How the Individual Score for Person to Person, Job to Person, and Job to Job Analyses is Calculated

In best-fit analyses, each content item of the selected profile must match these target profiles: person to person; job to person; and job to job.

The individual score of each content item of the target profile is based on the priority set at the content type or content item level.

The following graphic shows how the individual score is calculated for each content of the selected profile that match with the target profile. The graphic is applicable for only person to person, job to person, and job to job analyses.

Deciding the Priority

The best-fit algorithm uses the priority assigned to the content type or content item of the selected profile. The priority is used to decide the overall score of the target profile. Depending on the analysis type, you select the priority on the Find Best Fit Person or on the Find Best Fit Job page. You can either select a common priority value for all content items within a content type or specify priority using details.

To specify priority using details:

Select the Priority Using Details option on the Find Best Fit Person or Find Best Fit Job page.
Click the Details icon. The Best Fit Criteria page opens.
Specify the Match option for each content item within a content type. The value you select for the Match option is the priority value allocated at the content item level. The application calculates the individual score of each content item by considering the match value as the priority value for the content item.

Note: You can't use the Priority Using Details option for the Work Requirements content type. The priority for this content type is always specified at the content type level. The application considers only the Travel Domestically and Travel Internationally work requirements for best-fit calculations. The application calculates the individual score of the Work Requirements content type for a target profile as follows:

The priority of a content type is populated using the HRT_MATCH_IMPORTANCE lookup type values. Depending on the Match option value, the application calculates the score for each content item within a content type.

The following table illustrates the value of each priority level. These values are application-defined and can't be modified.

Priority Level	Value
None	0
Low	1
Medium	2
High	3
Important	4
Very Important	5
Priority Using Details	Match of content item

Profile Ratings in Best-Fit Calculations

The overall score of a target profile also includes any ratings entered for the content items of the Competencies and Languages content types.

The Competencies content type uses the Proficiency rating model. The following table illustrates the default rating levels of the Proficiency Rating Model and corresponding value that application assigns to the rating level.

Rating Level	Value
Foundation	1
Intermediate	2
Skilled	3
Advanced	4
Expert	5

The Languages content type uses the Language Rating Model. The following table illustrates the default rating levels of the Language Rating Model and corresponding value that application assigns to the rating level.

Rating Level	Value
Low	1
Moderate	2
High	3

Relative Weight

The application calculates the relative weight of the content item for which you specify the priority at the content item or content type level. You specify the priority for the content types on the Best-Fit UI. The relative weight is the importance of a content item with respect to all the other content items in the source profile. The relative weight in the person to person, job to person, and job to job analyses is calculated only for the source profile content items. The relative weight is calculated using the following equation:

Relative Weight = Content item priority / Sum of all content items priorities

Example: The source profile content type has six content items for the Competencies content type and one content item for the Degrees content type. The priority is set at content type level. For the Competencies content type, the priority is set to Medium (2) and for the Degrees content type, it's set to Low (1). The relative weight for each content item:

In the Competencies content type = 2 / (2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1) = 2 / 13 = 0.153846
In the Degrees content type = 1 / (2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1) = 1 / 13 = 0.076923

Relative Rating

If the content type with priority also has rating, the application calculates the relative rating of the content item associated with the content type. The relative rating is the rating of the content item in the target profile with respect to the source profile. The relative rating in the person to person, job to person, and job to job analyses is calculated using the following equation:

Relative Rating = Target Rating / Source Rating

Example: The rating level of a content item associated with the source and target profiles is 4 and 2 respectively. In this case, the relative rating for the content item in the target profile = 2 / 4 = 0.5.

Note: The relative rating is considered in the individual score calculation only when the source rating is greater than or equal to the target rating.

Individual Score of a Content Item

The individual score of a content item is calculated according to the criteria and the corresponding equation discussed in the following table. The table is applicable for person to person, job to person, and job to job analyses only.

Content Type Has Rating?	Criteria	Equation
No	Not applicable	Individual score = Relative Weight * 100
Yes	Target Rating > or = Source Rating	Individual score = Relative Weight * 100
Yes	Target Rating < Source Rating	Individual score = Relative Rating * Relative Weight * 100

In the earlier table:

Target Rating is the rating level associated with a content item of the target profile
Source Rating is the rating level associated with a content item of the source profile
Relative Weight = Content item priority / Sum of all content items priorities
Relative Rating = Target Rating / Source Rating