Job Search Help
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Search All Text
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To make a selection, simply click the circle beside your
preferred choice and enter a keyword, keywords or number into the text box and
then click ‘Search’.
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All Text
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The ‘All Text’ option allows the job seeker to perform a keyword search that
queries all of the text provided on a job advertisement. You can type a keyword
or keywords into the text box provided and receive a list of search results
based on the selected keyword or keywords.
At its simplest, an ‘All Text’ search can be just a word, a location or a
phrase. However, with the tips on this page, you can expand the focus of your
job search to give you more complete results. These tips will get you started
with basic query language and acquaint you with the full power of the Job Bank
Job Search. Furthermore, it gives you the opportunity to search the entire
content of a job offer such as the order number, the date and the job title.
This will allow you to find information about jobs in Canada quickly!
If you wish to view jobs advertisements for a specific city or town, we suggest
you choose the 'Search All Text' option using the city or town's name as the
search criteria and then click ‘Search’. If you are unable to find a job that
matches your career objectives in your immediate area, you could try to search
under a nearby community.
Look for words with the same prefix. For example, in the text box type car*
to find caregiver, carpenter, care worker, etc...
Search for all forms of a word. For example, in the text box type man**
to find manager, sales clerk-men's wear, service man-hydraulic, etc...
Search with the keyword NEAR, rather than AND,
for words close to each other. For example, both of these queries, system
and manager and system near manager,
look for the words system and manager
in the same posting. But with NEAR , the returned
jobs are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the words are, the
higher the rank in your search results.
Refine your queries with the AND NOT keywords to
exclude certain text from your search. For example, if you want to find all
instances of manager but not office manager
entries, type the following query:
manager AND NOT office
Use the OR keyword to find all instances of either
one word or another. For example:
analyst OR programmer
This query finds all jobs that mention analyst or programmer. Put quotation
marks around keywords if you want the search to take you literally. For
example:
"office near manager"
The search will literally look for the complete phrase office near manager
. However, if you type the same query without the quotation marks:
office near manager
the Job Bank searches all documents for the words office
and manager.
* Please note that you may leave the text box empty if you do not wish to
refine your search using a keyword, job title or job number.
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Search Job Title
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The ‘Job Title’ option allows the job seeker to perform a
keyword search that queries only the job title portion of the job
advertisement. You can type a job title or keyword(s)
into the text box provided and receive a list of search results based on the
selected job title or keyword(s).
Once a job title or one or more keywords are entered, Job Bank will search for
job listings that contain the selected job title, or the keyword(s), in the job
title of the job ad.
Below are some examples of job titles and associated keywords:
| Job Title |
Keyword |
| Cocktail Waiter / Waitress |
waitress banquet
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| Community college teacher |
college teacher
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* Please note that you may leave the text box empty if you do not wish to
refine your search using a keyword, job title or job number.
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Search Job Number
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The Job Number option allows the job seeker to perform a
search that queries the job ad number. The job ad number is a unique 7-digit
identifier on each Job Bank job advertisement. You can type a 7-digit number
into the text box provided and receive the corresponding job listing.
* Please note that you may leave the text box empty if you do not wish to
refine your search using a keyword or job number.
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