How does ScaleUp determine if candidate profiles match the location of an open role?

The most important thing to consider when determining if a candidate's location matches a job's location is that the City/State and Country attributes are 1:1 mapping. If the candidate's profile and the job role have matching cities and states, the profile will appear in results.

The location radius (e.g., 100 miles between candidate location and job location) is not applicable if it crosses national borders. A job posted with a San Diego location with a 100-mile radius will NOT surface candidates from Mexico. Similarly, if a search location is a US city on border of US and Canada, candidates from Canada wont show up.

Note:

ScaleUp measures the distance from the perimeter of the target location and not the center. If you want to match the exact location, put 0 as the radius.

A candidate's profile location must have at least a 45% overlap ratio with respect to the search location, meaning if the candidate's profile has the location listed as 'United States' and the job search location is 'California,' then the profile location overlap ratio = california_area /united_states_area, which is less than 45%, so this profile won't show up in the results. 

To add, a candidate's state (if within US) and country must match with the job state and country, except when its a multi-state area like Greater Chicago Area, etc. Then ScaleUp will parse out states like Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin.

Note:

Without a specified location given when creating your search, ScaleUp will default the job location to within 30 miles of your location, based on IP address of your current browser session.