” resumes, with the name and the contact info stripped off. If we are curious to find out more about the person, we can try to check the person out on the web, perhaps starting with LinkedIn. Here is a quick example. Let’s look at a resume from …

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I think Boolean syntax seems hard partially because many people still try to use English to talk with search engines, while software only understands the exact syntax it is programmed to understand. As an example, whether a particular operator works or not on Google is not a matter of someone’s experience or opinion, it is either true or false, such …

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The first step in Sourcing Candidates is research. We can’t just jump to write Boolean strings or to call prospective candidates before we understand the essentials about a job requisition. Though we may be pressed for time, this stage is critical to our sourcing success. We talk to the hiring manager, the team, perhaps ask for an example of on-target resumes – and …

For those who are wondering what is happening with the Yahoo-Bing deal, here’s an update. We all know that Yahoo will power its search by the Bing algorithm – all over the world – soon. How does the transfer happen? It’s not that the Yahoo syntax will “gradually” be moved to the Bing’s syntax, adding Bing special search operators and removing Yahoo …

For those of you lucky folks who are using LinkedIn Recruiter this wouldn’t be a surprise – but I haven’t tried the service up till this weekend, when I was looking at a client’s search together with the client who has this type of account. Here is what I’ve observed. With all the industrial strength search and ability to send dozens of …