Help With Job Searching

USING KEYWORDS IN A SEARCH

  • You can use any mix of upper and lower case characters. Keywords are not case sensitive.
  • Skip using common words like: a, an, as, etc. Punctuation marks like period (.) semi-colon (;) colon (:) etc. will be ignored or could cause an error on the search.
  • Make sure to use keywords appropriately for each search type. For example, only certain search types will make use of quotations (") if you enter them.

SEARCH TYPES

Search types work together with the keywords entered to build an appropriate search request. Pay close attention to the way each search type works as they can all yield different results for the same keywords.

  • All of These Words. This search type will include ALL the words entered in the KEYWORDS field. You should expect to find ALL of the keywords on the detail view of the resulting jobs. This search type does not support using quotations (") - You should use the Exact Phrase or Boolean search types if you wish to search for phrases.
    • Example: If you enter Rocket Scientist as your keywords and select this search type, you should expect to retrieve jobs that include both words: rocket and scientist (not necessarily together as a phrase).
  • Any of These Words. This search type will include ONE or ALL the words entered in the KEYWORDS field. You should expect to find ONE or ALL on the detail view of the resulting jobs. This search type does not support using quotations (") - You should use the Exact Phrase or Boolean search types if you wish to search for phrases.
    • Example: If you enter Rocket Scientist as your keywords and select this search type, you should expect to retrieve jobs that include the words rocket or scientist.
  • These or Similar Words. This search type will include the exact word and the best match of similar words according to the KEYWORDS you enter. You should expect to find the exact keywords and the best match for similar words on the detail view of the resulting jobs. The best match for similar words is determined by the software. You should not use quotations (") with this search type as it will automatically search for each KEYWORD and SIMILAR words. If you need to search for multiple phrases in one search, you should use the Boolean search type.
    • Example: If your keywords are Rocket Scientist you should expect to retrieve jobs that include the words rocket, scientist and similar words which are determined by the software.
  • Exact Phrase. This search type will include the EXACT phrase entered in the KEYWORDS field. You should expect to find the keywords EXACT phrase on the detail view of the resulting jobs. You should not use quotations (") with this search type as it will automatically search the entire contents of the KEYWORDS field as an exact phrase. If you need to search for multiple phrases in one search, you should use the Boolean search type.
    • Example: If your keywords are Rocket Scientist you should expect to retrieve jobs that include the exact phrase rocket scientist.

  • Boolean Search. This search type is used for building a logically structured search string of the keywords and/or phrases. The results of the search will be based on the words entered in the KEYWORDS field and the logical operators included. The KEYWORDS field may include one or more logical operators. A list of the support logical operators is listed below along with a couple examples.

    Logical Operators
    AND Used for requiring multiple keywords or phrases in search criteria
    OR Used for searching multiple keywords or phrases at the same time
    • Example: OR logical operator If your keywords are the string: "database design" OR "web developer" you can expect to retrieve jobs that include the exact phrase database design or web developer.
    • Example: AND logical operator If your keywords are the string: "database design" AND "web developer" you can expect to retrieve jobs that include both exact phrases database design and web developer.
    • NOTE: The boolean string will use the standard logical syntaxis, as follows: engineer AND ("database design" OR "web developer"). You can expect to retrieve jobs that include both exact phrases engineer database design or engineer web developer.
  • Job Title Search. This search type will include ONE or ALL the words entered in the KEYWORDS field. You should expect to find ONE or ALL the keywords in the TITLE of the resulting jobs.
    • Example: If you enter Rocket Scientist as your keywords, you should expect to retrieve jobs that include the words: rocket or scientist in the job title.
  • Similar Company Name. This search type will include the exact company name and similar company names on the resulting job postings. You should expect to find the exact and similar company names on the resulting jobs.
    • Example: If you enter Rocket Scientist as your keywords, you should expect to retrieve jobs that include: rocket, scientist and similar words on the resulting jobs on company title.
  • Exact Company Name. This search type will include the exact company name entered in the KEYWORDS field. You should expect to find the EXACT phrase in the COMPANY NAME of the resulting jobs.
    • Example: If you enter Rocket Scientist as your keywords, you should expect to retrieve jobs that include the exact company name: rocket scientist in the job company name.

KEYWORD HIGHLIGHTING

We do our best to highlight the keywords you entered in your search when you are reviewing the details of each job. Please note that the highlighting is not part of the search mechanism itself and is not always perfect due to the complexity of some of the search types available. If you find job results that don't have any keywords highlighted, it does not necessarily mean that the result is not valid.

IGNORED WORDS

Ignore words are words that are too general for a search (a, an, as, etc.) and therefore are excluded from the job index. When ignored words are included among the keywords they will not be considered by our searching mechanism and in some cases can actually result in unexpected results. They include: a, an, and, are, as, at, be, but, by, for, if, in, is, no, not, of, on, or, such, that, the, their, then, there, these, they, this, to, was and with.