Glossary

Applications Scope HR Open Standards

Why do we need data exchange standards in the HR area?

HR Open Standards application, © HR Open Standards ConsortiumPersonal data is often stored in different systems. This is not a problem if there are interfaces to exchange data. But it can be difficult to define how different kinds of data [...]
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Google for Jobs & BeeSite

What is Google for Jobs? The Google search engine collects job advertisements in Germany and other countries from career pages and job portals, then displays them in its own job search box in its search results. Google calls these “enriched [...]

Recruiting Glossary – Semantic – Semantic Web

Semantics as a science deals with the meaning of words, phrases and symbols. The semantic web is when information is linked to each other and the meaning of things can also be recorded and processed by machine. A description of [...]

Recruiting Glossary – Ontology

The term “ontology” originally comes from philosophy and means “doctrine of being”. Since the 1990s, it has also been used in IT research in the field of artificial intelligence where it designated formal representation systems. These serve to bring knowledge [...]
Taxonomy

Recruiting Glossary – Taxonomy

Taxonomy is a model or procedure used to classify objects. The objects can be living organisms, things or even terms that are classified according to specific criteria in categories or classes. An example of a taxonomy is the classification of [...]
Matching Technology

Recruiting Glossary – Matching

Matching in recruiting means matching the requirements of a job with the qualifications of an applicant according to specified criteria. The simplest form of matching means checking whether the criteria are being met or not. For example, “Has completed their [...]