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# Launch your hunt the right way in 3 steps

A successful hunt is decided before the first message goes out. It launches in 3 steps, in this order: **scope**, **check the pool**, **validate the score**. Skipping a step often costs several weeks.

| The golden rule: a criterion must check a real track record, not whether a word appears on the profile.

## Step 1 — Scope the role (45 min, with the hiring manager)

The hiring manager is in the room: they settle the job-specific questions.

**Prepare before the session:**
* the job description;
* 2 or 3 LinkedIn profiles of candidates you would hire tomorrow;
* the list of people already contacted elsewhere, so they aren't approached twice.

**Decide together:**
* the **one deal-breaker criterion** (e.g. "has already led projects from X to Y"), described as an experience, not a keyword;
* the **exact job titles** used at your competitors, without acronyms;
* what you **exclude** (titles, industries, backgrounds);
* the **target companies**: to favour, or to require? Requiring them can divide the pool by five;
* what can't be seen on LinkedIn (management, contract type, country): you'll ask in the first message;
* the **realistic number of profiles** in this market.

You get a written recap within 24 hours: a simple "OK" by reply is enough. Then create the hunt:

1. Click **Hunts**.
2. Click **+** (New hunt), right next to it.
3. Describe the role in a few sentences, or attach the job description.
4. Click **Create your hunt**.

![Left menu: Hunts and the + button (New hunt)](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/7/0/9/a/709abff53892bc00/umamy-create-menu-ctx-en_fkg123.png)

![Role description field and the Create your hunt button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/7/0/9/a/709abff53892bc00/umamy-create-zone-ctx-en_1050eor.png)

## Step 2 — Check the pool (before tuning the score)

Make sure the right profiles are there. In the **Agent** tab, Umamy shows you profiles under **Selected profiles**:

* Click **Review profiles** and go through **20 to 30 profiles without looking at the score**.
* For each one: **Approve** or **Reject** (marker 1), then give Umamy a short reason in the conversation.
* You need **at least 5 approved profiles** to move to step 3.

![The candidate review, with the Reject and Approve buttons at the bottom right](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/7/0/9/a/709abff53892bc00/umamy-review-ctx-en_ld5nec.png)

| If your rejections all say "wrong job", it's the targeting that needs fixing, not the score.

## Step 3 — Validate the score

Criteria and their weights are set on the **Scorecard** card in the **Agent** tab. Check:

1. The **criteria**: only one deal-breaker, everything else counts in the score, and each one can be checked on a LinkedIn profile.
2. The criterion that matters most for the job is **at the top**.
3. Its **weight** is the highest.

![Edit Scorecard: criteria and weights](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/7/0/9/a/709abff53892bc00/umamy-scorecard-en_dfqu3h.png)

The score is right when it reproduces your decisions:

1. Open the **Candidates** tab.
2. Look at the **Score** column: **your approved profiles at the top, your rejections at the bottom**.

![The Candidates tab and the Score column](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/7/0/9/a/709abff53892bc00/umamy-candidates-scores-en_oks4ce.png)

## The green light

Messages go out when these 4 points are checked:

* the scoping recap is confirmed;
* the pool has at least 5 approved profiles;
* the score ranks your approved profiles at the top;
* a first check-in is booked **5 days after launch**, to adjust quickly.

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