The fundamentals of finding a job on Scratchjobs.com

Basic Search

Looking for a job on Scratchjobs is easy! First, go to our home page

1. In the Keywords field, enter keywords such as a job title, skills or company name.
2. In the Location field, enter a city, state or postal code.
3. Click the Search Jobs button.

You will be directed to a results page containing job postings that match your criteria.

Refining Results

When you have too many jobs or not enough

Exact Phrase

To search for an exact phrase, put the phrase in quotations marks in the Keywords field. For example, a search of “.NET Developer” will only return results with the exact phrase “.NET Developer” anywhere within the listing. Searching the phrase without the quotation marks returns results for the words “.NET,” “Developer” as well as “.NET Developer”

Exact Job Title (title:)

To search for a specific job title, write “title:” followed by the title you wish to search. If the title is more than one word, you should consider putting the job title in quotation marks.

Example: title:“sales executive”

Exact Company Name (company:)

To search for a job at a specific company, type “company:” followed by the company name. As with job titles, if the company name is more than one word, place the company name in quotes.

Example: company:"Scratchjobs.com"

Using AND, OR and NOT

Scratchjobs supports the Boolean terms AND, OR, and NOT. Remember, these must be capitalized in order to work correctly.

Examples of use:

AND (returns results with both terms in job listing)

You’re looking for jobs that require writing and editing: writing AND editing
OR (returns results with either term in job listing) You are looking for Manager or Supervisor jobs: Manager OR Supervisor
NOT (returns results with one term, while excluding those with other term) You’re looking for engineering jobs, but not software engineering: title:engineer NOT software Please note that use of the NOT term first requires a positive search term. A search for NOT "truck driver" is invalid and will not yield results.