Linkedin X-ray Search

Many Recruiters and Sourcers prefer LinkedIn to find and engage prospective candidates. One of the most popular methods to do this is by X-ray search.

1. LinkedIn X-Ray Search

2. LinkedIn X-Ray Search Contents of the Webinar What is a X-Ray Search & Advantages Understand the URL pattern of LinkedIn Examples of Search Strings Online tools for X-ray Search SourcePro Workshop www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 2

3. LinkedIn X-Ray Search X-ray Search and I ts Advantages X-ray search is a process of identifying information from a particular website/domain. It is called a site search. Syntax used Google - site: Yahoo - domain: or site: Live (MSN) - domain: or site: www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 3 Advantages of X-ray search on LinkedIn: Unlimited profile views for free 88% of all the LinkedIn profiles are publicly accessible, that means we can view these profiles for free Full names are visible for any degree (for free) Can view out of network connections (for free)

4. LinkedIn X-Ray Search URL Patterns on Linkedin www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 4 Default URL: http:// www.linkedin.com/pub/yusuf-pathan/23/9b/184 (First time when you create your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn allocates a default URL pattern by default as shown in the above URL. You will have pub after linkedin.com/ and some combination of numbers after the name. Customised/Personalised URL: http://in.linkedin.com/in/keyresourcing Linkedin allows you to customise/personalise your public profile URL as shown above in the URL. Once you customise/personalise your URL the word “ pub ” and the “number combination” gets replaced by “ in” and your personalised name.

5. LinkedIn X-Ray Search URL Patterns on Linkedin www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 5 Country specific URLs: India http://in.linkedin.com/pub OR http:// in.linkedin.com/in United Kingdom http ://uk.linkedin.com/pub OR http ://uk.linkedin.com/in Keyword Selection: Understand the LinkedIn profiles and patterns used in LinkedIn. You can include phrases like “ people you know ” “ looking for a new opportunity ” -“present” “ 2014” Exclude Directories: (inurl:com/pub | inurl:com /in ) - inurl:pub / dir Exclude false positive results Exclude other Keywords: You can exclude certain keywords like - - inurl:jobs – inurl:profiles

6. LinkedIn X-Ray Search Examples of Search Strings on Linkedin www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 6 ( site:in.linkedin.com /pub | site:in.linkedin.com /in) ("software engineer" at *) "looking for a new opportunity" - inurl:pub / dir First example Second Example ( site:in.linkedin.com /pub | site:in.linkedin.com /in) ("software engineer" at *) " people you know" - dir -jobs site:in.linkedin.com /in/ -"present" 2014

7. LinkedIn X-Ray Search Online tools for X-ray Search on LinkedIn www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 7 http://recruitin.net/ http://recruitmentgeek.com/tools/linkedin/ Google Custom Search Engine is the best way to create your X-Ray search machine. Check our earlier recorded webinar on creating Google Custom Search Engine at https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ktgrYZ8I0 Or Subscribe to our YouTube Channel which is https:// www.youtube.com/user/certifiedsourcingpro

8. LinkedIn X-Ray Search Hint for the contest www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 8 Peeling back is the process of “retracing the path” of the url . This process is to locate the information elsewhere on the site or locate the specific “root” folder where one can find similar or additional data specific or related to the search. Peeling Back Example of Peeling Back on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/msgToConns?displayCreate=&connId=2266439&goback=%2Enpv_19187967_*1_*1_NAME*4SEARCH_WQQz_*1_en*4US_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_tyah2_*1&trk=prof-0-sb-message-button

9. LinkedIn X-Ray Search SourcePro Pune , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Chennai workshop www.certifiedsourcingpro.com 7

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