How to quickly find the best applicants
You can now filter applicants based on their experience and location, using our candidate filter tool.
In this article we will show you:
- How to filter your applicants using keywords or boolean
- How to filter your applicants using radial searching
- How to use keywords or boolean combined with radial searching
Note
All screenshots are taken from the standalone version of idibu, but all of the same functionality can be found in the same place within your CRM too.
How to filter your applicants using keywords or boolean
1. Inside the candidates tab of your vacancy, click the 'filter candidates' button.
2. In the 'keyword or boolean' field you can enter either comma separated keywords, or a standard boolean string.
Keywords:
Boolean:
The keywords operate much like 'OR' in a boolean string, returning any candidate who has at least one word you have entered. This is good for broad refinement, but for more specific results, boolean is better.
If you're not that familiar with boolean, then take a look at this section of our article on job board searching for some quick guidance,
3. Click 'Search' and the filter will only show the candidates against the vacancy who match the criteria input.
Note
If there is an error in how you have formatted your boolean string, then an error message will appear. In the example below, sales has been input without speech marks at the end, i.e. "sales
4. You can amend your search criteria if you wish by clicking 'refine search'.
5. To clear the filter criteria from the page, either click 'clear search'...
... or remove the grey filter block(s) by clicking the 'x' on the right.
How to filter your applicants using radial searching
1. Inside the candidates tab of your vacancy, click the 'filter candidates' button.
2. Start to type the location using either the city/town name, or post/zip code, then select the option that matches from the drop down list that appears
3. The radial search field will default to 10 miles. Click the drop down arrow if you wish to change the distance.
4. Click 'Search' and the filter will only show the candidates against the vacancy who match the criteria input.
5. You can amend your search criteria if you wish by clicking 'refine search'.
6. To clear the filter criteria from the page, either click 'clear search'...
... or remove the grey filter block(s) by clicking the 'x' on the right.
Using keywords or boolean combined with radial searching
To use these options in combination, simply input your criteria into all the relevant fields as described above, and then click 'search'
