Sure, you can just type in a job title you’re looking to fill and find plenty of resumes. But there might be a boat load of qualified people you never see. Here are some quick tips on doing a search to make sure you don’t miss anything.

One strategy is using searches with Boolean logic (i.e., searches with “AND” and “OR”). You can use this find resumes you’d likely normally miss.

First, you can add alternate spellings or common misspellings of the keywords you’re looking for. For example, the programming language “JavaScript” is often spelled as two words (”Java Script”), or shortened to “Java.” So say you’re looking for a programmer experienced in that language. If you type “JavaScript” into the search, resumes using those two alternates likely won’t show up. So instead enter “JavaScript OR ‘Java Script’ OR Java.”

You can combine AND and OR searches by using parentheses. So if you’re looking for a programmer who knows JavaScript and HTML code you can search for “JavaScript AND HTML.” But if you want to account for those alternate spellings, you’ll have to type “(JavaScript OR “JavaScript” OR Java) AND HTML.”

(Note: Some search engines substitute “+” for “AND”)

Also, say you search with just the word “programmer” - then you’ll miss people who say they “programmed” for a number of years, or have experience in “programming.” But add “**” to the word’s root and most engines will search for those variations. So you’ll type “program**” and those words with different ending should show up.