How to Recruit Candidates on LinkedIn using Google for free

Name: How to Recruit Candidates on LinkedIn using Google for free
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How to use Google to find and recruit qualified candidates on LinkedIn: Without a LinkedIn Recruiter account

Created byGlenn Quinting

Last updated 5/2025

English

What you'll learn

Learn the fundamentals of searching for and recruiting candidates using Boolean search operators
How to search and find candidates in only LinkedIn's database using Google, without a LinkedIn Recruiting account
How to effectively contact candidates found on LinkedIn directly.
Learn how to write effective recruiting emails that get very high candidate response rates
How to easily collect and organize LinkedIn candidate profiles into a spreadsheet using a data scraping tool

Course content

13 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 56m total length

Introduction4:41

Entering the desired skills into your search string3:28
Now that you have started following along my search, you shall do the same. Take this document and save the original. For every role that you are seeking to fill, rename it to match your recruiting project and enter all of your important information into this spreadsheet at you go:
Worksheet tab 1: Keywords to use in your search based up skills, potential job titles a qualified candidate might have and the location(s)
Worksheet tab 2: In this tab, cut and paste the search string variations that you have developed for your project. This will make it much easier to come back to continue a search, or to take a search string and customize it further for your needs.
Worksheet tab 3: Here you will store all of the LinkedIn candidate profiles that you have determined could be a fit for the role. In a future section, I will show you how to automate and extract search results that you can then import and paste into this tab. This tab will allow you to keep track of the candidates that you have contacted and whether they are interested in your open role as well as any recruiting notes about a candidate

Requirements

No prior recruiting or Boolean/Google search skills are needed.
You must have a LinkedIn profile to be able to view candidate information.

Description

New Udemy instructor, but with almost 20 years of recruiting experience.

I am an expert on using Boolean search techniques to search, target and find qualified candidates on LinkedIn.

Learn how to find and recruit candidates for your open roles on LinkedIn, without paying for a very expensive LinkedIn recruiter license.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Use Boolean search operators that easily find candidates on LinkedIn without a Recruiting account.
Use Google to search only LinkedIn's database to find a targeting list of qualified candidates to contact for your open role.
Find candidates:
- With likely job titles that are a fit for your position
- That have the "must have" skill sets for your role
- In the ideal locations for your role
Import Google search results that contain hundreds of LinkedIn candidate profile URLs into a spreadsheet with just a few clicks
Learn how email candidates directly by finding the email addresses using an online tool
Utilize 10 proven email templates that will get candidate responses

If you are an HR professional, seeking to fill a role on your own without paying a search firm a placement fee, this course is designed for you.

If you are a recruiter within a placement firm seeking an edge to find qualified candidates for your clients on LinkedIn using Google, this course is designed for you.

Who this course is for:

Human Resource recruiters who want to proactively source candidates on their own to avoid paying search firm fees.
Headhunters and search firm recruiters who want an edge when finding the best candidates for their clients.

How to Recruit Candidates on LinkedIn using Google for free

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 5min

Build your search term structure for your role by analyzing the job description1 lecture • 10min

Boolean search fundamentals1 lecture • 16min

XRAY Search - How to use Google to search only one site1 lecture • 4min

Searching for the most important Skills that a candidate must have1 lecture • 3min

Location search - Part 1: Search for candidates in the right location1 lecture • 6min

Location search - Part 2: LinkedIn variations to describe candidate location1 lecture • 6min

Location search - Part 3: Using different Boolean search operators1 lecture • 10min

Location search - Part 4: Summarizing location search strategies1 lecture • 8min

Timesaving tool to scrape your search results and organize candidate profiles1 lecture • 12min

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