Talent
Match has developed a unique, six-step hiring and capability approach which now combines Capability Passport, CareerIQ™, Certified validation and sector-aware matching inside Match Workforce Intelligence Platform™.
The Perfect Match
A six-step process designed to improve fit, pace, evidence and future career clarity.
Clients
By understanding your current capabilities, organisational needs and delivery pressure, we can apply our matching tools, portfolio insight and one-on-one consultancy expertise to attract the highest calibre talent.
Talent
Our profiling tools now combine Capability Passport evidence, CareerIQ™, market positioning and AI career resilience so you can see how your profile reads, where you are strongest and what to strengthen next.
Where talent fits in the platform
CareerIQ™ is the DEVELOP pillar inside the wider Match Workforce Intelligence Platform™, while RecruitIQ™, CapabilityIQ™ and PortfolioIQ™ improve the quality of the roles and hiring conversations talent is stepping into.
Show more than a CV
Talent can present clearer profile evidence, validation status and structured supporting material instead of relying on keyword matching alone.
- Visible Capability Passport
- Certified trust signals and supporting evidence
- Stronger profile clarity for employers
Benchmark your market value
CareerIQ™ adds market value, employability, A/B/C capability mix and future-risk insight so career decisions can be made with more context.
- Benchmark range and market-value narrative
- Employability and resilience signals
- Clearer next-step recommendations
Step into better-defined roles
Because clients now use RecruitIQ™, PortfolioIQ™ and sector-aware questionnaires, the opportunities you are matched to can be defined with much stronger context.
- Sharper brief definition
- Stronger view of delivery environment and expectations
- More credible match conversations
The Power of Data
Accurate and Agile Filtering
In a single project, we received more than 300 candidates and, after completing our six-step process, only one candidate was deemed suitable. That's a 0.33% ratio, and not untypical.
Trusted Network
85% of our resourcing placements are filled via our validated network, 10% via proactive head hunting, and only 5% via traditional recruitment methods.
Removing CV Dependency
Good people and good CVs are not always one and the same. Reflective suitability and validation are therefore a vital part of our process.
Efficiency Improvement
Our six-step talent process helps clients improve hiring ratios, reduce overall cost to hire, and move interview-to-hire ratios from 1-to-5 to 1-to-1.
Sector-aware matching and playback
Talent questionnaires can now adapt to the sector you want to work in, helping Match capture the operating context, regulation, stakeholder environment and delivery pressure that shape real fit.
- Question packs now tuned for defence, financial services, charity, retail, government, healthcare, utilities, higher education and professional services
- Answers feed clearer focus areas and richer playback
- Transferable strengths can be positioned with more context than a CV alone
- Better-fit opportunity conversations
- Stronger evidence when discussing sector readiness
- Clearer view of where your experience is most relevant
- More useful consultant playback on next steps
Our Process
Our process is a flexible framework that adapts, evolves and responds to your needs.
01 Talent Assessment
We validate your requirements against best-in-class role models to increase the chances of success from the outset.
02 Chances of Success
Using your unique profile, we filter high volumes of pre-screened and validated candidate profiles to find the best Match.
03 Validation
Consultants validate candidates against your needs, test inconsistencies, review CV accuracy and confirm working preferences.
04 Interview
Professional interviews and assessments translate strong candidate data into confident hiring decisions.
05 Fit and Offer
We help compare capability, motivation and environment fit so clients can move faster with better certainty.
06 Better Results
The six-step process has been applied thousands of times and is constantly evolving to improve hiring outcomes.
Achieving Better Results
Our six-step process gives clients immediate access to fully validated talent and has been created to significantly increase your chances of success. We know it works, we have applied it thousands of times and we are constantly developing it.
Our process allows you to do in 10 minutes what we have learnt over the last 20 years.
CareerIQ™
A standalone paid insight module for talent.
CareerIQ™ sits alongside Capability Passport and Certified as the premium insight layer. It helps talent understand market value, employability, future career resilience and the practical next steps most likely to strengthen their profile over time. It is optional and is not required to register with Match or apply for roles.
- Market Value Index and benchmark range
- Employability and future-risk scoring
- AI Career Resilience Index
- ABC complexity profile and action planning
- Clearer direction on what to strengthen next
CareerIQ™ certified path
For talent who want optional validation and supporting material, the Match Certified path focuses on structured evidence, trust signals and profile support. CareerIQ™ sits alongside it as a separate paid insight layer.
These paid services are optional. Employers continue to pay Match for recruitment services, and buying them is not required to create an account, search for opportunities, or apply for roles.
Paid
£150
Ideal for talent who want a fuller certified record, structured validation outputs, and clearer supporting material.
- Capability Passport preview
- Full certification report
- Structured evidence to support professional conversations
- Validation outputs linked to your profile
- Employer-facing material you can choose to share
Premium
£500
Designed for talent who want the deepest level of external validation and more hands-on support to strengthen their profile.
- Everything in Paid
- Reference validation
- Digital credential and verification link
- Interview coaching
- CV optimisation
What Match now includes in the certified experience
The certified experience now combines a visible Capability Passport, certified reporting, stronger validation and premium support so talent can review their evidence in one place. CareerIQ™ can be added separately for deeper market-value and employability insight.
- Unified Capability Passport with live market signals
- Certified report, reference validation and digital credential
- Interview coaching and CV optimisation in Premium
- Optional CareerIQ™ for market value, employability and AI resilience insight
Our Clients
"A completely unique and simple to use approach, that has delivered for us every time."
"There is a very good reason I've solely worked with Match over the years, great people, easy to use and fantastic results."
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