Courses / Advanced Talent Sourcing
18. X-Ray Search Technique
Using site-restricted search queries (x-ray) to find candidate data on external domains like GitHub or company sites.
Advanced Sourcing / Talent Acquisition
X-Ray Search Technique
A targeted web search method that uses site:, filetype:, and keyword operators to uncover candidate profiles and data on external domains like GitHub, personal websites, and company pages.
"I need to find the hidden engineers who never apply—fast—using the public web."
X-ray search is composing precise search engine queries that restrict results to specific domains, file types, or page sections so you can surface candidate signals (resumes, repos, blog posts) that standard job boards miss.
"I need to find the hidden engineers who never apply—fast—using the public web."
X-ray search is composing precise search engine queries that restrict results to specific domains, file types, or page sections so you can surface candidate signals (resumes, repos, blog posts) that standard job boards miss.