Describe the role. Get the shortlist.
Plucker reads your brief, searches LinkedIn, reads every profile properly and scores each one 1 to 10 against what you asked for. A ranked shortlist with the reasoning written out, usually inside the hour.
Watch it run · example briefs
Financial Controller · Manufacturing · Manchester · ACA, ex-Big Four
Head of Finance · Logistics · Leeds · ACA, ex-Big Four
Group Financial Controller · Retail · Manchester · ACA
Finance Manager · SaaS · Leeds · ACA, ex-Big Four
From a brief to a list worth ringing.
- ACA qualified
- Trained at a Big Four firm
- Now in industry, controller or head of finance
- Manchester or Leeds
Say it how you would say it to a researcher.
Paste the job ad, a client's email, or two sentences. Format for me tidies it and looks up the employers worth targeting. Plucker turns it into the criteria every profile is scored against, and you approve them first.
318 set aside before a full read. 94 read in full and scored.
Waves, not walls.
Plucker plans the search, then works in waves. When the obvious job titles run dry it widens to adjacent roles and alumni of your target employers, without you rerunning anything. It stops when it has hit your target of candidates scoring 6 or more.
Financial Controller · Manufacturing · ACA, ex-Big Four
Group Financial Controller · Retail · ACA
Finance Manager · SaaS · ACA, ex-Big Four
Scored, not scraped.
Every candidate has a score and Plucker's take on why. Star the ones you want and it finds contact details for those only. Export a CSV or a LinkedIn Recruiter CSV, send the client a read-only link, or push straight into RecruiterFlow.
Every name comes with its working shown.
Financial Controller · Northern Pumps Group · Manchester
- ACA qualifiedACA, ICAEW, listed under licences
- Trained at a Big Four firmAudit Senior, 2012 to 2016
- Now in industry, controller or head of financeFinancial Controller since 2021
- Manchester or LeedsLists Greater Manchester; the employer's office is in Bolton
- A score out of 10
Against your brief, not a keyword count. Your target counts the people who score 6 or more.
- Plucker's take, in a sentence or three
Why this person, written the way a researcher would hand it to you. Paste it straight into the client email.
- Each must-have, checked
Met, partly met or not shown, with the line on the profile that decided it. You can see a 7 is a 7 before you open anything. New
- Contact details when you want them
Star someone and Plucker looks up their email and phone. Nobody else on the list is looked up.
Best when the requirements show on a LinkedIn profile.
Plucker can only score what is on the page. When the must-haves are things a profile shows, the job titles held, the employers, the years in role, the qualifications listed, the sector, the location, the languages, it finds people you would never have reached with a search box and ranks them properly.
Less of a fit: roles judged on things a profile can't show, and markets where the people you want are not on LinkedIn.
- Qualified and trainedChartered accountant, ACA, Big Four trained, now in industry.
- Specific stackSenior data engineer, Snowflake and dbt in production, fintech.
- Language and marketGerman-speaking account manager, B2B SaaS, five years plus.
Spend the hours on the phone, not in the search box.
What Plucker takes off you
- Writing and rewriting boolean strings
- Opening two hundred profiles to find the fifteen worth a call
- Copying names and links into a spreadsheet
- Starting again when the obvious job titles run dry
- Writing up why each one fits for the client
What is left for you
Read a ranked list.
Pick up the phone.
The part of the job that actually places people. Everything above it happens while you are on a call.
Where Plucker sits next to the tools you know.
Recruiter finds people. Plucker finds the right ones.
A search box is only as good as the boolean string and the hours spent opening profiles. Plucker does the reading, every profile, against your brief.
Read the comparison →vs JuiceboxJuicebox is quick. Plucker is right.
A list in seconds is still a list of everyone who used the right words. Plucker reads each profile and hands back the ones that actually fit.
Read the comparison →vs hireEZhireEZ does everything. Plucker does the search properly.
A platform spread across sourcing, outreach and ATS. Plucker puts everything into one job: a shortlist you would send to the client.
Read the comparison →Your pool is yours.
A plain-English data page sits next to this one: where profiles come from, how long they are kept, and how a candidate can object.
- 01Isolated per agency
Each agency runs in its own pool, so nobody else's usage can slow yours or touch your results.
- 02A person makes the call
Scores rank. Your consultants decide who to contact. Plucker never messages a candidate.
- 03Contact details only for the starred
Plucker looks up details for the candidates you choose, not the whole list.
What agencies ask before their first search.
How long does a search take?
Usually inside the hour. You can watch it work: the shortlist fills in as candidates are scored, so the first names are there long before it finishes.
Do I have to write a perfect brief?
No. Paste the job ad or the client's email and press Format for me. It tidies the brief into must-haves and looks up the employers worth targeting. You read and approve the criteria before anything runs.
What does the score mean?
How well the profile matches your brief, from 1 to 10. Your target is the number of candidates scoring 6 or more; Plucker keeps searching until it reaches it or runs out of sensible places to look, and tells you which.
What if it comes up short?
The run page says why in plain English. If it stopped early, Resume picks up where it left off and skips everyone already scored. If the market is thin, Run again with this brief, loosen a must-have, and start a fresh search in one step.
Can I send the shortlist to my client?
Yes. Turn on a read-only link with Plucker's reasoning for every name, or export a CSV or LinkedIn Recruiter CSV, or push your starred candidates into RecruiterFlow.
Does it contact candidates?
No. Plucker finds, reads and ranks. Your consultants decide who to approach and how.
Stop boolean-searching. Start reading shortlists.
Tell us who you are and we will set up your pool.