@Raza Dada Absolutely! When building searches in LinkedIn Talent Insights, both the title and function filters are valuable tools for refining and expanding our talent search. Leveraging the function filter can often yield surprising and significant results, as you mentioned.
Expanding the search from a specific job title, such as "DevOps Engineer," to a broader function like "Engineering," allows us to cast a wider net and discover a larger pool of potential candidates. This increased flexibility enables us to include additional desirable skills in our search and tap into previously overlooked pockets of talent.
It's important to note that while the expanded search results may include professionals with various job titles beyond "DevOps Engineer," the Titles tab in LinkedIn Talent Insights provides a comprehensive breakdown of the specific job titles within that larger pool of talent. This allows us to explore and identify relevant titles beyond our initial search criteria.
Thank you for sharing this valuable insight and highlighting the benefits of leveraging both title and function filters in LinkedIn Talent Insights. It's these features that empower us to uncover hidden talent and make more informed hiring decisions.
Do y’all find yourselves leveraging the title or the function filter when building your search?
As an LTI Consultant at LinkedIn, I love the surprise on my client’s face when I show them how to leverage the Function filter in LTI. For example, Let’s say you’re recruiting for a DevOps Engineer with Skills such as Docker and Kubernetes in the United States. Using these exact criteria in your filters will yield about 11K professionals -- not bad at all. But getting rid of the DevOps Engineer title and instead adding Engineering as the function opens us up to over 63K professionals, an almost 6x increase!
Of course not all of of these professionals will be relevant, but this approach gives us even more flexibility to list additional nice-to-have skills in our search and tap into pockets of talent that we may have otherwise overlooked.
PS: If you’re ever curious what job titles these 63K professionals have beyond DevOps Engineer, you can just click into the TItles tab and get the full breakdown.
Just imagine the excitement that comes with contributing to the ongoing debate about the incredible possibilities we can unlock through the ingenious use of filters in recruitment searches. 
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As I reflect on my own journey, it's clear that the function filter has revolutionized the way I approach searches. However, it's important to acknowledge that this function is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to unleashing our creativity. There are numerous other filters waiting to be explored, each offering a unique perspective and a new dimension to our search endeavors.
Working primarily with IT profiles, I've marveled at the multitude of titles that exist within the same domain. It's truly mind-boggling how professionals in these areas can be labeled differently, despite their shared expertise.
In my quest for innovative strategies, I've discovered the power of focusing on partial titles. Consider the scenario of searching for an operations technician. Instead of fixating on the complete title, I delve into the core term "operation" and experiment with various approaches, such as incorporating functions, keywords, and skills.
Alternatively, I've discovered the power of bypassing titles altogether and leveraging keywords while incorporating additional filters like function, skills, education, and experience. It's an exhilarating process that opens up a world of possibilities in recruitment.
So, let's jump into this ongoing conversation about the ingenious use of filters in recruitment searches. Together, we can contribute our unique perspectives, shedding light on the diverse and creative ways we can leverage these filters. 
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@JoannaMegan Your enthusiasm is 
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@Courtney - Community Manager
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I sometimes get a bit nerdy about creative ways of using tools and not only using them ‘the obvious way’. I absolutely love challenging conventional thinking - even my own. And I just love being part of a community like this which really stimulates creative thinking 🥸
Boolean Keywords for life!
I’m slightly suspicious of searching by skills as (and feel free to correct me, anyone) skills are dependent on either the user or someone else nominating them for that skill - so that can goose the stats a little.
I find people’s eyes glaze over if you present them with X,000 results, or they go the other way “You mean you showed me 9876587659876 candidates on LinkedIn and nobody is relevant?” and then the booing starts...
