Abstract: Candidates use a computer-based system to create profiles of their job experience, skills, interests, and future job requirements. Companies seeking candidates to fill job positions also use the system to create profiles of the positions they are seeking to fill. The system enables employers to use a combination of text-based keyword entry and guided navigation to easily create a set of candidate search criteria, to preview candidate profiles which match those search criteria, and to automatically create a new job profile (project) which contains the candidate search criteria for future use in matching candidate profiles.