Executive Recruitment AI

Find the Needle in Your Haystack.
Make the Match.

Needle is built for founders, recruiters, and talent acquisition teams who are tired of hiring based on surface-level signals. In a world flooded with resumes, we help you Find Your Top 5 Executive Candidates who actually match your role, skills, culture, and long-term potential.

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Start at only $1.99/month

How Needle Works

Five simple steps to get ranked leadership candidates with detailed insights

1. Upload ZIP
Upload ZIP folder with resumes
2. Enter Role
Enter role title (e.g., "VP of Growth")
3. Add Filters
(Optional) Add custom screening criteria
4. AI Analysis
Needle ranks and explains top candidates
5. Get Report
Download professional report in minutes

Purpose-Built For

Designed specifically for strategic hiring decisions and leadership roles

Founders
Startup founders making their first key hires
Executive Recruiters
Recruiters sourcing across industries and functions
HR Leads
HR and TA teams scaling with precision
Search Firms
Executive search firms seeking strategic alignment

See Needle in Action

Watch how our AI delivers signal over noise in leadership hiring decisions

Top Ranked Candidates

Get Top 3-5 candidates with detailed suitability scores (40-100%)

Detailed Justifications

Understand exactly why each candidate fits with comprehensive scoring explanations

Executive Summary

Hiring insights, trends, and role-fit overview for strategic decisions

Real Use Cases

See how different teams use Needle for strategic hiring decisions

Starter Tier
Early-Stage Founder
"I'm hiring my first Head of Product and have 50+ applications. I need a fast, affordable way to identify the top 3 candidates to interview. Needle's basic scoring and justifications help me make quick decisions without breaking the bank."

Result: Top 3 candidates with 40-100% suitability scores and simple justifications for $1.99/month

Pro Tier
Executive Recruiter
"I'm scaling a Series B company's leadership team (VP Marketing, CTO, Chief of Staff). I need full visibility into the talent pool with detailed scorecards, and executive summaries to present comprehensive options to my client."

Result: Top 5 ranked candidates + 3 outliers + executive summary + custom criteria for $29.99/month

Growth Tier
Talent Ops Leader
"We're hiring across multiple roles and want to scale efficiently. I need tools that integrate with Greenhouse, auto-extract from JDs, and allow bulk import from LinkedIn."

Result: Top 10 ranked candidates, JD parser, Greenhouse integration, and bulk resume handling for $59.99/month

Executive Suite
Enterprise HR Director
"We're a 500+ person org managing high-volume hiring across departments. I need recruiter seat control, advanced dashboards, and API access to plug into our existing analytics stack."

Result: Unlimited resume uploads, team seats, priority support, analytics dashboards, and API access for $199.99/month

Apex Suite
Enterprise Staffing Leader
“We’re a growing org scaling executive and enterprise hiring. I need recruiter seat control, advanced dashboards, and AI precision layered on top of my ATS.”

Result: Unlimited resume uploads, multi-seat access, executive dashboards, ATS integration, and API access, all built for high-volume, high-stakes hiring for $599.99/month

What Our Customers Say

Founders and recruiters who've transformed their leadership hiring process

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Sarah Johnson

Founder, TechStartup

"Needle helped me find our first VP of Growth from 80+ applications. The detailed justifications gave me confidence in my hiring decision. What used to take weeks now takes hours."
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Michael Rodriguez

Executive Recruiter

"The executive summaries and feature has been game-changing. I can present comprehensive talent insights to clients, not just a shortlist. It's elevated my entire practice."
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Emily Liu

Head of People, ScaleupCo

"Custom evaluation criteria like '7+ years in SaaS' and 'B2B Series A experience' helps us find exactly what we need. The candidate scorecards make presenting to leadership so much easier."

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