How To Find Linux Geeks
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TODAY’S RESUME SOURCING TIP: In response to a reader’s suggestion, I will show you how to find Software Developers skilled in the Linux OS. I will then show you how to automate the process. (Scroll to the bottom of this blog post to have a PDF version of this blog post sent to your email address.
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HOW TO FIND LINUX GEEKS
A reader suggested that I write about how to find Opensource Developers. So, for the purposes of this tutorial, I am going to focus on geeks who now have developed software on the Linux platform. For all of my examples, I am using the Google searchengine. (Its my favorite, what can I say?)
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Try the following search strings on Google:
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EXAMPLE #1: Find Linux Geeks
In the example above, I am using words that Google believes is associated with Linux. To find them, I used the following command ~linux and then I took notice of the words that Google bolded in the results and used them in the above search string. Keywords you may want to add to this string may be a city, state, area code or additional technical words and acronyms. For example, click here to see my results when I added the term “Microsoft.” Why? I wanted to see how many of the opensource geeks were bilingual in Windows as well.
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EXAMPLE #2: Find Certified Linux Geeks
In the example above, I am using acronyms associated with the following Linux certifications: Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS), Red Hat Certified Security Specialist (RHCSS), Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). Click here to see how I used the search string above to find a Software Architect.
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EXAMPLE #3: Find More Certified Linux Geeks
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HOW TO AUTOMATE THESE SEARCHES
Typing in search strings in Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista and others is necessary to do because each one will give you different results. Performing all of these searches for candidates is FUN to me, but it might be tedious to you. (Am I right?) Did you know that you can run all of the above searches in Google and similar queries in Yahoo, Alta Vista, Live (and others) with ease using eGrabber’s tool “Resume Finder.” Do you already have Resume Finder installed on your system? (If not, click here for a free trial or to purchase with a discount) If so, follow these simple steps.
1. Click here to go to the eGrabber Gallery page.
2. Download the “Linux Geeks” module and click on “Run”
3. Type in your keyword and click find
You see? No need to remember the technical details, simply add a keyword and click a button. eGrabber makes sourcing simple.
Do you need a custom solution?
REQUEST A CUSTOM SOLUTION
If you would like an eGrabber Resume Sourcing Module designed for your specific need, click here to fill out a form describing the types of candidates you are looking for. Why request a custom solution? A few reasons…
- Save money. Once you have your custom solution downloaded and installed, you could run complex queries without hiring a Sourcer to do it for you.
- Save time. No need to memorize the complexities of what search commands work on which searchengine. All you would have to do is push a button and review your data.
- Save sanity. No worries about having to adapt a search string you have found online (even if you found it here), just push a button and get results designed to fit your specific requirement.
Click here to fill out a form describing the types of candidates you are looking for.
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Happy Hunting!
-Jim Stroud
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Comments
Hi Jim,
Thanks for giving us information on resume searching.
This is helping me a lot in searching the passive candidates.
Can you please let us know the tips for searching the candidates from a particual location like MN, CA.
If you give an example it will be really great.
when you put together your string it is separated by a verticle line. how do you get that line??
By the way……….recruiterslounge is probably the best the best site I used for recruiting resources and information.
Thanks
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Great post, I need to find another distro.