Resume match score

How it works

1. When an application arrives, ZeniaHR reads the resume text together with the skills the candidate listed.
2. Each required skill on the requisition is checked, and skills points are given in proportion: 4 of 5 skills found earns 32 of 40.
3. Relevant experience compares the years found with the years required, scaled down when the experience appears to be in an unrelated field.
4. Role and project relevance looks at past job titles and whether matched skills appear in work or project descriptions; education compares the qualification found with the one required.
5. Parts the requisition does not define, such as preferred skills, are left out, and the rest are rescaled to 100.
6. The breakdown shows each part with its points and notes, plus a list of what was not identified.

What you can set

• Weights: skills 40, relevant experience 25, role and project relevance 15, education 10, preferred skills 5 and other job requirements 5.
• Parts not defined on the requisition are dropped and the rest rescaled to 100.
• Score filters in the pipeline: 90, 70, 50 or 30 percent match and above.
• A one-line summary: strong match from 75, moderate from 50, weak below 50.
• A not identified list for required skills, experience or education missing from the resume.
• The requisition's required skills, experience, qualification and job description decide what is scored.

Why the score shows its working

A score nobody can explain is a score nobody should trust. Because ZeniaHR shows the points for each part and names what was not found, HR can see at once why a candidate scored 58: perhaps two required skills never appear in the resume, or the experience is from a different field. That makes the score a sorting aid, not a verdict. HR still reads the resumes, but reads the most relevant ones first, and a candidate is never rejected by a number nobody can explain.

Worked example: an accounts executive in Surat

A Surat textile trader's requisition for an accounts executive lists five required skills, Tally, GST returns, bank reconciliation, Excel and accounts payable, with 2 years' experience, a B.Com qualification, a job description and no preferred skills. Hetal applies with a resume showing three years as a billing and accounts assistant.

Her breakdown reads Skills Match 32 of 40, because GST returns was not identified, Relevant Experience 21 of 25, Role and Project Relevance 12 of 15, Education 10 of 10 and Other Job Requirements 3 of 5. Preferred skills drop out because none were listed. Her 78 points out of the 95 that apply rescale to a score of 82, a strong match, and HR asks about GST returns in the screening call.

Using the score well

Sort and filter by score to decide the reading order, then read. Do not treat a low score as a rejection: scanned resumes whose text cannot be read are matched only on the skills the candidate listed, and the breakdown warns when that happens. Write required skills the way candidates write them, and keep genuinely optional skills in the preferred list so they add points without costing any.

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