Extended Boolean

LinkedIn Search: What it COULD and SHOULD be

Did you know that LinkedIn currently has the ability to deliver incredibly powerful search functionality to its users - WELL beyond what we all have access to now?  What am I talking about? 
I’m excited to tell you, but quite honestly, I actually can’t believe it’s taken me this long to put 2 and 2 together. Have you [...]

Extended Boolean, LinkedIn

Semantic Search for Sourcers and Recruiters

On Tuesday, December 23, 2008 I wrote a “Tutorial Tuesday” post on www.recruitingblogs.com titled, “What is Semantic Search?,” explaining the concepts of semantic search with regard to how it can be leveraged effectively by sourcers and recruiters. Now, I am not sure if the fact that it was posted the day before Christmas eve had anything to do [...]

Extended Boolean, Semantic Search

Extended Boolean: Proximity and Weighting

Most sourcing, recruiting, and staffing professionals are familiar with the “standard” Boolean operators of AND, OR, and NOT. However, I have found that few are familiar with “extended” Boolean functionality, such as proximity (or adjacency) and term weighting.
Beyond Basic Boolean
Extended Boolean offers sourcers and recruiters significantly more control, power and precision when executing searches, and [...]

Extended Boolean, Semantic Search