Collect structured education data and standardize school names for improved search

Education data has historically been difficult to search and report on. Resume parsing can miss or misread education entries, and the same school often appears dozens of different ways: "MIT," "M.I.T.," or "Massachusetts Institute of Technology." When you want to find candidates from a specific school or report on education data, you're left guessing every variation a candidate might have entered.

In March, we introduced the Education History field for application forms. Today, we're making that data even more useful with School Standardization, which automatically maps variations of school names in your candidate database to a single, standardized record.

Collect complete education history directly from candidates

You can add an Education History field to application, sourcing, referral, and hiring event forms. Candidates can submit one or more education entries, including details such as school, degree, field of study, and attendance dates, while you control which fields are required.

Because this information comes directly from candidates, profiles reflect the most accurate and up-to-date education history available.

Standardize school names

As candidates complete forms, they can search for and select their school from a standardized list. Variations, abbreviations, misspellings, and aliases are automatically mapped to a single school record, keeping your data clean without requiring manual maintenance.

Candidates also see the school's country while selecting from the list, helping them choose the correct institution and improving data accuracy.

Search candidates by where they studied

With clean, standardized school data, education-based search becomes significantly more reliable.

The new "Studied At" field allows you to find candidates who attended a specific school anywhere in their education history, not just their most recent institution. A search for MIT now returns candidates who studied there regardless of whether they entered "MIT," "M.I.T.," or "Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

For recruiters and sourcers, this makes targeted searches across your talent pool more accurate. For recruiting operations and analytics teams, it means education data you can confidently report on.

Getting Started

Education History and school data standardization are available for all customers.

To get started, add an Education History field to any application, sourcing, referral, or hiring event form from the form builder.