Candidate Sourcing
Welcome to the Candidate Sourcing module. Scout’s candidate sourcing tools help recruitment agencies quickly find, evaluate, and engage top-tier talent from their existing databases and global talent pools using advanced AI technology.
Below is an overview of the guides available in this section to help you get started:
1. Candidate Profile
Learn how to manage and interact with comprehensive candidate profiles.
- Key Features: View background details, update contact info, run background data enrichment, log text or voice notes, set follow-up reminders, add candidates to projects or jobs, download masked resumes, and auto-generate client submission reports or draft emails.
2. New Search
Leverage Scout’s AI-powered candidate sourcing engine to match requirements without complex boolean search strings.
- Key Features: Extract criteria automatically from pasted text, PDF/Word documents, or LinkedIn job URLs, refine parameters (YoE, target companies, locations, mandatory skills), and perform bulk actions like adding matches to projects, jobs, or outreach sequences.
3. Talent Map
Explore your candidate database through text-based search and interactive visualization.
- Key Features: Search candidates directly by name or drill down into candidate pools using the step-by-step Talent Graph filters (Country, Current Company, Job Family, Job Function, Seniority, Industry).
4. Resume Upload
Quickly import new candidate profiles in bulk.
- Key Features: Drag-and-drop file parsing for PDF and DOCX formats, bulk upload support for up to 50 resumes simultaneously, and direct profile rendering from recent uploads.
5. Candidate Deduplication
Maintain database hygiene by identifying and cleaning up duplicate records.
- Key Features: Identify duplicate profiles, compare conflicting data side-by-side, and selectively merge contact info, experience, and education history.
6. Email Sequence
Build and manage automated, multi-step email drip campaigns.
- Key Features: Build custom email sequence templates, configure active sending schedules, enroll candidates, and track active outreach campaigns.
7. LinkedIn Sequence
Automate professional outreach and connection workflows on LinkedIn.
- Key Features: Customize connection requests and follow-up message templates, set sequence delays, configure active delivery windows, and monitor outreach.
Pro Sourcing Tip
Keep your candidates organized from day one. When running searches, use the bulk-action feature to add matched candidates to target projects or jobs before starting your automated outreach sequences.