Job Search Tips

T-Net has recently completed an upgrade to T-Net's Tech Careers website and job search functionality.

This upgrade includes a new job title specific search option, additional keyword search options, Boolean search commands and functionality (on all job title and keyword search fields), plus the ability to more easily conduct sophisticated job searches involving multiple, combined job search criteria on T-Net (using any combination of job title, keyword(s), job category, sector, company size, company name(s), city or region).

Please find attached a list of some of the most common job search options on T-Net, as well as some tips on how to each of these (in particular - they keyword search fields).

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In order to see all job search results, in date order (with the newest job listings at the top), simply click on the brown "Search" button on the bottom of the Job Search, or Advanced Job Search pages.

Job Title Search

Searches by "Job Title" are one of the fastest and easiest ways to quickly search for relevant job listings on T-Net.

Simply enter the job title(s) that you feel would most closely match the type of job(s) you are looking for in the main Job Title field, and then click the "Search" button (example: enter "Software Engineer").

Note: Job Title searches can be conducted by themselves, or in combination with Keyword searches (for example: Job Title "Software Engineer" and Keyword "C++"), or also in combination with other Candidate Job Search Criteria (such as Job Category, Job Sector, Company Size, and others).

Important: Please note that by default, Job Title searches will match all terms. If you wish to match only some terms, to match exact phrases, or to exclude certain terms from your search results, you can take advantage of Boolean search functionality. Please click here to see how to use Boolean Logic Search Commands on T-Net.

Keyword Search

Searches by "Keyword" are an alternative (or addition) to "Job Title Searches", and it is important to understand the distinction between these two.

While a Job Title Search will search only the job title, a "keyword search" will search all job listing fields, including the job title field.

To search for job listings by keyword, simply enter the desired keyword(s) you feel would best match the kind of job or career opportunities that you are looking for in the Keyword search field, and then click the "Search" button.

Note: Keyword searches can be conducted by themselves, or in combination with Job Title searches (for example: Job Title "Software Engineer" and Keyword "C++"), or also in combination with other Candidate Job Search Criteria (such as Job Category, Job Sector, Company Size, and others).

Important: Please note that by default, Keyword searches will match all terms. If you wish to match only some terms, to match exact phrases, or to exclude certain terms from your search results, you can take advantage of Boolean search functionality. Please click here to see how to use Boolean Logic Search Commands on T-Net.

Other Major Job Search Types on T-Net

T-Net's new keyword search options allow you to do sophisticated or combination job searches on T-Net in order to find only the jobs or career opportunities you are most interested in.

These search options can also be used in conjunction with all of the other options listed (for example, in conjunction with a job title search, keyword search, job category search, job sector search, job region search, company name search, date search, or any combination of the above).

Job Category Search: Easily search for jobs within a typical "functional" category or department of a company such as "Sales", "Marketing", "Human Resources", "Engineering" etc - by simply selecting one or more functional categories in the drop down menu beside "Job Category" (on either the main Job Search page, the Advanced Job Search page, or within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results).
Job Sector Search: Easily search for jobs within a sector of the overall BC tech industry, by simply selecting the sector of interest to you such as "Biotech/Life Sciences", "Information Technology", "New Media", "Wireless Technologies", etc. - by simply selecting this category in the drop down menu beside "Job Sector" (on either the main Job Search page, the Advanced Job Search page, or again, within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results).
Job Region Search: Search for jobs within a region of the overall BC industry, by selecting the region of interest to you (such as "Lower Mainland / South Coast" or "Vancouver Island"). Simply select the region you wish in the drop down menu beside "Job Region" (on either the main Job Search page, the Advanced Job Search page, or again, within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results).
Job Search By Company Name: There are 3 ways to return job search results from selected companies only. These include:
(a) Search for jobs by company name by selecting the specific company(s) of interest to you in the drop down menu beside the "Company" search field on the Advanced Job Search page, or within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results),
(b) a Keyword Search by Company Name (on either the main Job Search page, the Advanced Job Search page, or within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results).
(c) clicking on a company's logo on the front page of the Tech Careers section of T-Net.
Job Search By Company Size: Search for jobs by company size by selecting the company size ranges of interest to you (such as "10-19", "20-49", etc). Simply select the company sizes you wish in the drop down menu beside "Company Size" (on the Advanced Job Search page, or within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results).
Job Search By City: Search for jobs by City by selecting the specific city(s) of interest to you in the drop down menu beside "City" on the Advanced Job Search page, or within the "Refine My Search" toolbar that appears beside all job search results). You may also search for jobs by City by entering the city name(s) of interest in the main Keyword search field.
Refining Your Search Results: You can refine your search results on any job search by specifying the timeframe for your job search, and how you wish search results to be sorted (by date posted, company name or job title).
New "Browse Jobs" Function: A new "Browse Jobs" page is now available to quickly and easily browse open job listings of most interest to you on T-Net (by company name, job title, job category, sector, company size and region). Simply select the "Browse Jobs" option in the pull down menu list under the Job Search tab in the top navigation bar of the Tech Careers section to access this page.
Research Companies Tools: A new "Research Companies" tool that enables users on T-Net to better research companies in the BC Tech industry (as well as other IT Employers) through detailed and comprehensive Company Profiles on T-Net for every company currently listing job listings on the site (plus many others) is also now available. Each Company Profile includes detailed statistics on each listed company (including company type, ownership, company size, revenue, year founded, sector, region) together with a detailed company overview and direct links to each company's current career opportunities, career profile, news information, and company website. Select this option in the pull down menu item list under the Job Search tab in the top navigation bar of the Tech Careers section.
"Refine Your Search" Toolbar: A new "Refine Your Search" option now appears om the right hand side of all return job search results. You can use this to more quickly and easily narrow down your job search results to the career opportunities you are most interested in (using any combination of job title, keyword(s), job category, sector, company size, company name, city or region);
Member Toolbars (on Job Listings): New "Member Toolbars" have also now been added on all job listings to enable you to more easily Print, Forward, Email, Save, Add Notes, or Apply to job listings, "Follow" companies of interest (confidentially), and more easily access company profiles and available career opportunities on T-Net (directly from any open job listing);

Note: You may also select multiple search criteria in one or more categories (for example, select two job categories and three job regions together), in order to further define your search.

Summary

The best way to explore our new search functionality of course is simply to visit the job search pages in the Tech Careers section and start trying out all of the various new job search options that are now available to you.

We hope you enjoy T-Net's new job search engine.

If you have any further questions on how to use T-Net Pinpoint Search^TM, please contact us by email.

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OR
By default, the job search matches all Job Title and Keyword Search terms. If you wish to match any word then you should use OR between your search terms. The word OR connects two or more words, at least one of which should appear on each job listing returned by the search results. This is a good way to connect synonyms or alternate spellings. Be sure to capitalize OR.
Developer OR Engineer OR "Web Developer"
AND
By default, the job search matches all Job Title and Keyword Search terms. Because of this, it is not necessary to use AND in your search.
- (minus sign)
The Minus sign marks words that cannot appear in any job listing within the job search results. Use this to exclude pages containing a particular word.
Elvis -Costello This will request Elvis, but exclude anything on Elvis Costello.
NOT
The word NOT is used much like the minus sign to exclude words. Be sure to capitalize NOT.
Developer AND Engineer NOT Ruby
" " (quotation marks)
Quotation marks indicate exact multiple-word phrases. Without quotation marks, the search engine will assume that the phrase is a list of separate query terms.
"Senior Software Developer" will return a list of job listings containing that exact phrase. In contrast, the query, Senior Software Developer (without quotes) will return pages containing the words Senior, Software, and Developer not necessarily in that order.