To find a CV there are multiple search options: 

• Quick search
• Advanced search
• Full-text search

 

Quick search 

The Quick search field is a quick way to find items without a need to bring up an advanced search form.
To use the field:

• Open the CV list from the CV Database, a vacancy or a project
• Locate the Quick search field at top left side of the page 
• Type the beginning of the text you are searching for
• Click on Find or press the Enter key on your keyboard
  

 

The Quick search field always searches in the current context. For example if you are viewing a list of vacancies the Quick search field will search for vacancies whose title starts with the search term you enter, if you are viewing projects it will search for projects, etc.

See also Quick Search

 

Advanced Search

In many cases Quick search will not be sufficiently granular to find the data required and so you will have to use and advanced search form. The advanced search form allows you to search for data using several fields at a time, using numeric and date time data, using lists and deciding on the type of comparison.

To search for data using a search form with multiple fields:

1. Open the CV list from the CV Database, a vacancy or a project
2. Locate the Quick search field at top left side of the page 
3. Click the arrow next to the Find wording and click on Advanced Search
4. Fill in the form as necessary
5. Click the Find button at the bottom of the form

The advanced search form is fully customized for your organization and depends on the type of data being searched, so it shows the fields that have been selected by your administrator for the given type of data.

In an advanced search form all the fields operate using the logical AND operator. For example, when you are searching for search CVs, if you select Location = Milan and Study title = Degree the search engine will find CVs where both conditions are true. In many cases you will need to find data using the logical OR operator: this is possible in an advanced search form if the search parameters you need to combine are in a list.

To select multiple items for lists from the advanced search form:

1. Click on the  Actions > Search options > Multiple item search option
2. Select multiple items from the lists by using dragging and dropping
3. Click the Find button at the bottom of the form

For example when you are searching for CVs, with the Multiple item search option enabled, if you select Location = Milan and Location = Rome the search engine will find CVs where either of the conditions are true. Although multiple selections of items from a list work using the logical OR operator, they still combine with other fields using the AND operator.

If you need to combine other fields using the logical OR operator or if you need to save the search criteria so they can be applied with a single click you will need to create a Saved Search. 

See also Advanced Search

 

Full-text Searches

Altamira Recruiting includes a sophisticated engine that extracts the text of uploaded documents and uses this for fast full text querying. This provides several advantages:

• Keyword searches can be syntax highlighted
• The text of the attachment can be displayed together with the structured fields
• Full-text searching can be performed drastically reducing the number of fields that candidates need to fill in as most of the important information will be in the attachment

When you type text in the search box or in a field in the Advanced search form, this text is analysed by the full text query interpreter. This allows you to create complex full text expressions using keywords. The following operators are: recognized by the text query interpreter:

The asterisk: using an asterisk after a search term will find texts containing words that begin with the search term. For example, searching for market* will find texts containing marketable, marketing and markets, but not supermarket, remarket.

Quotation marks: using quotation marks to wrap a search term will find texts containing words that match the search term exactly. For example, searching for "market" will find texts containing market but not marketing and markets.

The space: using a space between keywords will find texts containing all the indiv idual words. For example, searching for product manager will find texts containing product and manager.

The comma: using a comma between keywords will find texts containing any of the indiv idual words. For
example, searching for product,manager will find texts containing product or manager.

The exclamation mark: using an exclamation mark in front of a search term will find texts not containing the search term. For example, searching for product!manager will find texts containing the term product that do not contain the text manager.

The minus sign: using a minus sign between two search terms will find texts where the indiv idual words are near each other. For example, searching for product-manager will find texts containing product and manager where the two words are near each other.

The parenthesis: using quotation marks to wrap a search term allows you to build more complex expressions combining multiple operators. For example, searching for (software developer),(software architect) will find texts containing software and developer or software and architect.

Operators can be combined to form complex expressions. For example: "product" manager* will find texts containing the exact word product and any word beginning with manager and both must be present in the document.

See also Full-text search