If you would like to know how to narrow your LinkedIn search results then read on …
Boolean logic allows you to combine words and phrases into search statements to retrieve documents / records via Internet search engines (browsers ... IE, Chrome, FireFox, Safari) or from searchable databases.
Most database searching is based on the principles of Boolean logic. Boolean logic refers to the logical relationship among search terms, and is named after the British-born Irish mathematician George Boole.
LinkedIn’s contents can also be searched according to the rules of computer database searching.
Boolean logic consists of three logical operators:
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AND
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OR
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NOT or The minus sign (-)
You can use individual Boolean logic operators or combinations of operators in specific search fields to narrow down your LinkedIn search results.
Example # 1: Advanced People Search / AND
If you only want to find results with both the terms ‘sales’ and also ‘marketing’ then type – [ sales AND marketing ] in the Title field
Example # 2: Advanced People Search / OR
If you want to find results with either the term ‘sales’ or ‘marketing’ then type – [ sales OR marketing ] in the Title field
Example # 3A: Advanced People Search / NOT
If you want to find results with the term ‘sales’ but not ‘sales and also ‘marketing’ then type – [ sales NOT marketing ] in the Title field
Example # 3B: Advanced People Search / the minus sign (-)
If you want to find results with the term ‘sales’ but not ‘sales and also ‘marketing’ then type – [ sales -marketing ] in the Title field
Note: Title results are derived from both the Professional Headline and Current Positions on LinkedIn profiles.
For further details visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra
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