What is a talent pool, and what is the Talent Network?
A talent pool is the people you want to keep in touch with for future roles. The Talent Network is our talent pool software: your company's shared base of people, with applicants, people you found and saved, imported contacts and your team's networks. Admins and recruiters can see and search it. One list, one board across all roles, and a saved view of who from the past deserves a second look.
Is the talent pool software really free?
The core is free with no time limit: the list, the board, the join link, invitations and imports with recognised columns. You spend credits only when Atlas does AI work for you, for example screening applicants, running an interview or a sourcing run.
How do people get in?
Applications land there on their own. When you reject someone, you can invite them to stay in touch, and admins can switch this on automatically. You can also import CSV or Excel files, CVs or a LinkedIn Recruiter project export, add people from any search, upload your LinkedIn connections and share a join link or QR code for your career site, fairs and email signatures.
What is the job & career agent?
A free agent from Atlas for the people in your network. It shows them matching jobs, keeps their data so they never have to retype it, improves their CV, shows salary insight for their skills and coaches their career. They keep their profile current because it helps them, and you see what they choose to share.
How does the network stay current?
People connected to Atlas update their own profile, live. On paid plans, Atlas also refreshes invited profiles twice a year, through a connected LinkedIn account or from the web. People who share that they are actively looking or open to offers show up in your list.
Is it GDPR compliant, and what about deletion deadlines?
By default, data is anonymised six months after a process ends; you can set the period per company. Anyone who accepts your invitation gives consent, and then there is no deletion deadline. People can decline or revoke at any time, and nobody who revoked or unsubscribed is invited again. Hosting is in the EU.
Can my team's contacts help?
Yes. Everyone can upload their LinkedIn connections and share them with the team or keep them private. When a search finds someone a colleague knows, you can ask that colleague for an introduction. The request goes out only after approval.
Can I connect my own AI?
Yes. Through MCP, Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent can search your Talent Network in plain language.