The hiring platform for both sides
Agency-quality hires.
Software-level pricing.
AI-powered sourcing across 200M+ profiles, multi-channel outreach, automated prescreening, and interview intelligence — all in one platform. Companies hire faster. Candidates stay in control. No middlemen required.
The missing middle between DIY hiring and expensive agencies
Source across 200M+ candidates, run multi-channel outreach, prescreen automatically, and capture interview intelligence — all self-serve. When complexity increases, expert support is one click away.
Why Companies Switch
We source & screen. Your team closes.
TalentSource handles everything upstream — AI-powered sourcing across 200M+ contacts, automated multi-channel outreach, and prescreening — so your recruiters spend their time on relationships, interviews, and offers.
Fill Pipeline 40% Faster
AI sourcing across 200M+ profiles plus multi-channel outreach fills your pipeline faster than any single-channel approach. Shortlists in hours, not weeks.
$3K Per Hire vs. $20-30K
Replace $20-30K agency placements with AI-powered sourcing. At 75+ hires, your effective cost drops below $3,000 per placement — and you keep the data.
2-3x Recruiter Efficiency
AI handles sourcing, screening, and outreach 24/7. Recruiters focus on interviews, relationships, and closing — not spreadsheets and cold emails.
Interview-Ready Candidates
Every candidate is automatically prescreened on salary, certifications, availability, and interest level before a recruiter ever picks up the phone.
How It Works
From open req to interview-ready candidate
Load Your Req
Define the role, criteria, and requirements. Public listings or masked confidential searches — your call.
AI Sources Candidates
Your dedicated AI agent scans 200M+ profiles and surfaces best-fit candidates — scored on skills, experience, location, and availability.
Multi-Channel Outreach
Automated personalized sequences across email, SMS, and LinkedIn run 24/7. A/B tested messaging optimized in real-time.
AI Prescreens
Candidates are automatically qualified on salary, certifications, availability, and interest level before your team ever speaks to them.
AI Ranks & Scores
Match-fit scoring ranks candidates by alignment to your role. The agent learns from every accept/reject to improve over time.
Your Team Closes
Recruiters get interview-ready candidates with verified qualifications, aligned salary expectations, and confirmed interest.
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The Problem
Hiring is broken — for companies and candidates.
Companies overpay for agencies that keep the data, rely on LinkedIn alone for sourcing, and burn recruiter hours on manual outreach and unqualified interviews. There's a better way.
Recruiters juggle 40+ reqs, hundreds of emails, and 5+ tools daily. Something always falls through the cracks.
Agency Fees Are Out of Control
You're paying $20-30K per hire to agencies. That adds up to millions annually for high-volume teams — and you keep nothing when the contract ends.
LinkedIn Alone Isn't Enough
75% of LinkedIn's 1.2B accounts are dormant. Recruiter Lite caps you at 30 InMails/month with 18-25% response rates. No SMS, no multi-channel sequences.
Recruiters Are Overloaded
Your recruiters carry 40+ reqs each. They physically cannot write and track hundreds of individual outreach emails while managing interviews and relationships.
Your Tools Don't Talk to Each Other
Sourcing tool, ATS, email, scheduling, interview notes — five logins, five dashboards, zero unified view. Data falls through the cracks.
No Prescreening = Wasted Interviews
Candidates show up with unrealistic salary expectations. Recruiters discover disqualifying gaps mid-interview. Both sides waste time.
You Start From Zero Every Time
Agencies don't share their data. LinkedIn locks it behind a subscription. Every new req means starting the search from scratch with no history.
The LinkedIn Reality
LinkedIn is part of the solution.
It can't be the whole solution.
Average Response Rate by Channel
Sources: LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Gem, industry benchmarks
What LinkedIn Does Well
- Strong for corporate & support roles
- Good for passive candidate identification
- Brand awareness and employer visibility
Where LinkedIn Falls Short
- Recruiter Lite: only 30 InMails/month per seat
- Average InMail response rate: 18-25% (best case)
- 75% of LinkedIn's 1.2B accounts are dormant
- No SMS outreach, no multi-channel sequences
- No automated prescreening or salary benchmarking
- Candidate data is locked inside LinkedIn
TalentSource Approach
We don't kill LinkedIn — we incorporate it and expand far beyond it.
- LinkedIn sourcing is included as one of many channels
- Add email, SMS, and job board outreach simultaneously
- Multi-channel campaigns deliver 48% response rates vs. LinkedIn's 18-25%
- SMS alone: 98% open rate, 45% response rate
- All candidate data stays in your database — not locked behind a subscription
- Automated prescreening before recruiter contact
The Numbers Don't Lie
Multi-channel outreach outperforms single-platform sourcing. Every time.
LinkedIn alone isn't enough. The data proves that combining email, SMS, and LinkedIn outreach delivers dramatically better results — and TalentSource automates all of it.
48%
Multi-Channel Response Rate
Multi-channel outreach (email + SMS + LinkedIn) delivers 48%+ response rates — 2x better than LinkedIn InMail alone at 18-25%.
TalentSource Campaign Data
98%
SMS Open Rate
98% of text messages are read within 3 minutes. SMS outreach delivers a 45% response rate — the single highest-converting channel for passive candidates.
Industry SMS Benchmarks
67%
Faster Time-to-Fill
AI-powered multi-source strategies fill pipelines 67% faster than single-platform approaches. Stop relying on LinkedIn alone.
AI Recruiting Benchmarks
$3K
Cost Per Hire at Scale
Replace $20-30K agency placements with AI-powered sourcing. At scale, effective cost per hire drops below $3,000 — and you own the data.
TalentSource vs. Agency Cost Analysis
For Candidates
Your career. Your terms. Zero black holes.
75% of applications get zero response. TalentSource puts you in control — real matches, direct access to hiring teams, and privacy that actually means something. Always free.
Matched to Roles That Fit
AI matches you to jobs based on your skills, goals, and preferences — not keyword spam. You see relevant roles, not noise.
Talk Directly to Hiring Teams
No recruiter middlemen. No phone tag. Message the people making the decision, directly inside the platform.
Know Where You Stand
Track your applications from submission to decision. No more wondering if your resume went into a black hole.
Block Companies. Control Visibility.
Searching while employed? Block your current employer. Go public, anonymized, or fully hidden — you decide who sees you.
Response Automations
Set rules for inbound messages — auto-reply to hiring teams, filter by role type or salary range, and let the right opportunities come to you.
Always Free. No Paywall.
No premium tier to unlock basic features. No per-application fees. Full access to matching, messaging, and privacy controls — free forever.
Three Sides, One Platform
Everyone wins when everyone's connected
Companies get better hires. Candidates land better roles. That's what happens when you stop fragmenting the hiring process across a dozen disconnected tools.
Companies & Hiring Teams
- •AI sourcing across 200M+ profiles with multi-channel outreach
- •Automated prescreening — candidates arrive interview-ready
- •Interview intelligence with AI-generated notes and scorecards
- •Salary benchmarking and market intelligence from real data
- •Every candidate builds a persistent talent database you own
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Candidates
- •Block specific companies from seeing your profile
- •Get matched to roles that actually fit — not spammed
- •Response automations — auto-reply, filter by role or salary, stay in control
- •Direct in-app messaging with hiring teams
- •Control your visibility: public, anonymized, or hidden
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Recruiters & Staffing Firms
- •Dedicated AI sourcing agent per recruiter — learns your roles and gets smarter
- •Manage multiple clients and 40+ reqs simultaneously from one dashboard
- •SMS + email + LinkedIn outreach sequences running 24/7 on autopilot
- •Activate Elevate for executive-level or niche specialist searches
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Never Get Stuck
Start self-serve. Scale to managed when you're ready.
Run it yourself with AI handling the heavy lifting. Flip on Elevate for tough roles. Or go full enterprise partnership with managed sourcing, placement guarantees, and a database that compounds over time.
Self-Serve
Your team runs it
Full platform access — AI sourcing across 200M+ profiles, multi-channel outreach, prescreening, interview intelligence, and pipeline management. Handles 80-90% of hires.
Elevate
We step in
Flip a switch on any job and our recruiting team takes over sourcing, screening, and shortlisting. Your team just picks who to interview. 10% placement fee.
Enterprise Partnership
We run it together
Dedicated managed sourcing across all your open reqs. Performance-based pricing, placement guarantees, and a talent database you own forever.
The lowest-risk way to fill any role.
AI handles most hires. Elevate steps in at 10% placement fee only when you need it. No commitment beyond the subscription.
Estimated Cost Comparison
One hire. See the difference.
Select a base salary and watch the math do the talking. Self-serve AI handles most hires at platform cost. Elevate steps in when you need expert support. Either way, you keep the data and the candidate stays in your talent database forever.
Hire directly on a $100,000 role and keep $24,000 per placement.
80%saved
Assumes 3-month average time-to-hire on Growth plan ($2,000/mo) vs. industry-standard 30% agency fee. Elevate includes 10% placement fee + platform cost.
The Comparison
The only platform that sources, screens, and delivers.
Tools give you software. Agencies give you invoices. TalentSource gives you results — and you keep everything.
| Feature | TalentSource | Metaview | Gem | HireEZ | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Sourcing (200M+ contacts) | Limited | ||||
| Multi-Channel Outreach (Email+SMS+LI) | Email only | Email+LI | Manual | ||
| AI-Optimized Sequences & A/B Testing | |||||
| Automated Prescreening | Manual | ||||
| Interview Intelligence | |||||
| Salary Benchmarking | Partial | ||||
| Job Marketing & Masked Postings | |||||
| Client-Owned Talent Database | |||||
| Data Portability (CSV/JSON) | |||||
| On-Demand Expert Support (Elevate) | |||||
| Placement Guarantee |
Under the Hood
Everything your team needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Seven capabilities purpose-built so companies hire smarter, candidates land the right role, and your team never starts from zero.
AI Sourcing Agent
- Dedicated AI agent per recruiter — learns your roles, preferences, and hiring patterns
- Searches 200M+ verified profiles from aggregated databases, resume repos, and professional networks
- Skills-based matching, not keyword search — scored on fit, experience, credentials, and location
- Continuous 24/7 sourcing across all open reqs simultaneously
Multi-Channel Outreach
- Personalized sequences across email, SMS, and LinkedIn from one inbox
- AI-generated messaging tailored by role, seniority, and candidate profile
- A/B testing optimizes subject lines, channel mix, and timing in real-time
- 48%+ response rates vs. 18-25% with LinkedIn-only outreach
Automated Prescreening
- AI-driven conversational screening via SMS and email before recruiter contact
- Qualifies on salary expectations, certifications, availability, and relocation
- Misalignments flagged automatically — no more wasted interviews
- Both sides walk into the interview aligned on expectations
Interview Intelligence
- AI captures and analyzes every interview conversation in real-time
- Structured notes organized by competency delivered within 5 minutes
- Auto-populates scorecards and feedback forms — integrates with Zoom, Teams, and Meet
- AI learns what 'good' looks like for each role — data-driven hiring decisions
Technical Depth
Strong system design answers; explained distributed caching tradeoffs clearly
Problem Solving
Methodical approach to ambiguity; asked clarifying questions before coding
Communication
Concise explanations; adapted depth to audience well
Leadership
Solid mentoring examples; limited cross-team influence stories
Salary Benchmarking & Market Intel
- Live competitive salary data by role and market — built from real candidate conversations
- Know what candidates are making, what they expect to move, and how markets compare
- Trend lines, talent density reports, and competitor movement tracking
- Offers land closer to expectations — acceptance rates go up, bidding wars go down
| Role | Market | Avg Asking | Range | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Engineer | Austin, TX | $165K | $145–185K | +8% |
| Senior Engineer | Remote (US) | $175K | $155–200K | +12% |
| Senior Engineer | NYC Metro | $195K | $170–220K | +5% |
| DevOps Lead | Austin, TX | $155K | $140–175K | +10% |
Data from 2,400+ candidate conversations · Updated daily
Recruiting Marketing Engine
- Jobs distributed across boards, professional networks, and targeted channels automatically
- Masked and confidential postings — market roles without revealing the company
- Every candidate sourced builds a persistent, searchable talent database you own
- Re-engagement outreach converts at 3-5x the rate of cold sourcing
Pipeline & Candidate Experience
- Kanban boards from application to interview to offer with custom stages
- Built-in scheduling, messaging, and team collaboration — no extra tools
- Candidates control their visibility: public, anonymized, or hidden
- Company blocking, response automations, and full application transparency
Recruiting partners get early access.
We're onboarding companies and candidates first. When we open the Elevate recruiter network, early partners get priority access to AI-sourced candidates and inbound company demand.