System and method for automatically processing candidate resumes and job specifications expressed in natural language into a normalized form using frequency analysis

A method of processing candidate resumes and job specifications to match candidates with job specifications, comprising

• providing a database of elements, each element expressed in natural language and at least some of which are associated with a corresponding set of synonymous words or phrases, the elements and the synonymous words or phrases each having a corresponding usage counter;
• receiving candidate resumes and job specifications in electronic form and expressed in natural language;
• analyzing the natural language expression of the candidate resumes and job specifications to extract elements expressed in candidate resumes and job specifications;
• comparing the extracted elements to the database and updating the usage counter corresponding to the extracted elements;
• for each extracted element, determining which of the extracted element or the corresponding set of synonymous words or phrases has the highest usage and using the word, phrase or element with the highest usage as a common form for the extracted element;
• matching a set of candidate resumes with a corresponding job specification by comparing the set of elements expressed in common form for the resumes with the set of elements expressed in common form for the job specification.