You don\u2019t have to be a master sourcer to be great at finding top tech candidates on Dice. Just use this handy guide to build better Boolean search strings, based on common keywords and job titles.<\/p>\n
Have questions or suggestions? Contact the Dice support team at 1.888.321.DICE(3423), option<\/strong> or support@dice.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Below are common search strings organized by keyword. Copy and paste each one as a stand-alone, or use them in conjunction with other skills\/requirements. Boolean on Dice does not require you to use an asterisks * function to the end of words because the database already auto populates the various endings, as a result, use the shortest form of a word to find relevant candidates. Example: (admin) will help you find candidates who are admins, administrators, or have administrative experience. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n For further insights into Dice\u2019s search, please review the support page:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There are 5 main functions to writing an accurate and pointed Boolean search: (parenthesis), \u201cquotation marks,\u201d AND, OR, and NOT. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n To accurately write a Boolean, start with (parenthesis) because Boolean is an equation that takes your keywords, and finds candidates who do or do not contain those in their profile or resume.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Use quotation marks on your keywords if they have spacing or punctuation. Example:<\/strong> (\u201c.net\u201d OR \u201cnetwork developer\u201d) these keywords require quotation marks because of the period in \u201c.net\u201d and the spacing between \u2018network\u2019 and \u2018developer.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “AND” between keywords in a search query narrows down the search results to include only those that contain both terms. Keep in mind you can string multiple keywords together with the AND function, but that will continually narrow down the results.<\/span><\/span> Example:<\/strong> Searching for “java AND sql” will return candidates who have both those keywords in their profile. If a candidate does not have one, then they will not appear in your search results. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “OR” broadens the search results by including pages that contain either of the specified terms, or both.<\/span><\/span> Example:<\/strong> Searching for “java OR sql” will return candidates who have either one of those terms, or even both. This is a great way to search for candidates because most skills have synonyms or related subjects that you can search with to find the best fit for your role. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “NOT” excludes specific terms from the search results.<\/span><\/span> Example:<\/strong> Searching for (NOT(java)) will omit candidates who have the word \u201cjava\u201d anywhere in their resume or profile. As a result, use the NOT function sparingly because you will miss out on relevant candidates<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Below are search string examples sorted by job title. Copy and paste each one as-is, or edit to fit your search needs.<\/p>\n (\u201c.Net\u201d OR C#) AND (VS OR \u201cVisual Studio\u201d) AND (VB OR \u201cVisual Basic\u201d) AND (ASP OR \u201cASP.net\u201d) AND (SQL)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Android AND (SDK OR Java OR SQLite) AND (SVN OR subversion)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (KAFKA) AND (apache OR framework OR platform) AND (Java OR J2EE OR Python OR “Dot Net”)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cArtificial Intelligence\u201d OR \u201cA.I.\u201d OR \u201cMACHINE LEARNING\u201d OR \u201cDEEP LEARNING\u201d OR \u201cML\u201d OR \u201cneural network\u201d OR NLP OR \u201cnatural language processing\u201d OR \u201ctext to speech\u201d OR \u201cspeech to text\u201d OR \u201cexpert system\u201d OR robotics OR \u201cmachine vision\u201d OR \u201cimage recognition\u201d OR \u201ccognitive science\u201d OR \u201cnatural language\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (qa OR \u201cquality assurance\u201d OR \u201cquality analyst\u201d OR \u201cautomation tester\u201d) AND (sql) AND (agile OR scrum) AND (rest OR soap) AND (java) AND (cucumber OR \u201cjet brains\u201d OR gherkin OR cmm OR cmmi OR cast OR cste OR cmst OR certified OR certification)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (ba OR \u201cbusiness analyst\u201d OR \u201cproject manager\u201d OR \u201cproject analyst\u201d) AND (etl) AND (\u201cbusiness objects\u201d) AND (informatica) AND (sql) AND (\u201cdata warehouse\u201d OR financial OR analysis OR analytics OR mappings OR \u201cproduct roadmap\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (cto OR \u201cchief technical officer\u201d OR cio OR \u201cchief information officer\u201d OR vp OR \u201cvice president\u201d OR svp OR \u201csenior vice president\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cdatabase administration\u201d OR \u201cdatabase administrator\u201d OR \u201cDB Admin\u201d OR DBA) AND (SQL OR server OR sequel OR warehouse)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (enterprise) AND (java OR javascript OR html) AND (php OR rest) AND (sso OR video OR integration OR deploy OR implement OR prototyp OR \u201cproject manager\u201d OR \u201cproject management\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (docker) AND (containerization OR kubernetes OR compose OR synopsys) AND (API OR OR python OR java OR OR JSON)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cweb developer\u201d OR \u201cweb master\u201d OR webmaster) AND (drupel OR \u201cgoogle analytics\u201d) AND (seo OR websites OR microsites OR \u201clanding page\u201d OR cms OR crm OR \u201crelational database\u201d OR api OR ui OR ux OR \u201csocial media\u201d OR paradot OR requirements)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (“ElasticSearch” OR “Elastic Search” OR “Elastic Certified” OR “Elastic Certified Analyst” OR ELK OR “ELK Stack”)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201csystems administrator\u201d OR \u201csystems administration\u201d OR \u201cemail systems administrator\u201d) AND (\u201cemail delivery systems\u201d OR powermta OR port25 OR \u201cmessage systems\u201d OR strongmail OR qmail OR sendmail OR ironport OR postfix) AND (mta OR dns OR ptr OR \u201cmx records\u201d OR \u201csmtp protocols\u201d OR dkim OR spf OR dmarc OR fbl OR \u201cfeedback loop\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (Hana OR Architecture OR \u201cSAP HANA\u201d OR \u201cHigh Performance Analytic Appliance\u201d OR \u201cSystems Applications\u201d OR \u201cProducts\u201d OR \u201cData Processing\u201d OR “SAP” OR “HANA” OR \u201cHigh Performance Analytic Appliance\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (helpdesk OR support OR technician OR \u201chelp desk\u201d OR \u201cservice desk\u201d) AND (JDE OR iSeries OR virtual OR virtualization OR vmware) AND (AD OR \u201cActive Directory\u201d) AND (DHCP OR DNS) AND (network) AND (switches OR switching OR routers OR routing) AND (firewall OR security cybersecurity)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cInformation Security\u201d) AND (forensic OR \u201cSecurity+\u201d OR CISSP OR \u201csecurity Standards\u201d OR \u201cCertified Information Systems Security Professional\u201d OR \u201cAdvanced Persistent Threats\u201d OR \u201casset protection\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (Java) AND (\u201cobject oriented\u201d OR \u201cobject-oriented\u201d OR oo OR oop OR ooad OR ejb OR J2EE OR Linux OR Hibernate OR Jidesoft OR MySQL OR Subversion OR SVN)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (“Korn Shell” OR kornshell OR “ksh” OR “KSH”) AND (“Unix” OR “Linux”)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (kubernetes AND Scala AND JAVA AND PYTHON AND SQL)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (dba OR \u201cdatabase administrator\u201d OR \u201cdatabase administration\u201d OR \u201csystem administrator\u201d OR \u201csystem administration\u201d OR sysadmin) AND (linux) AND (mysql OR \u201cmy sql\u201d OR \u201cmy-sql\u201d) AND (ksh OR bash OR perl OR python) AND (nosql OR \u201cno sql\u201d OR \u201cno-sql\u201d OR mongo OR \u201cdisaster recovery\u201d OR \u201cmeta data analysis\u201d OR \u201cdata modeling\u201d OR troubleshooting OR reporting OR backup)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (Unix OR Linux) AND (RedHat OR \u201cRed Hat\u201d OR Centos OR Debian) AND (smtp OR dhcp OR dns OR ldap OR nfs OR smtp OR http OR snmp) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n (MicroStrategy OR \u201cBusiness Objects\u201d OR OBIEE OR Cognos) AND (Informatica OR \u201cAb Initio\u201d OR SSIS OR Websphere OR \u201cSQL Server Integration Services\u201d) AND (rdbms OR oracle OR \u201cSQL Server\u201d OR Teradata OR Netezza OR DB2) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n (ios OR iphone OR ipad OR Android) AND (SDK OR Java OR \u201cobjective-c\u201d OR \u201cobjective c\u201d OR \u201cC++\u201d) AND (optimization OR \u201cweb services\u201d OR UX OR \u201cuser-experience\u201d OR \u201cuser experience\u201d OR \u201cMobile Applications\u201d OR \u201cMobile Developer\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (Mockito) AND (JUnit OR JMockit) AND (“behavior-driven development” OR BDD)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201c.net\u201d OR network OR server) AND (AD OR \u201cActive Directory\u201d) AND (Exchange OR DNS) AND (Linux OR Unix OR Centos OR RedHat) AND (Lan OR WAN) AND (VOIP OR SIP) AND (\u201cpower shell\u201d OR script) AND (routers OR routing OR switches OR switching OR bridges)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (OBIEE OR \u201coracle Business Intelligence\u201d) AND (DW OR \u201cdata warehouse\u201d OR \u201cdata warehousing\u201d) AND (IBOTS OR DAC OR RPD OR SME OR OOTM OR BIAPS OR OBI OR ETL OR informatica)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (“PaaS” OR “Platform as a Service” OR “Cloud Platform Services”)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (PHP) AND (PostgreSQL OR \u201cPervasive SQL\u201d OR Intranet OR Linux OR Apache OR Javascript OR HTML OR CSS)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (“Postgres” OR “PostgresSQL”) AND (“DBA” OR “Database administration”) AND (SQL OR “Structured Query Language”)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cproject manager\u201d OR \u201cproject management\u201d OR PMP)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (python) AND (mysql OR \u201cmy sql\u201d OR \u201cmy-sql\u201d OR postgresql) AND (django OR flask OR pyramid OR bottle) AND (virtualenv OR chef OR puppet OR sentry OR raven OR \u201cproject management\u201d OR \u201cproject manager\u201d OR implement OR deploy OR design)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cQuality Assurance\u201d OR qa OR sqa) AND (\u201ctest cases\u201d OR automated OR scripting) AND (agile OR ruby OR java OR javascript OR sql OR plsql OR \u201cpl-sql\u201d OR \u201cpl\/sql\u201d OR selenium)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (rdbms OR “relational database management system Software”) AND (“sql Server” OR sql) AND (oracle AND mariadb AND sqlite)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (“REST” OR “Representational State Transfer”) AND (“API” OR “Application Programming Interface”)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cprogram manager\u201d OR \u201cproject manager\u201d OR \u201cit manager\u201d OR \u201cinformation technology manager\u201d) AND (\u201cms certified\u201d OR \u201cms certification\u201d OR \u201cmicrosoft certified\u201d OR \u201cmicrosoft certification\u201d) AND (\u201cms project\u201d) AND (\u201cc#\u201d) AND (\u201csql server\u201d) AND (\u201casp.net\u201d) AND (mvc OR \u201cbig data\u201d OR scope OR deliverables OR timelines OR budget OR \u201cuse case\u201d OR design OR deploy OR supervise OR manage)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (php) AND (sql OR lamp OR linux OR apache) AND (javascript OR jquery OR memcache OR \u201capc cache\u201d OR nosql OR \u201cno sql\u201d OR \u201cno-sql\u201d OR analytical OR analysis)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cc#\u201d) AND (\u201casp.net\u201d) AND (\u201csql server\u201d) AND (java OR j2ee OR jsp OR servlet OR ejb OR jms) AND (html) AND (xml) AND (css) AND (Oracle) AND (unix OR linux) AND (\u201capp development\u201d OR arch OR design OR develop OR hadoop OR python OR rails OR php OR websphere OR tomcat OR \u201cbig data\u201d OR spring OR hibernate OR eclipse OR log4j OR ant OR maven OR ooad OR uml OR mvc OR jsf OR velocity OR struts)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (SharePoint OR \u201cshare point\u201d) AND (html OR css OR xsl OR xslt OR javascript OR jquery OR ajax) AND (\u201casp.net\u201d OR \u201cC#\u201d OR \u201cvb.net\u201d) AND (Silverlight OR \u201cSQL Server\u201d OR SSRS OR SSAS OR \u201creporting services\u201d OR \u201canalysis services\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (dba OR \u201cdata analyst\u201d OR \u201cdatabase administrator\u201d) AND (\u201csql server\u201d OR \u201ctransact-sql\u201d OR \u201ct-sql\u201d OR tsql) AND (\u201cstored procedures\u201d OR ssis OR ssas OR ssrs OR analy OR \u201cdata conversion\u201d OR query OR queries OR \u201cdata mining\u201d OR excel OR pivot OR vlookup OR \u201cv-lookup\u201d OR chart OR graph OR \u201cms office\u201d OR audit)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (dba OR \u201cdata analyst\u201d OR \u201cdatabase administrator\u201d OR qa OR \u201cquality assurance\u201d OR \u201cquality analyst\u201d) AND (sql OR transactsql) AND (\u201cstored procedures\u201d OR ssis OR ssas OR ssrs OR test OR analy OR \u201cdata conversion\u201d OR queries OR query OR \u201cdata mining\u201d OR excel OR pivot OR vlookup OR \u201cv-lookup\u201d OR chart OR graph OR \u201cms office\u201d OR audit)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (architect OR develop OR program OR engineer) AND (\u201csql server\u201d OR \u201cdata warehousing\u201d) AND (perl OR microstrategy OR profiler OR \u201cdata hygiene\u201d OR etl OR computations OR aggregations OR analy OR quer OR index OR design OR deploy OR test)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (dba OR \u201cdatabase administrator\u201d) AND (linux) AND (redhat OR fedora OR centos) AND (tomcat OR mysql OR \u201cmy sql\u201d OR \u201cmy-sql\u201d OR postgre OR zimbra OR ssh OR nfs OR bind OR djbdns OR qmail OR openldap OR openssl OR lvs OR perl OR python OR ruby OR bash OR firewall)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (programmer OR engineer OR developer) AND (linux OR unix) AND (redhat OR centos OR fedora) AND (\u201cc++\u201d OR sql) AND (perl OR php OR shell) AND (postgre OR analy OR test OR design OR deploy OR execute)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (Windows OR Exchange OR Cisco) AND (rout OR IIS OR voip OR citrix OR aix OR linux OR mcse OR ccna OR ccnp OR cnna OR \u201csystems engineer\u201d) AND (\u201cTCP\/IP\u201d OR \u201cActive Directory\u201d OR DNS)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201caccount manager\u201d OR \u201cproject manager\u201d OR \u201cprogram manager\u201d) AND (\u201csql server\u201d OR warehouse OR warehousing)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (Telecommunications OR Telecom) AND (network OR ip OR pbx) AND (voicemail OR \u201cvoice-mail\u201d OR \u201cvoice mail\u201d) AND (Cisco OR Avaya OR telephony) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n (\u201cUser Experience\u201d OR \u201cUser-Experience\u201d OR UX OR \u201cHuman-Computer Interaction\u201d OR \u201cHuman Computer Interaction\u201d OR HCI) AND (CSS OR HTML) AND (JavaScript OR jQuery)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n (html) AND (javascript OR css) AND (photoshop OR illustrator OR adobe) AND (flash OR actionscript OR macromedia) AND (\u201cJava Server Pages\u201d OR JSP OR Java OR \u201cActive Server Pages\u201d OR ASP OR \u201cGoogle Web Toolkit\u201d OR XML OR oracle OR IIS) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n (html) AND (css OR javascript) AND (design OR xml OR jquery OR ajax)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You don\u2019t have to be a master sourcer to be great at finding top tech candidates on Dice. Just use this handy guide to build better Boolean search strings, based on common keywords and job titles. Have questions or suggestions? Contact the Dice support team at 1.888.321.DICE(3423), option or support@dice.com. __________________________________________________________________________________ Below are common search […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":596579807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2154],"class_list":["post-999881963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sourcing-candidates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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\nThe 5 Main Boolean Functions<\/h2>\n\n
(PARENTHESIS)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\u201cQUOTATION MARKS\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
AND<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
OR<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
NOT<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
Boolean Strings by Keyword<\/h2>\n
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Boolean Strings by Job Title<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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.Net Developer<\/h3>\n
Android Developer<\/h3>\n
Apache KAFKA<\/h3>\n
Artificial Intelligence \/ Machine Learning (AI\/ML)<\/h3>\n
Automation Tester<\/h3>\n
Business Analyst with Business Objects Experience<\/h3>\n
CTO<\/h3>\n
Database Administrator<\/h3>\n
Developer Evangelist<\/h3>\n
Docker<\/h3>\n
Drupal Expert \/ Webmaster<\/h3>\n
Elasticsearch<\/h3>\n
Email\/Messaging System Administrator<\/h3>\n
Hana<\/h3>\n
Help Desk Support<\/h3>\n
Information Security Manager<\/h3>\n
Java Developer<\/h3>\n
Korn Shell<\/h3>\n
Kubernetes<\/h3>\n
Linux Sys Admin \/ DBA<\/h3>\n
Linux Systems Administrator<\/h3>\n
Microstrategy Consultant<\/h3>\n
Mobile Applications Architect<\/h3>\n
Mockito<\/h3>\n
Network Administrator<\/h3>\n
OBIEE Architect<\/h3>\n
PAAS<\/h3>\n
PHP Developer<\/h3>\n
PostgresSQL<\/h3>\n
Project Manager<\/h3>\n
Python Developer<\/h3>\n
Quality Assurance Analyst<\/h3>\n
RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE (RDBMS)<\/h3>\n
REST<\/h3>\n
Senior Manager, IT Programs<\/h3>\n
Senior PHP Developer<\/h3>\n
Senior Software Architect<\/h3>\n
SharePoint Developer<\/h3>\n
SQL Data Analyst<\/h3>\n
SQL Data Quality Assurance Analyst<\/h3>\n
Sr. Data Warehouse Architect Developer<\/h3>\n
Sr. Linux Administrator<\/h3>\n
Sr. Programmer \u2013 C++, Linux<\/h3>\n
Systems Engineer<\/h3>\n
Technical Account Manager<\/h3>\n
Telecommunications Specialist<\/h3>\n
User Experience Designer<\/h3>\n
Web Designer<\/h3>\n
Web Developer<\/h3>\n