> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.interviewflowai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Talent search

> Find Candidates for your Interviewers with Ava, your own Candidate database, and saved profiles.

Use **Talent Search** to find Candidates for an open Interviewer. Open it from **Talent Search** in the dashboard menu.

<Note>
  Talent Search is available on the **Growth** plan and above. Adding Candidates to a Sequence needs the **Scale** plan.
</Note>

Talent Search has three tabs:

* **External**: Ask Ava, the AI sourcing partner, to find new Candidates.
* **Internal**: Search your own Candidate database or the global database.
* **Saved**: Review Candidates already saved for your Company.

## Source with Ava (External tab)

Ava researches, compares, and ranks the strongest Candidates for an Interviewer.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick an Interviewer">
    Open the **External** tab. In **Source with Ava**, select the **Job**. You need at least one Interviewer before you can source.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe your ideal Candidate">
    In **What kind of candidate are you looking for?**, describe experience, seniority, industry, or company background.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check locations and skills">
    **Locations** and **Mandatory skills** are filled in from the Interviewer. Edit them if needed. Separate multiple locations with commas. Ava treats every skill as mandatory.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose how many Candidates">
    Set **Number of candidates** between 10 and 100. If you leave it empty, Ava finds up to 10.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start the search">
    Click **Find up to N candidates**. Review the estimated credits, then click **Start search**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The search runs in the background. You can close the progress window. Reopen past or running searches from **Sourcing history**.

### Review Ava's results

When the search finishes, **Top candidates** lists each Candidate with:

* A rank and an **AI fit score** out of 100
* How many mandatory skills they match
* Their current title, company, and location
* A short recruiter note with highlights and points to consider
* Their email address, when one was found

Click **View full profile** to see the full profile.

To move Candidates forward, select them and click **Add selected to job**. You can only select Candidates who have an email address. You can also click **Add to Campaign** to add them to a [Sequence](/sourcing/sequences).

Click **New search** to start again.

## Internal tab

Use the **Internal** tab to search Candidates you already have.

1. Choose **Account** to search Candidates saved for your Company, or **Global** to search the global database.
2. Select an Interviewer.
3. Describe the Candidates you want in plain language, then click **Generate filters**.
4. Review the filters, then click **Search**.

For Candidates from the global database, click **Reveal email and profile** to get their email address and full profile.

### Compare Candidates with Ask FlowAI

On the **Internal** tab, select between 1 and 10 Candidates and click **Ask FlowAI**. A chat opens where you can ask FlowAI to compare the selected Candidates.

## Saved tab

The **Saved** tab shows Candidates already saved for your Company, such as profiles you revealed earlier. You can add them to an Interviewer or a Sequence from here.

## Add Candidates to an Interviewer

From the **Internal** or **Saved** tab:

1. Select one or more Candidates.
2. Click **Add to Job**.
3. Choose the Interviewer.
4. Choose what happens next:
   * **Direct invite**: Invite the Candidates to the interview right away.
   * **Just add to job**: Add them to the Interviewer without sending an invitation.

## Credits

Talent Search uses credits. The app shows the estimated credits before each Ava search.


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