For the power search members out there, we've added a set of five search operators to help you narrow down your search results directly from the search box:

  • firstname: Finds members based on first name

  • lastname: Finds members based on last name

  • title: Finds members based on their current title

  • company: Finds members based on their current company (keyword search)

  • school: Finds members based on schools attended (keyword search)

Search operators complement the filters on the right-hand side of the results page and the AND, OR and NOT boolean operators.

Here's a quick example: to search for current software engineers not named Doe, who have attended either Harvard University or Stanford University, try: title:'software engineer' NOT lastname:doe school:(harvard OR stanford)

When using search operators, remember to use quotes for multi-word search terms, and parentheses for AND, OR and NOT phrases.

We'll continue to invest in search relevance and query understanding to bring you the best results. If you have any questions on LinkedIn search, check out our Help Center.

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