Semantic Matchmaking for Job Recruitment: An Ontology-Based Hybrid Approach

Human Resources Management (HRM) is the strategic management of the employees, who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the strategic goals of an organization. Many HRM tasks are based on locating and matching individuals to positions. In this paper we present an ontology-based hybrid approach to effectively match job seekers and job postings. The approach uses a deductive model to determine the kind of match between a job seeker and a posting, and applies a similarity-based approach to rank applicants.