Semantic matching

Semantic matching — also called semantic search — compares a profile and a search by what they mean, not by which exact words they share. A keyword system asks "does this text contain these tokens?"; a semantic system asks "does this experience fit what's described?" and ranks by genuine relevance.

For job seekers, this is why describing your real work clearly beats stuffing keywords — a profile that says "managed a team of four engineers" can match a search for "led a small engineering team" even with almost no shared words.

Learn more in how semantic matching changes job search and AI job search.