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Talent Rediscovery

Your best candidates already applied. Find them again.

Every role you've ever hired for left behind qualified people. Lighthouse turns your past applicants into a searchable, structured database — so when a new role opens, you start with warm talent, not a blank slate.

  • Instantly surface qualified past applicants for new roles
  • Re-run scorecards on your entire history in seconds
  • Build a warm talent pipeline that grows with every hire
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The problem

Your past applicants are an untapped asset

Most ATSs are a black hole — once a job closes, every candidate who didn't get hired disappears into an unsearchable archive. That's thousands of screened, interested people you paid to attract.

The typical ATS

  • Resumes are attached to closed jobs, not searchable across roles
  • Finding past applicants means manual boolean searches
  • No way to re-score old candidates against new criteria
  • Tags and notes are inconsistent or nonexistent

What it costs you

  • You re-post jobs and pay for the same audience again
  • Qualified people who almost got hired are forgotten
  • Every new role starts from zero applicants
  • Your talent database isn't actually a database — it's a filing cabinet
How it works

Stop starting from scratch

When you connect your ATS, Lighthouse parses and structures every past applicant into a unified database. The moment a new role opens, your entire history is instantly searchable.

01

Connect your ATS — we ingest your history

Link your existing ATS and Lighthouse pulls in every past applicant automatically.

  • Import applicants from any ATS or job board
  • Parsing handles every major file format (PDF, DOCX, plain text)
  • No manual uploads — we meet you where your data already lives
Why it matters: Your past applicants are already there. Lighthouse makes them usable without changing where you work.
02

Your database builds itself

Every resume is parsed, standardized, and enriched — just like new applicants. Past candidates get the same structured treatment.

  • Extract skills, experience, seniority, and industry context
  • Remove PII and bias-prone details for fair evaluation
  • Build one unified, searchable candidate database across all roles
Why it matters: Your talent database grows with every job you post — automatically. No manual tagging, no spreadsheets, no boolean search strings.
03

New role? Rediscover instantly

Open a new role and Lighthouse immediately surfaces past applicants who match — ranked by your scorecard.

  • Scorecards run on your entire history in seconds
  • Adjust criteria and see results update live
  • See exactly why each past candidate was surfaced — full evidence trail
Why it matters: You're not guessing which past applicants might fit. Lighthouse shows you — ranked, scored, and with evidence. The same transparency you get on new applicants.
04

Re-engage warm talent

Past applicants already know your company. They applied once — reach out with context.

  • Send personalized re-engagement emails from templates
  • Reference their previous application and the new opportunity
  • Track responses and move candidates into your active pipeline
Why it matters: Warm outreach converts. These people wanted to work for you before — now there's a better-fit role waiting.
The database effect

Every hire makes the next one faster

Most hiring is a treadmill — same effort every time. Lighthouse turns every role you fill into a compounding asset. Your database gets richer, your rediscovery gets smarter, and your time-to-hire drops with every cycle.

Always-on database
Past applicants are structured and searchable forever — not buried in closed job folders.
Scorecard replay
Tweak a scorecard and re-run it on every candidate in your history. Find fits you missed the first time.
Warm pipeline
Re-engage people who already applied. They know your brand and showed interest — conversion rates are higher.
Zero manual work
No tagging, no boolean strings, no spreadsheets. Lighthouse structures everything automatically.
0 That's how many new job posts you need. When a role opens, Lighthouse checks your existing talent pool first — before you spend a dollar on sourcing.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Talent rediscovery is Lighthouse's ability to search your entire history of past applicants whenever a new role opens. Instead of starting from zero, the platform instantly surfaces previously qualified candidates who match your new scorecard — ranked and ready to re-engage.
No. Lighthouse parses and structures every past applicant automatically — extracting skills, experience, seniority, and industry context. There's no manual tagging, no boolean search strings, and no spreadsheets to maintain.
Most ATSs store resumes as attachments to closed jobs. Searching across roles means boolean strings and guesswork. Lighthouse structures every candidate into a unified database — so you can search by any data point, rerun scorecards, and see ranked results with evidence, not just keyword matches.
Yes. Tweak any scorecard — skills weights, experience requirements, behavioral flags — and Lighthouse re-scores your entire candidate history instantly. This is how you find strong candidates who were overlooked because a previous role had slightly different criteria.
Yes. Lighthouse integrates with major ATS platforms and ingests applicant data regardless of source. Past applicants from Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, BambooHR, and others all get structured into the same unified database.
Lighthouse only surfaces candidates from your existing applicant database — people who already applied to your company. For re-engagement, we recommend including opt-out language and honoring removal requests, which Lighthouse tracks automatically.
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Your best hire might already be in your database.

Stop paying to find people who already applied. Lighthouse turns your past applicants into your fastest source of qualified talent.

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