How do I find agency recruiters rather than in-house ones?

Keep the same titles and add (staffing OR agency OR recruitment) in Keywords. Leave those words out for in-house teams.

Why leave out recruiting coordinators?

They usually run interview logistics rather than recruit. Remove coordinator from the leave-out list if you want them.

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Boolean search for recruiters.A ready string for Sales Navigator, no signup.

A ready Boolean string for recruiters, sourcers and talent acquisition teams.

Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us.

Where you'll search

Sales NavigatorRecruiterLinkedIn search

Start from a role (optional)

Job titles, any of these

One per line or separated by commas. Phrases get quotes for you.

Titles to leave out

Must mention, all of these

Words or phrases every result needs.

Must mention one of these

Words to leave out

Paste into: Title filter

(Recruiter OR "Technical Recruiter" OR "Talent Acquisition" OR "Talent Partner" OR Sourcer OR "Head of Talent") NOT (coordinator OR intern OR assistant)

8 operators of 15 · 152 characters

Follows LinkedIn's Boolean rules.

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Recruiters

What's the Boolean string for recruiters on LinkedIn?Every title it covers, and what it leaves out.

In Sales Navigator, paste this into the title filter: (Recruiter OR "Technical Recruiter" OR "Talent Acquisition" OR "Talent Partner" OR Sourcer OR "Head of Talent") NOT (coordinator OR intern OR assistant). It covers 6 ways people write the title and leaves out coordinator, intern, assistant.

Job titles in the recruiters string, and the titles it leaves out
Title	In or out	Why
Recruiter	In	The most general title.
Technical Recruiter	In	Recruiters who hire engineers.
Talent Acquisition	In	The in-house team's usual name.
Talent Partner	In	Another in-house title.
Sourcer	In	People who find candidates for recruiters.
Head of Talent	In	The person who runs the team.
coordinator	Out	Coordinators usually run interview logistics rather than recruit. Remove it to include them.
intern	Out	Keeps out interns.
assistant	Out	Keeps out recruiting assistants.

Our picks, not LinkedIn's. Add or remove titles in the builder above and the string updates.

From LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean search on LinkedIn ↗ · LinkedIn Help: Using Boolean Search on Sales Navigator ↗, read 30 Oct 2026

How it works

How this tool works.And what it can't see.

The builder opens on our recruiters list for Sales Navigator: 6 title variants and 3 titles to leave out. Edit any of them, switch product, or add keywords, and the string updates. Everything runs in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to us.

Quotes, parentheses and capital operators go in for you, following LinkedIn's Boolean rules, and the checker below the builder flags anything LinkedIn won't read the way you meant.

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Sources

LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean search on LinkedIn ↗read 30 Oct 2026
LinkedIn Help: Using Boolean Search on Sales Navigator ↗read 30 Oct 2026
LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean to filter search results in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite ↗read 30 Oct 2026
LinkedIn Help: Boolean Query Limitations ↗read 30 Oct 2026

Finding recruiters

Agency or in-house recruiters.Same titles, different keywords.

The titles overlap; the companies don't.

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Agency recruiters vs in-house teams
Recruiters at staffing agencies and in-house talent teams use the same titles. Add (staffing OR agency OR recruitment) in Keywords for agencies, or leave those words out for in-house teams. That's our view.
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Talent Partner won't find Talent Acquisition Partner
Quotes make LinkedIn match a phrase exactly, so "Talent Partner" won't find "Talent Acquisition Partner". List each wording you want.
From LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean search on LinkedIn ↗, read 30 Oct 2026

Questions

Questions people ask.

What's a Boolean string to find recruiters on LinkedIn?: (Recruiter OR "Technical Recruiter" OR "Talent Acquisition" OR "Talent Partner" OR Sourcer OR "Head of Talent") NOT (coordinator OR intern OR assistant), in Sales Navigator's title filter.
How do I find agency recruiters rather than in-house ones?: Keep the same titles and add (staffing OR agency OR recruitment) in Keywords. Leave those words out for in-house teams.
Why leave out recruiting coordinators?: They usually run interview logistics rather than recruit. Remove coordinator from the leave-out list if you want them.

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