When you use Boolean search, you can get hundreds of thousands if not million of results.  To narrow your search down, try looking to target the years of experience someone has. By searching based on years of experience, you are able to:

  • Target the proper level of candidate
  • Prevent salary inequities by ensuring proper salary and experience level
  • Search a prospects experiences in their own words “I have been..”

Here are the Boolean Operators required for this search.

site:

Allows you to get results from a particular site or domain.

  • Example: site:recruitingtools.com will allow you to search RecruitingTools.com from Google.

*:

The asterisk acts as a multiple character wildcard.

  • Example: “Software *”

” “:

When you add quotes around a word or phrase, it will give you results that only include the exact word or phrase in the same order as what you put in the quotes.

  • Example: “Recruiting Tools” or “Jackye”

OR:

With OR  you are able to get broader results by adding all of the potential results that are acceptable. This is especially helpful if you add synonyms.

  • Example: Dog OR Puppy

():

Parenthesis allows you to group multiple keywords using the same operator.

  • Example: NOT (Pizza OR Pasta)

-/NOT:

Will narrow your search by allowing it to eliminate search terms following the keyword. This is helpful if you are seeking very particular results.

Will narrow your search by allowing it to eliminate search terms following the keyword. This is helpful if you are seeking very particular results.

  • Example: Not Cat

 

Watch the video to create your own Boolean search by years of experience or click here to download slides.

Recruiting Tools
How-To Video
By Jackye Clayton

Jackye is an acclaimed thought leader and inspirational speaker on recruiting and DEIB topics. She brings years of experience recruiting across a variety of industries including tech, HR, legal, and finance. In her role as VP of Talent Acquisition and DEIB, she leads all related work at Textio, provides critical expertise to customers, and serves as a leading voice in the products Textio creates for the broader ecosystem. Jackye has been named one of the 9 Powerful Women in Business You Should Know by SDHR Consulting, one of the 15 Women in HR Tech to Follow by VidCruiter, and is on the Top 100 list of Human Resources Influencers by Human Resource Executive Magazine.