How to find only “fresh” resumes in Google

Posted by Jim Stroud

April 29, 2008

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Hey guys! As I get closer and closer to the release of Resume Forensics, I keep thinking of things that I should have added. (So frustrating!) Well, one Google trick I forgot to add was, how to sort search results by date. Imagine you are doing a Google search for resumes and the results look good, just a bit dated for your purposes. All you really want are resumes that are a few months (or a year) old, or at least resumes that Google thinks fit that time frame. Well, here is a nifty little Google hack that you might think is cool to use. (You can also use it to impress your co-workers as well.)

To start off, you have to do a search for something. In the example below, I am looking for a Programmer with a background in C+ and C#. I use the following search string: intitle:resume programmer C++ | C# -jobs (as shown below).

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With that done (and of course, I like the results), I point my attention to the URL of the search results. (See arrow below). I find my way to the end of the address.

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I then add a bit of code to the end of the URL &as_qdr=d.

For the sake of clarity, check out the next 2 pictures. This is a picture of the URL of the search results, actually the last few letters in the URL. (Notice that it ends with “Search.”)

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And this is the URL with the extra code added in.

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With that done I hit the “Enter” key on my keyboard.

And then, abracadabra! An extra search option is added enabling me to refine my results to search results added into Google within the the past 24 hours, past week, past 2 months, past 3 months, past 6 months of the past year. Pretty cool, huh?

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