How to construct a Boolean search that gets you the most relevant candidates for your job roles
A Boolean search is becoming increasingly popular with recruiters and its no wonder why as its an effective way to supercharge your recruitment efforts and will aid the discovery of the most relevant candidates accurately, helping you to streamline the recruitment process and to reach the right candidates for your vacancies.
Our ‘how to’ guide is designed to help employers use Boolean searching as an effective way to refine their search whilst uncovering several suitable candidates.
What is the purpose of a Boolean search?
A Boolean search is essentially a type of search allowing users to group keywords with modifiers such as “and”, “not” and “or” to produce more relevant results. It saves time by providing specific search results and disregarding unrelated research which is beneficial when seeking the most suitable candidates.
A simple approach to Boolean searching
A Boolean search differs slightly from a generic keyword search or targeted search as you want to be more specific with your terminology in the job title section.
An advanced guide to Boolean searching for expert users
An expert Boolean search is for our expert users that want to know how to structure a complex Boolean search to access a very niche and specific talent pool, to ensure their roles are filled with the best fitting candidates on the platform. It operates in the exact same way as a simple Boolean search, but you may notice that it contains a wider variety of symbols, job titles, skill sets etc.
Our trainer takes you through how to get the most out of a Boolean search.
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