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🤖 Explain with AI

This guide is designed for immediate execution, allowing you to bypass the learning curve and start sourcing talent instantly. By following the streamlined workflow below, you will navigate from your initial platform login to sending your first direct outreach message in under 10 minutes.

The process focuses on the essential actions required to identify high-potential candidates and initiate conversations, ensuring you can capitalize on the database’s active talent pool without delay.

Prerequisites

  • An active 4Geeks Talent account.

Step 1: Define Your Requirement

Before searching, clarify the “must-haves” for your role:

  • Role Type: (e.g., Frontend Engineer vs. Full Stack)
  • Critical Skills: (e.g., React, Node.js, AWS)
  • Timezone Overlap: (e.g., Must overlap with EST mornings)
  1. Click on Candidates, under Talent to show the entire available candidates list.

  2. Use the AI Suggestion bar at the top for a quick start:

    • Input: “Show me senior backend developers in Costa Rica with Python experience.”

  3. Alternatively, use the sidebar filters to manually select:

    • Role: Software Engineer
    • Stack: Python
    • Location: Costa Rica

Step 4: Contact Candidates

  1. Click on a promising profile.
  2. Review their video presentation (if available) and summary.
  3. Click Connect to reveal contact details or send a message directly.