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Exhaustively map out Talent for your Executive Search
The capability that Likened has to identify extremely niche skillsets within tight parameters is clear.
On a recent mapping exercise for an ASX-listed business, Likened was able to increase our identified candidate pool from 7 to 55. Likened also enabled us to find the skillsets hidden behind unexpected job titles.
How It Works
From role brief to Top 100 longlist in 3 days
- Upload a role brief — Describe the type of company you'd like Likened to headhunt at, and the profile of the Talent you're after.
- Train the model — Calibrate your target to show Likened what good looks like.
- AI crawls your networks — Our agent automatically maps similar companies and people across professional networks. It gathers all ideal matches, only ideal matches (cuts the noise!)
- Your Top 100 Longlist at 90% accuracy is ready — Visualise the uncovered networks in 3D to prioritise your out-reach campaign. Manage Talent Pools in a Project.
Visualise Social Network Dynamics in 3D
We've combined our expertise in Executive Search and Talent Acquisition with Network Science to create a smart LLM-driven social networks crawler powered by AI.
Likened maps your networks to identify key players:
- Highly connected individuals
- Companies that are central to the network
- People who can act as a bridge between communities, and more..
Thereby, you can prioritise outreach / weight your InMail sequence / ponder your Talent Pooling efforts, according to how central a candidate is to the social networks.
Upgrade your Talent Acquisition function into a strategic Executive Search & Talent Intelligence function.
AI-driven Market Intelligence
Elevate your Talent Acquisition Partners / Sourcers to become Trusted Advisors to Executives and the C-Suite by providing data-driven answers to questions like:
- Skillset Mapping
- How rare is a skillset? How achievable is our list of requirements vs time-to-delivery?
- Talent Saturation
- How large is the global talent pool? Is there a skill gap between talent pools in different locations? Where to open our next office?
- Competitor Landscape
- How to budget for a role? Who are we competing with for this Talent? What's the competition's source of hire / attrition flow?
- Skill Gap Analysis
- What's the level of proficiency of their Engineers? How modern is their tech stack?
- Referral Mapping
- Who in your organisation's network is already connected to your target talent pools?
Talent Insights & Analytics
A data-driven approach to help you make informed data-driven decisions, from:
- Company Analytics
- R&D budget Allocation, Employee Count, Headcount Growth Rate, Funding Received
- Sentiment Analysis
- Employee reviews, culture signals, and employer brand health
- Talent Insights
- Geographic distribution, Seniority pyramid and Education pie-chart
Frequently asked questions
What is Talent Mapping and how is it different from Talent Sourcing?
Talent Mapping is the exploration and identification of talented professionals. Companies, employees are "scanned" ehaustively, leavig no stone unturned. Our AI Agent propagates into social networks like LinkedIn, GitHub, Facebook to identify the right people in the right companies, according to your target.
Unlike traditional Boolean keyword search, our LLM-driven web crawler has access to the Dark Web of the Talent market. It surfaces hidden gems that may not appear in a traditional Boolean keyword search.
From there, Talent Sourcing is the ranking and prioritisation of that pool of candidates, into a "longlist". Our semantic search engine, coupled with our LLM-scoring ranks the Top100 candidates suitable to your job requirements.
How does Likened ensure GDPR and data privacy compliance?
Likened operates within a strict Tier 1 scope: we deliver Market Intelligence and Longlist output only. No sensitive downstream recruitment data — interview notes, rejection reasons, assessments, or personal communications — ever enters the platform. This scoping decision was made by design to ensure the product remains fully automatable and GDPR-compliant by construction, not by policy patch.
How long does it take to receive a longlist?
Standard delivery is 2 business days from receipt of a completed role brief. In comparison, the industry average for a retained Executive Search firm to produce a comparable longlist is 6 weeks.
Does Likened replace our existing TA team or ATS?
No. Likened augments your TA team's Talent Mapping / Sourcing / Insights capability — it does not compete with your TAPs. Your team retains full ownership of the recruitment process: shortlisting, interviews, assessments, and offer management. Likened handles only the intelligence layer: who exists, where they are, and what the market looks like.
Augment your Talent Acquisition function with AI
You're looking at scaling Talent Mapping / Sourcing / Insights / Intelligence for your whole team?
Likened can help you achieve your Talent Acquisition goals.
Looking to future-proof your career in AI?
Referrals are one of the most effective paths into the hidden job market, and many companies run Employee Referral Programs worth up to $5,000 per successful hire.
Skip the CV queue and proactively reach untapped employers of choice with AI-driven network mapping.
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