Match jobseekers with suitable vacancies
URN: INSREC005
Business Sectors (Suites): Recruitment
Developed by: Instructus
Approved on:
2025
Overview
This standard is about matching jobseekers with suitable vacancies. It covers selecting appropriate opportunities for jobseekers against job specifications, followed by job matching procedures, selection of suitable jobseekers, arranging interviews and post interview activities.
This standard is for HR professionals and recruitment specialists involved in matching jobseekers with suitable vacancies.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- identify and select potential jobseekers in accordance with organisational procedures
- define opportunities that meet the needs of prospective jobseekers
- check jobseekers’ skills and experience against job specifications
- ensure accuracy of the match between jobseekers and employers
- inform jobseekers about suitable opportunities
- promote identified roles to jobseekers
- confirm jobseekers’ interest in vacancies and ensure they are available for selection
- carry out all background and reference checks for jobseekers
- promote pre-selected jobseekers to the hirers
- present jobseekers’ details to the hirers and discuss their suitability
- keep jobseekers informed about the hirers’ responses in relation to interviews
- confirm jobseekers’ availability for interviews with hirers
- arrange interviews and relevant forms of assessment
- provide support and feedback to shortlisted jobseekers during the application process
- notify jobseekers about the outcome of their interviews
- agree the way forward with jobseekers
- update all on-going roles and close vacancies hired for
- collate feedback from hirers
- review your job matching methods and processes on a regular basis
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- the relevant organisational procedures, codes of practice and legislation relating to recruitment
- the procedures for safeguarding confidentiality in accordance with data protection regulation
- the relevant procedures for obtaining and recording information
- the latest technologies and tools for sourcing, pre-screening, assessing and interviewing the jobseekers
- the jobseekers’ experience and how it links with technologies, values and employer branding
- how to organise agile, flexible and adaptive to change workforce
- how to arrange training for recruitment and selections
- the procedures and guidelines for dealing with complaints from hirers and jobseekers
- the questioning and active listening techniques
- the importance of matching the jobseekers against employers’ specifications
- how to identify and select jobseekers in accordance with organisational procedures
- how to define opportunities to meet the needs of prospective jobseekers
- how to interpret information within job descriptions and person specifications to match jobseekers with appropriate opportunities
- how to take account of both the jobseekers’ needs and requirements and those of the hirers
- how to promote the vacancies to jobseekers
- how to evaluate jobseekers’ suitability against specifications
- how to present jobseekers’ details to the hirer and discuss their suitability
- the methods of proactively promoting jobseekers to hirers
- the purpose of giving jobseekers information about the initial hirer response
- how to arrange interviews and other assessment methods
- how to brief shortlisted jobseekers prior to assessment and interview
- the support that might be required by jobseekers and how to provide it
- the procedures relating to finalising the employers’ job offers to jobseekers
- the purpose of obtaining feedback from hirers
- the importance of reviewing your job matching procedures on a regular basis
- the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices
- the global and cross-cultural considerations in recruitment
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
1
Indicative Review Date
2030
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Instructus
Original URN
CFAREC5
Relevant Occupations
Human resources and industrial relations officers, Human resources administrative occupations, Human resource managers and directors
SOC Code
4138
Keywords
Recruitment, jobseekers, managing jobseekers