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RESUME DATABASE DEPLOYS NATURAL LANGUAGE SEARCH ENGINE.


PassportAccess, San Ramon San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:

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, Calif., the world's largest online technical resume database, has released the industry's first natural language resume search engine.

The application allows recruiters to use their own language skills instead of computer language jargon jargon, pejorative term applied to speech or writing that is considered meaningless, unintelligible, or ugly. In one sense the term is applied to the special language of a profession, which may be unnecessarily complicated, e.g., "medical jargon.  when searching for technical candidates.

"We've seen a shift in the on-line market to a more user-friendly style of searching," said Sheri Phelps, the company's webmaster A person responsible for the implementation of a Web site. Webmasters must be proficient in HTML as well as one or more scripting and interface languages such as JavaScript and Perl. They may also have experience with more than one type of Web server. See Web administrator and Webmistress. . "It's much easier to ask our search engine a simple question like 'find me an Oracle network administrator' than it is to use some convoluted convoluted /con·vo·lut·ed/ (kon?vo-lldbomact´ed) rolled together or coiled.  Boolean search A search for specific data. It implies that any condition can be searched for using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT. For example, the English language request: "Search for all Spanish and French speaking employees who have MBAs would be expressed as follows.  method."

Alexis Difirenzi-Swale, a 15-year recruitment veteran with Intel has used the new interface and said, "finally a tool has been designed with the user in mind. We're excited about implementing it."

PassportAccess has also simplified online searching by allowing recruiters to enter an entire job requisition A written demand; a formal request or requirement. The formal demand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one state upon the governor of another state, of the surrender of a fugitive from justice. The taking or seizure of property by government.  into the search field. The engine will automatically search the most important skill sets from the requisition and produce the best matching resumes. This eliminates all manual inputting of data.

Brian Singer, hiring manager for Autodesk, has already used the new application and was elated e·lat·ed  
adj.
Exultantly proud and joyful.



e·lated·ly adv.

e·lat
. "The new natural language search tool makes it easy to find candidates with the specialized skills we need. Cutting and pasting job descriptions into one field takes all the guess work out of our previous search efforts."

PassportAccess is the leading supplier of on-line technical resumes. Since its inception in 1995, PassportAccess has provided industry leaders with high quality technical talent through its user-friendly on-line application. Fortune 500 companies around the world depend on PassportAccess to provide world-class programmers, engineers, and network administrators.

With over 450,000 resumes, PassportAccess features the world's largest technical resume database, the industry's only natural language search engine and a comprehensive resume management system. When equipped with this extensive technical resume database and resume management system, recruiters can shorten their hiring cycle and effectively manage their incoming resume flow.

For more information, call 925/552-1000 ext. 108.
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Date:Dec 1, 1999
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