LinkedIn Advanced Search

Many times we look for some specific results on LinkedIn, but the limited knowledge on LinkedIn search always creates hinder.

Here are some tips on “How to search on LinkedIn like a professional?”

LinkedIn stores data about people in a structured format. Hence, if you search “OPTYM” in keyword, that will match everyone who has “OPTYM” on their resume, former job etc.

But in advanced search, you can specify “OPTYM” in the position field directly, and can use the “current position only” check box. That will return you a tight search that only returns people who currently have OPTYM in their current role.

1. Quoted Search:-

For an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks. For example: type "product manager".

2. Boolean Search “OR”:-

To see results that include one or more terms in a list, separate the terms with an uppercase OR. For example, type "sales OR marketing".

3. Boolean Search “AND”:-

To get results that include two or more terms in a list, you can use the uppercase word AND as a separator. For example, type "manager AND director". Note: You don't need to use AND. If you search 2 or more terms, you'll automatically see results that include all of them.

4. Boolean Search “NOT”:-

To exclude a particular term, type that term with an uppercase NOT immediately before it. For example, type "programmer NOT manager".

5. Parenthetical Search:-

To do a complex search, you can combine terms using parentheses. For example, to find people who have "VP" in their profiles, or have both director AND division in their profiles, type "VP OR (director AND division)".

6. Leverage the sorting functions:-

By default, LinkedIn sorts your search results by keyword relevance.  In many cases, this is the best option, because it will prioritize results based on the keyword matches from your search.  However, LinkedIn does offer other options. For example, LinkedIn has the ability to sort search results by number of degrees from you, which is particularly useful if you are trying to find people closest to you in your network.

Precedence Order:-

• Quotes [""]
• Parentheses [()]
• NOT
• AND
• OR

Keep in mind:-

• The "+" and "-" operators are not officially supported by LinkedIn. Using AND in place of "+" and NOT in place of "-" makes a query much easier to read and guarantees that we'll handle the search correctly.
• When using NOT, AND or OR operators, you must type them in uppercase letters.
• LinkedIn don't support wildcard searches.

Thank you very much for you time!                                                                                   Himanshu