Google and Yahoo! Profiles

28 08 2009

Google shot

People that register on Google and Yahoo! to use their applications are offered the opportunity to create a profile.

There are more than 3,430,000 profiles currently listed on Yahoo! and 623,000 on Google. You can surface talent by x-raying these sites.  Use these search strings (modify the keywords to match your needs):

Google:                  site:google.com/profiles engineer

Yahoo!:                 site:profiles.yahoo.com engineer





Resume Builder Sites

25 08 2009

Resume builder sites, used to create a job seekers online identity, are surfacing all over the Internet.  Some of these sites offer the job seeker free exposure (from the site’s domain).  You can site search (or x-ray) the site from Google to surface potential candidates.

Sites to search:  emurse.com, resumebucket.com, zumeo.com, visualcv.com

Google search string example:

site:emurse.com engineer -jobs

(Replace the word “engineer” with your keyword(s).  Also replace the “emurse.com” site with resumebucket.com, etc.)