Regular search
A regular search looks through Clarvo’s candidate pool and returns the best matches for your role:1
Applies your hard filters
Candidates that don’t meet your hard filters (location, required
languages, seniority, education level, and so on) are removed.
2
Matches on meaning
The rest are matched against your description by meaning, not just keywords.
3
Ranks by fit
Results are scored and ordered using your evaluation criteria
and soft signals like job titles and industries.
Deep search
Deep search is for when you want maximum coverage on hard-to-fill, niche, or specialized roles. Instead of one search, Clarvo runs several in parallel and merges them:1
Your standard search
The same regular search described above, against Clarvo’s candidate pool.
2
A broader semantic pass
A wider, meaning-based sweep of the pool that surfaces strong matches a stricter search
might have narrowed out.
3
A company-angle search
Clarvo identifies companies likely to employ the right people and looks for candidates
there. This branch is automatically skipped if you’ve already specified companies, so
it never overrides your explicit choices.
4
External sources
Clarvo reaches beyond its own pool to global candidate sources, surfacing people who
aren’t in Clarvo yet.
Bringing the results together
1
Merge
Results from every branch are combined into one list.
2
De-duplicate
The same person found in more than one place is collapsed into a single result,
preferring the profile Clarvo already has so you keep the richest data.
3
Re-rank as one list
Everything is scored together with the same ranking as a regular search, so external
and existing candidates compete on equal footing.
Regular vs. deep at a glance
Deep search widens the candidate pool; it doesn’t loosen your hard filters. If you’re
getting too few results, also try relaxing hard filters or switching skills to Loose
(see Search filters).