What Is Indeed Talent Scout?
Indeed Talent Scout is an AI assistant that helps you hire faster. It works across Indeed's products to help you optimize your jobs and find and connect with top candidates.
In this article, we'll explain the key benefits and features of Talent Scout, show you how to get started, and share example prompts you can use to make the most of the tool.
Benefits
- Instantly find top candidates by describing your ideal hire.
- Get real-time insights to improve your hiring.
- Save time with AI help for outreach.
- Use Indeed's intelligence wherever you hire.
Features
Find quality candidates fast.
Top applicants: Get top candidates who meet your match profile.
Try asking:
- Who are the best candidates for this opening?
- Which applicants are most qualified for this role?
Top matches: See the top matches for your job who haven’t applied yet. Users with Smart Sourcing Subscriptions or who have Premium Sponsored Jobs for that job can invite them to apply.
Try asking:
- Display the best prospects with a sales background.
Match profile: Choose how candidates are matched to your job. Make real-time edits to impact your search results.
Match calibration: Improve matches by uploading notes or sample resumes.
Match summary: Review how each candidate fits your job.
Improve your hiring strategy.
Job contentoptimization: Improve your job titles, descriptions, salary, and benefits.
Try asking:
- How can I improve this job?
- What are the top keywords to use for this role?
- Is my job currently visible on Indeed?
- How is this job performing?
- Why are my applies so low?
Hiring Insights: Access market and competitive data to inform your hiring decisions.
Try asking:
- How many active job seekers are there for my open role?
- What's the salary benchmark for this role?
- Who else is hiring for this position?
Candidate next best actions: Move candidates through your hiring process.
Job next best actions: Get tips to improve your job postings.
Try asking:
- What do you recommend my sponsorship be for this role?
Streamline candidate outreach.
Interview scheduling: Send invitations for interviews on Indeed with available times.
Try asking:
- Show me the interviews scheduled for this week.
- Show me the interview details for this candidate.
Messaging: Generate and send personalized messages to multiple candidates.
Try asking:
- Give me a summary of my outreach activity.
- How many people accepted my invites to apply for my role?
Save time with AI help.
Billing: Ask details about your recent invoices
Try asking:
- Tell me about my last invoice
- What was the total due on my Invoice?
Use Indeed intelligence anywhere.
- Browser extension: Download the Chrome extension to use with Workday (available soon).
- ATS integrations: Connect Talent Scout with isolved Talent Acquisition (formerly ApplicantPro) and Workable.
- On Indeed: Use Talent Scout to get the most from hiring on Indeed.
Getting started
- Sign in to your Indeed employer account.
- Tap Talent Scout in the bottom menu.
- Start typing to ask a question or begin a conversation.
Example prompts for Talent Scout
Here are some more prompts you can use while interacting with Talent Scout.
AI-powered matching.
Skill inference and expansion
- Show me candidates with strong project management skills, but I'm open to different industry backgrounds.
- Show me candidates with an RN license only.
- Show me candidates with Java or software development.
Behavioral and cultural fit
- Can you show me candidates who have team sports on their resume?
- Show me candidates who have worked for "blank" company only.
Reporting and analytics.
Recruitment metrics
- Can you show me the sourcing report for this role?
- Can you give me a job performance report?
- Can I see a breakdown of candidate sources and their effectiveness?