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Online Resume Search

Online resume search has never been easier. For IT positions and some types of consultants, (think technical writers) they often post their resumes online to attract attention for job/consulting opportunities.

So how do you find these people for free? You need to know two things, Boolean logic and some special tools found on many search engines.

Boolean Logic

Boolean logic is a way to more accurately describe what you are looking for in a search. It uses operators like 'and', 'or' and 'not' to succinctly describe a search.

The operators are defined as follows;

AND: The AND operator requires all elements to be true for the statement to be true. Example a search for 'Green AND Eggs' will produce web pages that have both the words green and eggs contained on the page.
OR: The OR operator requires either of the elements to be true for the statement to be true. For example a search for 'Green OR Eggs' will produce pages with either the word green or the word eggs on the pages. It will also show results where both words appear in the page.
NOT: The NOT operator excludes pages with the NOT term applied. For example a search with the terms 'Eggs NOT Green' will show pages about eggs except if the word green is used on the page.

Here is an excellent tutorial on Boolean Logic

Meta Search Words

Unlike having to learning Boolean logic on your own, fortunately, many search engines like Yahoo, Ask and Google list and describe their advanced search operators to help you out. These terms will unlock the keys to the internet resume treasure chest!If you go to the advanced search tips on Yahoo.com under the section on Search Meta Words, you will see operators like intitle: and inurl:. Using these operators and a little boolean logic, you can target skill sets with the word resume in the title or url.

Example Search

For example if you go to yahoo and type into the search bar the following text: inurl:resume c++, linux, ("irvine, CA" or 949)

Your online resume search will produce a number of the links to resumes. Each will have the word resume in their titles with c++ (a software language) and Linux (a computer operating system) living in Irvine, CA or within the 949 area code.

This works for certain technical positions but for free resumes it is worth a quick check. Meta search away...

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