If you want to target new grads, there are a couple of approaches you can use. One of the best ways is to target your search using the site: operator with the type of degree you want. Let’s say we want to find computer science-degreed new grads from Berkeley. We start off looking for resumes, cv’s, bios and other profiles. You can easily do this search in Google by using the similar ( ~ ) function:

~resume

Which will get you pages with the words resume, cv, curriculum, bio, profile, and jobs. We will get rid of the pages that contain jobs later. Now let’s target the school we want:

~resume site:berkeley.edu

Next, let’s add in the type of degree we’re searching for, which is a computer science degree. For recent graduates, we will also add in the year:

~resume site:berkeley.edu (bscs OR mscs OR “computer science”) (2007 OR 2008)

And finally, let’s get rid of any job pages that may come up in your search using the intitle: operator.

~resume site:berkeley.edu (bscs OR mscs OR “computer science”) (2007 OR 2008) -intitle:job -intitle:jobs

Now that you have your string set up, you can switch out the school domain with other top-tier universities like Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT.

- Mark

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