Weekday: AI Candidate Sourcing for Tech Talent in US and India

Most of the best engineers, PMs, and designers in India aren't on Naukri. They're not refreshing LinkedIn. They're doing their job — and you'll never reach them with a job post. Weekday does the outreach for you, using a database of 300M+ profiles that no job board has.

80% of India's white-collar workforce on Weekday   ·   > 50% candidate response rate   ·   2,000+ companies hired through us
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Weekday AI Candidate Sourcing

What is Weekday and who is it for


Weekday is an AI candidate sourcing platform serving companies hiring across India and the US. It gives recruiting teams access to a proprietary database of 300M+ verified profiles — with the deepest coverage of India's tech workforce of any tool on the market — including phone numbers, personal emails, work history, and company-level tagging. Weekday finds the candidates, sends the outreach, and puts interested people on your calendar.

It serves two primary user types: in-house recruiting and HR teams who want direct database access and outreach tooling, and hiring managers at fast-growing companies who want a fully managed service without a traditional agency retainer. Weekday's 1,000+ customers include early-stage startups and large enterprises across India, the US, and Southeast Asia.

Why Are Job Boards Giving You the Same Candidates Every Time?


Has it happened to you that you tell a recruiting agency your exact requirements — specific company backgrounds, seniority level, niche skills — and they come back with the same generic shortlist as everyone else? It's not because they're lazy. It's because they're all working from the same tools: LinkedIn and Naukri. Same search, same pool, same results. The best candidates aren't actively looking, and the only way to reach them is outbound.

The Passive Candidates Weekday Can Reach


The engineers, PMs, and designers who actually move the needle are heads-down at their current job. They're not applying anywhere. Passive candidates make up the majority of India's top tech talent — and they only respond when someone reaches out with a message that's actually relevant to them. Weekday was built to find those people and reach them first, before any agency or job board gets there.Has it happened to you that you tell a recruiting agency your exact requirements — specific company backgrounds, seniority level, niche skills — and they come back with the same generic shortlist as everyone else? It's not because they're lazy. It's because they're all working from the same tools: LinkedIn and Naukri. Same search, same pool, same results. The best candidates aren't actively looking, and the only way to reach them is outbound.

How Does Weekday AI Candidate Sourcing Work?


Give us the role. We'll put interested candidates on your calendar. Weekday's three-step process takes you from job brief to booked interviews — with no Boolean strings, no 6-month onboarding, and no retainer.

Step 1 — Tell us who you're looking for


Share the role details. Weekday doesn't ask you to write Boolean strings. Tell us the tech stack, what kind of company background matters, what seniority looks like for you. Weekday's AI maps that to the right profile type. We've tagged every company in India by sector and stage — so "Fintech PM" or "Consumer app frontend engineer" is a real filter, covering hundreds of thousands of companies, not a vague keyword search.

Step 2 — Weekday searches a database no one else has


Weekday runs on a proprietary 300M+ profile database — built independently, not scraped from LinkedIn or Naukri — covering tech talent across India and the US. We have phone numbers and personal emails for 90% of Indian tech talent, with 95% accuracy across both contact channels. Most data providers treat India as a fallback market; Weekday built for it from day one, which is why our India coverage alone is 2–8x deeper than any competitor.

Step 3 — We reach out across email, WhatsApp, and phone


Weekday doesn't send one email and hope for the best. We run a full outreach sequence across email, WhatsApp, and phone. That's how Weekday hits a >50% response rate. Candidates respond because the message is actually relevant to them — we don't blast non-relevant people. And we always give candidates an easy opt-out, so your employer brand stays intact.

Smart AI filters

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Deeply tagged companies

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Early employees at scaled startups

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Filter candidates with job promotions

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Multiple scheduling options

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Key Features of Weekday's AI Sourcing Platform

The Largest Database of Indian Tech Talent — With US Coverage Too

Weekday's proprietary database covers 300M+ profiles — including 80% of India's white-collar workforce, the deepest coverage of any sourcing tool on the market. Every profile comes with work history, company-level tags, verified personal emails (90% coverage, 95% accuracy), and verified phone numbers (80% coverage, 95% accuracy). No other data provider comes close for India.

Phone No. coverage
Phone No. accuracy
Personal Email coverage
Personal Email accuracy
Weekday
80%
95%
90%
95%
ContactOut
26.2%
60%
38%
70%
Kaspr
8.7%
35%
20%
65%
RocketReach
10%
38%
12%
60%
SignalHire
8%
40%
25%
80%
Lusha
30%
20%
20%
60%

AI Filters That Go Beyond Title and Location

Most sourcing tools stop at title, location, and years of experience. Weekday surfaces candidates by signals that actually predict performance:

Early employees at scaled startups

Find who was employee #20 at a company that scaled to 500

Job promotions as a performance signal

Identifies A+ performers by spotting upward movement within a single company

Smart ranking

Best-fit candidates surface at the top automatically after filters are applied

Deep company tagging

"Fintech SRE" or "early-stage consumer startup PM" as a real filter, not a keyword guess

Boolean search

For complex queries beyond standard OR/AND filters

GitHub and open-source contribution signals

Surface engineers by what they've actually built and shipped, not just where they've worked

Multi-Channel Outreach at 50%+ Response Rate

Weekday runs personalised outreach sequences across email, WhatsApp, and phone. Most candidates don't check recruiter email — but they will respond on WhatsApp or take a short call. Because Weekday only contacts people who are a genuine role fit, the messages land. Your employer brand stays intact with a built-in opt-out on every sequence.

Blind Reference Checks Before the First Interview

Weekday includes upfront, anonymous reference checks for candidates in its database — so you know the quality signal before you book a call. No wasted interviews, no no-shows. The result: an 80% shortlisting rate and a 66% fill rate, versus an industry average of roughly 30%.

Free AI Resume Screener for Inbound

Not every hire is outbound. Weekday's AI Resume Screener scores and ranks inbound applications against your job description automatically — so your team only reviews the candidates worth their time. Free to use, no sign-up required. Full-funnel coverage from one platform.

How Is Weekday Different from Other Sourcing Tools

Every sourcing tool in the US — SeekOut, hireEZ, Fetcher, Eightfold — treats India as a secondary market. Their India coverage is thin, their data is outdated, and you end up with the same 10–30% of profiles that Lusha and RocketReach already have. Weekday covers both India and the US, with the deepest India database of any platform on the market — 300M+ profiles built from scratch, with work history, verified contact data, and company-level tagging that took years to construct. And unlike traditional recruiting agencies, Weekday offers subscription self-serve access or a fully managed service on a 15% success fee — no retainer, no placement fee until someone joins.

Three specific differences:

India-first database depth: 80% workforce coverage vs. 3–30% for every other data provider
Proprietary outreach: Multi-channel sequences, not job board scraping'
Day-one access: No 6-month enterprise rollout, no seat license minimum

Integrations & Support

Weekday integrates with 20+ tools already in your recruiting stack. Push shortlisted candidates directly to your ATS, sync notes, and track your pipeline without switching tabs. Weekday has built integrations with major ATS platforms ( such as Greenhouse, Lever, Zoho, Ashby) and data providers so sourced candidates flow into your existing workflow automatically — no manual data entry, no copy-paste between tabs.

Onboarding & Time-to-value

Weekday is not an enterprise tool with a 6-month rollout. There is no mandatory onboarding, no seat license minimum, and no long-term contract required to get started. Self-serve subscribers can begin searching Weekday's 300M+ profile database on day one. For managed service customers, Weekday's team typically delivers a first shortlist within a few business days of receiving the role brief.

Services

Weekday offers two delivery models, depending on how your team wants to work.

Personal
Free
Get Started
  • Manage up to 3 projects
  • Access basic task management features
  • Limited to 1 user account
  • Email support
Pro
$5.00
/ month
Get Started
  • Everything in Personal
  • Unlimited projects and task management
  • Advanced task tracking and prioritization features
  • Collaboration tools for up to 5 team members
  • Priority email support
Business
$8.00
/ month
Get Started
  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited advanced task management
  • Customizable workflows and reporting
  • Collaboration for unlimited team members
  • Dedicated account manager

Managed Service
(Done-for-you)

Weekday's team takes the full role brief, runs sourcing and outreach end-to-end, and puts only interested candidates on your calendar. The service runs on a 15% success fee with a 60-day replacement guarantee. You pay nothing until someone joins.

Services included in managed sourcing:

  • Role intake and profile mapping
  • Candidate sourcing from Weekday's proprietary 300M+ database
  • Multi-channel outreach (email, WhatsApp, phone)
  • Blind reference checks and quality screening
  • Calendar scheduling for interested candidates

Self-Serve Subscription (Search yourself)

Subscription access to Weekday's full database. AI filters. Verified contact data. Run your own outreach campaigns from day one. No 6-month rollout, no per-seat agency fees.

Or try the AI Resume Screener — free, no sign-up.

Pricing

Personal
Free
Get Started
  • Manage up to 3 projects
  • Access basic task management features
  • Limited to 1 user account
  • Email support
Pro
$5.00
/ month
Get Started
  • Everything in Personal
  • Unlimited projects and task management
  • Advanced task tracking and prioritization features
  • Collaboration tools for up to 5 team members
  • Priority email support
Business
$8.00
/ month
Get Started
  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited advanced task management
  • Customizable workflows and reporting
  • Collaboration for unlimited team members
  • Dedicated account manager
Database
  • 300M+ profiles (proprietary — built independently of LinkedIn and Naukri)
  • 80% of India's white-collar workforce covered
  • Unlimited credits
  • 90% email coverage / 95% email accuracy
  • 80% phone coverage / 95% phone accuracy
  • Work history, company tags, and career trajectory data included
Pricing
  • Managed service: 15% success fee · 60-day replacement guarantee · No upfront cost
  • Subscription access: Check out our pricing page
  • AI Resume Screener: Free · No credit card · No sign-up

Frequently Asked Questions About Weekday AI Candidate Sourcing

What is Weekday and how does AI candidate sourcing work on the platform?

Weekday is an AI candidate sourcing platform that gives recruiting teams access to a proprietary database of 300M+ verified profiles covering 80% of India's white-collar tech workforce. Weekday's AI parses your role requirements — tech stack, seniority, company background — and maps them to the right candidate type without Boolean string input. From there, Weekday runs multi-channel outreach across email, WhatsApp, and phone, achieving a >50% candidate response rate. The platform handles the full workflow from search to booked interview.

How is Weekday different from LinkedIn Recruiter and Naukri for sourcing tech talent?

LinkedIn Recruiter and Naukri only surface candidates who are actively engaging with those platforms — a fraction of the total talent market. Weekday's database is built independently, covering 80% of India's white-collar workforce and extending to US tech talent, versus LinkedIn's much smaller active-user pool. Weekday also includes personal emails, WhatsApp numbers, and verified phone data, whereas LinkedIn restricts contact to InMail. Weekday reaches passive candidates in both India and the US who will never apply to a job post or respond to an InMail.

How does Weekday's candidate database compare to ContactOut, Lusha, and RocketReach?

Weekday covers 80% of Indian tech professionals with 95% phone accuracy and 95% email accuracy. By comparison: ContactOut covers 26%, Lusha covers 30% with only 20% phone accuracy, and RocketReach covers 10%. Weekday built its own database because we used all of those tools ourselves and found them inadequate for India specifically. Most data providers treat India as a secondary market; Weekday was built for it from day one, which is why the coverage gap is so wide.

What types of candidates can Weekday's AI filters identify that other sourcing tools cannot?

Weekday surfaces candidate types that standard title-location-experience filters simply cannot find. The platform identifies early employees at scaled startups — someone who joined when a company had 20 people and scaled to 500, a signal of startup execution experience that no other tool tracks. Weekday also flags internal promotions as an A+ performance indicator, a signal that distinguishes high performers from frequent job-hoppers. Combined with deep company tagging by sector and stage, Weekday can find a "Series B Fintech backend engineer" as a real, precise filter.

Why does Weekday achieve a greater than 50% candidate response rate?

Weekday's >50% response rate comes from two things most sourcing tools skip. First, Weekday only contacts candidates who are a genuine role fit — not keyword matches, but candidates matched on work history, company background, and career signals. Relevant outreach gets replies; mass blasts don't. Second, Weekday runs outreach across three channels: email, WhatsApp, and phone. Most professionals don't check recruiter email religiously, but they will respond on WhatsApp or take a brief phone call. Covering all three channels is what separates Weekday's response rates from single-channel tools.

How quickly can a company start sourcing candidates through Weekday?

Weekday has no mandatory onboarding period, no seat license minimum, and no enterprise contract required to get started. Self-serve subscribers can search Weekday's 300M+ profile database and begin outreach on day one. For managed service customers, Weekday's team typically delivers a first candidate shortlist within a few business days of receiving the role brief. This is a direct contrast to Western enterprise sourcing platforms like SeekOut or Eightfold, which often require 6-month rollouts before a team is operational.

What is Weekday's pricing model for AI candidate sourcing?

Weekday offers two pricing models. The managed service runs on a 15% success fee with a 60-day replacement guarantee — you pay nothing until a candidate joins, and Weekday handles all sourcing, outreach, screening, and scheduling. The self-serve subscription gives your team direct access to Weekday's 300M+ profile database, AI filters, verified contact data, and outreach tooling at a monthly subscription rate. The free AI Resume Screener is available to anyone with no credit card or sign-up required and handles inbound application ranking against your job description.

Start Sourcing with Weekday — Two Ways In

Want us to do the work? Give us the role. We'll find the candidates.

Tell us what you're hiring for. We'll run the full sourcing and outreach process — targeting the right candidates, reaching out across email, WhatsApp, and phone, and putting only the interested ones on your calendar. Weekday works on a 15% success fee with a 60-day replacement guarantee. You pay nothing until someone joins.


Want to search yourself? Search 300M+ profiles yourself. Starting today.Subscription access to Weekday's full database. AI filters. Verified contact data. Run your own outreach campaigns from day one. No 6-month rollout, no seat license minimum.