What's the difference between a Must Have skill and a Nice-To-Have skill?

When setting your Search parameters for the ideal candidate, you'll have the option to assign "Must Have" and "Nice-To-Have" skills. You're able to assign as many skills with these parameters as you'd like.

But what is the logic going on behind the scenes that determines candidate filtering based on these parameters? 

Must Have

A Must Have skill is just that; when you select a skills as a Must Have, you're making them required. Therefore, Findem's Search will automatically filter out any candidates who do not have that skill in their profile. The more Must Have skills you add, the lower number of results you'll receive. If you begin your search with three Must Have skills selected, then edit the filter to have seven Must Haves, the talent pool will likely decrease by a lot, because each candidate shown will need to have all seven skills in their profile.

Best practice with Must Haves is to limit the amount you add to any given search. For example, if you have both "JavaScript" and "JS" marked as Must Have skills, you may not receive many, or any results, because these terms mean the same thing, and the likelihood that a candidate will have both written in their profile is slim. Similarly, if you have five or more coding languages marked as Must Haves, you'll once again likely not receive many results, as many candidates do not list each coding language written out on their profile. 

Note:

If you have a Must Have skill that is Findem Verified, you won't be able to convert it to a Nice-To-Have.

Nice-To-Have

When a skill is marked as Nice-To-Have, the Search results are going to show candidates by the number of skills they have that match the Nice-To-Have skills they have on their profile. For example, if a you've marked four skills as Nice-To-Have, the top rated candidates that appear will have all four of those skills on their profile already.

Example:

Jane Doe has 5 out of 5 matching Nice-To-Have skills on her profile. John Smith only has 4 out of 5 matching skills. Therefore, Jane's profile will rank higher and as a better fit than John Smith's based on that logic.

Weight

Must Have skills that match a candidate's profile will rank higher in Search results than Nice-To-Haves. Using the same example as above, if Jane Doe has 2 out of 5 Must Have skill matches, whereas John Smith has 5 of 5 matching Must Have skills, John will appear as the higher ranked candidate, regardless of the Nice-To-Have rankings. 

Highlight filter option

With skills and attributes, you have the option to "highlight" any given value when editing your search parameters, effectively turning it into a Must Have. By highlighting a certain attribute, you're narrowing down results/filtering only candidates who have a profile containing that attribute, regardless of the other Must Haves. For example, if you highlight a specific company, like Google, for instance, only candidates who have Google included at a company they've worked at will show up in the results.