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HELP
- Searching Jobs or
Resumes
USING
KEYWORDS IN A SEARCH
Once you've defined your search by geographic and logical
categories, the best way to refine it is by entering keywords, which
are specific words or phrases. A search looks for these words in
your resume or job posting and if it finds them, pulls it up for you
to take a look at.
WHAT ARE KEYWORDS?
"Keywords" are specific words or phrases that are used to
search for resumes and job postings. It's the same way you do
research on the Internet using search tools such as Yahoo. The more
keywords that are used, the more closely the resume or job will
match to what you're really looking for. For example, if you type
the word 'cars' into a search tool, you'll get literally millions of
sites back at you. But if you type the word '1969 Volkswagen
Beetle', you're going to get much fewer and much more useful
results.
WHERE DO I ENTER KEYWORDS?
Go to 'Search Jobs'
page or 'Search Resumes' page (employer login required), Then type a
word or phrase in the 'keywords' field and click on the
'Search' button.
QUICK TIPS FOR USING KEYWORDS:
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You can use any mix
of upper and lower case characters; the keyword field isn't case
sensitive |
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Skip using such common words as
a , an, as,
etc. and punctuation marks--period
(.), semi-colon (;), colon (:).
The search ignores them. So if you typed Word for Windows, you could
get back just that, plus Word and Windows |
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If you really want
to use common words and punctuation in your search, then you need to
enclose them in double quotes, for example "Word for Windows"
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CAN I GET MORE DETAILED?
Sure. Advanced Searches require you type in a little bit more stuff,
but in turn you can get more out of it. The following techniques can
be chosen from the Search Options:
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Using
Syntax Variables.
(For Advanced Users) You may use the default 'Space' between
words, but if you want to narrow your search using phrases,
then you may need to use Syntax variables to help describe to
the search engine how you want it to search. You may use
SYNTAX variables such as:
AND,
OR, &,
*, +,
-, (
).
Example 1:
Keyword - engineer* (*=shift
key+8) will return all jobs or resumes with
engineer+ing,
engineer+s, engineer+ed.
Example 2:
engineer* (Novell
OR Windows)
AND network*
will return Novell or Windows network engineering jobs or
resumes.
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Exact
Phrase. When you ask for this, you're telling the
search that this complete set of words has to appear at least
once in a resume or job posting in the exact same order you
typed them in. With this feature, you don't need to add quotes |
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All
of These Words. When you ask for this, you're
saying that the results must have all of these words mentioned
at least once in the resume or job |
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Any
of These Words. When you ask for this, you're
saying that the results must have at least one of these words
mentioned at least once in the resume or job
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