BOOLEAN STRING NOTES AND STRINGS ON IT TECHNOLOGIES

Boolean search: Boolean search is a structured search process that allows the
user to insert words or phrases such as AND, OR, NOT to limit, broaden and
define the search results. ... By using Boolean search, employers can narrow
down the pool of candidates they are presented with by specifically looking for
what is required in that role.

How to perform a Boolean search

Boolean searches can be done on any search engine across the Internet using
certain symbols and there is no restriction on how many you use in one search
string.

Five elements of Boolean search:

1. AND: placing AND between search keywords will allow user's results to
include both (or all) of the keywords. The search terms that follow the AND
must appear in the search results.

2. OR: user writes OR when he/she wants to search for something that has
the possibility of including either set of search terms. All combination
possibilities will come up.

3. NOT: when a user dos not want a specific search term to appear in the
results, he/she writes NOT after the preferred search term. This will prevent the
terms from coming up.

4. Quotation marks “”: when users want to search for an exact phrase, they
use quotation marks around that phrase.

5. Parentheses (): placing parentheses allows separation of the terms and

preference to be given to specified ones.

Boolean Search Strings Basics

Based on some mathematical theory in which all variables are either ‘true’ or
‘false’, Boolean search on Google is one of the best sourcing tools for
recruiters. The definition of Boolean search is that it’s a type of search that
allows users to combine keywords with operators such as AND, NOT and OR
to produce more relevant results.

Here are the basic operators for Boolean search strings for recruiters:

AND
When you want to include two (or more) criteria in your search, the operator
AND narrows down your search. For example, a Boolean search string for
recruiting Android developers should include ‘developer AND android’. This
will produce results that include both keywords.

Venn diagram of the Boolean AND operator

A AND B | A ∩ B

OR
The OR operator, on the other hand, allows us to expand our Boolean search
results. People might use different words to say the same thing. OR is
particularly useful for synonyms, like ‘bank OR finance OR financial.’

Venn diagram of the Boolean OR operator

A OR B | A ∪ B

NOT
The NOT operator excludes unwanted terms from your Google sourcing search.
Instead of NOT, you could also use the minus symbol followed by your
unwanted term without leaving a space (e.g. ‘NOT recruiter’ or ‘-recruiter.’)

Venn diagram of the Boolean NOT operator

A NOT B | A – B

Brackets ()
You can use brackets to group multiple search strings and set your priorities.
This will come in handy, as most candidate searches are complex and combine
different keywords. For example, ‘(developer OR designer) AND Java’
indicates that Java knowledge is a must-have both for developers and designers.
But, in a ‘designer OR (developer AND Java)’ search, Java knowledge is
important only for the developers you’re looking for – not the designers.

Venn diagram of Boolean search examples: Brackets to group multiple search

strings
(A OR B) AND C | (A∪B) ∩ C

Quotation marks “”
If you want Google to consider the phrase you’re searching for as a complete
phrase, you should put it in quotation marks. For example, leaving a blank space
between ‘customer’ and ‘service’ will provide pages that contain both of the
words ‘customer’ and ‘service,’ but not necessarily together. You should type
“customer service” to get more relevant results when sourcing passive
candidates.
Job Title Boolean Search Strings
Below are search string examples sorted by job title. Copy and paste each
one as-is, or edit to fit your search needs.

Keyword search Strings

Below are common search strings organized by keyword. Copy and paste each
one as a stand-alone, or use them in conjunction with other skills/requirements.

(admin OR administrator OR administration)

(app OR apps OR application)
("ba" OR "business analyst" OR "business analysis")
("bi" OR "business intelligence")
("business analyst" OR "business analysis" OR "bus analyst" OR ba OR ccba
OR cbap OR bi OR "business intelligence" OR bo OR "business objects" OR
bsa OR "business systems analyst")
("developer" OR engineer OR architect OR programmer OR programming)
(ecommerce OR "e commerce" OR "online retail" OR sem OR "search engine
marketing")
(LAMP OR (linux AND apache AND mysql AND (perl OR php OR python)))
(linux OR unxi OR centos OR redhat OR ubuntu)
(mobile OR Android OR droid OR iphone OR ios OR blackberry)
(network OR system OR os OR nos OR "operating systems")
(network OR networking OR system OR systems OR "operating systems" OR
"information systems")
("oo" OR "object oriented" OR object-oriented OR "OOP")
(test OR qa OR qc OR quality OR troubleshooting OR debug OR tuning OR
solving OR solutions)
("project manager" OR "project management" OR PMP)
("ui" OR user-interface OR "user interface")
("ux" OR user-experience OR "user experience")
(warehouse OR warehousing OR san OR nas OR storage)
(web OR internet OR portal OR portlet OR microsite OR website OR "web site"
OR url)

Boolean Strings by Job Title

Below are search string examples sorted by job title. Copy and paste each
one as-is, or edit to fit your search needs.

System Admin
("Systems Administrator" OR "systems Admin" OR "system Administrator" OR
"system admin" or "unix admin" or "unix administrator" or "linux admin" or
"linux administrator" or "system engineer" or "systems engineer") AND
(install* or upgrad* or "sofwtare package" or "software packages") AND
(UNIX or Linux)

.Net Developer
.Net AND (VS OR "Visual Studio") AND (VB OR "Visual Basic" OR VB.net)
AND (ASP OR ASP.net) AND (C# OR C#.net ) AND "SQL Server"

Android Developer
Android AND SDK AND Java AND SQLite AND (SVN OR subversion)

Automation Tester
("qa" OR "quality assurance" OR "quality analyst" OR "automation tester")
AND "sql" AND agile AND scrum AND rest AND soap AND "java" AND
(cucumber OR "jet brains" OR gherkin OR "cmm" OR "cmmi" OR "cast" OR
"cste" OR "cmst" OR certified OR certification OR Certi*)

Business Analyst with Business Objects Experience

("ba" OR "business analyst" OR "project manager" OR "project analyst") AND
"etl" AND "business objects" AND informatica AND "sql" AND ("data
warehouse" OR financial OR analysis OR analytics OR mappings OR "product
roadmap")

CTO - Chief Technical Officer

(cto OR "chief technical officer" OR "cio" OR "chief information officer" OR
vp OR "vice president" OR svp OR "senior vice president")

Database Administrator
("database administration" OR "database administrator" OR "DB Admin" OR
DBA) AND (SQL OR "SQL Server")

Drupal Expert / Webmaster

("web developer" OR developer OR programmer OR engineer OR "web
master" OR webmaster) AND drupal AND "google analytics" AND ("seo" OR
websites OR microsites OR "landing pages" OR "cms" OR "crm" OR
"relational database" OR "api" OR "ui" OR "ux" OR "social media" OR paradot
OR requirements)

Email/Messaging System Administrator

("systems administrator" OR "systems administration" OR "email systems
administrator") AND ("email delivery systems" OR powermta OR port25 OR
"message systems" OR strongmail OR qmail OR sendmail OR ironport OR
postfix) AND ("mta" OR "dns" OR "ptr" OR "mx records" OR "smtp protocols"
OR "dkim" OR "spf" OR "dmarc" OR "fbl" OR "feedback loop")
Help Desk Support (helpdesk OR support OR technician OR "help desk" OR
"service desk") AND (OSX OR JDE OR iSeries OR virtual OR virtualization
OR vmware) AND ("AD" OR "Active Directory") AND DHCP AND DNS
AND (network OR networking) AND (switches OR switching OR routers OR
routing) AND (firewalls OR security)

Information Security Manager

"Information Security" AND ("Project Manager" OR "Project Management"
OR Leadership OR Manager OR PMP) AND (forensic* OR Security+ OR
CISSP OR "security Standards" OR "Certified Information Systems Security
Professional" OR "Advanced Persistent Threats" OR "asset protection")

Java Developer
Java AND SQL AND ("object oriented" OR object-oriented OR "OO" OR
"OOP" OR "OOAD" OR EJB OR J2EE OR Linux OR Hibernate OR Jidesoft
OR MySQL OR Subversion OR SVN)

Linux Sys Admin / DBA

("dba" OR "database administrator" OR "database administration" OR "system
administrator" OR "system administration" OR "sysadmin") AND linux AND
(mysql OR "my sql" OR "my-sql") AND ("ksh" OR bash OR perl OR python)
AND (nosql OR "no sql" OR "no-sql" OR mongo OR "disaster recovery" OR
"meta data analysis" OR "data modeling" OR troubleshooting OR reporting OR
backup)

Linux Systems Administrator

(Unix OR Linux) AND (RedHat OR "Red Hat" OR Centos OR Debian) AND
(SMTP OR DHCP OR DNS OR LDAP OR NFS OR SMTP OR HTTP OR
SNMP) AND ("Systems Administrator" OR "System Administrator" OR
"Systems Administration" OR "System Administration")

Microstrategy Consultant
(MicroStrategy OR "Business Objects" OR OBIEE OR Cognos) AND
(Informatica OR "Ab Initio" OR SSIS OR Websphere OR "SQL Server
Integration Services") AND (RDBMS OR oracle OR "SQL Server" OR
Teradata OR Netezza OR DB2) AND SQL AND (BI OR "business
intelligence" OR "data warehousing" OR DW)

Mobile Applications Architect

(ios OR iphone OR ipad OR Android) AND (SDK OR SDKs) AND (Java OR
objective-c OR "objective c" OR C++) AND (optimization OR "web services"
OR UX OR user-experience OR "user experience" OR "Mobile Applications"
OR "Mobile Developer")
Network Administrator
Server* AND (AD OR "Active Directory") AND Exchange AND DNS AND
(Linux OR Unix OR Centos OR RedHat) AND (Lan OR WAN) AND (VOIP
OR SIP) AND ("power shell" OR scripts OR scripting) AND (routers OR
routing OR switches OR switching OR bridges OR "Network Administrator")
OBIEE Architect
(OBIEE OR "oracle Business Intelligence") AND ("DW" OR "data warehouse"
OR "data warehousing") AND (IBOTS OR DAC OR RPD OR SME OR
OOTM OR BIAPS OR OBI OR ETL OR informatica)

PHP Developer
PHP AND SQL AND (PostgreSQL OR "Pervasive SQL" OR Intranet OR
Linux OR Apache OR Javascript OR HTML OR CSS)

Project Manager
(pm OR "project manager" OR "project management" OR PMP)

Python Developer
(programmer OR developer OR engineer) AND python AND (mysql OR "my
sql" OR "my-sql" OR postgresql) AND (django OR flask OR pyramid OR
bottle)

Quality Assurance Analyst

("Quality Assurance" OR QA OR SQA) AND test* AND software AND ("test
cases" OR Automated OR scripting) AND agile AND (ruby OR java OR
javascript OR sql OR plsql OR pl-sql OR pl/sql OR selenium)

Senior Manager, IT Programs

("program manager" OR "project manager" OR "it manager" OR "information
technology manager") AND ("ms certified" OR "ms certification" OR
"microsoft certified" OR "microsoft certification") AND "ms project" AND
"c#" AND "sql server" AND "asp.net" AND "java" AND ("mvc" OR "big data"
OR scope OR deliverables OR timelines OR budget OR "use case" OR design
OR deploy OR supervise OR manage)

Senior PHP Developer

(programmer OR developer OR engineer) AND "php" AND "sql" AND lamp
AND linux AND apache AND "javascript" AND (jquery OR memcache OR
"apc cache" OR nosql OR "no sql" OR "no-sql" OR analytical OR analysis)
Senior Software Architect "c#" AND "asp.net" AND "sql server" AND (java
OR j2ee OR "jsp" OR servlet OR "ejb" OR "jms") AND html AND xml AND
"css" AND Oracle AND (unix OR linux) AND ("app development" OR "arch"
OR design OR develop OR hadoop OR python OR rails OR "php" OR
websphere OR tomcat OR "big data" OR spring OR hibernate OR eclipse OR
log4j OR "ant" OR maven OR "ooad" OR "uml" OR mvc OR "jsf" OR velocity
OR struts)

SharePoint Developer
("SharePoint Designer" OR "SharePoint Developer") AND (html OR css OR
xsl OR xslt OR javascript OR jquery OR ajax) AND .net AND (asp.net OR C#
OR vb.net) AND (Silverlight OR "SQL Server" OR SSRS OR SSAS OR
"reporting services" OR "analysis services")

Servive Now Consultant

("ServiceNow Integration Specialist" OR "ServiceNow*" OR "ServiceNow
Developer" OR "ServiceNow Architect" OR "serviceNow Administrator" OR
"ServiceNow Engineer" OR "ServiceNow Lead" OR "ServiveNow Application
Developer")

Infrastructure Project Manager

("Project Manager" OR "Infrastructure Project Manager" OR "IT Infrastructure
Manager" OR "Infrastructure Manager" OR "IT Manager" OR "IT Project
Manager" OR "Desktop Project Management" OR "IT Project" ) AND
Infrastructure* AND "Information Technology"

SQL Data Analyst

("dba" OR "data analyst" OR "database administrator") AND "sql server" AND
("transact-sql" OR "t-sql" OR "tsql") AND ("stored procedures" OR "ssis" OR
"ssas" OR "ssrs" OR analy OR "data conversion" OR query OR queries OR
"data mining" OR excel OR pivot OR vlookup OR "v-lookup" OR chart OR
graph OR "ms office" OR audit)

SQL Data & Quality Assurance Analyst

("dba" OR "data analyst" OR "database administrator" OR "qa" OR "quality
assurance" OR "quality analyst") AND "sql server" AND ("transactsql" OR "t-
sql" OR "tsql") AND ("stored procedures" OR "ssis" OR "ssas" OR "ssrs" OR
test OR analy OR "data conversion" OR queries OR query OR "data mining"
OR excel OR pivot OR vlookup OR "v-lookup" OR chart OR graph OR "ms
office" OR audit)

Sr. Data Warehouse Architect & Developer

(architect OR develop* OR program* OR engineer) AND "sql server" AND
"data warehousing" AND perl AND (microstrategy OR profiler OR "data
hygiene" OR "etl" OR computations OR aggregations OR analy* OR quer* OR
index OR design OR deploy OR test)

Sr. Linux Administrator

("dba" OR "database administrator" OR "linux administrator") AND linux AND
apache AND (redhat OR fedora OR centos) AND vmware AND (tomcat OR
mysql OR "my sql" OR "my-sql" OR postgre OR zimbra OR "ssh" OR "nfs"
OR "bind" OR djbdns OR qmail OR openldap OR openssl OR "lvs" OR perl
OR python OR ruby OR bash OR firewall)

Sr. Programmer – C++, Linux

(programmer OR engineer OR developer) AND (linux OR unix) AND (redhat
OR centos OR fedora) AND ("c" OR "c++") AND sql AND (perl OR "php" OR
shell) AND (postgre OR analy OR test OR design OR deploy OR execute)

Systems Engineer
Windows AND Exchange AND Cisco AND switch* AND rout* AND IIS
AND (Voip OR Citrix OR AIX OR Linux OR MCSE OR CCNA OR CCNP
OR CNNA OR "Systems Engineer") AND TCP/IP AND "Active Directory"
AND DNS
Technical Account Manager
("account manager" OR "project manager" OR "program manager") AND
software AND develop* AND "sql server" AND "data warehousing" AND
technical AND marketing

Telecommunications Specialist
(Telecommunications OR Telecom) AND (network OR networking) AND IP
AND telephony AND PBX AND (voicemail OR voice-mail OR "voice mail")
AND Cisco AND Avaya

User Experience Designer

("User Experience" OR User-Experience OR UX OR "Human-Computer
Interaction" OR "Human Computer Interaction" OR HCI) AND CSS AND
HTML AND JavaScript AND (jQuery OR user-centered OR "graphic design"
OR "visual design")

Web Designer
html AND javascript AND css AND (photoshop OR illustrator OR adobe)
AND (flash OR actionscript OR macromedia) AND ("Java Server Pages" OR
JSP OR Java OR "Active Server Pages" OR ASP OR "Google Web Toolkit"
OR XML OR oracle OR IIS) AND SQL

Web Developer
(html OR html5) AND (css3 OR css) AND javascript AND ("Web Developer"
OR "Web Design" OR xml OR jquery OR ajax)

QA Tester / QA Lead / QA Manager

(Tester* OR "QA Tester" OR "QA Analyst" OR "QA Manager" OR "QA Lead"
OR "QA Engineer" OR "soa test" OR "SQA Analyst" OR "Web analyst") AND
SoapUI AND SOA AND "web service"

Integration Engineer
(“Field Integrator” or “field engineer” or “switch engineer” or “implementation
engineer” or “integration engineer” or “project engineer” or “telecom engineer”
or “project coordinator” or “project co-ordinator” or “project manager”) AND
“CELL SITE” and engineer*

Telecom Clients
(ERICSSON or sprint or virgin or verizon or at&t or "t-mobile" or SAC or cox
or ATT or "Goodman Networks" or "Glass and Wire" or "Nortel Networks" or
Lightbridge or "Progressive Communications")

Telecom Clients
(Avaya or ERICSSON or sprint or virgin or verizon or at&t or "t-mobile" or
SAC or cox or ATT or "Goodman Networks" or "Glass and Wire" or "Nortel
Networks" or Lightbridge or "Progressive Communications" or "cellular" or
"ABS Telecom LLC" or ABS or "Axcent Networks Inc" or "Axcent Networks"
or "Multiple Access Technologies" or Kodiak or "tw telecom" or "brosna
communications" or "ally tech*" or HXP or mitel or "telecom gateway" or
"intele media" or ipro or onecloud or "one cloud" or tekvizion)

Telecom Field technician

technician and (telecom or wireless) and site and (ERICSSON or sprint or
virgin or verizon or at&t or "t-mobile" or SAC or cox or ATT or "Goodman
Networks" or "Glass and Wire" or "Nortel Networks" or Lightbridge or
"Progressive Communications")

FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER

("field technician" or "field service engineer" or "field service tech" or "field
engineer") and (telecommunications or telecom or telecommunication or
wireless)

REAL ESTATE MANAGER

("site acquisition manager" or "real estate assessment center" or "real estate
manager" or "site acquisition specialist" or "real estate specialist") and ("site
acquisition" or "real estate" or realestate) and (verizon or ericsson or "at & t" or
sprint or t-mobile or avaya or alcatel or nokia or communications or cox) and
(telecom or wireless or "small cell" or 4g or 3g)

TELECOM MANAGER / IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER

telecom and wireless and ("telecom manager" or implementation or "telecom
project manager") and (bts or umts) and (3g or 4g or 5g or lte or volte or cdma
or wcdma)

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER – TELECOM

("construction manager" or "construction engineer" or "civil engineer" or "civil
manager" or "construction project manager" or "site manager") and (telecom or
wireless or sprint or verizon or at&t or ericsson or t-mobile)

RF Consultant
("Rf Engineer" Or "Rf Lead" Or "Rf Manager" Or "Rf Technician") And ("Rf
Design") And ("Rf Optimization") And Umts And (3g or 4g or 5g or lte or volte
or cdma or wcdma)

Identity And Access Management

IAM and ("identity management" or "identity manager" or "identity and access
management") and ("active directory" or "active directory exchange" or "active
directory server") and (fim or mim or aadc)