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Keyword Search Tips

Boolean Operators Examples Result

AND

&

sales AND development

sales & development

sales development

Using these operators will return only the results with both the words sales AND development in either the title or the description.

Note: If you don't separate your search words, AND is implied by default.

OR

|

sales OR development

sales | development

Using any of these operators will return results that contain either sales OR development in the title or the description.

AND NOT

!

sales AND NOT development

sales ! development

Using the word AND NOT will return those results that contain the word sales but will exclude those that contain the word development.
(  )

Utilise parentheses to separate keyword subsets

(sales OR marketing) AND NOT healthcare Using the parentheses to separate keyword subsets will result in a more refined search. You can use any of the Boolean Operators to separate your search criteria.

" "

Utilise quotation marks to identify phrases

"sales development" Use phrases in Search when you want specific words or numbers to appear together in your results. If you want to find an exact phrase, use "quotation marks" around the phrase when you enter words in the search box.
*

Utilise an asterisk as a wildcard character

develop* Using * after a root word will bring back any results that contain a variation of that root word in the title or description. In this example, the search would return any results that contain the words develop, development, developer, developing, etc.

Note: Do not use other operators or punctuation marks in your query. Commas (,) and full-stops (.) are ignored, while semi-colons (;) and colons (:) could stop your search from working.

 

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