Finding a Job Knowledge Base
How to find suitable UK jobs without treating every listing as a match
This hub is for people who can do the work but are lost in boards, alerts and job titles. It covers where to look, how to read a vacancy, recruiters, applications and interviews — and it sends commercial matching intent to Match your CV to UK jobs rather than competing with that page.
Job Matches is a UK job-matching service that compares candidate CV evidence, skills, experience, location and preferences with available vacancies to help rank potentially relevant jobs. Matching UK vacancies to a candidate CV is the core product. Ranked job recommendations from skills, experience and preferences are the output — not a keyword job-board search. Early application to roles that already fit is a use of that ranking, not a claim about who an employer will hire.
Most job search advice starts with “use more websites”. That produces more listings, not better fits. A suitable vacancy is one whose essential requirements you can evidence, in a location and working pattern you can accept. Job Matches exists because keyword search on a board does not do that comparison for you: matching starts from the CV, then ranks live UK vacancies. These articles stay informational. They will not claim Job Matches knows who an employer will hire, how fast a role fills, or that any site has a secret inventory of every UK job.
Read the guides as a map. If you do not know which titles to search, start with skills and “what job suits me”. If you already have titles, learn how to read a description before you apply. If you are drowning in boards, use the job-board and recruiter pieces, then match your CV so ranking is against your evidence rather than the last keyword you typed. The AI job matcher page explains the product pipeline in commercial language.
Job-search topics in this knowledge base
- How to Find a Job
A step-by-step route from deciding what suits you to accepting the right offer.
- How to Work Out What Job Suits You
Use evidence from your experience and priorities to identify realistic career options.
- How to Find Jobs That Match Your Skills
Search by what you can do, not only by the job title you already have.
- Where Should You Look for Jobs?
Use several vacancy sources so your search is not dependent on a single job board.
- How to Use Job Boards Effectively
Build searches that find relevant vacancies without drowning you in unsuitable alerts.
- How to Work with Recruiters
Make it easy for relevant recruiters to understand what you can offer and what roles you want.
- How to Read a Job Description
Turn a vacancy advert into a clear list of requirements you can compare with your evidence.
- How to Match Your CV to Jobs
Compare real evidence in your CV with what each vacancy actually requires.
- How to Apply for a Job
A practical application process from vacancy assessment to submission and follow-up.
- How to Prepare for a Job Interview
Build your preparation around the job requirements and evidence from your own experience.
Product pages this hub supports
- Match your CV to UK jobs
Commercial owner for match-my-CV intent. Informational guides link here; they do not replace it.
- AI job matcher
How ranking, snippets and fit scores work in the product.
- UK job matching map
Graduate, finance and London matchers plus the commercial clusters.
Need the document itself to be clearer first? Use the CV Knowledge Base.
This page explains the process. Ranked matching of a CV to live UK vacancies lives on Match my CV to UK jobs. Use that page when you want to compare your CV with UK vacancies and see matching jobs.
Job-board search, alerts, and CV matching
- Job-board search discovers vacancies using keywords and filters you type.
- A job alert notifies you when new listings match those same criteria.
- CV matching compares evidence on a CV with vacancy requirements.
- Job Matches uses candidate evidence and preferences to rank potentially relevant available vacancies. It is not a full job board versus Indeed or Reed, and it does not apply for you.
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