There are two ways to input keywords into your searches and profiles.
Tag view is the easiest method and often seen as a good starting point for anyone new to the software however, it does offer limited formatting commands. Tag view works on the basis you are looking for a specific word or phrase.
As seen in the example below, you simply type in the word or phrase and click enter to add it to your profile
This will then bring in results that match the exact phrase you are looking for.
Advanced view offers the ability to narrow search results further through manual formatting. It can require some practice but gives you advanced formatting ways of searching for opportunities.
The first formatting command we will look at is the comma (,). This means “OR” and it must be inserted between each set of your document keywords.
The next is speech marks (“”), these must be placed around around anything that you wish to search for as an exact phrase.
You also have the ability to use brackets (), which provide you with more flexibility than the speech marks above. Brackets mean that we are still looking for those words however not necessarily an exact phrase. One of the words can be used in the title of the opportunity and one in the description.
In addition to a single set of brackets, you can also do double brackets. Double brackets can be used to set more than one set of criteria to a notice. The word in the first set of brackets is our constant; however, the words in the second set of brackets are interchangeable.
Finally, we have the equals sign (=). Our software uses a process called “stemming” which takes the beginning of a word and matches it to different endings variations like plurals etc. To stop this process from happening, put = before the word or phrase.