Expert group AG has identified a lack of good search applications in the field of "expert and executive search". The new system "expert-match" will support the assessment of candidate profiles for recruitment of highly specialized professionals. The recruiting process will be both more effective and more efficient, resulting in both cost redutions as well as an improved quality of service. The innovations in the project are based on custom-built information retrieval methods tailored to the recruiting field, as well as in the parametrization and evaluation of the resulting application.