How does Findem determine if candidate profiles match the location of an open role? – Findem

The most important thing to consider when determining if a candidate's location matches a job's location is that the City/State and Country attributes are 1:1 mapping. If the candidate's profile and the job role have matching cities and states, the profile will appear in results.

The location radius (e.g., 100 miles between candidate location and job location) is not applicable if it crosses national borders. A job posted with a San Diego location with a 100-mile radius will NOT surface candidates from Mexico. Similarly, if a search location is a US city on border of US and Canada, candidates from Canada wont show up.

Note:

Findem measures the distance from the perimeter of the target location and not the center. If you want to match the exact location, put 0 as the radius.

Findem uses a combination of thresholds, overlap controls, and specific parameters to determine which locations are shown based on your query.

Here's how it works:

Overlap Mechanisms (Thresholds)

Location searches use different thresholds for overlap, meaning how much of a location must match for it to appear in the search results.

Geo Intersection Threshold: This is set at 45% by default and ensures that locations with at least 45% overlap are considered a match. A candidate's profile location must have at least a 45% overlap ratio with respect to the search location, meaning if the candidate's profile has the location listed as 'United States' and the job search location is 'California,' then the profile location overlap ratio = california_area /united_states_area, which is less than 45%, so this profile won't show up in the results.
Multi-State Area Intersection Threshold: For locations that span across multiple states, the threshold is set to 55%, which is a bit higher to account for broader regions. To add, a candidate's state (if within US) and country must match with the job state and country, except when its a multi-state area like Greater Chicago Area, etc. Then Findem will parse out states like Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Metropolitan Area Intersection Threshold: For cities and metropolitan areas, the threshold is set at 40%. This helps narrow the results to urban locations. Cities and regions are treated as areas with a border. They can overlap partially with the set radius and be considered in range - yet someone on the farthest reach of the area's border can appear to be out of range, but is included because the city as a whole was deemed in range.

For example, let's say 51% of the area of Chino is within 60 miles of Gardena. We consider all candidates in Chino to be "within range" for location (Match = true). However, with a resume, we might see the exact addresses are on the far side of Chino and exceed the 60-mile radius.

Remote Job Locations

When setting up job locations for remote positions, it's important to be specific about the geographical scope. Clearly define whether the remote work is:

Limited to a specific country (e.g., remote workers within Kazakhstan borders)
Open to global candidates
Has other specific geographical restrictions

This specificity ensures that the right candidates are matched with your remote positions based on the actual geographical requirements.

Why Candidates Might Not Appear in Search Results

There are several reasons why a candidate visible on LinkedIn might not appear in Findem search results:

The LinkedIn profile might not be public, meaning Findem may have an older, outdated version of the profile
The candidate's current work experience might have an end date, causing Findem to not recognize it as a current role
There might be discrepancies in title or location matching between the current profile and Findem's stored information

Overlap Control Flags

These flags help fine-tune the search results by preventing certain locations from being included.

Disallow Country Overlap: This prevents locations in different countries from being shown in your search results. For example, searching for “New York, USA” won’t show results from “Toronto, Canada.”
Disallow State Overlap: This prevents results from different states within the same country. For example, searching for “New York, USA” will exclude “New Jersey, USA.”

Location Circle Parameter

Allow Country Overlap: This is a setting that can be adjusted for specific location searches. If you want to include locations from different countries, we can set this option to “True,” overriding the default restriction.