explore prospects
exclude from search
find certain positions
find exact match
How to
Linkedin Search Tips
AND
(e.g. Sales AND Marketing)
LinkedIn will list profiles that
must include both terms
OR
(e.g. Sales OR Marketing)
LinkedIn will list
all the profiles that have
either one of these two
keywords
NOT
(e.g. Sales NOT Marketing)
LinkedIn will list profiles that
include the word sales but
exclude marketing
VS.
Quote marks
Type under quote marks
(e.g. "Digital Strategist") to
get all LinkedIn profiles
with an exact match
Parenthetical
searches
To do a complex search,
you can combine terms
using parentheses.
For example, to find people
who have "VP" in their profiles,
but exclude "assistant to VP"
or SVPs, type
VP NOT (assistant OR SVP)
Quotes [""]
Parentheses [()]
NOT
AND
OR
When handling searches, the
overall order to precedence is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
TAKE NOTE
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LinkedIn Search Tips (short presentation)

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    explore prospects exclude fromsearch find certain positions find exact match How to Linkedin Search Tips
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    AND (e.g. Sales ANDMarketing) LinkedIn will list profiles that must include both terms OR (e.g. Sales OR Marketing) LinkedIn will list all the profiles that have either one of these two keywords
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    NOT (e.g. Sales NOTMarketing) LinkedIn will list profiles that include the word sales but exclude marketing
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    VS. Quote marks Type underquote marks (e.g. "Digital Strategist") to get all LinkedIn profiles with an exact match Parenthetical searches To do a complex search, you can combine terms using parentheses. For example, to find people who have "VP" in their profiles, but exclude "assistant to VP" or SVPs, type VP NOT (assistant OR SVP)
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    Quotes [""] Parentheses [()] NOT AND OR Whenhandling searches, the overall order to precedence is: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. TAKE NOTE
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    Like it? Share it. Connectwith me: @Sandra Simonovic