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Sourcing data for recruiting agencies
Take on more clients
without hiring more.
2.5 hrs
A full day of sourcing down to 2.5 hours, at one two-person firm
47 roles
9 clients and 47 roles, run by 2 recruiters
Gem · Loxo
Pushes straight into your ATS, nothing to rip out
Same tools, same candidates, same results
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The recruiter seat is expensive and capped
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The AI sourcing tools all look alike, on the same public data
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When the tool decides who you find, you have no edge
Every firm runs the same off-the-shelf stack, so every firm sees the
same profiles and the same shortlists. The tools search the same
public data and match on keywords. When the tool decides who you
find, you have no real edge over the next firm.
Four phases. One data layer.
One source for the whole search. 1B+ profiles with people and company history, real-time job-change
signals, and verified emails, from the mandate to the placement.
Phase 01
Map the landscape
Size the market and see who's hiring before you
pitch the mandate.
Size and segment the talent pool
Filter 1B+ profiles by skills, seniority, region, and more to understand the talent out there.
People Search API · 60+ filters →
Spot hiring demand and BD leads
See which companies are hiring into which functions right now, so you spot BD
leads before you pitch.
Company Enrichment API · job openings by function →
Phase 02
Build the pipeline
Keep a warm bench across clients, sourced on live
signals instead of a stale spreadsheet.
Build and nurture a passive candidate database
Maintain a warm bench of pre-qualified candidates, ready before the next role opens.
People Dataset · bulk delivery →
Watch for alerts about interesting candidates
Get alerted when someone leaves a company, gets promoted, or posts on
social media.
Watcher API · webhook delivery →
Phase 03
Qualify and reach out
Get the full picture on shortlisted candidates before
the first message.
Enrich and qualify candidates automatically
Pull complete profiles in one call, work history, education, skills, and a verified business email.
People Enrichment API →
Understand the candidate's current company
Know if their employer just raised funding, is losing key people, or is growing
headcount. Context changes how you pitch.
Company Enrichment API · 250+ datapoints →
Personalize outreach at scale
Full career context and a verified email in one API call gives you everything you need to write outreach that doesn't read like a template.
People Enrichment API · email + context →
Phase 04
Compound the advantage
Every search you run makes the next one sharper.
Your data and rules compound.
Re-engage past candidates when signals fire
That candidate from six months ago just left their job. With Watcher alerts, you know before competitors reach out.
Watcher API · job-change alerts →
Compound your scoring and client rules
The rubric and per-client preferences you build carry across every search, an
edge a competitor on the same data can't copy.
People Dataset · your proprietary layer →
It doesn't matter if you're technical or not
Just ask, in plain English
Connect Crustdata to an LLM like Claude and it runs the search, enrichment, and outreach for you.
Build into your systems
On the API, teams build sourcing dashboards, Slack bots that ping when a candidate moves, ATS plugins that auto-enrich applicants, and outreach systems.
They built sourcing on Crustdata instead of hiring a third recruiter, and run every client search in parallel.
Dominique Kimbrough
Co-Founder, The Firm
2.5 hrs
A full day of sourcing down to 2.5 hours per role
47 roles
9 clients and 47 roles between two people
8 roles
Closed in a single week, first hire after four
conversations
What agencies tell us
"If we are doing one deal, now we can do two deals with the same recruiter."
Priya Nair
Co-founder, a tech-focused search firm
"We like the mix of the people and the company history. Most tools only give you the people."
Layla Park
Partner, a seven-person tech search firm
Whatever the model, the same data runs every search.
Boutique and specialist
Win your niche on speed, every search in parallel.
Contingency and staffing
High volume, fast submits, get to the client first.
Embedded and outsourced
Run many clients at once. A shared memory holds each client's
conflicting rules automatically.
Retained and executive search
Map the leadership market and catch movement early.
See the Executive Search Data page →
Add the clients, not the headcount
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