Advanced Search Syntax with GitHub search
As with Public Profile search, SeekOut supports a wide range of field-specific search capabilities in GitHub candidate search.
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As with Public Profile search, SeekOut supports a wide range of field-specific search capabilities in GitHub candidate search.
Field Search
To find words in a specific part of the candidate's profile, use the structure fieldname:searchterm
cur_title:architect
This finds anyone with architect somewhere in their title.
Boolean operators can be used with these field searches:
grad_year:2020 AND cur_title:("business analyst" OR engineer)
This finds anyone who graduated college in 2020 and has a current title containing "business analyst" or "engineer."
You can also use wildcard operators in field searches:
cur_title:arch*
This finds anyone whose current title includes a word starting with "arch" (e.g., architect, archer, etc.)
Field Name Operators
Here are the fields you can use to search within the keyword box in Github Search:
full_name
locations
skills
industry
summary
cur_company
cur_title
cur_job_desc
past_companies
past_titles
schools
majors
degrees
grad_year
contrib_repos
diversity
topics
personal_repos
websites