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Finding the right person to fill a job vacancy is not an exact science. It is certainly illusory to suppose that a perfect candidate can be found, or even that the complete requirements of the job can be defined precisely. What can be done, however, is to compare patterns, or clusters, of job requirements with equivalent patterns of attributes identified in a candidate, using the simple matrix-based graphical methodology described in this paper. Where the clusters of job requirements and candidate attributes can be broadly mapped on to one another, the candidate is likely to be well-suited for the job.