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Source Diverse Talent at Scale

  • Widen your pool beyond the usual channels
  • AI surfaces underrepresented talent across 100+ sources
  • Verified contacts and AI outreach built in
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Diverse Candidates Across Roles, Genders & Regions
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Amina OkonkwoAmina Okonkwo
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93%
Leadership

Grew and leads an 8-person backend team.

Mentorship

Runs a returnship program for career switchers.

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AndelaEngineering ManageremailCheckKE iconKE
Mateus OliveiraMateus Oliveira
good
88%
Non-Traditional Path

Self-taught into a strong frontend role.

Community

Runs a local meetup for underrepresented devs.

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LoftFrontend EngineeremailCheckBR iconBR
Priya DeshmukhPriya Deshmukh
good
89%
Returnship

Re-entered tech via a structured returnship.

ML Skills

Strong applied ML with a focus on fairness.

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ZomatoData ScientistemailCheckIN iconIN
Kofi AsanteKofi Asante
good
90%
Inclusive Design

Designs for low-bandwidth and accessibility-first.

Underrepresented Region

Brings perspective from emerging markets.

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mPharmaProduct DesigneremailCheckGH iconGH
Sofia CastilloSofia Castillo
good
87%
Accessibility QA

Owns accessibility test coverage across products.

Inclusion Advocate

Drives disability-inclusive hiring practices.

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Amina Okonkwo
Amina Okonkwo
Andela

Engineering manager and advocate for women in tech. Leads a backend team and mentors early-career engineers.

Nairobi, KE
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Engineering Manager
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What Is Diversity Recruiting?

Diversity recruiting is the practice of intentionally widening how and where you source candidates so your pipeline reflects a broader range of backgrounds, experiences, and communities. Diversity sourcing is the work that makes it happen: reaching beyond a single network into communities, professional organizations, schools, and regions you would otherwise miss, then evaluating everyone on skills and fit. The goal is a wider, more representative candidate pool drawn from public professional information — not screening people on protected attributes, which Lessie AI never does.

Why Diversity Sourcing Needs a Wider Net
A single channel surfaces the same faces — leaning on one network means you keep seeing candidates who already share a path, employer, or background, and the pool never widens.
Talent lives in many communities — qualified people show up in affinity groups, women-in-tech organizations, veteran networks, and regional hubs that a one-channel search never reaches.
Wider pools produce better outcomes — research consistently links more representative candidate pools to stronger decision-making and results, so casting a broader net is a hiring advantage, not a checkbox.
Skills-first matching reduces bias — judging candidates on demonstrated skills rather than pedigree or job titles gives non-traditional and underrepresented talent a fair look from the start.
How Lessie AI Widens Your Candidate Pool

Most sourcing tools search one network for the words on a profile. Lessie AI is built to widen the net: describe the role and your inclusion goals in plain English, and an AI agent assembles a wider candidate pool live across 100+ sources — reaching communities, professional organizations, schools, and regions a single channel never touches. Matching is skills-first to reduce pedigree bias, and every candidate is found from public professional information, never screened on protected attributes. Each match arrives with a verified contact, so you can move from a broader pool to real, inclusive outreach without manual sourcing.

Where Lessie AI Finds a Wider Talent Pool

The six kinds of sources Lessie AI reaches to widen your candidate pool beyond a single network

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Communities & Networks

Public professional communities, forums, and networks surface qualified people who are active and visible far from the usual sourcing channel.

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Diverse Schools & Programs

Graduates and members of HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions, bootcamps, and apprenticeship programs broaden the pool beyond a handful of feeder schools.

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Women-in-Tech Orgs

Public membership in women-in-tech and women-in-leadership organizations helps you reach qualified candidates who are easy to overlook on a single network.

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Veteran Talent

Veteran professional groups and transition programs surface skilled candidates whose experience often does not map to conventional title-based search.

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Global & Regional Talent

Candidates across regions, markets, and time zones widen the pool well beyond the city or country a single channel tends to center on.

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Affinity & Professional Groups

Public affinity networks and professional associations reveal active, qualified talent that a one-channel search rarely reaches.

How to Source Diverse Candidates with AI

Four steps from your role and inclusion goals to a wider pool with verified contacts

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Define the Role & Inclusion Goals

Describe the role by skill and the kind of pool you want to widen — communities, regions, and programs to reach. Inclusion goals shape where Lessie AI looks, not who it filters out by protected attributes.

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AI Surfaces a Wider Pool

An AI agent searches 100+ sources in real time — communities, organizations, schools, and regions — to assemble a broader candidate pool than any single network would surface, all from public professional information.

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Review on Skills & Fit

Each candidate comes with the evidence behind the match and a skills-first score, so you evaluate everyone on demonstrated ability and fit rather than pedigree, title, or background.

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Reach Out Inclusively

Get a verified email for every candidate and send AI-personalized outreach that speaks to their actual work — no database to license, no manual sourcing.

Everything You Need to Widen Your Pipeline

AI-powered tools to source, evaluate, and reach a more diverse candidate pool

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Wider Sourcing Reach

Stop sourcing the same faces from one network. Lessie AI assembles a wider candidate pool live across 100+ sources, reaching communities, organizations, schools, and regions a single channel never touches.

  • One search spans 100+ live sources, not a single network
  • Reaches affinity groups, programs, and regions you usually miss
  • A broader pool drawn from public professional information
Skills-First Matching (Reduce Bias)

By matching on demonstrated skills instead of titles, employers, and pedigree, Lessie AI helps you build a wider pool and give underrepresented and non-traditional candidates a fair look.

  • Rank candidates on proven skills, not where they worked or studied
  • Surface career-switchers and non-traditional talent filters reject
  • Never screens on protected attributes — skills and fit only
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Beyond a Single Network

One network surfaces one pool. Lessie AI reaches into communities, professional organizations, schools, and global regions so your pipeline reflects far more of the talent that is actually out there.

  • Source from communities and organizations, not just one platform
  • Reach diverse schools, bootcamps, and apprenticeship programs
  • Widen into new markets, regions, and time zones
Verified Contacts + AI Outreach

A wider pool means nothing without a way to reach people. Get a verified email for every candidate and AI-personalized outreach that references their actual work.

  • 95%+ verified emails — confirmed in real time at search
  • AI-personalized, inclusive outreach per candidate
  • No database to license — contacts assembled live across 100+ sources
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Live Sources
95%+
Contact Accuracy
3x
Higher Reply Rate
$39.9
Per Month, Unlimited

Lessie AI vs. Single-Channel Sourcing vs. Diversity Job Boards

How widening your pool with Lessie AI compares to one-network sourcing and diversity job boards

ComparisonSingle-Channel SourcingDiversity Job BoardsLessie AI
Pool WidthOne network, one talent poolLimited to who posts on the boardA wider pool across 100+ live sources
ReachSame channel, same facesOnly candidates actively job-hunting thereCommunities, orgs, schools, and regions you miss
Skills-FirstFilters on titles and keywordsSelf-selected applicants onlySkills-first matching to reduce bias
ContactsOften missing or outdatedGated behind the platform95%+ verified at search
CostPremium seats per recruiterPer-post or subscription fees$39.9/mo, unlimited
OutreachManual, copy-paste outreachYou wait for applicants to come to youAI-personalized outreach, built in

Single-channel sourcing keeps surfacing the same pool, and diversity job boards only reach the candidates who already post there. Diversity recruiting with Lessie AI widens the net across 100+ live sources — communities, organizations, schools, and regions — matches everyone skills-first to reduce bias, and hands you a verified contact for each. The result is a broader, more representative pool built from public professional information, never a filter on protected attributes.

Who Uses Lessie AI for Diversity Recruiting

From building diverse pipelines to reducing pedigree bias — wider sourcing for every team

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Building Diverse Pipelines
"Build a wider pool of women engineers active in cybersecurity communities, US & Canada"

Widen a one-network pipeline into communities, organizations, and regions so your pool reflects far more of the qualified talent that is actually out there.

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Meeting DEI Hiring Goals
"Surface a wider pool of senior product managers across affinity networks and women-in-leadership orgs"

Support DEI hiring goals by widening reach into communities and organizations you usually miss — evaluating everyone skills-first, never screening on protected attributes.

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Sourcing in New Markets
"Find data scientists across LATAM and Southeast Asia, beyond our usual hiring regions"

Reach beyond a single city or country to source qualified candidates across new markets, regions, and time zones a one-channel search never touches.

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Reducing Pedigree Bias
"Find strong backend engineers by shipped work, regardless of school or employer brand"

Build a skills-first pool that evaluates demonstrated work over pedigree — giving career-switchers and non-traditional candidates a fair look no matter their background.

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Explore Our Solutions

AI-powered solutions for every business need
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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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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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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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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 are diversity recruiting tools?

Diversity recruiting tools help you widen your candidate pool so your pipeline reflects a broader range of backgrounds, communities, and experiences. Instead of sourcing from a single network, they reach into communities, professional organizations, schools, and regions you would otherwise miss, then evaluate everyone on skills and fit. Lessie AI is a diversity recruiting tool that assembles a wider pool live across 100+ sources from public professional information and gives you a verified contact for each candidate — it never screens people on protected attributes.

How do you source diverse candidates?

To source diverse candidates, you widen the net: reach beyond one network into communities, affinity groups, women-in-tech and veteran organizations, diverse schools, and new regions, then judge everyone skills-first to reduce bias. Lessie AI does this by describing the role in plain English and letting an AI agent surface a wider pool across 100+ sources from public professional information, scored on demonstrated skills. You can pair it with skills-based hiring to anchor every decision on real ability — see https://lessie.ai/skills-based-hiring.

Does this help reduce hiring bias?

Yes — by matching candidates on demonstrated skills rather than pedigree, job titles, or brand-name employers, diversity recruiting strategies reduce the pedigree bias that narrows a pipeline. When you widen the pool and evaluate everyone skills-first, career-switchers and non-traditional candidates get a fair look on the strength of their work. Lessie AI supports this by surfacing a broader pool and showing the evidence behind every match, so decisions start from ability instead of credentials.

Is sourcing for diversity compliant?

Lessie AI helps you widen reach and outreach, not screen people on protected attributes. It expands your candidate pool by sourcing from public professional information across more communities, organizations, schools, and regions, and matches everyone skills-first — it does not filter or rank candidates by protected characteristics, which would be discriminatory. The intent of these DEI sourcing tools is a wider, more representative pool you then evaluate on skills and fit; how you run your hiring process is up to you, and you should follow the employment laws that apply in your region.

How accurate are the contacts?

Contact data is delivered at 95%+ accuracy, verified in real time at the moment of search rather than pulled from a stale list, so your outreach to a wider, more diverse pool actually lands. Every match also arrives with the evidence behind it so you can evaluate on skills and fit. You can browse candidate profiles at scale in our resume database at https://lessie.ai/resume-database.

Is Lessie free to try?

Yes — you can start for free and run real diversity sourcing searches before paying. The paid plan unlocks unlimited verified contacts, AI-personalized outreach, and bulk export at $39.9/mo, and teams typically see roughly a 3x higher reply rate from outreach that references a candidate’s actual work.

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