# LinkedIn Boolean search for recruiters

> A ready Boolean string for recruiters, sourcers and talent acquisition teams. Free, no signup. Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us.

**Boolean search for recruiters. A ready string for Sales Navigator, no signup.** Use it at https://tools.joinvalley.co/linkedin-boolean-search-recruiters

Part of the [LinkedIn Boolean search builder](https://tools.joinvalley.co/linkedin-boolean-search).

## 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.

| 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.

Sources: [LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean search on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a524335) (read 2026-10-30), [LinkedIn Help: Using Boolean Search on Sales Navigator](https://www.linkedin.com/help/sales-navigator/answer/a168061) (read 2026-10-30)

## How it works

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.

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

The titles overlap; the companies don't.

### 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.

### 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.

Sources: [LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean search on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a524335) (read 2026-10-30)

## Sources

- [LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean search on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a524335) (read 2026-10-30)
- [LinkedIn Help: Using Boolean Search on Sales Navigator](https://www.linkedin.com/help/sales-navigator/answer/a168061) (read 2026-10-30)
- [LinkedIn Help: Use Boolean to filter search results in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite](https://www.linkedin.com/help/recruiter/answer/a415295) (read 2026-10-30)
- [LinkedIn Help: Boolean Query Limitations](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a524411/boolean-query-limitations) (read 2026-10-30)

## 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.

## Related tools

- [LinkedIn Boolean search builder](https://tools.joinvalley.co/linkedin-boolean-search): Builds Boolean strings for LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter, and fixes broken ones.
- [LinkedIn Boolean search for software engineers](https://tools.joinvalley.co/linkedin-boolean-search-software-engineers): A ready Boolean string for software engineers, with recruiters left out. For Recruiter.
- [Email permutator](https://tools.joinvalley.co/email-permutator): Lists every likely work email for a name and company, and checks the domain takes mail.
- [LinkedIn X-ray search builder](https://tools.joinvalley.co/linkedin-x-ray-search): Builds a Google search that finds LinkedIn profiles by job title, company and city.

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