Applicant tracking system (ATS)
Software employers use to receive, organize and manage candidates through a hiring process.
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Hiring technology,
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Clear definitions for the systems, roles and decisions candidates encounter from discovery to offer.
Authoritative application receipt
A confirmation produced by the employer, ATS or verified email system showing that an application was actually submitted.
AI-led interview
An interview in which an automated system presents, records, transcribes or evaluates candidate responses.
Application cohort
A group of applications submitted during the same period and reviewed together to understand conversion over time.
Application source
The channel where a candidate discovered or entered a role, such as a direct careers page, LinkedIn, referral or staffing partner.
Behavioral interview
An interview that asks for examples of past actions to understand judgment, collaboration, ownership and learning.
Candidate funnel
The sequence from qualified application through recruiter contact, interviews and offer.
Canonical URL
The preferred address search engines should treat as the primary version of a page.
Career evidence
A verifiable artifact or explanation supporting a professional claim, such as shipped work, metrics, decisions, publications or public code.
Career operating system
A connected system for managing career evidence, opportunities, applications, preparation, interviews and next actions.
Contract-to-hire (CTH)
An engagement that begins as a contract and may convert to full-time employment under stated conditions.
Conversion rate
The percentage of records moving from one hiring stage to the next, such as applications that become interviews.
Detailed CV
A longer professional document containing broader experience, projects, skills, research or consulting evidence.
Direct ATS application
An application submitted through the employer's official recruiting system rather than an aggregator.
Employer of record (EOR)
A third party that legally employs a worker in a country on behalf of another company.
Evidence-led resume
A resume in which important skills and claims are supported by specific work, scope and outcomes.
Forward deployed engineer (FDE)
An engineer who works closely with customers to design, build and deploy systems in real operating environments.
Ghost job
A posting that appears open although the employer may not be actively filling it; intent is difficult to prove from the listing alone.
Global remote
A label suggesting broad remote eligibility, although employer-supported countries and time zones may still be restricted.
Hiring manager
The person accountable for filling a role and commonly responsible for the team the candidate may join.
Job-fit tier
A candidate-defined priority grouping based on requirement match, evidence, value, eligibility and hiring signal.
Keyword stuffing
Repeating search or job-description terms unnaturally without useful context or evidence.
Knowledge graph
A structured representation of entities and relationships that helps search and AI systems understand a subject.
Local-first software
Software that keeps primary data and execution on the user's device while making cloud services optional or bounded.
Managed sync
A service that coordinates encrypted records across enrolled devices while preserving local execution boundaries.
Notice period
The contractual time between resignation and the final employment date, subject to employer policy and negotiation.
Online assessment
A timed or asynchronous evaluation of coding, analysis, communication, knowledge or work simulation.
Private View
Cariew's compact interview-support view for assistance-permitted settings; privacy behavior does not create permission to use AI.
Proof portfolio
A curated collection of public or safely summarized work evidence organized for hiring review.
Recruiter screen
An early conversation covering fit, motivation, logistics, compensation and process expectations.
Remote-first
An organization designed around distributed work rather than merely allowing occasional remote days.
Resume parsing
The process of extracting structured information such as titles, dates, skills and employers from a resume.
Role adjacency
A different title or function that uses substantially overlapping capabilities and may expand a candidate's search.
Skills-based hiring
A hiring approach that emphasizes demonstrated capabilities rather than relying only on degrees, titles or tenure.
STAR method
A structure for describing Situation, Task, Action and Result in a behavioral answer.
System design interview
An interview exploring requirements, architecture, scale, failure modes and engineering trade-offs.
Technical recruiter
A recruiting professional focused on roles requiring specialized technical skills and market understanding.
Time-zone overlap
The shared working hours available between a candidate and a geographically distributed team.
Total compensation
The combined value of guaranteed cash, variable pay, equity and meaningful benefits.
Work authorization
Legal eligibility to work under a specific employment arrangement in a country.