The conventional application-based method of job searching can really feel like running in a hamster wheel. Week after week, you send out dozens of resumes to companies who may never contact you, about jobs you may not even like. Fortunately, it's 2016 and there's a better way to find the right job. Below, we explain how two job-search processes yield very different outcomes: matching versus applying.
![job matching vs job applying](https://cdn.spark.app/media/hirekeep/image/matching_vs._applying_1.png.w720.png)
We hope that this information will improve your job search. If you want to experience the career-optimizing potential of the matching process yourself, we can help.