Boolean Search Strings Get Results

If you are looking for a new opportunity, an interesting web site to explore is JobCentral. Here, you can utilize boolean search operators and use the data as a starting point to find career opportunities on the internet. Start off by constructing search strings and placing them in the keyword section and then placing a zipcode or city and state in the location section. The boolean format is as follows:

(title:”Job Title” OR title:Key Term) AND (title:Career Level OR title:Career Level OR title:Career Level OR title:”Career Level”)

Try copying and pasting the boolean search string for a senior level Human Resources professional (Generalist):

• (title:”human resources” OR title:HR) AND (title:manager OR title:director OR title:VP OR title:”vice president”)

Upon entering the string and searching, the result yield JobCentral (24 results); Simplyhired (176 results); Indeed (92 results); and Google (129 results). You can toggle between theses results. As you do so, you will notice filters on the left hand side of your results.

Here are a couple more boolean search strings:

• (title:training OR title:learning) AND (title:manager OR title:director)
• (title:recruiting OR title:recruitment OR title:staffing OR title:"talent acquisition") AND (title:manager OR title:director)

Once you run these searches you can also save the results as an RSS feed to export the results to your favorite feeds in Internet Explorer browser (sorry only version 7.0 or better supported) or send them to your favorite feed aggregator such as My Yahoo, i Google, My MSN or NewsGator.