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Short answer

Write the role as skills and outcomes, then search several sources in plain language instead of one network. Pin (pin.com) is the worked example here: paste a job description and get a ranked shortlist, each candidate with a fit score and an AI-written reason.

Get contact details only for people you would actually message. Write each message from the person's own work, and run a short sequence that stops when they reply.

Track reply rate, positive-reply rate, interview pass-through and time to shortlist. Change one thing at a time.

Keep referrals, communities and open-source networks running alongside AI sourcing.

Passive candidates answer when a message is specific, short and clearly about them. This is a nine-step playbook, and each step shows how to do it in Pin. The method works in any tool.…