Imagine posting a job and receiving 200 applications. You spend hours reviewing resumes, conducting initial interviews, and getting excited about promising candidates. Then you discover that your top candidate doesn’t have a work permit for your country. You’ve just wasted 10–15 hours of recruiter time, emotional energy, and the candidate’s hopes.
CriteriaMatch solves this. It uses AI to automatically verify if candidates meet your custom requirements before you invest time in reviewing them.
What is CriteriaMatch?
CriteriaMatch is an intelligent candidate filtering system that uses AI to check if candidates meet your specific hiring criteria. Instead of manually reviewing every resume to verify work permits, language proficiency, technical skills, or experience levels, CriteriaMatch does it instantly.
How it works:
- Define your criteria: work permits, location, skills, languages, experience, certifications
- AI analyzes each resume: extracts relevant information and checks against your criteria
- Get instant results: with confidence scores (High, Medium, Low) and detailed explanations
- Filter your candidate pool: show only candidates who meet all your defined criteria
This isn’t keyword matching. CriteriaMatch uses advanced AI to understand context and provide explanations of why a candidate meets or doesn’t meet each criterion.
Common CriteriaMatch Use Cases
- Work permits & visas: “Has work authorization for United States”
- Location requirements: “Located in United States” or “Available for on-site work in New York”
- Language proficiency: “Speaks English at B1 level or better”
- Technical skills: “Knows Java” or “Has experience with React”
- Years of experience: “Has 5+ years of software development experience”
- Certifications: “Has PMP certification” or “Has valid driver’s license”
Why CriteriaMatch Matters
According to Select Software Reviews, 64% of survey respondents use AI or automation to filter unqualified candidates. Cadient Talent reports 5–8 hours per hire saved on manual screening.
The impact: reduced cost-per-hire, faster time-to-hire, and better candidate experience (candidates aren’t left hanging when they don’t meet requirements).
Best Practices
- Start with critical requirements: focus on true “knockout” criteria
- Use clear, specific criteria: “Has 3+ years of Python experience” beats “good at programming”
- Review confidence scores: high confidence = very accurate; medium/low may need manual review
- Combine multiple criteria: work permit + location + experience + skills
- Don’t over-filter: use CriteriaMatch to eliminate clear blockers, not to find perfect matches
Getting Started
CriteriaMatch is part of every Canvider plan. Start free today and focus on qualified candidates from day one.