# How ama works · One search, from brief to decision

> Follow one illustrative search from the briefing chat to the decision: the market boundary, the Talent Market Map, one candidate in depth, a changed requirement, the message and the handoff.

How it works

# One search, from brief to decision.

Follow one illustrative search step by step: a Head of Finance for a mid-sized medical-device maker near Munich. The candidates are synthetic. The sequence is the one your team runs.

[See it on one of your roles](free-trial.html#start) [Start at step 1](#s1)

Step 1

## The brief, in a conversation.

You upload the job description and talk it through with the ama agent, the way you would with an experienced research colleague: target companies, regions, must-have criteria, and what is negotiable.

Bring the consultant and the researcher who know the mandate. Most calibration problems start with information lost between the two.

Step 2

## The market boundary.

You see the market you just defined: geography, eligibility, target companies, inclusion and exclusion rules.

It stays visible for the whole search, so you can show the client exactly what was covered, and what was out of scope.

Step 3

## The Talent Market Map.

ama reads every profile inside the boundary: careers in context, not keywords. The research weeks behind every search, done in 30 minutes, with the reasoning attached. That is 10,000+ profiles assessed in depth per search.

Step 4

## One candidate, in depth.

The profile says "Finance Director". ama reads the career.

Open any name to see why it is there: the qualification, the Attractability estimate, the salary range and the seniority match. Each comes with its evidence, its gaps and how sure ama is. Disagree, and your reason stays with the profile.

Step 5

## Change one requirement, watch the pool move.

When the combination does not exist, you see it before weeks go into it. Loosen or tighten a requirement with the client on the call, and the pool and the ranking move with it.

Step 6

## Don't pitch a vacancy. Show why the opportunity matters to that person.

ama drafts each message from the candidate's own career. Your consultant edits tone and facts, chooses the language and the form of address, and decides what gets sent, from their own account.

Step 7

## The handoff, into your system.

Nothing is retyped. One identity per candidate across ama, your CRM and LinkedIn Recruiter.

### ama writes

- Mapped companies

- Assessed candidates and their reasoning

- Lens results

- Outreach status and replies

### Your system sends back

- Stages and notes

- Off-limits rules

- Client feedback

- Interview outcomes

ama works on top of the customer's system of record and syncs both ways with the named systems: SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM, Avature, Workday, Talentsoft, Talentrecruiter, Personio, Rexx, Ashby, SilkRoad and LinkedIn Recruiter. A system that is not on the list is built during implementation for accounts of sufficient size. The scope is recorded per customer. [See the systems](integrations.html)

Step 8

## Every hard role ends in a decision: hired, brief changed, or stopped.

### Hired

### Brief changed

### Stopped

Autopilot

## The same search, with ama running the outreach.

Forward the role: ama handles outreach; you take over when candidates respond.

Use it for the roles you would otherwise park. The consultant owns every conversation from the first reply.

1. **Forward the role**A role or a job ad, as it arrives from the client.

1. **ama handles outreach**Search, assessment and messages, with the rules you set.

1. **You take over**When candidates respond, the conversation is yours.

## Five boundaries we keep.

They hold on every search, whoever runs it.

- ama does not make the hiring decision.

- ama does not replace relationships, interviews, or client trust.

- "Entire market" and "never miss" are bound to the jointly defined addressable market.

- Every ranking stays inspectable and challengeable.

- ama works on top of your system of record, and never demands its replacement.

## See it on one of your roles.

One free role, run end to end with the ama team. The offer with our prices arrives with it.

[Start with one free role](free-trial.html#start)

About 20 minutes of calibration, and feedback on the first ten profiles.