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Candidate Sourcing Automation for Every Open Role

  • Find candidates actively job searching for your open req
  • AI matches active job-seeker signals to your role, automatically
  • Verified contacts and ready-to-send outreach in minutes
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Find backend engineers actively job searching for our open Staff Engineer role
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Marcus ChenMarcus Chen
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97%
Open-to-Work Signal

Flipped on LinkedIn "open to work" three days ago.

Recent Application

Applied to two similar backend roles this week.

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ZendlyBackend EngineeremailCheckUS iconUS
Priya NairPriya Nair
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94%
Resume Refresh

Updated her resume and LinkedIn summary 6 days ago.

Recruiter Response

Replied to a recruiter InMail about a PM opening this week.

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ChargebeeSenior Product ManageremailCheckIN iconIN
Tomas NovakTomas Novak
good
91%
Layoff Signal

Current employer announced layoffs affecting his team last week.

Job-Board Activity

Actively browsing and saving DevOps listings daily.

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Isabelle LaurentIsabelle Laurent
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89%
Open-to-Work Signal

Turned on "open to work" visible to recruiters last week.

Recent Application

Applied to three growth-marketing roles in the past 10 days.

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WattpadMarketing ManageremailCheckCA iconCA
Diego FernandezDiego Fernandez
good
86%
Recruiter Response

Replied positively to recruiter outreach about a sales engineering role.

Resume Refresh

Refreshed his resume and portfolio two weeks ago.

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FactorialSales EngineeremailCheckES iconES
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Zendly

Backend engineer flagged open to work this week. Strong Go and distributed-systems background, actively applying to senior roles.

Seattle, WA, US
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Backend Engineer
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What Is Candidate Sourcing Automation?

Candidate sourcing automation is the use of AI to continuously find candidates who are actively job searching right now and match them to a specific open requisition — not a database of everyone who might theoretically fit the title. Instead of a recruiter manually re-checking LinkedIn for an "open to work" badge or waiting for inbound applications, it reads the signals that show someone wants to move today: a refreshed resume, a recent application elsewhere, active job-board browsing, or a layoff at their current employer. That turns a slow, manual req into a live shortlist of people who are both qualified and ready to talk.

Why It Matters for Time-to-Fill
Timing wins the req — a candidate who is actively looking right now will move faster than someone you have to slowly warm up over months of touches.
AI can watch active signals at a scale no recruiter can match manually — open-to-work flags, applications, resume refreshes, and layoffs, tracked continuously across 100+ sources instead of one recruiter's LinkedIn feed.
It fills the seat you have open today — this is about matching people who are actively job searching to the specific role you're hiring for right now, not building a long-term bench for roles that don't exist yet.
It shrinks time-to-fill without shrinking quality — ranking active candidates by fit means recruiters spend their hours on a shortlist that is both qualified and ready to talk, not a cold database.
How Lessie AI Runs Candidate Sourcing Automation Against Your Open Req

Manual sourcing means a recruiter scanning LinkedIn and job boards by hand, req by req, and a basic ATS sourcing module only searches whoever is already sitting in your own database. Lessie AI closes that gap: describe the open role in plain English and an AI agent reads active job-search signals — open-to-work flags, recent applications, resume refreshes, job-board activity, and layoffs — assembled live across 100+ sources, then ranks the candidates showing them against your req, finds verified contacts, and drafts outreach that references the exact signal and role. You go from an open requisition to a warm conversation without stitching together a job board, a database search, and a mail tool.

Where Lessie AI Reads Active Job-Search Signals

The six signal sources Lessie AI reads to find candidates who are actively looking for a new role right now

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Open-to-Work Signals

The LinkedIn "open to work" flag and similar public status changes are the clearest sign a candidate wants to move now, not someday.

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Recent Application Activity

Candidates who have applied to similar roles elsewhere in the last few weeks are actively in-market for exactly the req you have open.

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Resume & Profile Refreshes

A freshly updated resume or profile summary usually means someone is preparing to job search, even before they flip on "open to work."

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Active Job-Board Activity

Browsing, saving, and applying on job boards shows a candidate is actively shopping the market this week, not passively scrolling.

Layoff & Company Instability

A layoff, hiring freeze, or funding crunch at someone's current employer is a strong, fast-moving signal that they are about to start looking.

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Recruiter Outreach Response

Candidates who reply to recruiter messages or engage with recruiting content show they are open to a conversation right now, not just curious.

How to Use Candidate Sourcing Automation for Your Open Roles

Four steps from an open req to a shortlist of actively job-searching candidates with verified contacts

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Define the Open Role

Describe the req you're hiring for — title, must-have skills, seniority, location — in plain English, no rigid Boolean strings.

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AI Reads Active Job-Search Signals

An AI agent watches open-to-work flags, recent applications, resume refreshes, job-board activity, and layoff signals across 100+ sources for candidates who fit.

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Rank Candidates by Signal + Fit

Every candidate comes with the signal behind them and a match score, so recruiters work the shortlist that is both qualified and actively looking, not a cold database dump.

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Reach Out With Verified Contacts

Get verified emails for each candidate plus AI-drafted outreach that references the open role and the exact signal that put them on your list.

Everything You Need for Candidate Sourcing Automation on Live Reqs

AI-powered tools to find actively job-searching candidates and reach them before another recruiter does

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Real-Time Active Job-Seeker Signals

Manual sourcing means checking LinkedIn by hand, and a basic ATS sourcing module only searches your own database. Lessie AI reads active job-search signals live across 100+ sources, so you see who is actually looking today.

  • Open-to-work flags, applications, and resume refreshes tracked continuously
  • Layoff and job-board activity folded into the same view
  • Catch actively job-searching candidates before a job post gets flooded
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AI Candidate Matching to Your Open Role

Being active isn't enough — a candidate also has to fit the req. Lessie AI ranks candidates on both the strength of their active job-search signal and how well they match the specific open role, so your shortlist is who to call, not just who is looking.

  • Score combines active-search signal strength with role fit
  • The signal behind every match, not a black-box number
  • Built for the one open req you describe, not a generic talent database
Verified Contacts for Actively-Searching Candidates

A ranked shortlist is only useful with a way to reach people. Lessie AI finds verified contact details for each actively job-searching candidate at the moment of search, no separate data purchase required.

  • 95%+ verified emails, confirmed live
  • Contacts matched to the person on your shortlist, not a stale record
  • Assembled across 100+ sources, built into the same search
AI Outreach That References the Signal & Role

The reason a candidate is actively looking is your best opening line. Lessie AI drafts outreach that references both the open role and the specific signal, so a cold message reads like a timely, relevant offer.

  • Outreach tied to the exact signal and the exact req
  • Personalized per candidate automatically, not a mail-merge template
  • Turns a sourcing list into real conversations faster
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Signal Sources
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Contact Accuracy
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Faster Time-to-Fill
$39.9
Per Month, Unlimited

Lessie AI vs. Manual Sourcing vs. Basic ATS Sourcing

How signal-driven active-candidate sourcing compares to scanning job boards by hand and searching your ATS's own database

ComparisonManual SourcingBasic ATS SourcingLessie AI
What You GetRecruiters scanning job boards and LinkedIn by hand, one req at a timeA search box over whoever is already sitting in your own databaseLive active-job-seeker signals matched to your specific open role
Signal Coverage & FreshnessWhatever a recruiter happens to notice that dayStatic resumes that are rarely re-checked once submittedOpen-to-work flags, applications, resume refreshes, and layoffs tracked live across 100+ sources
Candidate Matching QualityKeyword and Boolean search, one req at a timeFilters over stored resumes, no signal on current intentAI ranks active job seekers by fit and urgency for the exact req
Contact AccuracyGuessed emails and LinkedIn DMs that go unansweredWhatever contact info was submitted, often stale95%+ verified emails, confirmed at the moment of search
Outreach AutomationOne-by-one manual messages, no personalization at scaleGeneric auto-replies with no reference to the roleAI-personalized outreach that names the exact signal and role
CostHours of recruiter time spent per reqBundled into the ATS license, but sourcing stays shallow$39.9/mo, self-serve, unlimited candidate searches

Manual sourcing means a recruiter scanning job boards and LinkedIn by hand, req by req. A basic ATS sourcing module only searches candidates already sitting in your own database, and rarely checks whether they're still looking. Lessie AI reads active job-search signals live across 100+ sources, matches them to the specific open role you're hiring for, and hands you verified contacts plus signal-aware outreach — so you fill the req with someone who wants to move now, not whoever happens to already be on file.

Who Uses Lessie AI for Candidate Sourcing Automation

From technical recruiting to executive search — automated candidate sourcing for every open req

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Technical Recruiting
"Find backend engineers actively job searching who match our open Staff Engineer req"

Fill hard-to-hire engineering reqs faster by working candidates who are already looking, ranked by fit, instead of cold-messaging a passive database.

technical recruitingactive job seekersopen requisitionssignal-based sourcing
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High-Volume Talent Acquisition
"Find candidates showing open-to-work signals across our 12 open sales roles this quarter"

Keep multiple live reqs moving at once — automated candidate sourcing surfaces actively job-searching candidates for each role so recruiters aren't starting from zero every time.

recruitment automationhigh-volume hiringopen rolesactive job seekers
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Executive & Niche Search
"Find VP Product candidates who recently refreshed their resume and match our scorecard"

Narrow searches move faster when you can see who is actually preparing to make a move, not just who technically fits the title on paper.

executive searchniche recruitingresume refresh signalcandidate matching
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Startup & Early-Stage TA
"Find engineers at companies going through layoffs who match our open founding engineer role"

Small teams without a sourcing function can still move fast — turn layoff and instability signals into a warm shortlist for the one seat you need to fill.

automated candidate sourcinglayoff signalsfounding engineerlean recruiting

Explore Our Solutions

AI-powered solutions for every business need
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Candidate Sourcing Automation

AI-powered candidate sourcing automation that matches actively job-searching candidates to your open roles and automates outreach.

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Find Influencer

Discover and connect with influencers across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and more using AI-powered search.

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Find Customer

Generate qualified B2B leads with AI — find decision-makers, verify contacts, and automate outreach.

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Find Investor

Scout investors that match your startup — search VCs, angels, and funds by stage, sector, and geography.

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Recruiting

Find top talent across LinkedIn, GitHub, and more — AI-powered candidate sourcing and outreach.

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Find Partner

Identify and connect with strategic partners — co-marketing, integrations, and business development.

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Find Coach

Find the right coach for your needs — business, career, executive, and life coaches matched by AI.

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Find Distributor

Discover wholesale, food, and industry distributors — verify contacts and build partnerships with AI.

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Find Influencers

AI influencer marketing platform — find creators across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & LinkedIn with verified contacts.

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Find Local Influencers

Find influencers by city and region — search creators in NYC, Miami, Chicago, or any location with verified contacts.

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Encontrar Influenciadores

Encontre criadores de conteúdo e influenciadores brasileiros — busque por nicho, cidade e plataforma com e-mails verificados.

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Find Early Adopters

Find your first 100 ideal users — AI searches 50,000+ recently funded startups and their decision-makers in 30 seconds.

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Recruit Research Participants

Recruit 50 ideal B2B research participants in 24 hours — verified PMs, UX researchers, founders by role and industry.

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Encontrar Participantes (BR)

Encontre 50 contatos B2B qualificados em 60 segundos — emails verificados por cargo, setor e porte. Diferente de Opinion Box e MindMiners.

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Find Property Leads

AI-powered real estate platform — find property leads, verify contacts, and run personalized email campaigns.

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AI People Search

AI people search across LinkedIn, X, GitHub, and Crunchbase — find anyone, anywhere, with verified contact data.

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B2B Market Research

AI-powered B2B market intelligence, competitor mapping, and ICP research in minutes.

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LinkedIn Resume Builder

AI-tailored LinkedIn resumes — ATS-optimized, industry templates, free downloads.

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B2B Data

Real-time, verified B2B data — firmographics, contacts, intent signals across 100+ sources.

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Sales Intelligence

AI sales intelligence platform — find decision-makers with verified contacts, firmographics, and intent signals across 100+ live sources.

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B2B Lead Finder

AI-powered B2B lead finder — verified contacts across 100+ live sources in 2 minutes.

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AI Proposal Generator

AI-powered B2B proposal generator — personalized with real prospect intelligence in 30 seconds.

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Background Check for Business

Verify B2B vendors, partners, and suppliers — public-source-only, real-time, no FCRA consumer data.

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LinkedIn Profile Optimizer

AI-powered LinkedIn profile audit and rewrite — benchmarked against top performers in your role.

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Hire AI Video Creators

Find and contact AI video creators across TikTok, YouTube & Instagram — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Creative & Video Talent

Find YouTube video editors, 3D designers, thumbnail designers & social media designers — verified contacts, AI outreach.

Hire React Developers

Find and contact React engineers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Python Developers

Find and contact Python developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire PHP Developers

Find and contact PHP developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Android Developers

Find and contact Android developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Hire Full-Stack Developers

Find and contact full-stack developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

Hire Java Developers

Find and contact Java developers across GitHub, LinkedIn & more — verified emails, AI-personalized outreach.

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Resume Database

Search millions of candidate profiles across 100+ live sources — no uploads, contacts verified in real time.

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Skills-Based Hiring

Find candidates by skill, not job title — source talent on proven skills and real work across 100+ sources.

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Diversity Recruiting

Source underrepresented talent at scale — widen your candidate pool with AI across 100+ live sources.

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Talent Pool Software

Build living talent pools that never go stale — AI keeps candidate contacts fresh across 100+ sources.

Recruitment Automation Tools

Automate sourcing and candidate outreach end to end — AI finds, verifies, and contacts talent.

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Buyer Intent Data

Find B2B accounts in-market now — Lessie AI reads real-time buyer intent signals and hands you verified contacts.

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AI BDR

Autonomous AI BDR agent that finds prospects from live buying signals, verifies contacts, and sends outreach 24/7.

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AI Sales Assistant

An ai sales assistant that finds prospects, verifies contacts, drafts outreach, and follows up automatically.

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AI for Sales Prospecting

AI for sales prospecting that reads live buyer signals and hands you verified contacts to reach out to.

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Automated Prospecting

An automated prospecting agent that finds accounts, verifies contacts, and refills your pipeline automatically.

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Automated Recruiting

Automated recruiting that finds candidates, sends personalized outreach, and tracks pipeline status automatically — no manual busywork.

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Buying Signals

Monitor B2B buying signals across content, social, hiring, funding, and tech stack to know who to target and why now.

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Conversational Marketing

Engage prospects with conversational marketing that keeps every reply going through automatic, multi-turn dialogue.

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Intent-Based Marketing

Run intent based marketing with Lessie AI — target in-market accounts with real-time buying signals, not the whole TAM.

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Intent Signals

Read real-time intent signals across content, social, hiring, funding, and tech stack to find in-market accounts first.

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Lead Nurturing

AI-powered lead nurturing that adapts every touch to real signals until a lead is sales-ready.

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LinkedIn Prospecting

AI-powered LinkedIn prospecting that reads engagement, groups, and job changes to find and verify who is ready to talk.

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People on the Move

Find people on the move — passive candidates showing job-change and movement signals before they ever apply.

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Predictive Hiring

Predictive hiring scores candidate move-readiness with AI signals, so you reach the right hire before the req even goes live.

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Signal-Based Selling

Sell to the moment: prioritize outreach with signal based selling instead of a static contact list.

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Talent Sourcing Automation

Talent sourcing automation that finds passive candidates via signals, before a req even opens.

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Technographic Data

Spot accounts by technographic data — tools adopted, dropped, or mid-migration — and reach them with verified contacts.

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Warm Leads

Turn cold prospect lists into warm leads by reaching contacts while they show real buying signals.

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Affiliate Partner Finder

Describe your product and audience — Lessie AI surfaces creators, sites, and operators ready to promote you on revenue-share, with verified emails.

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Amazon Seller Finder

Find Amazon FBA sellers, private-label brands, and aggregators by category, revenue tier, and marketplace — with verified contacts.

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Angel Investor Finder

Describe your stage and thesis — Lessie AI surfaces angels who actively write checks in your space, with verified emails for warm intros.

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B2B Content Creator Finder

Describe the operator audience you want — Lessie AI surfaces newsletter writers, B2B YouTubers, and LinkedIn voices with verified emails.

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Board Advisor Finder

Describe the gap on your board — Lessie AI surfaces domain-expert advisors with operator credibility, plus verified emails.

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Brand Creator Finder

Describe the audience you want — Lessie AI surfaces creators whose audience overlaps your ICP, with verified emails to pitch directly.

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Clinical Advisor Finder

Describe the clinical or scientific question — Lessie AI surfaces physician advisors, KOLs, and researchers with verified emails.

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Conference Speaker Finder

Describe the talk you want on stage — Lessie AI surfaces a shortlist of qualified speakers with verified emails, ready to invite.

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CTO Finder

Find CTOs, VP Engineering, and Heads of Platform by stack, scale, and architecture history — with verified emails.

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Developer Advocate Finder

Describe the developer audience and tech stack — Lessie AI surfaces DevRel leaders, advocates, and community-builders with verified emails.

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Due Diligence Expert Finder

Describe the diligence question — Lessie AI surfaces domain experts who actually know the market, with verified emails for paid expert calls.

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Event Sponsor Finder

Describe your event and audience — Lessie AI surfaces brands likely to sponsor, with the right decision-maker email on every row.

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Fractional Executive Finder

Describe the leadership gap — Lessie AI surfaces fractional CMOs, CTOs, CFOs, and COOs with track records that match, plus verified emails.

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Integration Partner Finder

Describe the integration you want to build — Lessie AI surfaces SaaS companies with API surface, customer overlap, and the right BD lead with a verified email.

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Limited Partner Finder

Find LPs — family offices, endowments, fund-of-funds, and HNW allocators — who actually back funds at your stage and thesis.

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Marketing Agency Finder

Find marketing agencies by specialty, client portfolio, and geo — with verified founder and BD emails.

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Newsletter Sponsor Finder

Find brands that sponsor newsletters in your niche — with verified marketing-decision-maker emails.

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Newsletter Writer Finder

Find newsletter writers and operators by niche, audience size, and platform — with verified direct emails.

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Patent Attorney Finder

Describe the technology and filing strategy — Lessie AI surfaces patent attorneys with proven prosecution history in your space, plus verified emails.

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Podcast Guest Finder

Describe the guest you want — Lessie AI surfaces a vetted shortlist with verified emails, ready to pitch.

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Reseller Finder

Find resellers, distributors, and channel partners who already sell to your ICP — in plain English, with verified emails.

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RevOps Consultant Finder

Describe the revenue-ops gap — Lessie AI surfaces specialists in your CRM, motion, and stage with verified emails for direct hiring.

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Salesforce Consultant Finder

Find certified Salesforce consultants and partners by cloud, industry, and certification — with verified emails.

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Shopify Agency Finder

Find Shopify Plus partners and design/dev agencies by specialty, brand portfolio, and geo — with verified emails.

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Technical Writer Finder

Describe the docs or developer content you need — Lessie AI surfaces technical writers with proven samples in your stack, plus verified emails.

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VP of Sales Finder

Find VPs of Sales, CROs, and Heads of Revenue by stage, ACV, and prior playbook — with verified emails.

FAQ

Get answers to common questions about Lessie AI.

What is candidate sourcing automation?

Candidate sourcing automation is the use of AI to find, rank, and reach candidates for a specific open role by reading active job-search signals — an "open to work" flag, a recent application elsewhere, a refreshed resume, active job-board activity, or a layoff at their current employer. Instead of a recruiter manually scanning LinkedIn and job boards, it continuously watches these signals across 100+ sources and matches the people showing them against the req you have open right now, then hands you verified contacts to reach out.

Is candidate sourcing automation the same as talent sourcing automation?

No — the two solve different problems. This page is about filling the open req you have right now with someone who is actively job searching this week: an open-to-work flag, a fresh application, a resume update, a layoff. Talent sourcing automation, covered at https://lessie.ai/talent-sourcing-automation, is about building a passive long-term pipeline from people who aren't looking yet, using longer-horizon signals like tenure and skill growth. Use active-signal sourcing to close a live req fast; use talent sourcing automation to keep a bench warm for roles you haven't opened yet.

How is this different from my ATS's built-in sourcing module?

A basic ATS sourcing module searches candidates who are already sitting in your own database or the resumes you've been sent — it has no way to tell whether any of them are still job searching. Lessie AI reads live, active job-search signals from across the open web, so it finds people who are looking right now, whether or not they've ever applied to you before, and ranks them against the specific role you're hiring for.

What counts as an "active" job-search signal?

Signals that show someone wants to move now, not someday: an "open to work" flag, a recent application to a similar role, a freshly updated resume or profile, active browsing on job boards, a layoff or hiring freeze at their current employer, or a reply to recruiter outreach. Any one of these puts a candidate in-market for the open req you describe; several together raise their match score.

How accurate are the contact details?

Every candidate on your shortlist comes with a verified email, confirmed at 95%+ accuracy at the moment of search rather than pulled from an old resume on file. That means outreach lands while the candidate is still actively looking, instead of bouncing off an address they abandoned months ago. See how the same real-time verification works for company-side signals in our guide to people on the move at https://lessie.ai/people-on-the-move.

Is Lessie AI free to try?

Yes — you can start for free and run real candidate searches against an open req before paying. The paid plan unlocks unlimited verified contacts, AI-personalized outreach, and bulk export at $39.9/mo, and teams using candidate sourcing automation typically fill live reqs roughly 3x faster than sourcing by hand.

Ready to Start Candidate Sourcing Automation for Your Next Open Role?