Shared vocabulary keeps recruiting teams aligned. This glossary covers the terms you will see across Hyranse blog posts and sourcing playbooks.
12Glossary terms
6Linked deep dives
1Shared team language
Example query
- Keywords
- Glossary usage
- Location
- Team onboarding
- Filters
- Reference during screening
- Experience
- Playbook link
Core terms
- Open To Work (OTW)
- A LinkedIn signal that a candidate is open to opportunities. Primary filter for active sourcing. OTW vs Recently OTW
- Recently OTW
- Candidates who newly marked themselves open to work. Highest reply rates in outreach queues. Complete OTW Guide
- Boolean search
- Keyword logic using AND, OR, and NOT operators to widen or narrow recruiter queries. Boolean Search Tips
- Contact enrichment
- Adding email and phone to a shortlisted profile using LinkedIn ID as the source key. Contact Enrichment
- Unviewed-only screening
- Reviewing only profiles not yet marked viewed in the current pipeline. Prevents duplicate work.
- Time-to-shortlist
- Elapsed time from search start to manager-ready export. Target 25-35 minutes for standard roles. Reduce Time-to-Shortlist
- Reply rate
- Percentage of outreach messages that receive a candidate response. Segment by recently OTW for accuracy. Improve Reply Rates
- Skill anchor
- One non-negotiable keyword around which a query is built before adding optional OR synonyms.
- Pipeline states
- Viewed, saved, and hidden statuses that track recruiter decisions across sessions. Agency Pipeline
- Saved search
- A stored query pattern recruiters rerun weekly without rebuilding filters. Weekly Sourcing Workflow
- Indexed search
- Pre-crawled profile data enabling deep result browsing beyond manual session limits. How Hyranse Indexes Data
- Shortlist
- A focused list of 8-15 vetted candidates exported for hiring manager review. Build a Shortlist in 30 Minutes
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