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Every finished search includes a market read: a plain-language assessment of the pool the Sourcer just screened.
Market read panel

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What it contains

  • Pool strength — how many genuinely strong matches exist against your must-haves, not how many profiles vaguely resemble the title.
  • Where the talent sits — the employers that keep appearing across the shortlist. That’s your approach map and your client’s competitive context in one.
  • A recommendation — whether you can go straight to screening, or should widen the brief first.

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How to read a thin pool

A thin pool is a finding, not a failure. It usually means one constraint is doing too much filtering — often language or radius in DACH searches. Before promising a client numbers, check which suggestion the Sourcer proposes; loosening the right constraint is a conversation you can now have with evidence.

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Using it commercially

The market read is client-safe by design: it describes the market, not individuals. Quoting it in a status update (“18 strong matches, concentrated at three competitors”) makes your work visible — and it’s the backbone of the market-read BD play.