Searching from a job description

Already have a job description? Give it to Haley as it is. Haley reads it, works out the role, searches for it straight away, and scores every match from 0 to 10 against what the JD asks for, with a short reason for each person. It works for any role: a warehouse supervisor, a staff nurse, a key account manager or a CFO.

Three ways to give Haley a JD#

1. From job description

   On the Haley page, or on a project’s overview, press From job description under the request box and pick the file. A new chat starts with just that file attached.

2. Attach it to a request

   Press the paperclip (Attach a document) in any request box, pick the file, and add a line of your own if you like, such as “Focus on candidates in Pune”. Press the Remove file cross on the file chip to take it off before sending.

3. Paste it

   Paste the text into the box. Any message over about 300 characters is treated as a brief and ranked the same way.

Files Haley can read#

What Haley does with it#

1. Reads the brief

   Haley picks out the role, level, place and kind of company, plus up to six must-haves, such as “has run a plant of 500+ people” or “has worked at a hospital chain”.

2. Searches right away

   Haley doesn’t ask questions first. It searches for the role, and never limits the search to the company that posted the JD.

3. Finds more by how people describe their work

   On top of the title matches, Haley looks for people whose headlines and titles describe the same work in other words.

4. Scores and orders

   Haley scores up to 160 people from 0 to 10 against the brief, ticks each must-have they show, and puts the best first.

Reading the fit scores#

In the results table, the Best fits view shows the ranked people with a Fit X/10 badge and the note Ranked by Haley for the role. Switch to All matches to see everyone the search found.

Open a profile to see why. The right-hand column shows Haley’s fit with its reason, and each must-have marked Has it or Not shown. “Not shown” means the profile doesn’t mention it, not that the person lacks it. See Person profiles.

Haley keeps the top 50 ranked people with the table, and orders the best 30 most carefully.

Write JDs that rank well#

Haley can only score what’s in the data: job titles, employers, places, levels, headlines and, sometimes, school.

• Name the title and its variants: “Plant Head / Factory Manager / Works Manager”.
• Name the place: “Based in or willing to move to Hosur”.
• Name the kind of employer: “From auto component or two-wheeler makers”.
• Name companies you like: “Ideally from Bosch, TVS or Sundram Fasteners”.
• Expect some lines to be skipped: skills, years of experience, salary and notice period aren’t in the data, so they can’t be scored. Haley counts years on record from the earliest job on file.

Example#

Attach a JD for a staff nurse role and add a line:

Then refine:

Questions#

Where to go next#