The hiring platform for both sides
Companies get AI-powered shortlists and fill roles faster — without the 30% agency fee. Candidates get matched to real opportunities, talk directly to hiring teams, and stay in control. One platform, zero middlemen.
The missing middle between DIY hiring and expensive agencies
Companies hire directly with AI-powered tools. Candidates get matched to real roles with full transparency. When complexity increases, expert support is one click away.
Why Companies Switch
TalentSource gives your team AI-powered recruiting tools that deliver real shortlists, not resume floods. Hire directly for most roles. Escalate to expert support when you need it.
AI surfaces a ranked shortlist of qualified candidates in hours — not weeks. Stop waiting on agencies to return your calls.
A $100K hire costs agencies $30K in placement fees. On TalentSource, the same hire costs your monthly subscription. Do the math.
AI handles sourcing, screening, ranking, and outreach. Your team reviews a shortlist and picks who to interview. That's it.
If AI can't fill a role, flip on Elevate and our expert recruiting team takes over. You're never left without a path forward.
How It Works
Public listings or masked confidential searches. Set requirements, salary range, and let AI do the rest.
Matched, ranked, and pre-screened candidates land in your pipeline — in hours, not weeks.
Your team picks from a curated shortlist. Built-in scheduling, messaging, and pipeline tracking.
Close the deal directly. If the role is tough, flip on Elevate and our expert team takes over.
The Problem
Companies overpay for agencies, juggle disconnected tools, and lose great candidates to slow processes. Candidates get ghosted, spammed, and have zero control. Everyone deserves better.
You're paying 25–30% of salary per hire to agencies — that's $30K on a single $100K role. For most positions, there's a better way.
75% of applications get zero response. Top talent moves on to companies that actually communicate — and you lose them.
Weeks of back-and-forth between job boards, agencies, and spreadsheets. By the time you make an offer, your best candidate took another role.
Job boards, ATS, email, scheduling — four logins, four dashboards, zero unified view. Data falls through the cracks.
No way to block specific employers, no visibility into where their data goes, no say in who contacts them. Trust is broken.
Your CEO asks 'how's hiring going?' and you scramble to pull numbers from three different systems. Sound familiar?
The Numbers Don't Lie
Companies overpay for middlemen. Candidates get ghosted. And the tools meant to fix it just add more complexity. Here's what the data says.
20–30%
Agency Fee Tax
Traditional agencies charge 20–30% of first-year salary per hire. A single $100K role costs up to $30,000 in placement fees alone.
SHRM Benchmarking Data
75%
Applications Ignored
Three out of four job applications receive zero response from employers — no acknowledgment, no timeline, no closure.
CareerBuilder / HCI Research
76%
Broken Tech Stacks
Only 24% of HR functions are maximizing value from their technology — the rest are stuck with fragmented, disconnected tools.
Gartner 2024 HR Technology Survey
75%
Faster With AI
AI-powered screening reduces time spent on resume review by up to 75%, letting lean teams hire directly without agency fees.
Gartner 2025 Talent Acquisition Trends
For Candidates
75% of applications get zero response. TalentSource puts you in control — real matches, direct access to hiring teams, and privacy that actually means something. Always free.
AI matches you to jobs based on your skills, goals, and preferences — not keyword spam. You see relevant roles, not noise.
No recruiter middlemen. No phone tag. Message the people making the decision, directly inside the platform.
Track your applications from submission to decision. No more wondering if your resume went into a black hole.
Searching while employed? Block your current employer. Go public, anonymized, or fully hidden — you decide who sees you.
Set rules for inbound messages — auto-reply to hiring teams, filter by role type or salary range, and let the right opportunities come to you.
No premium tier to unlock basic features. No per-application fees. Full access to matching, messaging, and privacy controls — free forever.
Three Sides, One Platform
Companies get better hires. Candidates land better roles. That's what happens when you stop fragmenting the hiring process across a dozen disconnected tools.
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Never Get Stuck
Most roles don't need a 30% recruiter fee. Some do. TalentSource gives you AI-powered hiring for everyday roles and expert support for the tough ones — all in one platform, one subscription.
Self-Serve AI
Post roles, get AI-matched candidates, run automated outreach, and manage your pipeline. Handles 80–90% of hires.
Elevate
Flip a switch on any job and our recruiting team takes over sourcing, screening, and shortlisting. You just pick who to interview.
Executive Search
Confidential searches, C-suite hires, and niche specialists. Dedicated talent team runs the entire process end-to-end.
AI handles most hires. Elevate steps in at 10% placement fee only when you need it. No commitment beyond the subscription.
Estimated Cost Comparison
Select a base salary and watch the math do the talking. The average hire takes about 3 months — that's 3 months of platform cost vs. a single 30% agency fee. TalentSource gives you the tools to hire directly, and Elevate for when you need backup.
Hire directly on a $100,000 role and keep $24,000 per placement.
80%saved
Assumes 3-month average time-to-hire on Growth plan ($2,000/mo) vs. industry-standard 30% agency fee. Elevate includes 10% placement fee + platform cost.
The Comparison
Stop juggling a job board, ATS, sourcing tool, and agency — TalentSource replaces the entire stack for companies, candidates, and recruiters.
| Feature | TalentSource | LinkedIn Jobs | Indeed | Greenhouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job Posting + Distribution | ||||
| AI-Matched Candidates | ||||
| Pre-Screened Candidates | ||||
| Masked / Confidential Searches | ||||
| Pipeline / ATS Built In | ||||
| Direct Candidate Messaging | ||||
| On-Demand Executive Search | ||||
| Analytics Dashboard | ||||
| No Per-Post Fees |
Under the Hood
Not another bloated ATS. Four pillars purpose-built so companies hire smarter and candidates land the right role.
We're onboarding companies and candidates first. When we open the Elevate recruiter network, early partners get priority access to AI-sourced candidates and inbound company demand.