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M. Christine Watson

M. Christine Watson
Marketing Director at DaXtra Technologies, Christine is a versatile creative, specializing in marketing, content, social media, branding, design and photography. Passionate about art, science and technology, her interests lie in promoting STEAM, (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math) through her art, writing, design and experimentation.
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Recent Posts

Use the Right Tool

Posted November 11th, 2016

There’s an old adage about using the right tool for the right job. If you’re in the recruitment industry, specified technology is more important than ever in gaining an edge over competition.

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Listen Up!

Posted November 4th, 2016

A recruiter is essentially an interviewer, in part. Not unlike a TV reporter, radio personality or even a talk show host, an interviewer must know the right questions to ask candidates. But perhaps...

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What Is Resume Parsing?

Posted October 18th, 2016

Resume Parsing, also known as CV Parsing, Resume Extraction or CV Extraction, is the conversion of a free-form resume document into structured data in searchable file formats such as XML or JSON....

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Eliminating bias in the candidate selection process

Posted February 4th, 2016

Your name is Sabiq Ahmad. How are you guaranteed that the people seeing your CV don't pass it over in favour of Tom Smith?

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CV Parsing Fact or Fiction: You Decide

Posted February 26th, 2014

Different parsers will perform with different accuracies on different sets of data. Thus, if accurate parsing is important to you, the only way to find out which is the best parser is to test it on a...

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Key measurements of a good parser

Posted February 26th, 2014

The two key measurements you should look for in a CV parser are Coverage and Accuracy.

Coverage

Describes WHAT a parser actually tries to extract.

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Types of Parsers and How They Work

Posted February 26th, 2014

In general, there are three types of approach to parsing a CV/resume:

  • Keyword based parsers

  • Grammar based parsers

  • Statistical parsers

Keyword-based parsers

Definition.- A keyword-based CV...

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What does speed mean to recruiters? Speed up your time to hire

Posted February 23rd, 2014

Take a look at this visual explanation of how software can speed up your time to hire, make recruiters lives easier, and improve recruitment agencies efficiency. 

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Daxtra expands in Richmond, moves to new offices

Posted September 30th, 2013

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DaXtra secures stake in Idibu

Posted December 27th, 2010

DaXtra has today announced the completion of a 'six-figure' investment in idibu, the fast-growing developer of Multi-Posting and Candidate Management software

The capital secures DaXtra, the global...

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