Recruiting Glossary

Essential terms for AI recruiting, HR tech, and talent acquisition. From resume parsing to semantic matching, understand the technology powering modern recruiting.

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Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is software that manages the recruiting process, including job postings, applications, candidate tracking, and hiri...

Bias in Hiring

Hiring bias is the tendency to evaluate candidates based on factors unrelated to job performance, including unconscious biases related to name, gender...

Boolean Search

Boolean search uses logical operators (AND, OR, NOT) combined with keywords to search candidate databases and find specific profiles....

Candidate Matching

Candidate matching is the automated process of scoring and ranking candidates based on how well their qualifications align with job requirements....

Data Enrichment

Data enrichment is the process of enhancing candidate profiles with additional information from external sources, such as social profiles, updated con...

Internal Mobility

Internal mobility is the movement of employees to new roles, departments, or locations within the same organization, including promotions, lateral mov...

JD Parsing

JD (Job Description) parsing is the automated extraction of structured data from job postings, including required skills, qualifications, experience l...

Job Matching

Job matching is the process of recommending relevant jobs to candidates based on their skills, experience, preferences, and career goals....

JSON-LD

JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is a method of encoding structured data that search engines use to understand and display page co...

OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is technology that converts images of text into machine-readable text, enabling processing of scanned documents an...

Passive Candidates

Passive candidates are professionals who are currently employed and not actively looking for a new job, but may be open to the right opportunity....

Quality of Hire

Quality of hire is a metric measuring the value new employees bring to an organization, typically assessed through performance ratings, retention rate...

Resume Parsing

Resume parsing is the automated process of extracting candidate information from resume documents (PDF, DOCX, etc.) and converting it into structured,...

Skills Extraction

Skills extraction is the identification and categorization of skills mentioned in resumes, job descriptions, or other text, typically including normal...

Skills Taxonomy

A skills taxonomy is a structured classification system that organizes skills into categories, maps synonyms, and defines relationships between skills...

Semantic Matching

Semantic matching uses AI to understand the meaning and context of text, enabling matching based on concepts rather than just keyword overlap....

Talent Acquisition

Talent acquisition (TA) is the strategic, ongoing process of identifying, attracting, recruiting, and retaining employees, encompassing employer brand...

Talent Pool

A talent pool is a database of qualified candidates who have been sourced, applied, or identified for potential current or future job opportunities....

Time to Fill

Time to fill is the number of days between when a job requisition is opened and when a candidate accepts an offer for that position....

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