Boolean String Basic Search Operator

AND

 Useful for searching for terms that absolutely have to be in the results.
 Interpreted as « both… and…»

Ex.
engineer AND “senior developer”

will give results that include both the word engineer and the phrase “senior developer”.
All search results will include both, and any CVs that have either engineer or “senior
developer” (but not both) will not appear.

OR

 Useful for allowing alternatives in results.

 Interpreted as « … and/or… ».
 At least one of the terms linked with OR is in the results.

Ex.

hospitality OR catering OR hotelier

Quotataion Marks “ ”

 Useful for searching for a precise phrase.

 Search is executed on the phrase, « as is ».

Ex.

“pork sandwich”

would give results that only contain the phrase ‘pork sandwich‘
Parentheses ( )

 Group search terms

If you wanted to find just individuals who have reached Manager or Director level, then you might
use the following command:

“Manager” OR “Director”

To combine both commands into one search, we use brackets to tell the search engine that these
are separate conditions. In order to tell the search engine that we want to see results containing
either Manager or Director and also one of IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, or Microsoft, we group them
like this:

(“Manager” OR “Director”) AND (IBM OR Oracle OR “Red Hat” OR Microsoft)

It makes no difference which order the two bracketed sections go; the same results will result
either way.

NOT ( - )

 the command of exclusion

EX.

architect -software architect

This would give you results that contain the word architect, but leaving out any that use the
phrase “software architects”. Very useful if you are operating in the construction industry

ASTERISK *

 serves as the truncation (or wildcard) operator

EX.

admin*

will return: administrator, administration, administer, administered, etc.

The asterisk is a time saver for search engines that recognize it (most major job boards and ATS’s)
because it saves you from creating long OR statements and having to think of every way a
particular word can be expressed
Site:

 searches for candidates in a specific website.

Ex. site:[Link]

intitle:

 looks for certain criteria in the page title

inurl:

 looks for certain criteria in the page url

 SEARCH VARIANTS:

Search using intitle:

Using the last name as the keyword.

intitle:”Smith” -inurl:”dir” -intitle:”profiles” site:[Link]/in/ OR site:[Link]/pub/

Search using the current work dates/year (assisted by an * and “ ” operator)

“month & year – present ( * * ) desired country/city” -inurl:”dir” -intitle:”profiles”

site:*.[Link]/in/ OR site:*.[Link]/pub/

Note: * in the url can be replace to a country web domain or internet code.
Search in Hongkong domain with a present company in UAE (all 2018 updates only) with
city as additional keyword

“dubai” “2018 – present ( * * )United Arab Emirates” -inurl:”dir” -intitle:”profiles”

site:[Link]/in/ OR site:[Link]/pub/
Internet country domains list

Country Code URL

United States us [Link]
Afghanistan af [Link]
Aland Islands ax [Link]
Albania al [Link]
Algeria dz [Link]
American Samoa as [Link]
Andorra ad [Link]
Angola ao [Link]
Anguilla ai [Link]
Antarctica aq [Link]
Antigua and Barbuda ag [Link]
Argentina ar [Link]
Armenia am [Link]
Aruba aw [Link]
Australia au [Link]
Austria at [Link]
Azerbaijan az [Link]
Bahamas bs [Link]
Bahrain bh [Link]
Bangladesh bd [Link]
Barbados bb [Link]
Belarus by [Link]
Belgium be [Link]
Belize bz [Link]
Benin bj [Link]
Bermuda bm [Link]
Bhutan bt [Link]
Bolivia bo [Link]
Bosnia and Herzegovina ba [Link]
Botswana bw [Link]
Brazil br [Link]
British Indian Ocean Territory io [Link]
Brunei Darussalam bn [Link]
Bulgaria bg [Link]
Burkina Faso bf [Link]
Burundi bi [Link]
Cambodia kh [Link]
Cameroon cm [Link]
Canada ca [Link]
Cape Verde cv [Link]
Caribbean Nations cb [Link]
Cayman Islands ky [Link]
Central African Republic cf [Link]
Chad td [Link]
Chile cl [Link]
China cn [Link]
Christmas Island cx [Link]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands cc [Link]
Colombia co [Link]
Comoros km [Link]
Congo cg [Link]
Cook Islands ck [Link]
Costa Rica cr [Link]
Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) ci [Link]
Croatia hr [Link]
Cuba cu [Link]
Cyprus cy [Link]
Czech Republic cz [Link]
Democratic Republic of the
cd [Link]
Congo
Denmark dk [Link]
Djibouti dj [Link]
Dominica dm [Link]
Dominican Republic do [Link]
East Timor tp [Link]
Ecuador ec [Link]
Egypt eg [Link]
El Salvador sv [Link]
Equatorial Guinea gq [Link]
Eritrea er [Link]
Estonia ee [Link]
Ethiopia et [Link]

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) fk [Link]

Faroe Islands fo [Link]

Federated States of Micronesia fm [Link]
Fiji fj [Link]
Finland fi [Link]
France fr [Link]
French Guiana gf [Link]
French Polynesia pf [Link]
French Southern Territories tf [Link]
Gabon ga [Link]
Gambia gm [Link]
Georgia ge [Link]
Germany de [Link]
Ghana gh [Link]
Gibraltar gi [Link]
Greece gr [Link]
Greenland gl [Link]
Grenada gd [Link]
Guadeloupe gp [Link]
Guam gu [Link]
Guatemala gt [Link]
Guernsey gg [Link]
Guinea gn [Link]
Guinea-Bissau gw [Link]
Guyana gy [Link]
Haiti ht [Link]
Honduras hn [Link]
Hong Kong hk [Link]
Hungary hu [Link]
Iceland is [Link]
India in [Link]
Indonesia id [Link]
Iran ir [Link]
Iraq iq [Link]
Ireland ie [Link]
Isle of Man im [Link]
Israel il [Link]
Italy it [Link]
Jamaica jm [Link]
Japan jp [Link]
Jersey je [Link]
Jordan jo [Link]
Kazakhstan kz [Link]
Kenya ke [Link]
Kiribati ki [Link]
Korea kr [Link]
Korea (North) kp [Link]
Kuwait kw [Link]
Kyrgyzstan kg [Link]
Laos la [Link]
Latvia lv [Link]
Lebanon lb [Link]
Lesotho ls [Link]
Liberia lr [Link]
Libya ly [Link]
Liechtenstein li [Link]
Lithuania lt [Link]
Luxembourg lu [Link]
Macao mo [Link]
Macedonia mk [Link]
Madagascar mg [Link]
Malawi mw [Link]
Malaysia my [Link]
Maldives mv [Link]
Mali ml [Link]
Malta mt [Link]
Marshall Islands mh [Link]
Martinique mq [Link]
Mauritania mr [Link]
Mauritius mu [Link]
Mayotte yt [Link]
Mexico mx [Link]
Moldova md [Link]
Monaco mc [Link]
Mongolia mn [Link]
Montenegro me [Link]
Montserrat ms [Link]
Morocco ma [Link]
Mozambique mz [Link]
Myanmar mm [Link]
Namibia na [Link]
Nauru nr [Link]
Nepal np [Link]
Netherlands nl [Link]
Netherlands Antilles an [Link]
New Caledonia nc [Link]
New Zealand nz [Link]
Nicaragua ni [Link]
Niger ne [Link]
Nigeria ng [Link]
Niue nu [Link]
Norfolk Island nf [Link]
Northern Mariana Islands mp [Link]
Norway no [Link]
Oman om [Link]
Pakistan pk [Link]
Palau pw [Link]
Palestinian Territory ps [Link]
Panama pa [Link]
Papua New Guinea pg [Link]
Paraguay py [Link]
Peru pe [Link]
Philippines ph [Link]
Pitcairn pn [Link]
Poland pl [Link]
Portugal pt [Link]
Puerto Rico pr [Link]
Qatar qa [Link]
Reunion re [Link]
Romania ro [Link]
Russian Federation ru [Link]
Rwanda rw [Link]
Saint Helena sh [Link]
Saint Kitts and Nevis kn [Link]
Saint Lucia lc [Link]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon pm [Link]
Saint Vincent and the
vc [Link]
Grenadines
Samoa ws [Link]
San Marino sm [Link]
Sao Tome and Principe st [Link]
Saudi Arabia sa [Link]
Senegal sn [Link]
Serbia rs [Link]
Seychelles sc [Link]
Sierra Leone sl [Link]
Singapore sg [Link]
Slovak Republic sk [Link]
Slovenia si [Link]
Solomon Islands sb [Link]
Somalia so [Link]
South Africa za [Link]
Spain es [Link]
Sri Lanka lk [Link]
Sudan sd [Link]
Suriname sr [Link]
Svalbard and Jan Mayen sj [Link]
Swaziland sz [Link]
Sweden se [Link]
Switzerland ch [Link]
Syria sy [Link]
Taiwan tw [Link]
Tajikistan tj [Link]
Tanzania tz [Link]
Thailand th [Link]
Timor-Leste tl [Link]
Togo tg [Link]
Tokelau tk [Link]
Tonga to [Link]
Trinidad and Tobago tt [Link]
Tunisia tn [Link]
Turkey tr [Link]
Turkmenistan tm [Link]
Turks and Caicos Islands tc [Link]
Tuvalu tv [Link]
Uganda ug [Link]
Ukraine ua [Link]
United Arab Emirates ae [Link]
United Kingdom uk [Link]
Uruguay uy [Link]
Uzbekistan uz [Link]
Vanuatu vu [Link]
Vatican City State (Holy See) va [Link]
Venezuela ve [Link]
Vietnam vn [Link]
Virgin Islands (British) vg [Link]
Virgin Islands (U.S.) vi [Link]
Wallis and Futuna wf [Link]
Western Sahara eh [Link]
Yemen ye [Link]
Zambia zm [Link]
Zimbabwe zw [Link]
Other oo [Link]