> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.yena.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your first Sourcer run

> Describe the role, approve the profile, get a ranked shortlist, then teach the Sourcer what good looks like.

The Sourcer is the heart of Yena. You describe the role you're hiring for, it drafts a structured candidate profile for you to approve, and then it returns a ranked shortlist. From there you calibrate: tell it which profiles are right and which are wrong, and the next pass gets sharper.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe the role">
    From your dashboard, write the brief into **Start a new search** the way you'd explain it to a colleague: the role, the seniority, the location, the must-haves. Concrete constraints beat long wish-lists. You can also paste a full job ad or drop a link.

    <Frame caption="A tight brief gives the Sourcer more to work with than a pasted job ad">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/yena/syYzOb4jHO7iuYSP/images/screenshots/sourcer-prompt.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=syYzOb4jHO7iuYSP&q=85&s=d03a71d56d7deb30b9678a30bf25b7fb" alt="Writing a role brief in the Sourcer" width="1770" height="823" data-path="images/screenshots/sourcer-prompt.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and approve the profile">
    The Sourcer turns your brief into an **Ideal Candidate Profile** draft: role, seniority, location, domain, must-haves, and nice-to-haves. Every field is editable. This is where your constraints become gates — check that the dealbreakers sit under must-have, not nice-to-have, then approve.

    <Frame caption="The drafted profile — sharpen it, then approve to start the search">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/yena/syYzOb4jHO7iuYSP/images/screenshots/brief-constraints.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=syYzOb4jHO7iuYSP&q=85&s=bbb84a24c773af31f5bec7619eb759b9" alt="Reviewing the Ideal Candidate Profile draft" width="1770" height="823" data-path="images/screenshots/brief-constraints.png" />
    </Frame>

    A verified search typically takes 5–8 minutes. You can watch candidates appear as they clear screening.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read the shortlist">
    The Sourcer returns candidates ranked against your profile, not keyword matches. Look at the top profiles first and ask: is this the shape of person I'd actually submit?

    <Frame caption="A ranked shortlist against your brief">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/yena/20dAbHOsJ0Qae_Fx/images/screenshots/sourcer-shortlist.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=20dAbHOsJ0Qae_Fx&q=85&s=c4c8e2cc7bf2dd6d0ce4c30dd63ba338" alt="Ranked candidate shortlist" width="1770" height="823" data-path="images/screenshots/sourcer-shortlist.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Calibrate">
    Mark the profiles that fit and the ones that don't, or ask for a refined run in the search chat. This feedback is the point of the loop: the Sourcer adjusts to your judgment of the market, not a generic one.

    <Frame caption="Calibration feedback on shortlist candidates">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/yena/20dAbHOsJ0Qae_Fx/images/screenshots/sourcer-calibrate.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=20dAbHOsJ0Qae_Fx&q=85&s=f6e1157ed9f6647db85b6b5ae2e84b5c" alt="Calibrating shortlist results" width="1770" height="823" data-path="images/screenshots/sourcer-calibrate.png" />
    </Frame>

    A couple of calibration passes on a real mandate is the honest test of whether Yena works for your desk.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Stuck on a search? [Talk to us](https://www.yena.ai/contact) and bring the actual role. We'd rather debug a real mandate than a hypothetical one.
</Note>