Woman reveals genius Google hack to help job applicants succeed

• Marni, 28, from New York, shared her Google search hack for job hunting
• She said she used it everyday when job searching and it helped her land a job
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The job market is tough and jobs are filled fast – so one woman has shared her hack to make sure you’re the first to see and apply for a job when it’s advertised.

New York data analyst and TikTok creator Marni shared her savvy tech trick that involved simply typing in a specific format for a Google search.

‘I don’t think I ever mentioned this, but if you don’t have nepotism or a network when searching for a job, the next best thing you do have is time,’ the 28-year-old began in her now-viral video, which had been viewed more than a million times.

‘There’s a very specific Google search that I use to make sure I’m applying to jobs within the first 24 hours, because that definitely gives you a much higher chance of a callback.’

New York data analyst and TikTok creator Marni shared her savvy tech trick that involved simply typing in a specific format for a Google search

Rather than just going to the job sites themselves after the companies have set the job listings live, Marni typed in site: [name of website] and then the job title in quotation marks

In the clip, she explained that using a Google search method to quickly find job postings when they are posted can help give applicants an edge.

Marni said it was important to add some filters onto the search, and to make sure it was set within the last 24 hours for the most recent postings.

‘You can do a custom range and select the dates,’ she continued. ‘If you’re doing it on your computer you can search specific dates, so you can pick the last 48 to 72 hours.’

She added changing the dates was something that was only available to do on a desktop computer, not on a phone’s web browser.

Marni used some examples of what she would type into Google, using the websites Greenhouse, Lever and Dover – which were sites companies used to post jobs.

Rather than just going to the job sites themselves after the companies have set the listings live, Marni typed in site: [name of website] and then the job title in quotation marks.

‘They’re all applicant tracking systems, hundreds of thousands of companies use these websites to post their jobs,’ she explained.

‘We’re telling Google to look for jobs that were posted on these websites.’

‘Then I have set a term in quotation for a role I’m searching for,’ she continued, using ‘data analyst’ as an example.

Marni said she would basically use this method ‘every day’ when she was searching for a new job.

‘Jobs could literally get hundreds of application in a single day, so you want to make sure you’re apart of that first batch,’ she advised.

Marni told Newsweek she had a background in tech and coding, so putting code in the search bar made a lot of sense – and she had used it in other parts of her life.

‘I even use it when I shop,’ she told the publication.

Hundreds of eager job hunters commented on the video, with some reporting being an early applicant has helped them land a job, while others argued it didn’t make a difference.

‘Hi HR in tech here: first 24h is meaningless. You don’t need to stress and do this much. Most of us review applicants in reverse chronology anyway,’ one person commented.

‘I never apply to jobs more than 30 days old. definitely agree to apply as soon as you can,’ someone else argued back.

‘This. Being 1 of the first applicants has always helped me,’ another shared.

‘This is so smart,’ a fourth person gushed. ‘Thank you!’

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