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USING KEYWORDS IN A SEARCH
Once you've defined your search by geographic and logical categories, the best way to refine it is by entering keywords, which are specific words or phrases. A search looks for these words in your resume or job posting and if it finds them, pulls it up for you to take a look at.
WHAT ARE KEYWORDS?
"Keywords" are specific words or phrases that are used to search for resumes and job postings. It's the same way you do research on the Internet using search tools such as Yahoo. The more keywords that are used, the more closely the resume or job will match to what you're really looking for. For example, if you type the word 'cars' into a search tool, you'll get literally millions of sites back at you. But if you type the word '1969 Volkswagen Beetle', you're going to get much fewer and much more useful results.
WHERE DO I ENTER KEYWORDS?
Go to 'Search Jobs' page or 'Search Resumes' page (employer login required), Then type a word or phrase in the 'keywords' field and click on the 'Search' button.
QUICK TIPS FOR USING KEYWORDS:

• You can use any mix of upper and lower case characters; the keyword field isn't case sensitive
• Skip using such common words as a , an, as, etc. and punctuation marks--period (.), semi-colon (;), colon (:). The search ignores them. So if you typed Word for Windows, you could get back just that, plus Word and Windows
• If you really want to use common words and punctuation in your search, then you need to enclose them in double quotes, for example "Word for Windows"
  CAN I GET MORE DETAILED? Sure. Advanced Searches require you type in a little bit more stuff, but in turn you can get more out of it. The following techniques can be chosen from the Search Options:
• Using Syntax Variables. (For Advanced Users) You may use the default 'Space' between words, but if you want to narrow your search using phrases, then you may need to use Syntax variables to help describe to the search engine how you want it to search. You may use SYNTAX variables such as: AND, OR, &, *, +, -, ( ).
• Example 1: Keyword - engineer* (*=shift key+8) will return all jobs or resumes with engineer+ing, engineer+s, engineer+ed.
• Example 2: engineer* (Novell OR Windows) AND network* will return Novell or Windows network engineering jobs or resumes.
• Exact Phrase. When you ask for this, you're telling the search that this complete set of words has to appear at least once in a resume or job posting in the exact same order you typed them in. With this feature, you don't need to add quotes
• All of These Words. When you ask for this, you're saying that the results must have all of these words mentioned at least once in the resume or job
• Any of These Words. When you ask for this, you're saying that the results must have at least one of these words mentioned at least once in the resume or job