NLOS Next Level Operating System

The operating system for recruiting firms.

NLOS is an AI assistant built for recruiters. It finds candidates, writes first drafts and builds search packets, then waits for your OK. Your team spends more of the day talking to people.

NLOS Agent · RecruitingSample data
Prep the VP Operations search for a Midwest manufacturer.

Search prep · VP Operations

Industrial manufacturing, Midwest

  • Intake and playbookRead yesterday’s intake call
    Done
  • Long list12 people ranked, off limits applied
    12 ranked
  • Kickoff packetRole summary, must haves, first week plan
    Drafted
  • First note to Maya ChenWritten in your voice, unsent
    Your turn

Nothing is sent until you approve.

Reads your ATS and email
Drafts wait for you. Nothing sends on its own.

Exclusively for Starfish Partners, Sanford Rose Associates (SRA) and Dimensional Search (DS)

What it is

Your best recruiters’ know-how, available to everyone

Every good office has its own way of running a search. Usually that knowledge sits in old emails and in a few people’s heads. NLOS collects it and uses it to help every recruiter in your office.

  1. 1Today

    Every search starts from scratch

    What worked last time is buried in email threads, one person’s memory and a spreadsheet nobody opens.

  2. 2With NLOS

    The prep work is done for you

    NLOS writes the kickoff packet, the first outreach email and the next follow up, based on how your firm already works.

  3. 3You

    You make the decisions

    Who to recommend, who to hire and what to pitch stays with the recruiter. Every draft waits for you.

It’s not

Another applicant tracking system

It’s not

A chatbot added onto your ATS

It is

One place where your firm’s know-how, your data and an AI assistant work together

How it works

Ask for what you need and NLOS gets it ready

Type a request the way you would ask a coworker, like “get my VP of Operations search started.” NLOS gathers what it needs from your files, your past searches and our network, does the work, and hands it back for you to check.

Nothing goes out until you approve it.

You’re in control.

You start the chat. You approve what goes out.

  1. 06
    InterfaceOne chat. Your whole day.
  2. 05
    AgentsThe prep work, already moving.
  3. 04
    Your practiceYour data. Your method. Private.
  4. 03
    Network knowledgeThe strength of your network.
  5. 02
    ModelsThe right intelligence for each task.
  6. 01
    InfrastructureThe foundation underneath it all.

Six layers. One connected system.

Six parts work together. Pick one to see what it does.

You type a request in plain words. The finished work comes back here: who is waiting on you, where each search stands and drafts ready for you to review.

your day · your searches · your drafts

Focused helpers for recruiting, operations, marketing and education. Each one knows a job well, like building a search packet or writing a client update.

Your playbook, your past searches and the way your best people work. NLOS follows it so every draft sounds like your office.

Proven practices from across the network, shared without sharing anyone’s private data. You get the benefit of many offices at once.

Leading AI models do the reading and writing. NLOS picks the right one for each task so you never have to.

Private, secure hosting with access limited to your office. It keeps running quietly so the rest can do its job.

Works with the tools you already use

NLOS looks at your systems to understand your work. It never changes anything in them, and each person connects their own accounts.

Included

Setup, connections to your systems, team training and ongoing support. We do it with you, not just hand you a login.

Your ATS

Your firm’s own searches and candidates.

Your emails and conversations

Senders, subjects and times around a search.

Your phone calls

Who you called, when, and for how long, not recordings.

Your transcription notes

Notes from calls and meetings that already live with you.

Your AI chat prompts

Prompts and patterns you already use, kept private to you.

Your documents and files

Packets, briefs and working files for the search.

Your calendars and tasks

What is on the day and what still needs a decision.

Your sourcing

New candidates for a search, delivered to you.

What you get

More time with people, less time on paperwork

Recruiters and owners get faster, more accurate work without the busywork that slows a search down.

More time for relationships.

Prep work is ready so the day stays with candidates and clients.

Less time on admin.

Kickoff packets, first emails and follow-ups arrive already drafted.

Better prepared searches.

Every search starts from your firm’s method and history, not a blank page.

New hires get up to speed faster.

New recruiters learn your office’s way of working from day one.

Faster work.

No more waiting on the one person who remembers how it was done.

More accuracy.

Answers trace back to the call, the document or the record.

Higher quality.

Better data and documents, with the same standard on every search.

Better results.

A smoother running firm makes more placements and drops fewer balls.

Workflows

Help for the whole firm, not just the search

NLOS covers four areas of your business: Recruiting, Operations, Marketing and Education. Choose an area, then pick a task to watch NLOS do it.

Pick a task to watch NLOS do it

    Recruiting · Task 1 of 4

    NLOS Agent · RecruitingSample data
    Nothing is sent until you approve.
    Safe and in your control

    Your data stays private and nothing goes out without your OK

    Try it here. NLOS has written a client update, and it won’t send until you click Approve.

    NLOS Agent · OperationsSample data
    Draft this week’s client update.

    Your data stays private

    Only you and your office can see your information. You get the benefit of the whole network without sharing your own data, and your clients and candidates are never used to train anyone else’s AI.

    You can check every answer

    NLOS shows where each answer came from, whether that is a call, a document or a record in your ATS.

    You approve everything

    Nothing is sent, posted or changed in your systems until a person says yes.

    Available only through our recruiting networks

    You can’t buy NLOS on its own. It comes with membership in Starfish Partners, Sanford Rose Associates (SRA) or Dimensional Search (DS).

    Already in the network? Ask your coach or network contact how to get access.
    Considering it? Explore our networks below.

    Sanford Rose Associates Executive Search

    Sanford Rose Associates

    A network of independent recruiting offices that share practices, ideas and expertise.

    Explore the SRA network
    Dimensional Search

    Dimensional Search

    A network of independently owned recruiting offices for executive and professional search.

    Explore Dimensional Search
    Starfish Partners

    Starfish Partners

    A growing group of recruiting firms, with investment and support to help each one grow.

    Explore Starfish Partners
    FAQ

    Common questions

    See NLOS working on your own searches

    Ask your network contact for a walkthrough. We will show you NLOS with your searches and your way of working.