Typing a job title into a search box finds adverts that contain those words. That misses the advert that calls your job something else, and it surfaces adverts that mention your title once in a list of nice-to-haves. Matching is our attempt to do better, and this page explains exactly how it works so you can decide how much to trust it.
Step 1: understanding meaning, not just words
When you build a profile — your headline, experience, skills and summary — we turn it into a numerical representation of what your work is about. We do the same for every job description. Two texts about similar work end up close together even if they use different vocabulary: a "customer success manager" profile can match an "account manager, retention" advert.
This gives us a shortlist of jobs that are genuinely similar to your background, rather than ones that happen to share a keyword.
Step 2: hard rules that similarity cannot override
Similarity alone would happily suggest a perfect-fit job on another continent. So a small number of rules are applied as filters, not suggestions:
- Where you can work. Jobs outside the countries and locations you have chosen are removed, unless you have said you are open to relocating.
- Remote means remote. If you only want remote work, on-site roles are removed. Remote roles are kept even when they are advertised from another location.
- Work authorisation. Where an advert states a requirement you have told us you do not meet, it is removed.
We keep these filters deliberately few. Every extra rule hides jobs you might have wanted, so anything softer than these is left to the ranking.
Step 3: ranking what is left
The remaining jobs are ranked by how closely they fit your profile, and on premium plans each match can come with a short explanation of the strengths and gaps we see. The score is a guide to where to look first, not a verdict on whether you would get the job.
What matching does not do
- It does not read your mind about career changes. If you want to move into a new field, say so in your headline and summary — the matcher can only work with what your profile describes.
- It does not share your profile with employers. Matching runs on your side; recruiters only see what your privacy settings allow.
- It does not replace search. Use both: matches for the jobs you would not have thought to search for, search for the ones you already know you want.
How to get better matches
- Write a headline that describes the work you want next, not just your last title.
- List skills you actually use, and remove ones you would not want to be hired for.
- Set your locations, remote preference and relocation choice honestly — they are hard filters.
- Update your profile when your goals change; matches refresh as your profile does.