Find alumni at target companies (job search)

You want alumni from your school working at companies on your target list, because shared background lifts reply rates.

"University of Michigan" AND (Google OR Salesforce OR Stripe) NOT (student OR intern)

Swap in your own school and target companies, the structure stays the same. The school name finds shared background, the company group narrows to where you want to land, and excluding students filters for people already working there.

Variations

One company deep
"University of Michigan" AND Google NOT (student OR intern)
Same field too
"University of Michigan" AND (Google OR Stripe) AND ("product manager" OR "product management") NOT student

Paste into LinkedIn's main search bar, then filter by People. Operators must stay uppercase; the copies above already are.

Make it yours: Boolean Search Builder

Adapt this recipe in the builder: swap terms in three plain boxes and the syntax stays correct automatically.

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