December 2007
Search and Match? What’s the difference?
Recognising the difference between ‘Search’ and ‘Match’ is the key to understanding the unique power and potential of the MatchWork system.
The basic definitions are simple.
Search is a function well-known to every Internet browser. Enter a key word and the search engine will produce all the references which correspond to that key word.
Search is quantitative – in the context of job sites it will give you, for example, the number of sales manager jobs in the system, the total vacancies for a given area or the number of part-time jobs.
Match is a function which has been specially developed by MatchWork.
Lying beneath the information entered into the system by employers and jobseekers is a search engine with a difference. It understands the meaning and significance of every key word in the system and, by using a unique algorithm, can weight each one to provide some very special results indeed.
Match is qualitative – in the context of job vacancies, it will give employers using the Match function an instant list of the CVs already in the system, in rank order of suitability.
For jobseekers, it will list the most suitable job opportunities – and Match is even cleverer than that – if told to do so, it will send emails to alert both employers and jobseekers to new information arriving in the system.
What’s more, Match will tell both categories of users how many relevant opportunities and CVs there are, so there is also a qualitative benefit from Match.
We’re sure you can already see the potential in the better results and huge time savings Match can offer but, more importantly, for both employer and jobseeker, there is the knowledge and reassurance that every important opportunity has been fully evaluated, that no stone has been left unturned and that the full potential of the marketplace has been explored.
Is that important? We think you know the answer.
