Resume Database Software - applicant auto matching 

                                              

Resume database software will usually have some form of automatically matching applicants to job orders or positions. Gopher's recruiting software has automated matching in several forms and matches applicants from two perspectives.  When you use the phrase executive search software the recruiter usually has the client perspective.

Client perspective matching is of course client centric.  The recruiter focuses on the client and the assignment or job order.  The applicants are the deliverables for measuring success or failure.  The notes, conversations, meetings interviews, reference checks all relate to the product the recruiter is delivering to the client.

Applicant perspective matching is applicant centric. The recruiter's focus is on the applicant.  The deliverables are the jobs the recruiter can qualify the applicant for.  This is the very old agency concept and seldom used.  However an applicant perspective approach is a very good way to do some client marketing.  We will get back to client marketing later.

Being able to flip from client perspective to applicant perspective in an invaluable tool for recruiters because flipping opens new channels and new opportunities.  Going down the client perspective path leads to tunnel vision, which I believe is death to the recruitment process.

Staffing software by Blackdog will auto match when importing resumes, when clicking from the position tab to the resume tab, when clicking from the resume to the position tab, and from the 'matches' menu.

Matching applicants to jobs		Matching jobs to applicants
BlackDog's executive search software will perform instant matching of jobs to applicants or applicants to jobs.  Select an applicants resume on the resume screen and click the position tab to see what positions match the applicant. Select a position and click the resume tab and see what applicants match the position.

As a recruiter using our applicant tracking software you will import resumes from any source with a click. You will import one resume or many resumes.  The 'many resumes' is the key phrase here.  When a recruiter has a tool allowing fast and easy importing of resumes like Gopher, more resumes will be imported.  When more resumes are imported to the resume database the recruiter has a problem he did not have before.  How do you as a recruiters sort through all these resumes and get them to the right clients in a timely manner?

A recruiter's nightmare - You get to work about 7am, turn your computer and your searching software tool.  I hope it is Gopher.  Today is a big day you are closing a deal you have been working on for a month for a very big commission.  Last night the applicant accepted the offer and the relocation package.  You did your homework and you got authorization from the applicant to accept the clients offer. So your in a good mood.  All you have to do is contact the client and say he accepts so you can relax a bit and start some fresh projects.  You have been collecting some new resumes from some referrals and some mining on your own.  It is time to bring them into the database.  You click a few buttons and you import about 20 resumes.  The phone rings.  The applicant is having second thoughts about re-locating.  The spouse does not want to re-locate away from family.  

Now you spend all day between the applicant and client going over the re-location package. The day is over and the deal is still shaky. You have a sleepless night. You go to work and you find the deal is dead.  After lunch you pull yourself together and start working on the project you began by importing those 20 resumes.  One resume stands out and you say, yikes! You call your client.  Your client says, I am very sorry I just got that resume from another recruiter yesterday I interviewed him an hour ago and the applicant accepted before he left my office!  So in two days you have managed to let two deals slip away. 

This is what our recruitment software's auto matching is all about.  We are trying help organize the increased volume that the quick importing process to the database presents to you. The recruiter needs to look through the increased volume quickly to keep a placement from sitting on the desk.

Personally I have never put a lot of faith in an kind of system that matches applicants and job orders automatically.  To me I found they spend more of my time responding to silly matches.  I would spend less time finding the real match with a good recruiting software system with no limits by letting me use my imagination with an 'all query engine'.

So, if you as a recruiter do not give resume importing and auto matching much priority,  where should the priorities be?  As a recruiter your priority should be in the marketing to your client base.  BlackDog's executive search software gives you the right tools for client marketing.  I have given Gary Stables 3'rs of recruitment marketing some ink before but I believe it simplifies recruitment marketing so well that a whole page has been dedicated to re-print of the entire article.