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Hireflow Al Sourcing: How it makes sourcing a dream

March 10, 2022 · SourceCon Digital ·

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A live demo of an AI-driven sourcing platform shows how it can replace hours of manual LinkedIn searching with a daily batch of ranked candidate matches, delivered straight to a recruiter's queue.

The walkthrough covers how a sourcing campaign gets built from scratch: filling out a detailed intake form on skills, education, and target companies, writing a three-email outreach sequence, attaching supporting material like a "why work here" PDF, and letting the system learn from favorited profiles over time. Replies land directly in a normal inbox, so there's no need to check a separate dashboard, and the tool syncs with an ATS to avoid duplicating outreach on candidates already in the pipeline.

Practical guidance on writing emails that actually get opened includes:

  • Putting a candidate's name in the subject line to boost open rates
  • Referencing something specific about their background or company rather than sending a generic pitch
  • Sharing a concrete detail about the team's actual projects, since most candidates can't see that from a careers page
  • Keeping the message short rather than front-loading every detail
  • Spacing a sequence of three or four emails over several weeks, with a later "just checking back in" note for long-running searches
  • Including a scheduling link so interested candidates can book time without back-and-forth

There's also a framework for judging whether a sourcing tool earns its budget: tracking source of hire inside the ATS, calculating cost per hire on a monthly basis, weighing how responsive and easy to work with the vendor's team is, and following sourced candidates through the funnel to see whether they actually convert compared with job-board volume.

On the perennial problem of finding time to source at all, the suggestions include letting hiring managers screen inbound applicants directly in the ATS so recruiting time stays focused on outbound work, building email templates for repetitive messages, automating stage-based emails in the ATS, blocking dedicated calendar time for sourcing, and sending hiring managers a short weekly update on outreach volume and pipeline movement to keep everyone aligned.

Hireflow Al Sourcing: How it makes sourcing a dream | ERE Pro