Global search

Global search is the fastest way to move around Kepler. Open it from the Search button at the top of the sidebar, or press Cmd/Ctrl + K anywhere.

The search dialog

Before you type, the dialog lists your recent records and quick commands such as New…, Go to Jobs, Go to Pipeline, Go to Tasks, Go to Inbox and Search help (which opens the help center beside the page). Results appear on the left as you type, with the best match first and the rest grouped by kind; the right pane shows a live preview of the selected result — a candidate's email, phone, location and status, a job's client and fee, a placement's candidate, job and status — so you can confirm you've got the right one before opening it.

• Arrow keys move through results, Enter opens the selection, and Cmd/Ctrl + Enter sends what you typed to the Assistant (the Ask the assistant button does the same).
• With New… selected, Tab changes the record type and Enter opens its form.

What you can search

Results are grouped as People (candidates and contacts), Companies, Jobs, Applications, Placements, Tasks and Lists, then Notes (notes and logged calls, meetings and messages, each with its record, author, date and a preview) and other Activity. Type a name, a company, a job title, an email address or a phone fragment. From three characters, a term matches anywhere in a field, not just at the start of a word.

Exact matches rank first, then matches at the start of a word, then close spellings. Among equally good matches, active records come before inactive ones and recently updated ones before older ones.

Questions, not lookups?

When the thing you want is an answer ("senior data engineers open to contract in Berlin"), type the question and choose the Ask: row, or press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter — the question goes straight to the Assistant. When your words read like a question, or nothing matches, the Ask row leads the list and Enter asks it. Results respect your permissions and email sharing settings — search never shows anyone data they couldn't see by browsing.

Power tips

• Search-then-Enter is the fastest navigation in the app — the top result opens directly.
• Search before creating any record — the cheapest duplicate check there is.
• Phone fragments work — the last 4–6 digits of a number you half-remember is often enough.