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What Is Candidate Search AI

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Written by Jan Alexander Jedlinski
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Candidate Search AI is an AI-powered search engine that sits on top of your ATS—such as Bullhorn—and helps you instantly find the right candidates across your entire database.

Think of it as upgrading your ATS search from “basic keyword matching” to a smart, context-aware, AI-driven discovery tool that understands skills, experience, and meaning the way a recruiter does.

You keep using your ATS as always—Candidate Search AI simply makes searching inside it dramatically faster, easier, and more accurate.


🔧 How It Works With Your ATS (e.g., Bullhorn)

Candidate Search AI connects directly to your ATS and:

  • Reads candidate profiles, skills, and resumes

  • Understands job descriptions and role requirements

  • Builds smart filters automatically

  • Returns better matches from your ATS database

All the data stays in your ATS.
Candidate Search AI simply becomes a much smarter search layer on top of it.

Whether you’re searching from Bullhorn directly (via an embedded modal) or from the web app, you’re always searching the same underlying ATS data.


🚀 What Does It Do?

1. Search your ATS using natural language

You can describe what you're looking for in plain English:

“ICU nurse with 3+ years experience in Munich, open to relocation.”

The AI translates your sentence into ATS-ready filters and sends the request through your ATS connection.


2. Understand resumes—even when the wording varies

Candidates in your ATS may describe skills differently.
Candidate Search AI automatically understands:

  • Synonyms

  • Variations

  • Related skills

  • Multi-language terms

  • Equivalent job titles

So even if your ATS resume says “Customer Care” and your search says “Customer Support”, the AI knows they match.


3. Combine ATS keyword search with AI semantic search

Traditional ATS search relies heavily on keyword matching.
Candidate Search AI adds an AI layer that understands:

  • Meaning

  • Context

  • Experience

  • Related concepts

This hybrid approach brings out candidates you may never find with keywords alone.


4. Instantly match job descriptions stored in your ATS

Open a job in Bullhorn → click Search → Candidate Search AI automatically:

  • Reads the job description

  • Extracts must-have and nice-to-have skills

  • Detects location or remote requirements

  • Builds the search for you

  • Shows candidates from your ATS who best match the role

This saves time and ensures consistency across the team.


5. Generate a match summary for each ATS candidate

Each candidate returned from your ATS comes with an AI-generated summary explaining:

  • Why they match

  • Their relevant skills and experience

  • Any gaps in the job requirements

  • How strong of a fit they are

This reduces manual screening when dealing with long resumes inside your ATS.


🎯 Why Recruiters Love It

Candidate Search AI helps you get more value from your ATS:

  • Better matches from your existing database

  • Faster searches without guessing the right keywords

  • More accurate screening with AI summaries

  • Improved job-to-candidate matching

  • Consistency across teams, no matter who is searching

It transforms your ATS into a vastly more powerful sourcing tool.

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