To help you get the best results from your candidate searches, we’ve created this quick guide with the most effective terms to use on our platform. Whether you’re filtering by experience, location, or education, the right keywords make your search faster, smarter, and more accurate. Let’s make searching… perfect! 🚀
We'll cover the best terms for the following:
1. Skillsets, Industries, and Backgrounds
Best Terms to Use:
Should have, Preferred, Experience in, Familiar with, Exposure to, Background in
Example:
“Preferred experience in SaaS or fintech industry”
2. Job Titles
Best Terms to Use:
Preferred titles, Alternative titles, Include roles such as, Also consider
Example:
“Also consider titles like Business Development Manager or Sales Executive”
💡 Pro Tip: If you enter a very specific or unusual title, the platform will suggest more common options.
3. How to Make Candidate Qualifications Required/Mandatory
Best Terms to Use:
Must have, Required, Essential, Mandatory
Example:
“Must have experience with outbound sales”
💡 Pro Tip: Mandatory terms will only be applied from your second search, to ensure you're getting enough results.
4. Candidate's Experience Level
Best Terms to Use:
Years of Experience: Minimum 3 years, Max 8 years
Experience Tier: Entry level, Mid-level, Senior, Highly experienced
Type: Total experience, Relevant experience
Example:
“Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in product marketing”
💡 Pro Tip: Do not use a range as a minimum number. By writing 3-5 years experience, you're actually writing "minimum three years of experience and up to five years of experience."
5. Search Radius or Location
Best Terms to Use:
Search within [X] miles, Search radius, Search area, Location proximity
Example:
“Search within 25 miles of San Francisco”
💡 Pro Tip: Use the names of cities or towns over zip codes.
6. Excluding Specific Criteria or Experience
Best Terms to Use:
Exclude, Do not include, Filter out
(Can apply to job titles, skills, industries, or companies)
Example:
“Exclude candidates from recruiting agencies or with ‘intern’ in title”
💡 Pro Tip: If you're not getting relevant results, you can add a mandatory term like: "Mandatory - Exclude candidates from recruiting agencies or with ‘intern’ in title".
7. Experience in Specific Company Sizes
Best Terms to Use:
Company size, Worked at companies with [X] employees, Small / Medium / Large company experience
Example:
“Experience in medium-sized companies (50–250 employees)”
💡 Pro Tip: When you use relative terms like "SMB", our platform will use known benchmarks. So for the most accurate results, it's always better to state exactly what you're looking for.
8. Languages Spoken by the Candidate
Best Terms to Use:
Must speak, Required language, Language proficiency
Example:
“Must speak Spanish and English fluently”
9. Exclude Candidates Who Change Jobs Too Often (Job Hoppers)
Best Terms to Use:
Exclude job hoppers, Exclude candidates with frequent short stints, Stable work history required
Example:
“Exclude candidates with more than 3 roles under 1 year each in the last 5 years”
10. Funding Stage of the Candidate's Company
Best Terms to Use:
Early stage, Post-Series A, Funded startups, Any funding stage, Exclude pre-seed
Example:
“Experience at companies post-Series B preferred”
11. Candidate's Education Level
Best Terms to Use:
Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD, Associate’s degree required / preferred
Example:
“Master’s degree in Business or related field preferred”
12. University Name & Field of Study
Best Terms to Use:
Studied at [university name], Degree in [field], Education from top-tier universities, Alumni of
Example:
“Bachelor’s in Computer Science from a top 50 university”
13. Candidate's Time in Current Role
Best Terms to Use:
At least X months in current role, Current tenure, Minimum time in role
Example:
“Minimum 12 months in current role”
14. Experience in Specific Companies
Best Terms to Use:
Mention the actual name of the company.
Example:
“Experience working in [name of company]"
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