# Hire through your network

Source referral candidates from your team’s combined connections and find people you already trust.

## Your best hires are one connection away

Paste a job posting. Find candidates your team already knows. Get backchannel refs.

### Paste a job posting, find candidates

Copy and paste an entire job description or a public job URL and Happenstance will find matching candidates from your team’s network. No query building required.

### Backchannel references built in

See which team members are connected to each candidate and how strong the connection is, so you know exactly who to ask for a backchannel ref.

### Deep-dive on any candidate

Research any person to get a detailed professional profile, see your mutual connections, and understand connection strength before you reach out.

## How to source quality candidates

1. **Create a group for your whole team**  
Invite everyone — not just recruiters, but engineers, designers, and anyone on the team. Everyone’s connections are combined into a single searchable network to create an effortless referral program.

2. **Have each team member connect their accounts**  
Each team member will be onboarded to connect their LinkedIn, email, calendar, contacts, and more. The more sources and people you add, the better your candidate sourcing becomes.

3. **Paste a job posting or URL to find candidates**  
Search in natural language, paste a job description, or drop in a public job URL. Results are ranked by relevance and connection strength. Export as CSV or share search URLs with teammates.

4. **Research candidates and find backchannel refs**  
Research any candidate to see a detailed professional profile, which team members know them, and how strong each connection is. You’ll know exactly who to reach out to for a backchannel reference.

## Try these searches

- [“Senior backend engineers with distributed systems experience”](/content/search?q=Senior%20backend%20engineers%20with%20distributed%20systems%20experience&utm_source=website&utm_medium=use-case-page&utm_campaign=recruiting/index.html)  
- [“Product designers who've worked at consumer startups”](/content/search?q=Product%20designers%20who%27ve%20worked%20at%20consumer%20startups&utm_source=website&utm_medium=use-case-page&utm_campaign=recruiting/index.html)  
- [“ML engineers with experience at FAANG companies”](/content/search?q=ML%20engineers%20with%20experience%20at%20FAANG%20companies&utm_source=website&utm_medium=use-case-page&utm_campaign=recruiting/index.html)  
- [“Staff engineer, 8+ years, strong background in infrastructure and platform teams”](/content/search?q=Staff%20engineer%2C%208%2B%20years%2C%20strong%20background%20in%20infrastructure%20and%20platform%20teams&utm_source=website&utm_medium=use-case-page&utm_campaign=recruiting/index.html)