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The AI sourcing tool: describe the role, get a ranked shortlist.

You write the brief the way you would explain it to a colleague. The agent asks follow-up questions, agrees the criteria with you, then searches public professional profiles and comes back with candidates ranked against what you asked for.

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What the shortlist looks like

Each candidate arrives with a score, the evidence behind it, and the parts of their background that made them a match. You are reading a judgement, not a list of search results.

A score with a reason
The number comes with written reasoning, so you can disagree with it on specifics rather than on gut feel.
Career history in view
Recent roles and companies sit on the card, so you can judge fit without opening a profile.
It fills in as it runs
Candidates land on the shortlist as they are found, not in one batch at the end.
Candidate review
35 profiles analysed
Ranked by fit
Job description

Senior full-stack engineer, fintech, Hong Kong

1SC
Sarah Chen92
Senior Full-Stack EngineerHong Kong · Hybrid
Strong fitReact · Kotlin
Relevant experience
Senior Software EngineerAirwallex · 2021–Present · 4 yrs
Software EngineerWeLab · 2018–2021 · 3 yrs
AI insightConfirmed Kotlin and Spring backend work with React and TypeScript delivery.
8 years total · BSc Computer Science, HKUST · English & Cantonese
2ML
Marcus Liu87
Technical LeadHong Kong · Hybrid
Good fitTypeScript · Java

What it does

What sourcing covers

Plain-English briefs

Type what you need. There are no Boolean strings or filter trees to learn, and the agent asks follow-up questions when something is missing.

An agreed candidate profile

Before searching, the agent writes up the ideal-candidate profile it plans to use. You edit it and approve it, so the search runs on your criteria rather than its guess.

Public professional profiles

It reads publicly available professional profiles, including LinkedIn and GitHub, instead of a fixed database of people who already applied.

Reasoning you can check

Every candidate carries a score against your must-haves and nice-to-haves, plus a written explanation of why they matched.

Steer it while it runs

Send a message mid-search to narrow it, widen it, or change direction. You do not have to wait for a run to finish.

Work the shortlist

Save candidates, add someone you already know, ask for contact details, and mark where each person has reached — contacted, replied, interviewed, offer, hired.

How it runs

From brief to shortlist

  1. 01

    Write the brief

    Describe the role, the must-haves, and anything that would rule someone out.
  2. 02

    Approve the profile

    Check the ideal-candidate profile the agent drafts, edit whatever is off, then approve it.
  3. 03

    Let it search

    The agent searches, reads profiles, and evaluates each candidate against your criteria.
  4. 04

    Review the shortlist

    Candidates appear as they are found, in order, with the reasoning attached.
See how sourcing works in detail

FAQ

Common questions

Do I need my own recruiting seat or licence?

No. You do not need to bring a seat on any recruiting product to use sourcing.

Where do the candidates come from?

Publicly available professional profiles and other public professional information.

Can I add people I already know about?

Yes. You can add a candidate to the shortlist yourself and have them evaluated alongside the ones the agent finds.

What if I already have a pile of CVs?

Use ranking instead. It scores CVs you already hold against one job description.

Start with one role

Describe a role you are hiring for and see the shortlist it comes back with.

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