Sifting through thousands of resumes in a database to find that one perfect candidate can be demanding — but it doesn’t need to be complicated. To quickly and effectively source candidates for your specific open jobs, you need to learn the language of your resume database: Boolean.
You need to know how to perform a Boolean search, a simple way to search by keywords and broaden or narrow your results as you need. You can boost the quality of your search results, get a leg up on the competition and hire candidates faster with this guide to Boolean search fundamentals.
This guide will introduce Boolean search fundamentals, such as:
- Why it’s important to know Boolean
- Expanding your search for candidates
- Narrowing resume results
- Excluding candidates that may not be relevant