The short string has the titles and the core skills. Start with it. The full string adds related skills: use it when the short string finds too many profiles. Copy a string as it is, or change the terms in the generator.
Titles and synonyms
IT Support Specialist, Help Desk Technician, Desktop Support Technician, Technical Support Specialist, IT Technician
Core skills
Windows, Active Directory, Troubleshooting, Ticketing, Office 365, CompTIA A+
Paste a string into the LinkedIn search box and open the People results. It finds profiles with one of the titles and the core skills. Set the location with the Locations filter. To get more results, remove a skill.
Short string
("IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist") AND Windows AND "Active Directory"
Full string
("IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist") AND Windows AND "Active Directory" AND (Troubleshooting OR Ticketing OR "Office 365" OR "CompTIA A+")
LinkedIn Recruiter
Paste a string into the Keywords field of LinkedIn Recruiter, or split it between the Job titles and Keywords fields as shown. Set the location with the Location filter, not in the string.
Short string
("IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist") AND Windows AND "Active Directory"
Full string
("IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist") AND Windows AND "Active Directory" AND (Troubleshooting OR Ticketing OR "Office 365" OR "CompTIA A+")
Recruiter fields for the full string
Job titles field
"IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist"
Keywords field
Windows AND "Active Directory" AND (Troubleshooting OR Ticketing OR "Office 365" OR "CompTIA A+")
Google X-ray
Paste a string into Google. It finds public LinkedIn profiles of IT Support Specialist candidates. Google reads only the first 32 words, so each string shows its word count. To add a city, type it in quotes.
Short string
site:linkedin.com/in -site:business.linkedin.com ("IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist") Windows "Active Directory"
17 of 32 words
Full string
site:linkedin.com/in -site:business.linkedin.com ("IT Support Specialist" OR "Help Desk Technician" OR "Desktop Support Technician" OR "Technical Support Specialist") Windows "Active Directory" (Troubleshooting OR Ticketing OR "Office 365" OR "CompTIA A+")