DoDIntelJobs.com Search Guidelines
DoDIntelJobs.com has powerful search options for Job Seekers and Employers.
One of the important parts of most searches is the 'Keywords' section that,
when used, will help narrow the results to a manageable number of results.
Understanding how keywords work with DoDIntelJobs.com is very important to
making sure you get the most out of our service.
Types of Searches -
It is important that you understand the various types of searches so that you
can choose the one that is most appropriate for your search needs.
• All Words - This option will limit results to any record that contains
all of the words you type in the keyword box. So, were you to choose this
option and put 'finance budget spreadsheet' into the keywords box, you would
only receive results that have ALL of these keywords as text in the Job or
Resume.
• Any Word - This option return results to you that contain ANY of the
words that you include in the keywords box. So, were you to put 'finance
budget' into the keywords box, you would receive results that would include any of
these words but NOT NECESSARILY all of them. So, you could receive a record
that contains 'finance' but not the work 'budget' or a resume that contains
'budget' but not 'finance'.
• Exact Phrase - This option will only return to you EXACTLY what you
type in the keyword box. So if you typed in 'Postal Service', you will only
receive results where that exact phrase exists. In this case, if a record
contains the word Postal in one place, and then Service somewhere else in the
record, this particular record will not show in your results as 'Postal' and
'Service' were not an exact phrase as 'Postal Service'.
• Boolean Search - Advanced user can enjoy the great benefits of performing deep searches with
Boolean Search. This is where AND, OR, and NOT with parenthesis and quotes
come into play. Various search engines perform differently so please follow
these guidelines for our search if you intend to use this option.
To begin with, Inflectional searches are built-in to DoDIntelJobs.com. This
means that if you have a word like 'managed' in your keywords, you will not
have to include managing and manager in the search. The 'Forms of
Inflectional' capability will do this for you.
Here are some important rules to follow.
Unless they are enclosed in parentheses, AND always takes precedence to OR.
Here are some search terms and the results :
Finance AND Budget OR Spreadsheet
Records that contain Finance and Budget in the same record, or Spreadsheet
(Finance AND Budget) OR Spreadsheet
(Same as above) - Records that contain Finance and Budget, or Spreadsheet
Finance AND (Budget OR Spreadsheet)
Records that contain Finance and either Budget or Spreadsheet
Notce how by placing the parentheses around 'Budget or Spreadsheet', it now
takes precedence over the 'Finance AND'. The result may be thought of as
either Finance and Budget or Finance and Spreadsheet. Where the first example
can be thought of as either Finance and Budget in a record or Spreadsheet in a
record.
AND NOT - if you want to eliminate a word from a search, you can use the 'AND
NOT' operator. So, let's say you want to receive all records that have the
words Java and Unix but do not have the word Recuiter show in your results.
This string would look like :
Java and Unix and not Recruiter
AND NOT cannot be used as the first operator of any
keyword string and it must follow another search item. So this is a valid
search string :
Java and not recruiter
This is an invalid search string:
And not Recruiter and Java
This is a valid search string :
(java or unix) and (programmer and not recruiter)
This is an invalid search string
(java and unix) and (and not recruiter and programmer) note : the AND NOT
cannot be on the left side inside of a parenthesis.
Should you want to use multiple items in a AND NOT scenario, you would do this :
java and unix and not (recruiter or manager)
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