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Introduction to the concept of categories.

Categories capture functions/activities/roles/ skills/capabilities of the individual. Whereas industries capture information about the type of companies the person has experience in.

The industries and categories are not granular. i.e. many similar categories and industries have been clubbed together so as not to offer the jobseeker or a recruiter too much choice and create different interpretations about each category. This means that just searching for a jobseeker using the industry and category fields will yield a result in which jobseekers from multiple affiliated categories and industries will appear in the results. This can be an issue if a recruiters intends the search to be very specific and specialized. In these cases it is prudent to use the keyword parameter in your searches in addition to using the category fields.

While constructing your search parameters you could think of using industries and categories in the following 2-dimensional format - with categories on the y-axis and industries on the x-axis.
  Industry
Category   Oil & Gas Financial Svc Manufacturing Media / Publishing Telecom
HR          
IT          
Project Mgr          
Sales Mkt          
Production          
Secretial          
Project Manager in Oil& Gas

If you wanted to target a HR manager in the Oil&Gas segment - the search would need to be

Category  : Project Manager
Industry    : Oil&Gas
Keywords : Manager

 Sales Engineer

If you wanted to target a Sales Engineer for the Telecom segment - the search would need to be

Category  : Sales / Mktg
Industry    : Telecom
Keywords : Engineer
  Industry
Category   Oil & Gas Financial Svc Manufacturing Media / Publishing Telecom
HR          
IT          
Project Mgr X        
Sales Mkt          
Production          
Secretial          
  Industry
Category   Oil & Gas Financial Svc Manufacturing Media / Publishing Telecom
HR          
IT          
Project Mgr          
Sales Mkt         X
Production         
Secretial          
   

Production Supervisor for a Mfg/Prodn Company

If you wanted to target a Production Supervisor for the Manufacturing segment - the search would need to be

Category  : Production
Industry    : Manufacturing
Keywords : Supervisor

 IT Engineer for a Media Company

If you wanted to target a IT Engineer in the Media segment - the search would need to be

Category  : IT
Industry    : Media/Publishing
Keywords : Engineer
  Industry
Category   Oil & Gas Financial Svc Manufacturing Media / Publishing Telecom
HR          
IT          
Project Mgr          
Sales Mkt          
Production     X   
Secretial          
  Industry
Category   Oil & Gas Financial Svc Manufacturing Media / Publishing Telecom
HR          
IT         X  
Project Mgr            
Sales Mkt           
Production           
Secretial           

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