using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string searchToken = "fo";

            List<Emp> emps = new List<Emp> { new Emp { Name = "fooz" },new Emp { Name = "foo" }, new Emp { Name = "bar" }, new Emp { Name = "afoo" },  new Emp { Name = "afooz" } };

​

            var matches = emps.Where(x=>x.Name.Contains(searchToken))

                              .Select(x=> new {Emp = x, Score = (x.Name.StartsWith(searchToken)==true)})

                              .OrderByDescending(x=>x.Score)

                              .ThenBy(x=>x.Emp.Name);

​

            foreach (var item in matches)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(item.Emp.Name);

            }

​

    }

}

​

class Emp

    {

        public string Name { get; set; }

    }