Boolean Search 101

Vincent O’DonoghueCo-Founder, Social Talent

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engineer

enginer

enginner

.Net Developer SQL Agile San Francisco

(“.net" OR "asp" OR "dotnet" OR "dot net" OR "asp net" OR "c# net" OR "ado net" OR "visual studio" OR "vb net" OR "sharepoint" OR "wpf" OR "visual basic" OR "clr" OR "iis")

("developer" OR "dev" OR "programmer" OR "devops" OR "develop" OR "developing" OR "development" OR "developed" OR "developpeur" OR "design" OR "designer" OR "desinger" OR "architect" OR "analyst" OR "coder" OR "coding" OR "consultant" OR "contractor" OR "engineer" OR "engineering" OR "entwickler" OR "expert" OR "eng" OR "enginer" OR "enginner" OR "entwicklerin" OR "ingenieur" OR "guru" OR "ninja" OR "ontwikkelaar" OR "program" OR "programator" OR "programmeur" OR "programmierer" OR "programista" OR "software" OR "softwareentwickler" OR "technical lead" OR "utvikler")

("sql" OR "mysql" OR "t sql" OR "tsql" OR "pl/sql" OR "plsql" OR "pl sql" OR "pl sql" OR "ssis" OR "ssrs" OR "sql2012" OR "mssql" OR "sqlserver" OR "ms sql" OR "structured query language" OR "nosql" OR "postgres" OR "postgresql" OR "sql2008" OR "vba" OR "tableau" OR "bi" OR "rdbms" OR "ssas" OR "etl" OR "sybase" OR "relational database" OR "qlikview")

("agile" OR "dsdm" OR "scrum" OR "kanban" OR "bdd" OR "tdd" OR "lean" OR "xp" OR "test driven" OR "scrummaster" OR "waterfall" OR "extreme programming" OR "sdlc" OR "software development life cycle" OR "test driven development" OR "continuous integration" OR "ci" OR "sprint" OR "aup" OR "crystal clear" OR "dynamic systems development" OR "essential unified" OR "essup" OR "fdd" OR "feature driven development" OR "gsd" OR "open unified process" OR "openup" OR "velocity tracking")

AND

Narrows our search

sales saassales AND saas

Improves Accuracy

OR

Broadens our search

saas software as a serviceOR

Finds more people

NOT

sales

Filters our searchImproves our accuracy

account managementNOTsales

Universal Search Method

• Fully understand the requirement

• Organise your search

• Spend time researching

• Develop a Universal Search String

Step 1: List everything required to get an interview

ANDStep 2: Research and list your synonyms

ORStep 3: Run your search

Step 4: Remove unsuitable results

NOT

ui

developer

javascript

"object oriented"

agile

"angular js"

Step 1: List everything required to get an interviewAND

Step 2: Research and list your synonyms

( OR "front end" OR "user interface" OR ux)

( OR dev OR programmer OR devops OR develop OR developing)

( OR "java script" OR jscript OR js OR jsf OR jsp)

( OR java OR j2ee OR oop OR ood OR oo)

( OR dsdm OR scrum OR kanban OR bdd OR tdd)

( OR angularjs OR angular)

OR

(ui OR "front end" OR "user interface" OR ux OR "front end" OR gui OR "user centered design" OR "user experience" OR web OR frontend)

(developer OR dev OR programmer OR devops OR develop OR developing OR development OR developed OR developpeur OR design OR designer OR desinger OR architect OR analyst OR coder OR coding OR consultant OR contractor OR engineer OR engineering OR expert OR eng OR enginer OR enginner OR guru OR ninja OR program OR software OR "technical lead")

(javascript OR "java script" OR jscript OR js OR jsf OR jsp OR "angular js" OR "node js" OR nodejs OR "backbone js" OR javabeans OR json OR struts OR "asp.net" OR backbone OR jquery OR j2ee OR jee OR html OR perl OR mysql OR php OR "front end" OR html5 OR css OR spring OR xml OR python OR ajax OR frontend OR css3 OR coffeescript OR "c++" OR ruby OR web OR underscore OR dojo OR yui OR angular OR angularjs OR shell OR jboss OR net OR "web technologies" OR scripting OR bash OR scala)

("object oriented" OR java OR j2ee OR oop OR ood OR oo)

(agile OR dsdm OR scrum OR kanban OR bdd OR tdd OR lean OR xp OR "test driven" OR scrummaster OR waterfall OR "extreme programming" OR sdlc OR "software development life cycle" OR "test driven development" OR "continuous integration" OR ci OR sprint OR aup OR "crystal clear" OR "dynamic systems development" OR "essential unified" OR essup OR fdd OR "feature driven development" OR gsd OR "open unified process" OR openup OR "velocity tracking")

("angular js" OR angularjs OR angular)

UI Developer, Javascript, Object Oriented design, Agile methodologies, AngularJS

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