Location searches
Focus on the specific locations that the candidate must be located in first
Start with the specific locations where you want candidates to be based. The engine will expand the search to include candidates in the proximity of the searched locations and categorise them as 'Close matches'.
For example, when searching for Amsterdam, Netherlands
, candidates located in Almere
, Amstelveen
, etc will also appear in the list.
Combine 'Based in' locations and 'Remote' to target specific groups of candidates.
When searching for candidates for remote work, focus on specific areas that suit the 'flavour' of remote the company is looking for.
For example, companies looking to hire candidates:
Based in countries where they have legal entities
Based in countries where they can leverage price arbitration — e.g.
Based in:
South Africa
,Kenya
,Nigeria
Wants to work in:
Remote
Based in locations within specific timezones
Based in locations where the company would like to strategically expand or grow an employee base
Based in tech hubs or locations known for having a strong supply
Combine 'Based in' and 'Wants to work in' locations to target candidates according to relocation requirements or constraints.
If not looking to relocate candidates, specify the same city in 'Based in' and 'Wants to work in' criteria to focus on candidates already based in the city where the job is to be held — e.g.
Based in:
Cape Town, South Africa
Wants to work in:
Cape Town
When open to relocating candidates, specify the locations you're looking to relocate them from in the 'Based in' criteria in conjunction with the city the job is to be held in as part of the 'Wants to work' in criteria — e.g.
Based in:
Netherlands
Wants to work in:
Amsterdam
Role and skills searches
Include ‘generic’ and ‘specific’ roles together
Pair tech-specific roles with their ‘generic’ counterpart as well as the main required languages or frameworks in the skills criteria.
The following are examples of the above:
Java Developer
Roles:
Java Engineer
+Backend Engineer
+Full Stack Engineer
Skills:
Java
Full stack JavaScript / NodeJS Developer
Roles:
JS FE Engineer
+JS Node Engineer
+Full Stack Engineer
Skills:
NodeJS
,JavaScript
PHP Developer
Roles:
PHP Engineer
+Backend Engineer
+Full Stack Engineer
Skills:
PHP
,Laravel
Boost candidates in the results by combining ‘must have’ and ‘nice to have’ skills
Candidates are only included in the results if they match at least 1 ‘must have’ skill. And the more ‘must have’ skills they have, the higher up in the results they will appear.
‘Nice to have’ skills have a similar effect. The more ‘nice to have’ skills a candidate matches, the higher up in the results they appear.
For example, if you’re looking for candidates with the following skills:
‘Must have’:
Java
,Spring
, andSpringBoot
‘Nice to have’:
Liquibase
,Flyway
,JPA
,JTA
, andSpock
The top of your results will be:
Candidate A: matches
Java
,Spring
,SpringBoot
,Liquibase
,JPA
,JTA
, andSpock
Candidate B: matches
Java
,Spring
,SpringBoot
,Flyway
,JPA
, andSpock
Candidate C: matches
Java
,Spring
,SpringBoot
,Liquibase
, andSpock