INOVTEK Polbeng - Seri Informatika
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2026): August (Inpress)

Web-Based Job Recommendation Based on LinkedIn Profiles Using Domain-Aware SBERT Retrieval and TF-IDF Reranking

Maharaya Bintangku Aridhana (Pembangunan Jaya University)
Prio Handoko (Pembangunan Jaya University)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Jul 2026

Abstract

Online job search often relies on keyword matching, while the semantic relationship between candidate profiles and job descriptions may not be captured adequately. This study develops a web-based job recommendation system based on LinkedIn-style candidate profiles using SBERT retrieval and domain-aware TF-IDF reranking. Candidate profiles are constructed from target role, headline, skills, experience, education, preferred location, and work preference, with non-English input translated into English when needed. The job corpus consists of approximately 1.3 million job postings represented by precomputed 384-dimensional SBERT embeddings. The system retrieves initial candidates using cosine similarity and reranks them using TF-IDF similarity with domain, experience, and location constraints. Manual evaluation on 1,012 judged profile-job pairs shows that the proposed method achieves Precision@5 of 0.428, Precision@10 of 0.368, NDCG@10 of 0.531, and MRR of 0.605. An additional validated pseudo-label evaluation achieves Precision@5 of 0.840, with 83.33% agreement and a Cohen’s Kappa of 0.75 against human-checked samples. These results indicate that semantic retrieval combined with explainable domain-aware reranking can improve the relevance of web-based job recommendations.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ISI

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

The Journal of Innovation and Technology (INOVTEK Polbeng—Seri Informatika) is a distinguished publication hosted by the State Polytechnic of Bengkalis. Dedicated to advancing the field of informatics, this scientific research journal serves as a vital platform for academics, researchers, and ...