![]() NOTE: To learn how to do these types of searches, see How to do LinkedIn searches on this page. Let’s look some examples from doing LinkedIn searches: So far, all the examples have been using LinkedIn’s Jobs tab. ![]() For example: 5 miles from zip code 19141 produces 92 results: To narrow the search down, use your zip code and a radius. Recruiting A Boolean search can be massively helpful. You can combine these, using parentheses, for more complex searches.įor example: (digital OR seo OR marketing OR online OR advertising OR web OR multimedia) AND (associate OR analyst OR manager OR producer) Use Cases for a Boolean Search on LinkedIn Here are some of the areas where boolean searches can be helpful for professionals: 1. This returns 10,461 results Simple, but powerful. NOT: Excludes results with this word/phraseĮxample: LinkedIn Jobs tab: You want jobs in the Philadelphia area that have marketing but not “social media” in the job description. You can narrow down the search by being more specific in your search terms or narrowing the geographic area. OR: Provide results that contain either elementĮxample: LinkedIn Jobs tab: You want jobs in the Philadelphia area that have marketing or “social media” in the job description. Getting more specific gives us 330 results. Acing Boolean Search: Points to remember Boolean search can be challenging to get your head at first. ![]() Hmmm… maybe get more specific? Try “digital marketing” and “social media”: Boolean search works in the keyword fields in and Recruiter and will work in the company, title, and keyword fields in the Sales Navigator. This forces the search engine to look for that exact phrase.įor those of you who remember Venn diagrams, the Boolean AND is the intersection of the two sets: Note that I put social media in quote marks. AND: Provide results that only contain both elementsĮxample: LinkedIn Jobs tab: You want jobs in the Philadelphia area that have marketing and “social media” in the job description. These must be in ALL CAPS when using them to do a Boolean search. Boolean Search – So Simple Yet So Powerfulīoolean searches are a way to search LinkedIn, Google and other search engines, and job boards. ![]()
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