Merging data securely from different sources

A system comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving at least one criteria for a job posting published on an online service;
• receiving a plurality of job applications for the job posting, each one of the job applications corresponding to a different applicant and comprising resume data and application contact information;
• for each one of the plurality of job applications, determining that the application contact information of the job application matches profile contact information stored in association with a profile of the corresponding applicant of the job application on a social networking service;
• for each one of the plurality of job applications, merging the resume data of the job application with the profile data of the profile of the corresponding applicant of the job application to form application data of the job application, the application data comprising the resume data and the profile data, the merging of the resume data with the profile data being performed based on the determining that the application contact information matches the profile contact information;
• for each one of the applicants of the plurality of job applications, generating a corresponding match strength based on a comparison of the application data of the job application of the applicant with the at least one criteria;
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• causing at least a portion of the applicants of the plurality of job applications to be displayed on a computing device based on the generated match strengths of the job applications.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving at least one criteria for a job posting published on an online service;
• receiving a plurality of job applications for the job posting, each one of the job applications corresponding to a different applicant and comprising resume data and application contact information;
• for each one of the plurality of job applications, determining that the application contact information of the job application matches profile contact information stored in association with a profile of the corresponding applicant of the job application on a social networking service;
• for each one of the plurality of job applications, merging the resume data of the job application with the profile data of the profile of the corresponding applicant of the job application to form application data of the job application, the application data comprising the resume data and the profile data, the merging of the resume data with the profile data being performed based on the determining that the application contact information matches the profile contact information;
• for each one of the applicants of the plurality of job applications, generating a corresponding match strength based on a comparison of the application data of the job application of the applicant with the at least one criteria;
• and
• causing at least a portion of the applicants of the plurality of job applications to be displayed on a computing device based on the generated match strengths of the job applications.