We are on a mission to help you future-proof your career in AI
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of hires made via referrals, internal mobility or
headhunting
How It Works
- Upload a benchmark — Provide a sample company or employee profile as the starting reference.
- Train the model — Likened shows you clusters of similar companies and people; you tell it which ones look right, and it sharpens its search from there.
- AI crawls your networks — Our agent automatically maps similar companies and people across professional networks.
- Your contact list is ready — Manage your shortlist in a Project, reach out, and get referred.
Access The Hidden Job Market
1 in 3 jobs are never reach a job board. They are filled through referrals — the hidden market.
Referral is the most effective way to find a job, with the highest employer / employee mutual satisfaction.
Most companies have an Employee Referral Programme rewarding employees up to $5,000 per successful hire.
Skip the CV application queue and pro-actively reach out to untapped employers of choice, today !
Your Executive Career Coach
We've combined our expertise in Executive Search and Talent Acquisition with Network Science to create a smart network crawler powered by AI.
Likened maps networks of companies and employees to identify highly
connected individuals.
We call it "reverse Headhunting"
AI-driven Job Market Intelligence
Likened gives Professionals access to the same Market Intelligence up until us, exclusive to Executives and the C-Suite.
Get answers to questions like:
- Which companies are hiring my skillset?
- How rare is my skillset?
- Which skills shall I gain to accelerate my career advancement?
- Which locations offer the best opportunities for my skillset?
- Who in my network could refer me to my ideal role?
- What location shall I relocate to, to increase my salary?
Make data-driven decisions to strategise your career progression in AI
Gain Valuable Insights & Analytics
We help you make informed data-driven decisions, with:
- Sentiment Analysis; e.g. team culture, employer reviews, employee well-being score, staff turn-over
- Talent Insights; e.g. level of proficiency, tech stack
- Talent Analytics; e.g. staff turnover, Talent Pool analysis, referral program, community engagement
- Company Analytics; e.g. employee count, project budget, growth rate, funding received
- Competitors Analysis; e.g. attrition flow, competiton hiring flow, competition source of hire
- Management and sharing of lists of hiring Managers
AI disrupted his career. Likened paved the way to an even better career
When Atlassian reorganised around AI, my Analytics Program Manager role disappeared overnight. For six months I applied through every job board and asked my netowrks — I only had leads. The financial pressure was mounting and I had no idea how to break the cycle.
Likened mapped over 1,400 companies across NSW that I'd never considered. I shortlisted 523, narrowed it down to the relevant hiring managers, and used the AI to put together outreach that actually sounded like me. Within a few months I'd landed an Executive Manager role at a company I'd never heard of — they'd opened the position specifically around someone with my profile. The referral came through an insider Likened had identified, the compensation was better, the work/life balance was better, and for the first time in months I felt like I was moving forward rather than sideways.
Frequently asked questions
What is reverse headhunting?
Reverse headhunting flips the traditional job-search model. Instead of applying to advertised roles and waiting to be found, you use Likened to proactively map the companies and insider connections most likely to lead to your next position — the same intelligence that executive search firms charge companies tens of thousands of dollars for.
What exactly is Likened and how is it different from job boards?
Job boards only surface roles that have already been advertised — roughly two thirds of hires never reach one. Likened maps the companies and people most similar to your ideal target using Network Science and AI, so you can reach out before a vacancy is even posted. You act; the job board waits.
How does the hidden job market work and why should I care?
Most positions are filled through referrals, internal mobility, or direct headhunting — long before a job ad is written. Companies prefer referred candidates because they convert faster and stay longer, and many run Employee Referral Programmes that pay staff up to $5,000 per successful hire. Being in that referral pipeline puts you ahead of every applicant in the public queue.
What is AI-assisted job search and how does it work?
You describe your ideal company and role in plain language. Likened uses that description to train a similarity model, crawls professional networks to surface matching companies and people, and helps you draft personalised outreach. The more feedback you give the model, the sharper its results become.
What kind of career intelligence and analytics do you provide?
Likened surfaces market intelligence that was previously exclusive to executive search firms: hiring activity by skill and location, company growth rates and funding history, employee sentiment scores, staff turnover patterns, and talent pool analysis. You can answer questions like "which skills make me most hireable?" or "where should I relocate to increase my salary?" with data.
Is Likened only for Executives or can Individual Contributors use it?
Likened is built for any professional who wants to take control of their career progression — from Individual Contributors looking for their next step, to senior leaders targeting a C-suite move. The network-mapping approach is just as effective at mid-career level as it is at the executive tier.
Is my data safe?
Likened processes only publicly available professional data and the profile information you choose to upload. We do not sell your data to third parties. For full details on how we collect, store, and use data, please read our Privacy Policy.