The Resume Parsing Glossary
Six terms that vendors blur and buyers confuse — each defined in a sentence you can quote, then unpacked in two minutes of reading.
- Resume Parsing Resume parsing, defined: automated extraction of structured candidate data from resume files. Includes process outline and a sample JSON output.
- CV Parsing CV parsing, defined: the same extraction technology as resume parsing, applied to CV conventions — longer documents, photos, Europass layouts, more languages.
- Applicant Tracking System (ATS) An ATS is software that collects, stores and filters job applications. What it does with parsed resume data and why parsing quality decides its usefulness.
- Candidate Matching Candidate matching, defined: algorithmic ranking of candidates against job requirements — from keyword overlap to multi-dimension semantic scoring.
- Resume Screening Resume screening, defined: deciding which applicants move forward. How automated screening uses parsed data and match scores instead of gut feel.
- Skills Taxonomy A skills taxonomy is a structured vocabulary of skills and their relationships. Why parsers normalize against one and how it powers skill matching.
Need more depth than a definition? The resume parsing pillar guide and the guides section go from terminology to working code.