253. A system for using a computer to identify a matching resume for a job description, comprising: means for receiving the job description that includes at least one job requirement, each said at least one job requirement comprising a required skill or experience-related phrase and a required term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase; means for storing the job description; means for associating, for each said at least one job requirement, the required skill or experience-related phrase with at least one implying skill or experience-related phrase; means for storing at least one searchable phrase for each said at least one job requirement, one of said at least one searchable phrase including the required skill or experience-related phrase, and said at least one searchable phrase including each said at least one implying skill or experience-related phrase; means for receiving at least one resume; means for parsing each said at least one resume to: locate at least one of said at least one searchable phrase in the resume; determine an experience range for each searchable phrase located in the resume by examining a use of each searchable phrase in the resume; and compute a term of experience for each searchable phrase located in the resume based on the experience range, wherein the term of experience for each said at least one skill or experience-related phrase is a summation of the term of experience for each occurrence of the phrase associated with a different experience range, wherein each resume summarizes a candidate's career and qualifications, and wherein each resume conveys personal and business-related characteristics that the candidate believes to be relevant to a prospective employer; means for storing each said at least one resume; means for computing, for each said at least one resume, a term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase for each said at least one job requirement; and means for determining whether each said at least one resume is the matching resume that satisfies the job description.
253. A system for using a computer to identify a matching resume for a job description, comprising: means for receiving the job description that includes at least one job requirement, each said at least one job requirement comprising a required skill or experience-related phrase and a required term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase; means for storing the job description; means for associating, for each said at least one job requirement, the required skill or experience-related phrase with at least one implying skill or experience-related phrase; means for storing at least one searchable phrase for each said at least one job requirement, one of said at least one searchable phrase including the required skill or experience-related phrase, and said at least one searchable phrase including each said at least one implying skill or experience-related phrase; means for receiving at least one resume; means for parsing each said at least one resume to: locate at least one of said at least one searchable phrase in the resume; determine an experience range for each searchable phrase located in the resume by examining a use of each searchable phrase in the resume; and compute a term of experience for each searchable phrase located in the resume based on the experience range, wherein the term of experience for each said at least one skill or experience-related phrase is a summation of the term of experience for each occurrence of the phrase associated with a different experience range, wherein each resume summarizes a candidate's career and qualifications, and wherein each resume conveys personal and business-related characteristics that the candidate believes to be relevant to a prospective employer; means for storing each said at least one resume; means for computing, for each said at least one resume, a term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase for each said at least one job requirement; and means for determining whether each said at least one resume is the matching resume that satisfies the job description. 266. The system of claim 253 , wherein the matching resume that satisfies the job description includes at least one of said at least one searchable phrase for each said at least one job requirement, and the term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase in the resume is greater than or equal to the required term of experience.