Match2 Unveils Universal Candidate Profile™ Enhancements and Expands Connected Talent Network Across SAP, Phenom and Leading HR Platforms

Enhanced Personal Portal, identity verification and credential-first discovery connect external candidates and internal talent to more opportunities, while delivering trusted, real-time intelligence that makes existing recruiting platforms and AI systems more effective.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Available through SAP Store and Phenom Marketplace, with 100+ hiring-platform integrations, Match2 announced enhancements to Connected Talent Solutions™: optional biometric identity verification, credential-first discovery, and pre-apply qualification across its Universal Candidate Profile™, Personal Portal, and Direct Talent Network™.

Candidates still start over across disconnected career sites and employer databases. Employers lose talent they've paid to attract; AI systems rely on stale records. Match2 enables persistent, permission-based candidate relationships across participating platforms, helping partners deliver better candidate experiences and actionable intelligence without rebuilding their products.

The same capabilities now extend to employees. Enterprise clients plan to use Match2 for internal talent matching and opportunity discovery in the coming weeks, complementing their existing HR systems.

"The recruiting industry doesn't need another disconnected technology. It needs the technology, candidates, and employers we already have to work better together," said Darren Simons, CEO of Match2.

"Match2 is building the connective layer that makes that possible—helping employers engage and qualify talent before they apply, maintain career-long candidate relationships, and verify identities and credentials to increase trust.

As AI matching becomes ubiquitous, trusted, real-time candidate intelligence becomes the advantage. We deliver those signals to existing recruiting platforms and AI agents, helping our partners make their products more valuable and employers improve hiring outcomes while reducing unnecessary recruiting spend—without replacing the systems they've already invested in."

Beyond Easy Apply: More Qualified Candidates, Not More Applications

Simpler applications do not necessarily produce better hires. Match2 helps candidates connect with employers, understand their fit, and validate information before they apply—so recruiters receive more useful applications, not just higher volume. The advantage is more reliable information, earlier qualification, and a candidate relationship that outlasts every requisition.

Through Talent Connector™ and Connect With™, career-site visitors can establish employer relationships without applying. The Universal Candidate Profile™ and free Personal Portal let candidates carry their information across participating sites, discover relevant opportunities, see how they match, track applications, and control what they share.

Interactive Apply helps candidates correct or supplement qualifications before submission. Find2Match™ enables credential-first discovery using supported professional licenses and certifications. The result: stronger candidate experience, greater capture of qualified non-applicants, and less recruiter time spent screening poor-fit submissions.

Verify Identity and Credentials Before Apply

Optional biometric verification lets candidates confirm their identities and associate verification status with their profiles. Find2Match™ supports credential validation through authoritative sources where available.

Together, these capabilities give employers stronger signals to mitigate impersonation, misrepresented qualifications, and bot-driven noise before unnecessary applications reach recruiters. Verification strengthens trust; it does not eliminate all fraud.

"A résumé is a snapshot. Talent isn't," said Doug Berg, Founder and Chief Matcher of Match2.

"People earn credentials, develop new skills, change their availability, and discover new career interests. Match2 gives candidates a way to show employers who they are and what they're qualified to do today—and keeps that information connected as their careers evolve. That's a fundamentally better experience for candidates and substantially more useful intelligence for employers."

Living Talent Networks. Better-Informed AI.

Match2's Direct Talent Network™ turns one-time recruiting interactions into ongoing, consent-based relationships. As candidates update skills, credentials, availability, and interests, participating employers can receive Candidate Side Signals that keep talent pipelines actionable. Recruiters can rediscover people they already attracted instead of paying to find them again.

An ATS may know someone applied six months ago; it may not know they have since earned a license or returned to the job market. Fresh signals help recruiting platforms and agents reconnect at the right moment, prioritize newly qualified talent, and avoid irrelevant outreach.

More automation isn't the objective. Better-informed automation is.

Opportunity Discovery, Inside and Outside the Enterprise

Employees' job titles rarely reflect their full capabilities. Match2's existing profile and opportunity-discovery technology helps surface overlooked skills and connect employees to relevant openings. Employers can improve internal talent visibility, strengthen career growth, and reduce unnecessary external sourcing. Match2 complements partners' broader mobility suites rather than replacing them.

A Partner-First Network, Not Another System to Replace

Available through Phenom Marketplace and SAP Store, with SmartRecruiters and SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting integrations, Match2 helps partners extend existing recruiting products.

Instead of building isolated profiles and networks, partners can add identity-verification options, pre-apply qualification, persistent connections, and real-time signals for AI agents—speeding innovation, differentiating products, strengthening retention, and creating revenue opportunities without replacing customer systems.

For supported environments, a lightweight Talent Connector™ and existing APIs connect candidate experiences to ATS and CRM systems. No platform replacement, career-site rebuild, or major custom-development project is required. The ATS remains the System of Record. Match2 adds the Network of Record: the continuing connection to the people behind those records.

Meet Match2 at HR Tech

Match2 will demonstrate these enhancements, including verified identity and credential workflows, at HR Tech, October 20–22 in Las Vegas.

About Match2

Match2 builds Connected Talent Solutions™ that link candidates, employers, and recruiting platforms through Universal Candidate Profile™, Personal Portal, Talent Connector™, Direct Talent Network™, Interactive Apply, and Find2Match™. Its network and real-time Candidate Side Signals help customers qualify talent earlier, maintain career-long connections, reduce recruiting waste, and make existing recruiting technology more effective.

One Profile. Every Opportunity. Connected.

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