Bullhorn AI Search & Match is the most comprehensive AI-powered candidate search & match solution on the market, designed to help recruiters find the best candidates across internal and external sources directly from Bullhorn’s search. It uses advanced AI to understand intent, expand keywords intelligently, and rank candidates based on real hiring outcomes—saving time and improving match quality.
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Quickly find qualified candidates with AI-driven recruitment search and match
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Don’t just match skills—predict success with AI recruiting
Bullhorn’s AI-powered Search & Match goes beyond matching skills and work history—it predicts which candidates are most likely to be hired. By analyzing historical placement data, our AI identifies key success indicators that humans can’t easily spot, helping you find top-fit candidates faster, reduce time-to-hire, and improve placement success.
Our AI engine is built on a specific, enormous, and actionable dataset:
Specific
Bullhorn’s AI models benefit from recruitment-specific data, such as candidate job history and redeployment data, giving you the best results for recruiting.
Enormous
With over 22 billion data points—including 800 million candidates and 121 million job postings—Bullhorn’s AI has the depth and scale needed to make smarter recruitment decisions.
Actionable
Bullhorn’s AI matching engine learns from 453 million submissions and 60 million placements, helping you pinpoint candidates who are most likely to be placed.
Frequently asked questions
Match goes beyond simple title matching — it’s trained on real hiring outcomes to prioritize candidates who are most likely to succeed. Using outcomes-based AI, the Match model assesses the likelihood of a candidate being successfully placed in a specific role. It draws on Bullhorn’s massive S.E.A. (Specific, Enormous, Actionable) of data set to identify patterns in historical placements and intelligently compare job and candidate profiles.
Bullhorn’s candidate search & match capabilities capabilities include features such as automatic search building, intelligent keyword expansion, a ranked list of recommended candidates, and the ability to save and automate searches. These tools are designed to streamline and accelerate the recruitment process.
Bullhorn improves recruiter productivity by automating time-consuming tasks, such as manual resume screening, and providing tools to quickly identify and prioritize the most suitable candidates. This allows recruiters to focus on building relationships and closing placements.
Candidate search & match software helps staffing agencies to fill positions faster, improve placement quality, and increase recruiter productivity. Bullhorn offers these benefits through its comprehensive suite of search and match tools.
Candidate matching reduces time to hire by quickly identifying qualified candidates, eliminating the need to manually sift through numerous resumes. Bullhorn’s matching algorithms are designed to accelerate this process.
Best practices include using a combination of keyword and skills-based searching, leveraging AI, and continuously refining search strategies. Bullhorn supports these practices with its advanced search functionality and AI-powered matching.
AI plays a significant role in candidate sourcing by automating candidate identification, improving matching accuracy, and uncovering passive candidates. Bullhorn uses AI to power its search and match capabilities, providing recruiters with more intelligent tools.
Candidate search and match software can help reduce bias and promote diversity by focusing on skills and qualifications. Bullhorn provides features that allow recruiters to focus on candidate skills and experience.
Candidate search and match software can help reduce bias and promote diversity by focusing on skills and qualifications. Bullhorn provides features that allow recruiters to focus on candidate skills and experience.
Bullhorn understands the importance of data privacy and compliance. Its candidate search and match software is designed with features that help recruiters adhere to regulations like GDPR, including data anonymization, access controls, and audit trails.