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Writing a Boolean Search: A Practical Guide
Boolean searching is one of the quickest ways to find better candidates in a CV database. Because most databases rely on Boolean logic, knowing how to use it properly helps you reduce irrelevant results and pinpoint the right profiles faster. This guide walks through the core operators (AND, OR, NOT), plus quotation marks and brackets, with simple examples you can copy and adapt.
Stop Wasting Your Recruitment Advertising Budget with Simon Malpas (Growth Bites Season 3, Episode 6)
Simon Malpas joins Growth Bites to unpack the messy reality of recruitment advertising, why repeating last year’s job board plan no longer works, and how data-led health checks help teams spend less but get more
Are job boards dead? With Simon Malpas (Wave’s Talent Matters podcast EP307)
Job boards get written off all the time, but they’re still doing heavy lifting for recruiters. In this Talent Matters episode, Simon talks through what’s changed, where ROI gets lost, and how to be more deliberate with spend and strategy.
Job boards aren’t dead, they’ve just grown up
I’ve seen a few posts lately from recruiters claiming job boards are “dead.” Now, I’m hardly an unbiased source here – my day job is literally helping recruiters get the most from job boards – but honestly, they’re not dead. Not even close.
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Job boards aren’t dead, they’ve just grown up
I’ve seen a few posts lately from recruiters claiming job boards are “dead.” Now, I’m hardly an unbiased source here – my day job is literally helping recruiters get the most from job boards – but honestly, they’re not dead. Not even close.
Latest Podcasts
Stop Wasting Your Recruitment Advertising Budget with Simon Malpas (Growth Bites Season 3, Episode 6)
Simon Malpas joins Growth Bites to unpack the messy reality of recruitment advertising, why repeating last year’s job board plan no longer works, and how data-led health checks help teams spend less but get more
Are job boards dead? With Simon Malpas (Wave’s Talent Matters podcast EP307)
Job boards get written off all the time, but they’re still doing heavy lifting for recruiters. In this Talent Matters episode, Simon talks through what’s changed, where ROI gets lost, and how to be more deliberate with spend and strategy.
