NASA STARS is NASA’s automated Staffing and Recruiting System. The core of this system is a commercial off-the-shelf rating tool, Resumix. Resumix uses artificial intelligence, and an enormous grammar base, to “read” resumes, extract information, and rate resumes in ‘context’. Ratings done by the Resumix system are then reviewed by a Human Resources specialist before referral decisions are made.
As of October 1, 2005, NASA STARS is fully integrated with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s USAJOBS site. Applicants may use USAJOBS for job searching and other applicant services, and will use the USAJOBS resume, also accepted by many other Federal agencies, as the basic NASA application document.