From the course: Talent Sourcing
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Boolean search strings
- If you are not utilizing Boolean search strings and crowdsourcing, these sourcing skills can enhance your ability to source top talent. Using a Boolean search string may sound like learning a foreign language but the basics are easy to learn. When speaking about search engines and the search functionality of websites and databases, Boolean refers to the logical operations and, or, and not. The diagram shows the Boolean logic expressed in a graphical fashion. George Boole was a scientist who formalized these logical operations way before the arrival of the first computer. Understanding the Boolean logic itself is easy for most people. What may be difficult is for you to learn to use the correct Boolean search syntax. In search engines and logical operations and, or, not are combined with keywords, phrases, and other operators to form Boolean search strings. You then refine your search based on your results. All…
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