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title: Candidate Grid - Quick Search
description: The record grids provide the ability to perform quick searches using the extensive criteria in the first drop-down list across company, client, candidate, vacancy and placement records.
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# Candidate Grid - Quick Search

## The record grids provide the ability to perform quick searches using the extensive criteria in the first drop-down list across company, client, candidate, vacancy and placement records.

Here is how:

![Candidate Grid](https://helpdesk.chameleoni.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/candidates-grid-search-options-Apr-16-2024-01-11-10-0018-PM.jpg?width=670&height=80&name=candidates-grid-search-options-Apr-16-2024-01-11-10-0018-PM.jpg)

- Select the record type from the **Smart Navigation** panel.
- The search grid will load, like the one above.
- Use the first drop-down box choose the type of match you want to make.
- Use the criteria boxes to enter some basic criteria.
- Press the '**Go**' button to run the search.
- Alternatively, you can use the quick-start letters (A-Z) that in one-click allow you to jump straight to matching results based on the selection displayed in the first drop-down box.
- You can sort your results using any column by clicking the header. Click to toggle between ascending and descending etc.

The quick search displays between 20 & 60 results per page depending on your user settings.

![Candidate Grid Populated](https://helpdesk.chameleoni.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/candidate-grid-populated-Apr-16-2024-01-11-10-5889-PM.jpg?width=670&height=402&name=candidate-grid-populated-Apr-16-2024-01-11-10-5889-PM.jpg)

What do those letters mean in the grids?

Within the client quick search grid the letters correspond to:

J = Jobs  
P = Placements  
N = Notes  
T= Tags

Within the companies quick search grid the letters correspond to:

C = Client Contacts  
J = Jobs/Vacancies  
P = Placements  
T = Tags

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