01
Foundation
Build a search strategy →Search strategy foundations
Turn a vague hiring request into explicit requirements, flexible preferences, title language, search lanes, and verification questions.
SourcingOS Academy
Learn sourcing like a system, not a bag of tricks.
Structured learning paths for recruiters and sourcers who want stronger intake, wider discovery, cleaner evidence, and better calibration. No certification theater. Start with the workflow you need today.
01Understand the rolerequirements · tradeoffs · language
02Design the searchlanes · sources · expansion
03Review evidenceproof · unknowns · contradictions
04Calibratefeedback · yield · next search
Learning paths
Four places to start.
Each path combines a small set of practitioner guides with a real SourcingOS surface you can use immediately.
02
Hands on
Open BooleanOS →Boolean + open-web discovery
Use Boolean as one retrieval lane, combine it with X-Ray and source-specific evidence, and stop confusing query complexity with market coverage.
03
Core method
Inspect Candidate 360 →Evidence-first candidate review
Separate what a source actually shows from what a recruiter still needs to verify. Preserve unknowns instead of turning missing evidence into a rejection.
04
Advanced
Explore cleared sourcing →Cleared + difficult-market sourcing
Build donor maps, use public breadcrumbs responsibly, and expand retrieval without quietly weakening recruiter-approved requirements.
Operating principles
What every path teaches.
Requirements are not retrieval expansion
Synonyms, adjacent titles, and source-language variants can widen discovery. They do not silently become recruiter requirements.
Unknown is a real state
Missing public evidence is not proof that a person lacks a skill, credential, clearance, or eligibility condition.
Identity needs evidence too
Two profiles that look similar should not become one candidate just because an algorithm is confident.
The recruiter owns consequential action
SourcingOS can structure research and explain evidence. Save, enrich, contact, advance, and reject decisions stay controlled by people.