Candidate profiles built for matching

Last updated 2026-10-22

Short answer

A MatchWire candidate profile holds the fields matching needs: target titles, primary skill, years of experience, work authorization, location, excluded skills and contract preference, plus work history used to tailor resumes.

Good matches start with a good profile. The profile is where a recruiter tells MatchWire what a consultant wants, and matching reruns when match-relevant fields change.

How candidate profiles built for matching works

Here is what happens, step by step.

  • Add a candidate with their titles, skills, experience and preferences.
  • Work history is stored so tailored resumes draw on real experience.
  • Years of experience can be backfilled from work history.
  • When a match-relevant field changes, the candidate is rematched against recent jobs.
  • Matches already queued or applied are kept when you rematch.

A typical day

A new consultant joins the bench. The recruiter enters titles, skills, years of experience and work authorization once. Within the next cycle the profile is matched against the last week of jobs, and edits later trigger a rematch that keeps queued work.

Who uses it

Recruiters maintaining a bench and admins who want consistent profile data across the team.

What it does not do

MatchWire is not an applicant tracking system, so it does not replace a full candidate database or a recruiting CRM.

See it with your own data

Book a demo and we will walk through it with your own candidates and requirements.

Frequently asked questions

What happens when I edit a candidate?

If you change a field that affects matching, the candidate is rematched. Pending matches are refreshed and matches you queued or applied are preserved.

Which new jobs does a new candidate match against?

A new candidate is matched against jobs from the last seven days.