Glossary

AI and talent intelligence terms to know

This glossary explains the AI, data, and people intelligence concepts that shape modern talent work. It includes foundational definitions, workflow applications, and the signals and platform components that power Findem.
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AI & Data Foundations

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI refers to systems that perform tasks requiring human-like reasoning, pattern recognition, or decision-making. In talent workflows, AI interprets data at scale to support sourcing, screening, analytics, and communication.

Machine learning (ML)

A subset of AI that uses algorithms to identify patterns and make predictions based on data. ML powers tasks like candidate filtering, ranking, and classification.

Deep learning

A type of ML that uses neural networks to process unstructured or high-volume datasets such as resumes, profiles, and company information.

Generative AI (GenAI)

GenAI creates new content — such as outreach messages, summaries, or job descriptions — by learning from large text and code datasets.

Large language models (LLMs)

AI models trained to understand and generate human language. They help interpret recruiter intent, answer questions, and power conversational interfaces.

Hyperautomation

The combination of AI, ML, and automation tools to streamline multi-step workflows. In talent acquisition, hyperautomation reduces manual tasks across sourcing and engagement.

Business intelligence (BI)

Tools that gather, store, and analyze data for reporting and decision support. BI complements AI by visualizing signals, funnel metrics, and performance insights.

Person data sources

A person’s professional footprint, including roles, achievements, contributions, certifications, and digital profiles used to generate structured talent data.

Company data sources

A company’s digital footprint, including funding events, team expansion, markets served, and leadership structures that provide context for interpreting experience.

3D data (Person × Company × Time)

Findem’s structured data model that connects who someone is, where they worked, and how their career evolved over time.

3D candidate profiles

Readable profiles generated from 3D data that provide an integrated view of a person’s background, achievements, and career trajectory.

Attributes

Verifiable facts derived from 3D data, such as scope increases, technical depth, tenure at a company stage, or industry specialization.

Findem’s Data Labeling Engine

The system that transforms raw person and company data into structured 3D data, identifies attributes, and produces Success Signals and Relationship Signals. It combines machine-scale processing with expert human review.

Success Signals

Expert-labeled patterns that indicate which experiences and career markers predict success for a role, team, or environment.

Relationship Signals

Signals that show how people and organizations are connected through shared experiences, networks, and trust paths to help identify warm talent pools.

Domain-specific AI for talent

AI models designed to understand talent concepts, role expectations, and career patterns. These models use signals and talent context to generate accurate recommendations.

Insights powered by Findem

Insights derived from 3D data, Success Signals, and Relationship Signals that support planning, hiring, mobility, and workforce decisions.

Talent Workflows & Use Cases

Talent decisions

An umbrella term for decisions across hiring, mobility, succession, retention, and development. Findem’s platform supports these decisions with shared context and explainable signals.

Talent sourcing

The practice of finding qualified candidates and engaging them for open roles. AI supports sourcing by interpreting role expectations, ranking candidates, and identifying warm relationships.

Multichannel sourcing

A sourcing strategy that pulls talent from inbound applicants, referrals, rediscovery, alumni, and external search. Warm channels typically produce faster engagement and stronger pipelines.

Natural language sourcing

A sourcing capability that allows recruiters or hiring managers to begin a search using plain language. The AI interprets intent and translates it into search criteria.

Attribute search

Searching for talent based on verified attributes — such as company-stage experience, promotion velocity, scope growth, or industry depth — rather than keywords or job titles.

Copilot for sourcing

An assistive AI companion that helps interpret job descriptions, run searches, rank candidates, and accelerate outreach. Copilot works with human oversight and enhances efficiency.

Candidate rediscovery

Identifying qualified candidates already in your ATS. AI refreshes profiles with updated data and highlights past applicants who now fit active roles.

Candidate Relationship Management (CRM)

Nurturing and tracking qualified candidates for future roles. AI-driven CRMs personalize outreach, update data automatically, and support ongoing engagement.

Talent ecosystem

A holistic strategy that combines sourcing, CRM, referrals, alumni, employer branding, and talent communities into one unified approach.

Talent analytics

Analytics that help teams understand funnel health, sourcing performance, recruiter activity, and outreach effectiveness. Findem unifies data across channels to improve insight.

Talent insights

Data-driven analyses that support decisions related to hiring, planning, mobility, and development. They draw from 3D data, Signals, and observed behaviors.

Voice assistant/Natural-language assistant

A conversational AI interface that lets users run searches, manage campaigns, summarize inbound, and take action through voice or chat. It interprets intent using Success Signals and Relationship Signals.

Calibration (process)

Iterative alignment on what “great” looks like for a role. Calibration uses Success Signals, market data, and examples to ensure teams share expectations before sourcing begins.

Interview-ready

A state where candidates are pre-screened, qualified, and prepared to enter interviews. Interview-ready candidates include clear reasoning and documented signals.

Findem Platform & Agentic AI

Assistive AI

AI that accelerates work with human oversight. It supports planning, sourcing, analytics, and communication without executing full workflows.

Agentic AI

Autonomous AI that plans, executes, and refines multi-step workflows to deliver outcomes, such as interview-ready candidates.

Intelligent Job Post

An inelligent job post that functions as an active agent. It reaches out to qualified talent, manages replies, conducts pre-screens, and builds interview-ready pipelines automatically.

Agentic Ecosystem

A network of agents that collaborate using shared context, signals, rules, and objectives. This enables workflows across sourcing, engagement, screening, and scheduling.

Model Control Points (MCPs)

Interfaces that expose the signals, rules, and reasoning used by each agent, ensuring alignment with customer standards and explainable outcomes.

Outcome-based value / pricing

A pricing model that ties spend to deeper-funnel outcomes such as qualified responses, completed applications, or interview-ready candidates.

Job as the atomic unit

A deployment model where agents attach to a single job to prove outcomes before expanding to more roles.

Calibration Agent

An agent that structures intake, evaluates market data, and aligns teams on Success Signals and examples.

Veteran Sourcing Agents

Partner agents that surface qualified veteran talent from trusted communities and return interview-ready candidates.

Application Boost Agent

An agent that increases completed and qualified applications through personalized outreach and simplified steps.

Screening Agent

An agent that runs pre-screens using role-aware questions, analyzes responses, and returns ranked summaries with reasoning.

Scheduling Agent

An agent that finds availability, books interviews, manages reschedules, and syncs calendars and ATS statuses.

Assessment Agent

An agent that delivers role-aligned, proctored simulations, provides fraud detection, and returns scores with standardized summaries.

ID Verify Agent

An agent that performs identity verification and credential checks to ensure candidate authenticity before interviews or hiring.

Findem's Intelligent Assistant (Fia)

Findem’s intelligent assistant that coordinates multiple agents, orchestrates workflow steps, and ensures consistent outcomes across the hiring lifecycle.

The Takeaways

AI is transforming how talent teams plan, hire, and make talent decisions. The biggest shift is not just speed but understanding. When AI is grounded in expert-labeled 3D data, Success Signals, and Relationship Signals, it can move beyond task automation and deliver outcomes leaders trust.

The future of talent work will be shaped by AI that understands people and the networks that connect them. Teams that adopt this foundation now will move faster, operate with more confidence, and build stronger organizations over time.

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