Transparent opportunity matching and shortlist platform

An MVP, or minimum viable product, is the smallest version that your users can actually work with. It is not a cheap version of the full solution. It is a test, built to answer the questions that decide whether the rest is worth building.

1. Pick the riskiest assumption. Here: will recruiters, talent teams and professional networkers matching people to roles and contacts use it to solve "generic match lists and opaque recommendations hide why a person or role fits, so shortlists need manual rework and outreach stalls"?
2. Build only what tests it. One team, one use case, a few core modules. People do the rest by hand for now.
3. Run a paid pilot. Agree quality and outcome thresholds before the pilot using this measure: Accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch.
4. Measure, then decide. Track accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch; accepted-output rate; material error rate; reviewer correction time; actual repeat purchase. Then expand, change course or stop, with evidence instead of opinions.

MVP scope for this solution. Pilot scope: One fixed role family and permitted data sources; final hiring and outreach decisions remain human. Implement one approved input format, a bounded representative case set and the first two task modules: ingest permitted profiles, role requirements and preferences; suggest collaborators, opportunities and professional contacts from stated criteria. Support the third module with operator review: show why each suggested connection or opportunity fits. Include source references, corrections, basic organization access, approval states, export and value measurement. Use managed operator assistance for unresolved exceptions. The cost estimate covers this narrow prototype, not unrestricted multi-tenant scale, complex production integrations, specialist certification or physical operations.

After the MVP. Once paid pilots prove usefulness, automate repeatable reviewed steps and add one verified source integration. Expand supported inputs and case volume only after new evaluation cases pass. Build reusable customer configurations and recurring value reports around reviewer-approved shortlists and outreach drafts linked to stated fit reasons. Retain the explicit scope boundary: One fixed role family and permitted data sources; final hiring and outreach decisions remain human.

What the build depends on. Profile upload and preview, asynchronous matching jobs, editable version history, reviewer access and tested export formats. High-fidelity matching requires specialist recruiting QA. Obtain representative authorized cases, baseline measurements, qualified reviewers and a buyer-side decision owner. Specific limitation: One fixed role family and permitted data sources; final hiring and outreach decisions remain human.

Pricing to test

Test a USD 300-1,500 fixed pilot for one defined role family. Offer a monthly matching allowance after repeat demand. Quote complex multi-region or specialist sourcing separately. These are test prices, not market benchmarks. Package the initial sale as one bounded reviewer-approved shortlist and outreach set. Recurring fees must specify volume, review depth and integration support. For exchanges, test a disclosed coordination or successful-service fee rather than holding customer funds. Reprice only after measuring real delivery labor; platform-build cost is separate from a commercial pilot fee.

Message to test

Reduce shortlist rework while keeping the reasoning visible. Demonstrate a concrete reviewer-approved shortlist and outreach set using the buyer's approved example and show the baseline, corrections and actual delivery effort.

Where to find buyers

Recruiters, talent teams and professional networkers matching people to roles and contacts professional communities; specialist consultants serving this buyer; permissioned partner introductions; practical demonstrations at relevant trade or practitioner events.

Lead magnet

A reviewed sample reviewer-approved shortlist and outreach set from a small authorized input set, with a transparent calculation of accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch and no promised savings.

The first 30 days

1. Week 1: interview five recruiters, talent teams and professional networkers matching people to roles and contacts and inspect a recent example of generic match lists and opaque recommendations hide why a person or role fits, so shortlists need manual rework and outreach stalls.
2. Week 2: prepare a consented or synthetic demonstration of the three task modules.
3. Week 3: seek one bounded paid pilot with agreed baseline and acceptance criteria.
4. Week 4: measure accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch, reviewer effort and repeat-purchase interest. This is a demand-validation plan, not a thirty-day full-product delivery promise.

Paid pilot

Agree quality and outcome thresholds before the pilot using this measure: Accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch. Continue only if the buyer accepts the actual output, the intended job outcome improves without unacceptable errors, and measured delivery cost fits willingness to pay. Revise or stop if access is unavailable, qualified review cannot be provided, or apparent savings disappear after corrections and support. Use held-out cases when comparing model quality; use a properly reviewed comparison design before making causal claims. Record missing cases and negative results alongside successful outputs.

Success metrics

Accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch; accepted-output rate; material error rate; reviewer correction time; actual repeat purchase.

Retention and expansion

Repeat the workflow when the buyer again needs reviewer-approved shortlists and outreach drafts linked to stated fit reasons. Retain permissioned settings and reviewed examples, report realized value honestly, and sell increased volume or adjacent approved workflows only after contribution margin and quality remain acceptable.

Why clients would pick it

A reusable library of approved fit criteria, outreach templates and review examples, together with reliable delivery for a narrow recruiting niche. Build a permissioned library of representative task cases, reviewer corrections and verified operating constraints for recruiters, talent teams and professional networkers matching people to roles and contacts. Repeatable delivery and useful integrations matter more than access to a base model.

Alternatives and positioning

Ariadna, PathFinder and NetworkAI, plus manual sourcing, spreadsheets and generic job boards. Compare this product with the buyer's present method on accepted shortlist entries per recruiting hour and follow-up replies per outreach batch. Offer a bounded paid workflow instead of claiming broad autonomous expertise. Market uniqueness and competitor coverage are not verified.

Main delivery costs

Model calls, profile enrichment, storage, reviewer hours, client revision rounds and licensed data sources. Additional initial validation requires representative authorized sample preparation, buyer interviews, buyer-side evaluation and bounded validation of reviewer-approved shortlists and outreach drafts linked to stated fit reasons. Track cost per accepted output, including correction work, unsuccessful cases and support.