Running a search in GoPerfect is designed to be simple, structured, and intuitive. The flow guides you through exactly the information the system needs to understand the role and find high-quality matches for you. The key is to keep the search focused on what truly matters, avoid overloading it with unnecessary details and let the AI do the work for you (don't paste job descriptions!).
What Can Be Searched
Once you open a position, you'll see prompts you can use simply by clicking on them and examples of different things you can search.
Step 1: Begin Your Search
From the home screen, start a new search in one of two ways. Click Create position in the top right, or if you already have positions in progress, click Create another position at the bottom of the page. Once you create a position, the chat will open.
Step 2: Running the Search
When you create a new position, you’re greeted by the chat. Think of it as an experienced recruiter working with you, asking for just the basics they need to start sourcing!
Title and location
You begin with two simple inputs: the job title and the location (city and state or country). If the role is remote, you still choose a country as the location (for example, “United States” or “United Kingdom”). That’s all you need for this step! Keeping it this straightforward helps the system quickly open up the right talent pool for your role.
Years of experience
Once the basics are set, the chat asks for a range of years of experience. Here, it’s best to choose a realistic range rather than something very narrow. A slightly wider range gives the system enough room to find strong talent at the right seniority level, without excluding good candidates just because they are one or two years off a tight requirement. Here you can use the range the Agent suggest, or you can give a range of your own!
Goals
Next, you’ll be asked how many people you want to interview and how quickly you want to reach that number. These two answers define your goal for this position. They are later used to build your hiring plan and funnel, so it’s worth pausing for a moment to think about what success means for this role. For example, how many interviews you actually need to feel confident you’ll make a hire. Click here to learn more about Goals.
Skills
In the next step, you'll be asked to insert the relevant candidate skills needed for the role. We recommend focusing on around three that represent the true necessities of the role. These should be the skills candidates need to have for you to consider interviewing them. The agent will also offer you skills suggestions you can simply copy.
💡 Pro tip: If a certain skill is more important, just tell the agent it's a must-have. Remember: as GoPerfect is a semantic engine, at a certain point you may see candidates with some of your requirements, even must-haves.
Industry
At this stage, the agent will ask you about the industry background of the candidates you are looking for. It will suggest four relevant industries. You can choose one of them, several of them, or even all four if they fit what you have in mind. If you prefer to target a different industry, you can simply add your own instead. And if industry background is not important for this role, you can also indicate that you are “open to all industries” and keep the search fully open.
Company Size
Lastly, the chat will ask about the size of the companies your ideal candidates have worked for. You’ll see several suggested ranges, and you can choose one that fits your needs or create a custom range of your own. If company size is not an important factor for this role, you can simply indicate that you are “open to all.” This keeps the search wide and ensures you don’t overlook strong candidates who may come from organizations of a different size.
Once you’ve answered all of the questions, you’ll see a search summary with your predictable hiring funnel and all the information you provided. If everything looks right, all you need to do is click “That works” and your search will start running!
Once you click on "That works!", the search will start running.
Refining Your Search Based on Results
The search is fully editable, so you can always come back and adjust anything you need, add or remove a skill, change the years of experience, or update the location.
Tips for Getting the Best Results
Tip 1: Follow the chat—don’t fight it.
We strongly recommend answering the questions exactly as the chat asks them, in order. There’s no need to add extra details or introduce more constraints. When you trust the flow, you get clearer searches, stronger matches, and a smoother path to the interviews you want.
Tip 2: Keep the search as simple as possible.
There’s no need to paste the entire job description into the flow. The system works best when you share only what is essential and let the chat guide the structure.
Tip 3: Focus on the true necessities of the role.
We really recommend concentrating only on the skills and requirements that are essential for the position. Try to identify which items are genuinely must-haves and which are simply nice-to-have. Anything that falls into the nice-to-have category should be removed from the search to keep your results clean, accurate, and effective.
Tip 4: If you see the message “A little bit short on matches,” expand your search radius.
This is often the easiest and fastest way to increase your candidate pool. Start by widening the geographic range before adjusting anything else in your search.
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