Recruit Against a Market, Not a Resumé
Every role you’re trying to fill, someone else is trying to fill, too. Lightcast shows you where the candidates actually are, what they cost, and who’s already chasing them.
Most Sourcing Runs On Assumptions
A req goes out with a job title, a degree requirement, and a salary range set by what the last person in the role made. None of those three things checked against the market before the posting went live.
A recruiter then spends six weeks chasing candidates who don’t exist with that title in that location at that price. A hiring manager holds firm on a requirement three competitors already dropped. An offer goes out $8,000 under what the market’s paying, and the candidate takes the other one.
The market moved. The req didn’t.
Match the Req to What’s Actually Out There
See the market before you post.
Job titles say almost nothing about what a role actually requires or who’s realistically qualified for it. Lightcast shows you the real supply behind a role, the skills candidates actually hold, and how many people meet the bar you’ve set before the req goes live.
Know where the talent is, not where you assume it is.
Sourcing decisions still run on gut feel and a quick search half the time. Lightcast maps talent concentration by skill and location, so you know which markets can support the role and which ones will leave the req open for months.
Price the offer to the role that’s actually open.
A salary band built on last year’s title doesn’t hold against what competitors are offering for the skills the role now requires. Lightcast ties wage data to skills and location, so the offer clears the market instead of losing candidates at the finish line.
Widen the pool without lowering the bar.
Rigid degree requirements and narrow industry filters cut out candidates who’d do the job well. Lightcast shows you adjacent industries, transferable skills, and overlooked talent pools that meet what the role needs, not what the job description assumed it needed.
Start With the Req That’s Already Stuck
Pick the role that’s been open too long or the hire that keeps slipping through at the offer stage. Run it against market data: is the title right, is the pool wide enough, is the offer competitive? You’ll have an answer in days, not a new sourcing strategy to roll out company-wide.
That same check becomes the default for every req that follows. Postings stop asking for things the market can’t supply. Offers stop losing to better data. Recruiters spend less time hunting for candidates who were never there.
Supply
Lightcast provides comprehensive and actionable data on the supply of talent for any job in any market. This allows staffing professionals to negotiate with confidence on what skills should and should not be included in a job posting based on the supply of those skills in your given market.
Find the Right Solution
APIs & Data Delivery
Feed labor market data straight into your ATS or sourcing workflow.
Talent Analyst
Track compensation and demand by skill and market to keep offers competitive.
Lightcast Recruit
See talent supply, skills, and location concentration for any role before you post it.