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More information on how to combine search terms

Combining search terms

You can combine as many search terms as you wish to narrow down your search. Terms may include, skills and/or geographical locations.

Use 'and' and '+' to combine search terms. (These operators can be used in slightly different ways to achieve different results, e.g. using 'and' where two or more search terms must feature in the results or '+' where one term is optional but another term must appear.)

Using the operator 'and' means terms both left and right of the 'and' operator must be included in the search results.

Using '+' directly before a search term means that term must be included in the search results.

Examples
'PHP and Sussex' - Both PHP and Sussex must feature in the results.
'+PHP +Sussex' - Both PHP and Sussex must feature in the results.
(please note no space should appear between the + symbol and the term you are referring to).
'PHP +Sussex' - Sussex must appear in the results, but PHP is optional.

Omitting search terms

You can omit search terms by using 'not' or '-' symbol. They work in exactly the same way as each other except that no space should appear between the - symbol and the term you are referring to.

So entering 'manager +java not London' will give you same results as 'manager +java -London'. This search will return jobs that are about Java, not within London and may optionally also have the term "manager".