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Sourcing

The process of finding, identifying, and engaging potential candidates before or during a hiring process.

businessPublished 2026/06/06Last verified 2026/06/06

FAQs

What is sourcing software used for?
It helps recruiting teams find prospects, organize candidate lists, manage outreach, and move interested candidates into a CRM or ATS workflow.

Related Terms

  • Talent Acquisition

    The broader hiring function that plans, sources, engages, selects, and hires talent for an organization.

  • Candidate Experience

    The quality of a candidate's interactions with an employer during sourcing, application, interviews, and offers.

  • ATS

    An applicant tracking system for managing jobs, candidates, hiring stages, and recruiting workflows.

Related Items

  • Gem

    Recruiting CRM and talent engagement platform for sourcing, nurture campaigns, analytics, and pipeline workflows.

  • SeekOut

    Talent search and sourcing platform for candidate discovery, talent pools, and recruiting intelligence workflows.

  • LinkedIn Recruiter

    Recruiting product for candidate search, sourcing, outreach, and talent pipeline workflows on LinkedIn.

  • Beamery

    Talent lifecycle management platform for recruiting CRM, sourcing, talent pools, and workforce intelligence workflows.

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What it means

Sourcing is the recruiting work of finding potential candidates, building prospect lists, and starting outreach. It can happen before a job is posted or while an active role is open.

Buyer checks

  • Check whether the tool helps find candidates, enrich profiles, or manage outreach.
  • Review consent, privacy, and compliance controls for candidate data.
  • Look for handoff quality between sourcing, CRM, and ATS workflows.

Good sourcing software should reduce manual search work without hiding candidate context.