Boolean Search involves using keywords along with Boolean operators (AND, OR, and NOT) to refine searches. This method enhances search accuracy, providing more relevant results.
AND
If you add AND operator between your two keywords, the search results will show only results that include both of your keywords. For example:
Recruitment AND Sales
OR
If you add OR between your two keywords, the search results will show results that include either of the two keywords or both of them simultaneously.
So for example, creating a boolean string that says:
Recruitment OR Recruiting
Both words mean the same thing in terms of a skillset, so both are relevant for our search. But doing the search like this makes sure that the potential right candidate doesn’t fall through the net because of semantics!
NOT
If you add the NOT operator between your two keywords, the search results will show only results that contain the first keyword, but not the second one.
Recruitment NOT Manager
Here we are asking the database to search for candidates who have the word “Recruitment” in their profile, but to exclude any that also have the word “Manager” in their profile.
Important!
Each of the 3 mentioned Boolean operators above should always be written in uppercase. Otherwise, they won’t work!
Parentheses ()
Parentheses / Brackets allow you to group multiple keywords into one complex candidate search. For example, you could search "(accounting OR sales) AND analyst" to get candidates that must contain "analyst" plus either accounting, sales or both.
Quotations “”
Quotation marks are used when searching for exact phrase that consist of more than one word.
For example: "product manager"