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To rank contacts by keyword importance, add your keywords in the Contacts career filters, mark each one Must have, Desirable, or Exclude, and give the desirable ones a score multiplier.

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What this gets you

  • The best-fitting contacts at the top of the list, not just a list of matches.
  • Broad searches that stay relevant, because desirable keywords rank instead of filter.
  • Control over which skills matter most for this role.

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Steps

  1. Open Contacts and the filter sidebar, then open a career filter such as role title, skills, or company.
  2. Add a keyword and choose how it counts:
    • Must have: the keyword must be present in the profile.
    • Desirable: if present, the profile ranks higher.
    • Exclude: if present, the profile is excluded.
  3. For a Desirable keyword, set the Score Multiplier from 0.1 to 5 to say how much it matters.
  4. Choose Set Keyword Threshold to require a minimum number of desirable keywords in each result.
  5. Apply the filters. Contacts are ordered from the best fit down.

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Tips

  • Keep must-haves to the few things that are truly essential. Every extra one removes good candidates.
  • Choose whether a keyword must match the current role or any past role.

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Ideas to get more from it

  • Save the filters as a saved search, or as the job’s ideal candidate, so they apply automatically.
  • Raise the threshold when a search returns too many people, instead of adding must-haves.