Match guidance

How does matching work?

The Scoutship matching engine uses your role's minimum qualifications, candidate preferences and candidate qualifications to match you with candidates.

Candidate preferences

Candidate preferences are used to identify which candidates may be a good fit for your role. Preferences which guide our matching engine include:

  • Type of role

  • Level of role

  • Employment type

  • Employment level

  • Level of responsibility

  • Preferred work location

  • Preferred time zone

  • Minimum compensation

  • Employer size

  • Employer industry

Candidate Qualifications

When creating a role, you are asked to indicate what qualifications are required for a candidate to be successful in the role. You will only be shown candidates that meet the minimum qualifications, including:

  • Industry experience

  • Skills

  • Language

The matching engine relies on the qualifications indicated in a candidate's profile to determine if they meet the required qualifications for a role. Candidates with incomplete profiles may not appear in your matches.

All candidate information is self-reported; at this time, Scoutship does not verify that a candidate's qualifications are accurate.

Role location and work authorization

You are asked to indicate if your organization is able and willing to support the hiring of candidates without the necessary authorization to work in your role's location.

You will only match with candidates who:

  • Already have the necessary work authorization (as indicated in their profile)

  • Are in a location that you have indicated your organization has the necessary authorization to hire in

  • Are in a location that you have indicated your organization is able and willing to sponsor the necessary authorization to hire in (or support a candidate's move to a different location.)

For example:

  • You are a U.S.-based company and have indicated you are able and willing to hire a remote worker based in Canada. You may match with a candidate living in Toronto, Canada who is open to remote work.

  • You are a U.S.-based company and have not indicated you are able or willing to hire a worker based outside the U.S. You will only match with candidates located in the U.S. or candidates outside the U.S. who have indicated that they have authorization to work in the U.S. and are interested in relocating to the role's location.

How can I increase the number of matches?

Since matches are driven by the minimum qualifications you set, to increase the quantity of matches we recommend exploring how flexible your requirements can be.

Actions that typically produce more matches:

  • Allow for remote work

  • Limit required skills to only those absolutely critical to the role

  • Limit required industry experience to only the experience critical to the role

  • Consider whether the compensation and benefits you're offering are competitive

While you can't directly influence candidate preferences, you can help candidates get to know you by completing your organization's Profile and keeping it up to date. Learn more about managing your Profile.

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