Boolean search allows users to combine keywords with operators like AND, OR, and NOT to produce relevant search results. Some common boolean operators are AND (to search for results with both keywords), OR (to broaden search by including multiple keywords), and NOT (to exclude specific terms). Other operators include quotation marks (for exact phrases), parentheses (to group terms), asterisk (as a wildcard), tilde (for synonyms), and filetype (to filter file types). Boolean searching allows for complex queries to efficiently find information that matches the user's specific needs.

1. THE POWER OF BOOLEAN SEARCH

2. WHAT IS BOOLEAN SEARCH???
For all the talent hiring teams, boolean plays a very important role in identifying the right talents with the
right skills in the market. It plays an important role in our day to day operations.
What’s a Boolean Search???
Boolean search is a type of search that allows the users to combine multiple keywords with boolean
operators to produce relevant results on Job Boards or Social Media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook).
There are many Booleans operators available in the market where you can have your specific search string
by applying these operators with multiple keywords to get the best results.
1. AND (SPACE): AND Operator is used when you need multiple keywords in your Boolean search and
narrow your search results too. For Example, a boolean search string for Principal Engineer should include
PRINCIPAL AND ENGINEER which results in both the keywords.
2. OR (|): OR operator broadens the search by using multiple keywords of the same. For Example, a
boolean search string for Principal Architect can be
PRINCIPAL AND (ARCHITECT OR CONSULTANT OR ENGINEER)

3. 3. NOT (Minus – Symbol): Not is used to exclude a specific term from the search. For Example, a boolean search
string for Principal Architect can be
(PRINCIPAL AND ARCHITECT) NOT CONSULTANT
(PRINCIPAL AND ARCHITECT) -CONSULTANT
4. QUOTATION (””): Quotations are used to search for an exact phrase. For Example, a boolean search string for
Principal Architect should be
“PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT” which results in both the keywords. This results in giving the exact phrase.
5. PARENTHESIS (): The Parenthesis operator allows you to group terms and builds longer search strings to create a
much more complex search. For Example, a boolean search string for Principal Architect can be
PRINCIPAL AND (ARCHITECT OR CONSULTANT OR ENGINEER) which results in Principal Architect or Principal
Consultant or Principal Engineer.

4. 6. ASTERISK (*): The Asterisk operator is a wild card. Adding a wild card will find words contain the wild card. It
highlights any word that begins with the root of the word truncated with the Asterisk. It helps to widen the specific
search. For Example, a boolean search string for Principal can be
PRINCIPAL* and the search will result like;
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT OR PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT OR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER OR PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING
7. TILDE (~): Tilde uncovers synonyms for keywords. When you place the Tilde operator in front of the keyword, it
searches for the synonyms of that keyword. For Example,
~CV “PRINCIPAL ENGINEER” This will result in all Principal Engineer resume types of documents.
8. NEAR : Near search terms appearing within a specified number of words of each other, proximity as within 1 to 10
words. For Example,
Format: Keyword1 Near:n Keyword2
“APPLE NEAR:2 IOS” Now this will result out with Apple and “IOS” which are within 2 words near to each other.
Some more example:
(“BUTTER SCOTCH”) NEAR/3 (“ICE CREAM")
(“PENT HOUSE” OR PENTHOUSE) NEAR APARTMENTS

5. 9. FILE TYPE: File Type is a tool to find the documents on the web. When you search for a candidate, it will direct
to a web page with incomplete information. So, when operated with the specific file type it filters accordingly and
provides better results. The operator is used to filter file types like Txt, PDF, Doc, PPT, Xls. For Example,
~CV “PRINCIPAL ENGINEER” FILETYPE: PDF
FORM 10C FILETYPE:PDF
10. SITE: : The Site operator allows you to search for results on the specific website. This is the most efficient way to
search candidates targeting on the URL. For Example,
SITE:LINKEDIN.COM (“SOFTWARE DEVELOPER” AND “PHP”)
THANK YOU
Jayanthi D
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