Boolean search guides for recruiters

Each guide lists the operators a search accepts, its known limits and a working example. Each fact names its source.

Boolean search operators cheat sheet

AND, OR, NOT, quotes, parentheses and limits in LinkedIn search, LinkedIn Recruiter and Google X-ray, side by side.

How LinkedIn search reads AND, OR, NOT, quotes and parentheses, what it does not support, and what is known about its limits.

Which LinkedIn Recruiter fields accept boolean, how to split a string between Job titles and Keywords, and which words Recruiter skips.

How to search public LinkedIn profiles with Google, which words count toward the 32-word limit, and which operators work. Tested on 22 October 2026.

A Google search pattern that returns GitHub profiles of people, not repositories or organizations. Tested on 22 October 2026.